Yesterdays Arrivals! (Kittens)

Ive had cats before so im not stupid. I live in a very rural area and my house backs onto fields and woods, and everyone in the village knows everyone else, its going to be fine.

As to shorter lives, id rather they had a higher quality shorter life than a long inside life. I made that decision a long time ago when i got my first dog, i was going to let him roam free and if he got run over then as sad as it was i would have known he had a much nicer life for that time. Which turned out fine, eveyone in the village knew him and looked after him if they saw him walking about.
 
Makunouchi said:
As to shorter lives, id rather they had a higher quality shorter life than a long inside life. I made that decision a long time ago when i got my first dog, i was going to let him roam free and if he got run over then as sad as it was i would have known he had a much nicer life for that time. Which turned out fine, eveyone in the village knew him and looked after him if they saw him walking about.
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You...you what? You let your dog out to roam free on its own? Ridiculous. You shouldn't be allowed to own a dog.
 
Makunouchi said:
Ive had cats before so im not stupid. I live in a very rural area and my house backs onto fields and woods, and everyone in the village knows everyone else, its going to be fine.

As to shorter lives, id rather they had a higher quality shorter life than a long inside life. I made that decision a long time ago when i got my first dog, i was going to let him roam free and if he got run over then as sad as it was i would have known he had a much nicer life for that time. Which turned out fine, eveyone in the village knew him and looked after him if they saw him walking about.
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isn't it illegal to let a dog wonder about in public unattended/off a leash?
 
Tefal said:
isn't it illegal to let a dog wonder about in public unattended/off a leash?
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Thats actually a good point.

In London, if a dog is seen without its owner, in a built up area, say a shopping district, then usually the police or RSPCA are called to come and pick it up. I'm not sure what happens to the owner, one he/she is located.
 
Tefal said:
Especially unattended, in case some child annoys it or takes it by surprise and it bite/mauls/kills the child.
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If that happened, then I believe criminal charges would be brought against the owner. Unless he had a good reason for letting the dog out unattended, eg. he didnt know the dog had escaped, or he realised and had already started calling around to see if it had been found. If the owner openly admits that he let the dog out to roam the streets and he "doesnt care", then he could find himself with a nice fine and possibly a criminal record.
 
I'm really getting quite annoyed at how many people seem to be getting awesome kittens on this forum :mad:
 
Just an update regarding feeding and using cheaper food. You can mix your pre packed kitten food, with minced rabbit (available at Pets At Home and other pet stores).

When I picked up my Bengal, the breeder told me that in his experience, the kittens that are fed raw minced rabbit, tend to grow a lot faster/bigger than those not fed on it. Taking this on board, I thought I would try it out on my 2. Ive given Reflex and the Bengal some and they seemed to lap it up. Of course, I also had Nature's Menu in the disk next to the rabbit, which I felt the preferred.

I have to say though, that minced rabbit does work out a whole lot cheaper and as its pure meat, its all good. You could try your Maine Coons out on some minced rabbit.
 
our vet told us to just give them crunchy food and not meat

i thought this was waaaay wrong but my mum believes them. i usually sort them out some proper food when im back home and they love me for it. ha
 
"andy" said:
our vet told us to just give them crunchy food and not meat
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My school of thought is that if these animals were out in the wild fending for themselves, they wouldnt be eating biscuits/kibble. They would be out to get meat. If you look at their wild cousins (tigers, leopards, lions, etc), they all eat meat.

Of course, cats do need some grain in their diet, but not to the extent that most brands of kibble have in them. Obviously, its cheaper to use grains, than meat, so it makes sense to add as much carbohdydrate as possible. Unfortunately, this isnt great for the cat.

I want my cats to be strong and healthy, so I make sure I feed them something they like. They prefer wet food over dry food anyday, hence, that is what I feed them. 'Natures Menu', 'Applaws' and 'HiLife' all sell top quality wet food for kittens, though it does work out expensive.

Dry food is economically more viable, but I just dont believe that the cats will grow up to be as strong and big as if they were fed on lots of wet food.

A lot of people recommend 'Royal Canin' and 'James Wellbeloved' dry food. To be honest, I have these and after looking at the nutritional info, they really arent that great. They seem to be trading on reputation rather than scientific backing. 'Orijen' dry food as 75% meat in it. No other dry food on the market available in the UK has that sort of percentage. In fact, even 'Hills Science Plan' has more meat than James Wellbeloved.

EDIT: another thing, regarding the quote. I do agree that you shouldnt give the cats pure meat on its own. Make sure you feed your cats a whole food (which includes lots of vitamins and minerals, as well as protein, fat and carbs), such as those Ive listed above. You can feed your cat meat, however, only to supplement the normal (whole) food that you should also be feeding it.
 
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They're brilliant!

Reminds me of my cat. He's a cross but looks a lot like a Maine **** :)

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He's mental and very much an outdoors cat. Keeping them in would be a shame :(
 
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