We've had a few of cats and dogs here over the years, but after the several years of pet-less period a cat came to us from a neighbour (drunkard, he probably didn't feed her) and then gave birth to another cat, (thanks God just one) which we had to tame, eventually. Since then, they both live here. The younger cat grew really big, loud, annoying, and mostly lazy to catch mice. The older cat (they're nameless) is, on the other side, very well behaved, silent, cuter, and hunts mice or voles like crazy, the record is 5 per day, if I remember. Whenever she catches something, she brings it to us (sometimes on carpet if we don't convince her to drop it outside) and demands a reward, which is usually stroking on fur, scrathing, and some milk. I know, milk is a poison, but cats wants it, and I don't like them enough to protect them from the danger of drinking the milk, for a price of having them meowing under my window all the night.

I think that it is OK to take care of animals around, but not send money to charitative organizations for a help to starving hundreds of millions of people. This problem must be solved GLOBALLY, with a cooperation of nations and whole industries. What compassionate people scratches from the bottom of their purses, is not enough at all, the only who can pay it, are the really rich, and the nations as such. It's good if the people will stay compassionate, through helping the animals for example, so they will be also more tolerant toward a political and economical changes, which will help other nations. Don't be sorry that you help only animals and not starving people, just be prepared to support the greater actions, which will make a multiple governments take care of it, and make others join.

I personally like plants more than animals. Plants are silent, undemanding, doesn't get intestinal parasites, looks nicely, smells well, and can provide a psychoactive substances. What kind of a pet can do that?

After 30 odd posts within this thread, I was beginning to worry that no one would step up and speak for the entire human race.

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6? on custom plates? where the hell do you live? People around here have 8-->9

I cant think of a decent way to downsize death machine, but your alternative would be to find the name of something that is a known death machine, and use that.

Basic or Alkaline.

they sell a milk replacement formula at most pet stores.

Update:

We got the mother cat in. She's closed in the room with the kittens now.

She's kind of hiding but now they can nurse whenever they want. She did sort of come out last time I went in - they were under the bookshelf with her and came to me when I came in.

Guess you can't take one home with you Saturday seeing you're going on a huge road trip!

Sorry, but I couldn't anyway.  My current cat is a Bengal and she was evicted from her initial home for trying to kill a kitten.

Wow. Another cat - a Calico ( Shelley saw her when she was here) brought her 2 kittens. ON black and white one red tabby. Difference is these 2 are terrified and run away. There is a cat we call "the big dirty cat" - a male black and white who has been really friendly to me lately - the black and white kitten looks jsut like him -- the red tabby looks just like the last one we brought in as a pet.

They are doing well. They practically knock me over every time I go in the room running to me. Anyone here that can get up this way who wants a kitten let me know. Right now the kiten we brought in February is on my lap and trying to help metype.

Well, apparently they are atheist kittens. My mom had in the room palm fronds made into a cross (a priest brought them to the hospital she works at palm sunday.) The kittens shredded it!