MrXY said:
I love cats, and think they are badass. I know I am biased since my Mom and Grandma are cat lovers and we always had cats as pets when I was growing up as a child.
Since I moved away from home and have been living alone I always resisted the thought of getting a pet cat, because they cost money, they are a commitment and they could interfere with my travel/lifestyle.
I have since adopted a badass female cat, but the funny thing is I didn't pick her, she picked me, so to speak. She was a cat that suddenly appeared about 6-8 months ago, and would sleep on my front porch and back deck, plus various spots in my yard.
Being cool with cats I would pet her, and every day she would return to the same spot, eventually I started giving her cat treats, but never any real food, and never let her into my house. Because she was always spending all her time on my property, she was out on the streets at all hours of the night (when I got home from partying at 3 am), it was pretty apparent that she was abandoned by her previous owners.
Even though I grew to like the little fucker, I decided not to adopt it, I left the country for 2 months in the dead of winter to go to Mexico, and when I arrived I wondered if the cat would still be there or if it would take off and find a new place to chill or disappear. When I got back the cat was still there sleeping on my porch. My buddy who was house sitting told me, "hey man, there is this cat that always comes here every day and sleeps on your porch."
When I got back I thought to myself damn, this little kitty been living outside, in the cold, and wet, in heavy rain, fending for itself, that's a bad ass little animal.
I continued to pet it and give it cat treats and every time I opened the front door, she would try to peek in and look inside. Sooner or later I started to let her in the house, but I'd toss her every time I left and wouldn't let her in at night. Then I started to let her sleep in the house at night, and now I've fully adopted her and got her a bunch of food, going to get her a litter box soon, and take her to the vet.
The point of this post, is that little animal was cutty as hell, sleeping under my deck in the winter, hunting to feed itself and survive, etc. I suspected that she might be getting fed by a neighbor, but it soon became apparent when she once threw up a half digested mouse that she was hunting for food. There are a bunch of strays in my neighborhood and they hunt at night, I've even seen one hunting a skunk on my property.
My poor cat I'm pretty sure was abandoned by these weird middle aged hippy loser types who were "visiting" this white trash hippy/redneck lady who lives across the street from me. These people were living in a tiny shitty ass old RV and had two huge dogs, and a cat, who was always sitting on the front dashboard staring out the window all day long. I felt bad for that poor cat cooped up in that RV, never going out, and be stuck in a tiny space with 2 people and 2 huge dogs. That cat I'm pretty sure is the same one that I now have, those people probably left her with the white trash lady who never took care of it, and left it to fend for itself.
Dogs are cool, I got no beef with them, they are great for protective purposes, but they seem to be completely helpless and dependent on their owners. Whereas I think cats are a bit more independent and can be left alone for longer, and can survive on their own if need be. Cats are also great because they will hunt and eat mice which can be clutch if you live in a more rural area, have issues with rodents, or have a farm or garden where rodents have been none to feed and breed.
