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Best cat breeds for catching spiders?
I'm thinking of acquiring a cat, and am considering which breeds would be suitable. I'm a spider phobic, so a cat that would eradicate spiders from my house would be a particular favourite. Other qualities that I'd value: 1) affectionate 2) talkative 3) clean 4) no tendency to molt heavily Any suggestions appreciated.. Al |
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Best cat breeds for catching spiders?
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"AL_n" wrote in message ... I'm thinking of acquiring a cat, and am considering which breeds would be suitable. I'm a spider phobic, so a cat that would eradicate spiders from my house would be a particular favourite. Other qualities that I'd value: 1) affectionate 2) talkative 3) clean 4) no tendency to molt heavily Any suggestions appreciated.. Al |
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Best cat breeds for catching spiders?
On 3 Apr 2011 09:58:44 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:
I'm thinking of acquiring a cat, and am considering which breeds would be suitable. I'm a spider phobic, so a cat that would eradicate spiders from my house would be a particular favourite. Other qualities that I'd value: 1) affectionate 2) talkative 3) clean 4) no tendency to molt heavily Any suggestions appreciated.. Al No idea about breeds since I pluck mine from the street or shelters. But cats vary tremendously and all are different. I'd talk to the local shelter because they get to know the cats' personalities. The spider bit might be tough though. One of my four cats does have it in for waterbugs and specializes in removing the wings, usually resulting in the termination of the waterbug. The other three don't seem concerned about waterbugs. I think most spiders are too small to attract much interest from a cat. |
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Best cat breeds for catching spiders?
On Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 5:58:44 AM UTC-4, AL_n wrote:
I'm thinking of acquiring a cat, and am considering which breeds would be suitable. I'm a spider phobic, so a cat that would eradicate spiders from my house would be a particular favourite. Other qualities that I'd value: 1) affectionate 2) talkative 3) clean 4) no tendency to molt heavily Any suggestions appreciated.. Al You definitely want a Siamese. They are the most talkative and intelligent of the cat breeds, extremely loyal, and are known to be fast/agile and decent mousers... which is pretty much the same thing. But not *every* cat will be a hunter, so you might think about just adopting a kitten and teaching it to hunt yourself. Get some little plastic spiders and attach them to a string and dangle it in front of the cat, reward him every time he "kills" the spider. Good luck. I used to be the most arachnophobic person I knew, until I learned a major life lesson and discovered that there are *waaay* worse things than spiders out there... and guess what? Spiders eat ALL of them.. I haven't killed a spider in my house in a long time now. |
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You need a cat to deal with your spiders? What kind of spiders do you have in your house?
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Lizards just fine for my cat, but spider sometimes too fast to catch or my cat does not bother at all, it's hard to determine what kind of breed to catch the spider, but cat has a hunt instinct, so any breed could be good when it has been confronted with spider since kitten.
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