BENGAL cats

Steve G wrote:
CatNipped wrote:
(...)

Maybe because these cats need a loving home just as much, if not
*more* than perfectly healthy cats and kittens that don't have
problems getting adopted.

Cats with behavioural and other problems have no more need for a
loving home than a 'normal' cat. Having 'issues' does not somehow
make the cat more worthy of adoption, nor does owning a cat with
behavioural problems give the owner a Magic Karma Bonus to be
redeemed at some imaginary date.

With many thousands of unscrewy cats that need a home - far more than
will ever find a home, indeed - there is no particular rationale for
adopting behaviourally-buggered cats.

Steve.

This would make a good sig line!!

"there is no particular rationale for adopting
behaviourally-buggered cats. -Steve"

Mary wrote:
"Steve G" wrote in message
oups.com...
(...)

Well, no - in fact it's probably time for you to post your periodic
apologies for wallowing in the ****e with the rest of us (vide,
this
thread), and then perhaps post a christian glurge thread or two. As
such, the circle is complete.


Honest to dawg, I really think you affect this tone to make
up for SOMETHING. There can be no other excuse. Since
your intellect is at least average .... it must be something else.

Well, it was a pretty accurate reflection of recent history.

But yes, unfortunately I'm only 3' tall and have an outrageous French
accent. These are things I need to make up for. Fortunately there are
platform-soled shoes, and voice coaches. And for Catnipped, there is
always drowning.

Options are the greatest things.

Steve.

Mary wrote:
"Steve G" wrote in message
oups.com...
(...)

Well, no - in fact it's probably time for you to post your periodic
apologies for wallowing in the ****e with the rest of us (vide,
this
thread), and then perhaps post a christian glurge thread or two. As
such, the circle is complete.


Honest to dawg, I really think you affect this tone to make
up for SOMETHING. There can be no other excuse. Since
your intellect is at least average .... it must be something else.

Yes, unfortunately I'm only 3' tall and have an outrageous French
accent. These are things I need to make up for. What's your excuse?

Anyway, fortunately for me, there are platform-soled shoes, and voice
coaches. And for Catnipped, there is always being slapped really,
really hard about the chops with a herring. Options are the greatest of
things.

Steve.

Philip wrote:
(...)

As I stated earlier, $225 for a run-of-the-mill tabby kitten is too
much.

You missed the point I was making, I think. Would the perfect cat, who
happened to be a $225 moggy, be worth it to you?

Or in other words, there is no inherent monetary value in a cat. The
value is, I think, in what the cat means to you - and this is hopefully
independent of the source from where you obtained said cat.

(...)

Purebreds are a differnt purchase. The buyer's vanity will cause
him/her to
pay more.

'The buyer' is you. Is it *your* vanity that prevents you from buying a
mog?

I might add that a breeder I have met would sell me a
less-than-premium Bengal kitty for $200. So "purebred" does not
automatically mean "premium."

Remarkably cheap. The ball joints have probably gone, and I bet the
tread will be low on all four paws.

Steve.

kaeli wrote:
In article .net,
1chip-
enlightened us with...


I was just playing. Despite our differences, at least you do
not support breeders.

Sounds like a gay thing.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
*ahem*

He meant using the term "breeders - "at least you do not support
breeders"". It's a term gay men use for heterosexuals.

-L.

Diane L. Schirf wrote:
I've noticed that someone (not kaeli), I'm not saying who ("ladies,"
"typical feminine") seems to have some women/sexuality issues, which
means I can't take them seriously. Too much throwback going on there.

--
http://www.slywy.com/


Nah, I think he's just a dirty old man. Viagra, ya know.

-L.

Steve G wrote:
Philip wrote:
(...)

As I stated earlier, $225 for a run-of-the-mill tabby kitten is too
much.

You missed the point I was making, I think. Would the perfect cat, who
happened to be a $225 moggy, be worth it to you?

Ah ... the "perfect" cat. Ok, yes.

Or in other words, there is no inherent monetary value in a cat. The
value is, I think, in what the cat means to you - and this is
hopefully independent of the source from where you obtained said cat.

Agreed. If a cat was a cat was a cat .... and since they are far from being
an endangered species, they have little intrinsic value and bring on
liability. Does appear that the more freakish they are, the higher the
purchase price and increasingly, the more fragile.

(...)

Purebreds are a differnt purchase. The buyer's vanity will cause
him/her to pay more.

'The buyer' is you. Is it *your* vanity that prevents you from buying
a mog?

Not at all. All but a pair of Siamese I had years ago were "moogies" (a
term I never heard until this forum). My inquiry here has been for the
expressed purpose of discovering if a Bengal or Ocicat would be a good
alternative to my usual choice of a "moogie".


I might add that a breeder I have met would sell me a
less-than-premium Bengal kitty for $200. So "purebred" does not
automatically mean "premium."

Remarkably cheap. The ball joints have probably gone, and I bet the
tread will be low on all four paws.

Steve.

hahhaa. At 12 weeks, hardly. Little guy seemed small for his age but ...
sure was lively and happy. "Shoulder cat." The markings were poor but the
head and face were good, hence the vaccinated, fixed, and wormed price of
$200.

wrote:
Mary wrote:
"Philip" wrote

You're attitude is young, idealistic, and making me nauseous. ;^)
We've got almost 40 yrs marriage and two kids raised and on their
own.
If you
don't want children, get separate beds or one of you get
sterilized. Kids change evvvvvvverything.

You know, you can be old without being a bitter asshole. I know lots
of terrific old people.

So true. We have a 95-year-old lady who spends her time making crochet
catnip balls for the shelter cats. So they're not all old, bitter, and
stupid. OTOH, maybe if you get that old and that bitter, you should be
euthanized. You know, put them out of their misery.

Sherry

Listen up Sherry. Anytime you get a hospice nurse or a convalescent home
nurse aside for a chat, ask her (usually the case) which old patients are
easier to deal with ... men or women. Without exception, it's old men.
I'll leave it up to you to find out why.

Steve G wrote:
Philip wrote:
(...)

Considering the rather un-catlike behaviors I witnessed at a Bengal
cattery were F3+ cats were present, I would beg to differ. I have
never seen plain ol loveable housecats JUMP INTO water

I have a mog who is happy to get soaked under a bath tap (when
drinking from it), and who occasionally sits with his fluffy tail
dipped in his water dish - apparently he's an osmotic cat. He doesn't
jump in water though, at least not intentionally.

... or run in a spinning wheel like a hamster

That's supposed to be good? Man, even most pet rats are not so stoopid
as to run on a wheel.

I watched three different Bengals do this! Was there hamster blood in those
Bengals, I wonder! LOL VERY entertaining.

... or leap vertically or horizontally distances of 6-8 feet ...

Now that's common enough - basically every cat I've had or grown up
with did random athletic nonsense.

growl like like a large dog. You? I had a 12 month old Bengal run
up my arm (good thing I had a long sleeved sweatshirt on), perch on my
shoulder and then stick its nose in my ear. You?

I have an aby who does this. He probably spends 10% of his time either
leaping onto or off from my shoulder - shoulder to top of cupboard /
bookshelf is a favorite. I could probably train the mog to do similar
feats, but this would be a bad idea: 13lbs of razor-clawed fluff
plummeting onto my shoulder from 10 feet up ... daily shoulder
dislocation. Well, unless I wore my suit of chain mail, but I prefer
to keep that special for funerals and bar-mitzvahs.

Steve.

There is a job for you riding horses and jousting at Medieval Times.

Steve G wrote:
Mary wrote:
"Steve G" wrote in message
oups.com...
(...)

Well, no - in fact it's probably time for you to post your periodic
apologies for wallowing in the ****e with the rest of us (vide, this
thread), and then perhaps post a christian glurge thread or two. As
such, the circle is complete.


Honest to dawg, I really think you affect this tone to make
up for SOMETHING. There can be no other excuse. Since
your intellect is at least average .... it must be something else.

Yes, unfortunately I'm only 3' tall and have an outrageous French
accent. These are things I need to make up for. Fortunately there are
platform-soled shoes, and voice coaches. And for Catnipped, there is
always drowning.

Options are the greatest things.

Steve.

Why didn't you tell Mary that you can lick your eyebrows?