Pink Cat

QuagmireUK · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:26

I just watched this film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235189/

This is a screeny from it, and that looks like the same cat to me.

What are the chances that I watch a film with a pink cat in it and then I read this thread literally 2 mins later?

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:32

Energize said:
Where is the evidence it was done forcefully?

Cats don't dye their fur recreationally. :rolleyes:

Mr Jack · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:36

Rainmaker said:
Why? Unless they want a few thousand Poodle owners 'dobbing in' too, I'm not seeing the fuss.

Did you miss the "thrown over a garden wall" bit? Plus there's no indication of what the dye is. Did the person(s) who dyed the cat know that it wouldn't be harmed by the dye? We don't know. It's quite right that the RSPCA investigate.

JayMax · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:50

I think a cat is more than capable of climbing over a garden wall on it's own.
Unless it was found in a bag I don't get it.

Tefal · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:50

OzyOly said:
Cats don't dye their fur recreationally.

So bathing your cat or dog is a forceful "ordeal" for the animal?

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:54

Tefal said:
So bathing your cat or dog is a forceful "ordeal" for the animal?

Bathing has a purpose. What is the point in dying your cat/shaving/dressing up your cat? It's only to please the owner and is not for the benefit of the animal as MrLOL said.

Tefal · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:55

OzyOly said:
Bathing has a purpose..

that's not an answer to the question.

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 20:59

Tefal said:
that's not an answer to the question.

Oh right, I thought it was implied. My answer was yes, sorry.

JayMax · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:00

Bathing a cat or dog is done to please the owner not the animal, it might be argued?...

Fr0dders · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:01

JayMax said:
Bathing a cat or dog is to please the owner not the animal, it might be argued?...

is it ?

so you think they'd rather be stray or be in kennels ?

that argument doesnt hold.

We let our cat out every night, she often doesnt come back for 24 hours. She doesnt have to come back at all but she chooses to every night ..

The neighbours feed her as well so its not like she has to come to us. She does so because she chooses to.

JayMax · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:03

A wild dog or cat won't bathe itself?
Humans do it to keep them clean for our benefit.

Fr0dders · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:05

cats bathe themselves, wild or domesticated.

Its why they have fur balls because they preen themselves by licking their fur.

Our cat got promper grumpy when she was neutered because she couldnt preen herself (she had one of those silly collars to stop her picking at her wound)

Cats are very clean animals.

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:06

JayMax said:
A wild dog or cat won't bathe itself?
Humans do it to keep them clean for our benefit.

So if dying a cat is as justified as bathing then you're fine with this right? :confused:

JayMax · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:07

Yes, I know that. But they don't voluntarily dunk themselves or soak themselves.
We do it to them.

Fr0dders · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:08

JayMax said:
Yes, I know that. But they don't voluntarily dunk themselves or soak themselves.
We do it to them.

in a dogs case maybe

But cats want to be clean just as much as humans want them to be.

We had to clean our cat when she got covered in tree sap and was pawing at herself constantly trying to get it off.

JayMax · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:09

OzyOly said:
So if dying a cat is as justified as bathing then you're fine with this right?

I don't think the cat would know the difference between being bathed or dyed tbh.

And please don't jump to some silly conclusion that because I say that it logically follows that I think your picture is fine

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:15

JayMax said:
I don't think the cat would know the difference between being bathed or dyed tbh.

And please don't jump to some silly conclusion that because I say that it logically follows that I think your picture is fine

A severely disable person may not know the difference between someone saying 'hi' to them in the street or an ignorant chav calling them a retard but it doesn't make the name calling chav right to do so.

I didn't mean to accuse you, I was just demonstrating that by justifying the dying of a cat condones what's happened to that poor dog.

Energize · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:21

OzyOly said:
Cats don't dye their fur recreationally.

I ask again, where is the evidence that the cat was strapped down to a bed while some mad scientist dyed it's fur while it was screaming in fear?

On that's right there is none and you simply assumed it was the case.

OzyOly · 24 Sep 2010 at 21:23

Energize said:
I ask again, where is the evidence that the cat was strapped down to a bed while some mad scientist dyed it's fur while it was screaming in fear?

On that's right there is none and you simply assumed it was the case.

Does does a cat open a bottle of dye without opposable thumbs? Unless this cat has mastered the power of telekinesis I'd wager that it had some help and I'm not talking about another cat.

Edit - oh, I see what you mean. I'd have the ask the cat.

Rainmaker · 24 Sep 2010 at 22:34

As I said earlier, it seems a fuss over nothing. There was bare mention of the 'throwing over a wall' incident, so I'm wondering what actually happened there. Cats can jump, etc. I can't see anyone going to the trouble of buying a pedigree cat, looking after it (no fleas, worm burden or emaciation as far as the article alludes, and the photos show a healthy cat) just to dye it pink and throw it over a wall.

Sounds much more likely that a treasured family pet has gone run-about and the "OMGWTFBBQ" brigade has gone doolally over it. It's far more cruel to feed dried and wet commercial foods to a cat or dog than it is to bath the bugger. The dye has been confirmed as harmless, and we don't know the circumstances, so what's the fuss?