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[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

I have tried walking my cat, they freak out too much though. Last time I tried walking my roommate's cat and things were going fine but then he saw another cat and leaped off the balcony, suspended in mid air by his tangled harness. When I went to pick him up he bit straight through my hand. Luckily it didn't get infected and I didn't have to go to the hospital.
Interesting. I'd get a small non-dog pet just to walk it. Perhaps a silly armadillo.

 

[tiecollector]

Actually, my cat has gotten pretty fat so I am going to have to think of new ways to exercise him. I tried putting the harness on but he jumps around like a bucking bronco, though he has no qualms with wearing a necktie. Go figure. I'd like to take him to a safe backyard and force him to move around some more.

 

[LabelKing]

Are there cat exercises?

I've noticed that there are pet places where they have pet gyms and the like.

 

[j]

I suggest a laser pointer. Most cats will chase the dot around for hours, including jumping up the wall to try to catch it, etc. It's pretty entertaining.

Try not to blind kitty though.

 

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Torturing small animals for "aesthetic" purposes doesnt count.

LK is really Bill Frist?

 

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

I have tried walking my cat, they freak out too much though.

I've only seen someone walk a cat once. I was at a little restaurant somewhere around the Bodensee, ca. 1995. An eccentric gentleman in a tweed suit stepped out of his vintage Citroën H-Van...and had a scrawny cat on a harness. One of the most surreal things I've ever seen, I think.

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Like small children, I don't care much for small animals, whether dead, alive, or half-dead.

Tangentially, why do people walk dogs but never cats?

Lots of reasons. Dogs enjoy the company and the exercise. Cats dont like having decisions made for them and they dont like being restrained. A dog will bring you the leash and happily suggest a walk. I think for most cats, if they knew they were about to be leashed, you would have a fight on your hands.

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

I've only seen someone walk a cat once. I was at a little restaurant somewhere around the Bodensee, ca. 1995. An eccentric gentleman in a tweed suit stepped out of his vintage Citroën H-Van...and had a scrawny cat on a harness. One of the most surreal things I've ever seen, I think.

Originally Posted by j

I suggest a laser pointer. Most cats will chase the dot around for hours, including jumping up the wall to try to catch it, etc. It's pretty entertaining.

Try not to blind kitty though.

My cat is 10. He will chase it once, then he is spent. He will just stay in the crouching position for 10 min and then make his move. Afterwards, he just ignores it. I may build him a jungle gym of sorts in the apartment. He and the other cat might enjoy chasing each other on it.

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Lots of reasons. Dogs enjoy the company and the exercise. Cats dont like having decisions made for them and they dont like being restrained. A dog will bring you the leash and happily suggest a walk. I think for most cats, if they knew they were about to be leashed, you would have a fight on your hands.

Cats are like women......

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Cats are like women......

There is a sort of feminine quality to cats. Although we had a big fat scarred up old tom cat who was a brutish pig. Kind of like Eliots Growltiger.

 

[Stazy]

I am allergic to cats but would really love to own a sphynx cat. They are know to have hypoallergenic qualities so I'm hopeful that it will be possible for me to get one eventually.

 

[LabelKing]

I wonder if a rabbit is receptive to walks. They do seem to like to hop around a lot.

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I wonder if a rabbit is receptive to walks. They do seem to like to hop around a lot.
Negative, they freak out more than cats when spooked. I have seen them walked in people's yards though.

 

[LabelKing]

I suppose a properly trained cat is the best animal to be walked (aside from a dog) although I'm impelled to walk a lobster.

 

[LabelKing]

I feel for the benefit of everyone involved I will bring my Minox camera and photograph people's handwriting to show how unkempt it is.