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How old is she?

If she was a kitten until recently, cats tend to change their bahaviour rather suddenly when growing up.

Other than that, I must honestly say that people who can't/don't want to grant their cat access to the outdoors should not complain if their cat behaves disturbed.

>>2342090
go back to /aq/ faggot

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>>2342095

>>2342036
Is his name kylo?

>>2342036

iz nice kitty

>>2342056
thanks!

>>2342030
Tell them to get real pets

I mean, you're allowed to not like something obviously. But if you want to not live a life of anger towards a single creature then education is the best bet. Learn more about cats and why they do the things they do. Understanding them more could help you at least tolerate them a bit better. Know that you can't just compare them to dogs or any other animal and that they just need to be respected for what they are. And a lot of the times people say a cat is aggressive it's because they're doing something wrong with it and refuse to understand it better in order to live peacefully together. Just throwing some examples out there - I don't know what your actual issues are.

In the end, people like different kinds of pets because they suit their lifestyles better (unless you're the kind of person who doesn't know what they're doing). If you think of it that way, it might help.

>inb4 catfag detected

I actually like cats and dogs pretty equally. But more than anything, I'm a rabbit person I guess.

>>2342030
I just tell them, your cat is so cute and sweet but sorry not a cat person. If their cat won't leave me alone and they don't tend to it I go outside. I say gonna go grab some fresh air maybe then he will loose interest.

What's hard is when you keep getting invited over to dinner. I won't eat at someone's house with a cat unless I help cook so I can disinfect all the surfaces as discreetly as possible. In and out of litter boxes then jumping on counters is my biggest problem with them.

My dog may walk outside but he doesn't walk on eating surfaces.

Rocket and Bumbus.

Cruz and Missile

Mimi and Jack

Bird neutering only happens with chickens. The rest of us just have to do the fake eggs + abort the fertilized egg thing.

Only if I don't plan on having sex with them.

No, I like my dog.

>>2341805
>My cat is a beautiful girl and I love her to death.
>no pic

>>2341806
Shes camera shy. Every time she sees a camera she hisses and stuff. She's been like that since she was a kitten.

>>2341810
Lmao OP

They also need another bird partner.

Same goes for me because I do not have time for a dog because of my job.

>>2341698
>>2341726
Both of this go for me.

>>2341698
I want hamsters but I'm gone for like 10 hours a day and terrified my pupper will try and get in their cage while I'm out.

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>>2341662
Show me a dog that can effectively scratch it's own butt and I'll show you one who isn't longing for some butt scratching.

>>2341662
Geldings really enjoy butt scratches

>>2341662
Back when I had dogs they loved getting spanked. Not a hard spanking but more like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SF7G9UjVi0

Animals are lewd

>>2341565
Live through it. Accept it. Eventually you'll come around, it's just a phase of grief.
I'm very sorry for your doggo, anon. Why is he being put to sleep?

>>2341568
Its a girl
She's 13 with a tumor and just recently lost use of her back legs, I don't want her to suffer anymore

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You'll be OK in time

>>2341036
It wouldn't be evolution. What it sounds like you wanna do is selective breeding. Find the biggest male and female. Breed em and cull any small ones. Doesn't sound possible though.

You're not "accelerating evolution", you're selective breeding. You don't have the lifetimes it takes to achieve speciation of a higher species.

What you are describing is creating a breed of large guppies. It's been done before. If you want to achieve speciation then culture microorganisms.

>>2341045
>>2341048
>selective breeding.
Isn't that just a layman's term for man made evolution?

>Find the biggest male and female. Breed em and cull any small ones
While that in theory might work, I think it'd be more favorable to manipulate their environment too, so that it forces the biggest of them to have an advantage over the small ones. The question is how.
It'd also be worth researching what makes various species grow bigger. Island gigantism comes to mind, but otherwise I'm drawing a blank here.
>What you are describing is creating a breed of large guppies. It's been done before
Really? Fascinating. Do you have any materials related to it?

>>2341005
Sometimes I feel like they've just been constantly accidentally playing the wrong shows for the last 5 to 10 years, and one day somebody's just going to say, "oops" and turn the correct stuff back on.

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>>2341253
We can all dream, anon

>>2341005
Surprisingly human happened.

Seriously, I don't go to Animal Planet to watch people build tree houses, build pools, look for gold, or enforce the law. I go to it to watch stuff about ANIMALS, plain and simple.

How and why did they mess this up so badly?

Extinction.

>>2340944
To be the most strongest micro-organism in existence.

>>2340944
My heart

What's your criteria for patrician tier animals?

>>2340036
any favorite animal that isn't shit

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>tfw crepuscular

>>2339813
Agreed. They are neat to watch. I've had them fly right to me and even buzzed me a few times on occasion. So sad that white-nose disease is hitting them hard. We're just starting to see examples of this in my region.

>>2339813
I have a colony of endangered brown bats roosting in an old barn on my property. I get to watch them in the evenings, and enjoy a mosquito free environment.
In process of applying for a grant from Purdue University, turns out they will either pay me directly, or provide a tax break for ensuring that nobody fucks with the colony. It's a win/win.

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>>2339813
I love bats but seeing or hearing one always reminds me of something that happened once
>be 11 years old
>on summer holiday with family, rented a house with a farm and a pool for around a week
>one day, at the pool
>nighttime slowly comes around, but water felt too nice and didn't feel like coming out
>start hearing bats, seeing them fly all over
>they start reaching to the water to catch bugs on the surface
>PANIC. gif
>5 minutes of little me screaming and swimming all over the place until I get the courage to get out
Not my proudest moment