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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. It's
been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? Or at least don't give food treats? |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
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"James" wrote in message ... There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. It's been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? Or at least don't give food treats? |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
"Linda Boucher" wrote in message ... NO "James" wrote in message ... There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. It's been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? Or at least don't give food treats? Oh, my, this must be one of Pussyboy James worthwhile posts, eh Matthew? It's not enough that he lets his cats roam where anything can happen to them, now he wants to justify not feeding them enough. What's up, asshole, are your utilities going to be cut off again? |
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Would you starve your pet so it will live longer?
"cybercat" wrote in message ... "Linda Boucher" wrote in message ... NO "James" wrote in message ... There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. It's been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? Or at least don't give food treats? Oh, my, this must be one of Pussyboy James worthwhile posts, eh Matthew? It's not enough that he lets his cats roam where anything can happen to them, now he wants to justify not feeding them enough. What's up, asshole, are your utilities going to be cut off again? Cyber easy girl don't make me get the whip chains and baby oil ;-) |
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On Apr 22, 4:16*pm, James wrote:
There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. *It's been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? *Or at least don't give food treats? Define "Starve". Those who are "starving themselves" are hardly doing that. What they are doing is eating a very carefully designed calorie- restricted diet with intake below "averages". Now, compare the typical US diet to most of the rest of the world, and most of the rest of the world is 'starving itself' - and doing quite well despite. Our cats self-limit. There is always high-quality dry food available and they are fed as much wet food as they will eat in about 30 minutes twice a day. They get a great deal of exercise, have very low-stress lives and lots of stimulation. Accordingly they are quite slender, even the Maine Coon. We get 'excellent marks' from our vet for weight and muscle-tone. What it comes down to is that a healthy cat with a healthy life-style and a healthy history will not get fat and will not 'pig out' - even if altered. And if one observes the behavior of wild cats (as opposed to stray domestic cats) even in situations where prey is plentiful, neither do they get fat. Domesticated cats get fat for several reasons, sometimes one at a time, sometimes a combination of several. For the most part, the non- physical reasons a a) The cat once lived under near-starvation conditions. Such cats will eat as much as they can whenever they can as they are never sure where their next meal is coming from. They can be trained out of this behavior, but it is very, very difficult. b) They are bored. Much as people over-eat when they are bored, so will cats - if food is available. If the boredom is addressed, they will generally stop over-eating. c) They are under stress - physical or emotional. Eating is displacement behavior and reserve-building. As above. And, of course, there are any number of physical/medical conditions that can lead to obesity if not tended carefully. We can control the first three to a degree with our cats - and that will help greatly in preventing nutritional and diet-related diseases in the future. But, cutting to the chase - if you understand the analogy between the US diet and the 'rest-of-the-world' diet, if we could provide a safe and healthy venue for our cats to stalk, catch, kill and eat natural prey under natural conditions they would be a great deal healthier for it - and we certainly would not be 'starving' them. After all, that is precisely what they have evolved to do for these last half-million years or so - until we started messing about with their gene-pool. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:23:11 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: "Linda Boucher" wrote in message .. . NO "James" wrote in message ... There are people starving themselves in order to live longer. It's been proven in rats that limited food resulted in longer life spans. So would you? Or at least don't give food treats? Oh, my, this must be one of Pussyboy James worthwhile posts, eh Matthew? It's not enough that he lets his cats roam where anything can happen to them, now he wants to justify not feeding them enough. What's up, asshole, are your utilities going to be cut off again? It's a legitimate question though and touches on the decisions we make for our feline family members. Quality of life versus quantity of life. Let's say that I exercise at the gym four days a week for an hour each day for the next 40 years (8320 hours total), Because of this, maybe I'll live a year longer (8760 hours). But I just spent all that time at the GYM, not to mention having to get there and back.Maybe I'll die in a car accident on the way. I'd rather die a year earlier and keep all that time. What does this have to do with starvation diets and cats you ask? If I starve Marlo and lock her in a room with no possible threats to her health, maybe she'll live to 17. With no decent quality of life. If I let her run all over the neighborhood risking fights and cars and whatnot, but also enjoying the thrill of catching mice and birds, she experiences much more that life has to offer but at much greater risk of ending it quickly or suffering greatly. So, it all boils down, once again, to doing the best we can for our furkids. It's all a compromise. So, the answer then is no, I would not starve my cats to maybe have them live longer, nor will I do the same for myself. As for the 1000 or so folks living on that diet, have some chocolate. |
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On Apr 23, 9:38*am, dgk wrote:
So, the answer then is no, I would not starve my cats to maybe have them live longer, nor will I do the same for myself. As for the 1000 or so folks living on that diet, have some chocolate. Amen to that. Generally, if we take Hobbes' view on life in the 'natural state' (solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short), there would be no reason to prolong it. All-and-at-the-same-time, those who take that attitude tend also to be desparately fearful of death and so would be the first to starve themselves to achieve more of that same solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short life. Those who realize that a good life entails risks - and the goodness *almost* has a linear relationship to those risks - understand the epicurean approach - all things in moderation, free of fear. Keeping cats as adjuncts to our egos without fully recognizing *AND* providing for their natures and needs is first-order cruelty. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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"dgk" wrote So, the answer then is no, I would not starve my cats to maybe have them live longer, nor will I do the same for myself. As for the 1000 or so folks living on that diet, have some chocolate. Very nice discourse. James is still a sleazeball idiot, but I do see your point. |
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:34:33 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: "dgk" wrote So, the answer then is no, I would not starve my cats to maybe have them live longer, nor will I do the same for myself. As for the 1000 or so folks living on that diet, have some chocolate. Very nice discourse. James is still a sleazeball idiot, but I do see your point. Not the mention that they'd rip me apart in my sleep if I denied them their Temptations. |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:34:33 -0400, "cybercat" wrote: "dgk" wrote So, the answer then is no, I would not starve my cats to maybe have them live longer, nor will I do the same for myself. As for the 1000 or so folks living on that diet, have some chocolate. Very nice discourse. James is still a sleazeball idiot, but I do see your point. Not the mention that they'd rip me apart in my sleep if I denied them their Temptations. There is always that. The only treat Gracie likes it the dairy Temptations, I think it is called. In the bluish-lavender bag. |
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