Hate your girlfriends/wife's animal?

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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited April 2011
    Do I hate my wife's girlfriend? Wait, what's the question?

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2011
    Wife's girlfriend? Sounds like you're doing just fine cubdog. Carry on.
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited April 2011
    Airplay, it depends on how much you like the gal. If she's a keeper it's probably on you to step up to this one. It's going to be a lot harder on her to give up her furry pal than it would be for you to just try and accept the animal.

    And the "it's me or the cat" strategy some have suggested is a sure loser. Either A) you'll be politely shown the door or B) she gets rid of the cat but hates you for it forever and plots taking revenge on your member some night when you're passed out on the couch. :eek::eek:

    My office manager's husband made her give up her 3 cats. I didn't know about it but I guess she cried about it secretly for weeks. Since then he's been shown the door and a couple new cats have taken his place at her house.

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  • jcandy
    jcandy Posts: 501
    edited April 2011
    My wife/daughter have three cats and, most recently, a RABBIT :mad:

    While my ideal scenario is zero cats, and rabbit for dinner, I find two of the cats tolerable -- sometime good company, sometimes annoying. The third cat is a PITA and I hope he vanishes in the near future (they spend lots of time outdoors). The rabbit is just a ridiculous excuse for a pet and it drove me crazy for two months (it was being kept indoors in a cage in our family room during the night, and had free run of the yard/neighborhood during the day). I don't even want to get into how gross it is to have a rabbit cage in your family room. I complained about it every few days, but the severe repercussions of complaining were as bad as the annoyance of the pet. My wife is Dutch, and Dutch women just don't take sh$t from the husband/boyfriend. Also, my daughter loves the rabbit, and was very good about cleaning up after it. Still, I felt as though I just couldn't take much more before a crisis was bound to occur, but then last week I discovered that I was probably allergic to the (timothy) hay that was kept in its cage (indoors). So now its outside in a sealed cage and I'm a happy camper. In fact, I was getting close to going to the doctor to get treated for what I thought was chronic sinusitis when the light bulb went off and I suspected an allergy to the rabbit or the hay. So, in the end, I was allergic to the rabbit and that caused me daily suffering for two months in addition to the baseline hatred of the pet.

    End rant.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2011
    She's a keeper but damn the cat is annoying. By far the dirtiest cat I've ever encountered too. I figure that's a result of him being so morbidly obese that he can't wash himself. She's decided to try putting him on a diet, meaning he gets food in the morning and that's it.

    I've given up, I just have to accept it. But I honestly can't wait until he's gone. Can cats get diabetes? I sure hope so.
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited April 2011
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    She's a keeper but damn the cat is annoying. By far the dirtiest cat I've ever encountered too. I figure that's a result of him being so morbidly obese that he can't wash himself. She's decided to try putting him on a diet, meaning he gets food in the morning and that's it.

    I've given up, I just have to accept it. But I honestly can't wait until he's gone. Can cats get diabetes? I sure hope so.

    Airplay, get the cat on some kind of diet cat food like "Science Diet." They can eat all they want and not gain weight. Secondly, get the cat some exercise. Buy one of those laser pointers. Cats will chase the light endlessly, get great exercise and will be totally entertained. It's usually pretty entertaining to the human operator of the laser as well. By the way, if YOU are said operator, you will be a hero to your gal as well. :wink::wink:

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2011
    We tried the diet food. You're right, he will eat all he wants and consequently **** non-stop. Not normal cat ****, we're talking engine sludge diarrhea. I've gotten him toys and try playing with him but he only goes for so long and then it's back to sleeping. He has balls, stuffed mice, this little dead bird like thing on a stick I can get him to chase. 75% of his time is spent sleeping though. I think we might have to get him a leash.
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited April 2011
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Not normal cat ****, we're talking engine sludge diarrhea.
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Luckily he has FIV so hopefully he wont last long. No more cats after this for sure. Such a gross creature.

    Airplay, ever considered your little kitty is just sick? The **** could be related to the FIV or a plethora of other things, some serious, some not. Ya ever thought of getting the little guy to a vet? Maybe it's not his fault he's gross? :confused::confused:

    Chris
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited April 2011
    I've got a weird cat. Weird in the sense that he won't eat anything except his dried cat food we put in his bowl. That's all he's ever eaten in 9 years. I mean...you can put a piece of chicken or fish in front of his nose and he will just sniff it and walk away.

    He always does his business in the litter box or outdoors. But if you forget to change the litter and it gets too messy he'll crap on the floor to remind you.

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2011
    He poops normally since I bought him organic cat food that doesn't have corn or soy in it. Most cheap cat foods have corn/soy as one of the main ingredients and I guess he's allergic to it or something. This new one has chicken as the main ingredient and he's much less stinky. Too bad it didn't help the annoying.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited April 2011
    I'm allergic to cats and dogs, especially cats! I have a friend who has 2 cats and a dog. I walk in her house and this animal stench hits me in the face, then 10 minutes later my eyes are itching.

    No animals whatsoever for me! Besides, the only **** that will enter the Strong Bad Estates is..well...ya know! :wink:
    No excuses!
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited April 2011
    We have three cats...i want them all gone.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited April 2011
    An average cat should be fed 1/4 cup of food in the mouring and 1/4 cup in the evening. If you just leaving the food bowl out a cat will take a nap by the bowl then wake up and go back to eating only to get tired and take a nap again.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited April 2011
    jcandy wrote: »
    I don't even want to get into how gross it is to have a rabbit cage in your family room.

    My father raised rabbits when I was young. They were in a cage in the garage. I know how bad they can smell, even when cleaned often. I can't imagine a rabbit in the family room.

    My wife really wanted a dog last summer and we bought a Boston terrier. I tolerated it. I knew it would work out that even though it was the wife's and kid's pet that I have to take it out to the bathroom. Note the "was"... even though this thing shed little, my wife got tired of sweeping the hardwood floors twice a day. We got rid of it shortly thereafter. My wife now realizes that we simply are not pet people. Too bad it cost $400 for that lesson.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited April 2011
    jbooker82 wrote: »
    An average cat should be fed 1/4 cup of food in the mouring and 1/4 cup in the evening. If you just leaving the food bowl out a cat will take a nap by the bowl then wake up and go back to eating only to get tired and take a nap again.


    I guess my cat is an exception. There is always food in his bowl and he doesn't scoff it all down on sight. He nibbles at it here and there throughout the day. He is healthy, not fat, and won't eat anything but his dried cat food. Like I said...very strange indeed!

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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited April 2011
    I love cats... not REAL fond of "her" cat, but i don't think she's real fond of "her" cat at this point, either.

    My cat is AWESOME. He's clean, huge, and as chill as can be. 30lb orange tabby FTW!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,713
    edited April 2011
    Never had a problem with any cats camping out by the food bowl. Put enough dried food in there to feed a herd of Clydesdales for a couple of weeks, too. They'd come in, take some nibbles, and wander off. Guess they figured there was enough in there that they didn't have to gorge themselves.

    Had a rabbit named "Toro" once (the lone survivor of a lawnmower incident in my back yard).
    Toro and Bugsy (cat) would have staring contests in the upstairs family room. After a couple of minutes, Toro would hop downstairs, chased by Bugsy.
    We'd wait a couple of minutes (guess they'd continue the staring contest down there) and here'd come Bugsy, chased by Toro.
    Another staring contest, then off to the races again.

    Not sure who was stupider: Toro, Bugsy ..... or us, for sitting there watching these two idiots. Was pretty entertaining, though.

    Finally gave Toro to one of my son's friends. Toro had a nasty habit of gnawing on power cords. :frown:
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