A question for people with indoor cats.

[bertha katzenengel]

Poll question: A question for people with indoor cats.

How many cats live in your house most of the time?

[Xithras]

1. Depends on the season.

My house has kitty doors, so they come and go as they please. Typically they're inside all summer and winter when the weather makes being outside miserable. During the spring and fall, however, I can barely keep track of them.

[Eurobabe]

2. three are mine, one is my daughters new baby, Moe

that will leave on Sunday to join Larry in Pittsburgh. I think his littermate Flummi will cry all day missing him.

I shall cry all day missing my daughter, and the kitten! :cry:

[terrya]

3. Just one. I wish I had gotten another one when she was a kitten.

She's 12 now. There's no way she would allow another cat in the house at her age. I wish I had gotten another cat for her to keep her company.

[Placebo]

4. One upstairs with us, one downstairs...

with my grandparents.

We tried to put him and my girl kitty together but that just didn't work, so my grandparents decided to take care of him instead of us sending him to the shelter. :)

I still consider them both my cats though, because I play with him at least once a day. :)

[MissB]

5. Berta, are you

thinking about getting another one? :wow:

[bertha katzenengel]

10. Oh, CONSTANTLY.

Ginger the Sweet Orange Boy is on the threshhold - literally; he lives under the front porch. But Mrs. V. would kill me. :hi:

Once the other kitten we took in last winter is spayed, we'll install our cat door, and we may lose those two kittens (they may revert to feral). I don't want to lose them but the house will be calmer.

[MissB]

14. You have a generous heart

Good for you for opening your home to so many kitties. I can only keep two (both from the Humane Society). I've had to diversify into other species in order to bring more animals into my house.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. I used to have five but one died over the holidays, so 4

and a doggie that likes to chase them all :D

[melissinha]

7. 2 cats and a dog

All female.. with me, female, in one apartment.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

8. We have three

If I had the room and the time, I'd have about 100 cats!

[Chovexani]

9. Just one

My furball is an attention whore and doesn't like to compete. :P

[liberalnurse]

11. I have four kitties......

Tommy and Tessie are the senior members followed by the juniors,Izzy and Ginger. Tommy is the pack leader.

[Nightjock]

12. I prefer to keep the kitties indoors all the time

My vet scared me with the outside cat life span talk.

[Harley Quinn]

13. three here

The apartment won't hold any more! I adopted these three as tiny babies when their mom got hit by a car. They run as a very definite pack so outsiders are a no-no.

HQ-loves all kitties everywhere!

[Shoeempress]

15. Down to 4 now, all rescued strays. The only time they go out is to the

vet. Mostly they are ok with it, but they don't get a vote. Also have my eye on a kitty I think is stray, if she is she will be #5.

[Ottmar]

16. None. But I have a little song

die katze

du hast sie gefunden jetzt liegt es bei dir
dich um sie zu kümmern
wer weiß vielleicht schnurrt sie dafür
sie kommt und sie geht
wann immer sie will
sie räkelt sich in deinen Laken aus
weichem Flanell
sie spielt mit der Beute
zieht nie mit der Meute sie kuscht nicht
sie zählt deine Mäuse sie mordet sie leise und gründlich

nein, sie wird dir nie gehör’n
doch du streichelst sie so gern
das weiß sie ganz genau
miau

Sie krallt sich dein Kissen und thront arrogant
sie frißt dir die Haare vom Kopf
aber nie aus der Hand
willst du sie dir greifen faucht sie
rühr mich nicht an
hast du absolut keine Zeit für sie
schleicht sie sich an
sie fällt auf die Pfoten
sie spielt nicht nach Noten, sie sträubt sich
du kannst sie nicht führen und auch nicht dressier’n
sie spurt nicht

nein, sie wird dir nie gehör’n
doch du streichelst sie so gern
das weiß sie ganz genau
miau

sie spielt mit der Beute
zieht nie mit der Meute sie kuscht nicht
sie zählt deine Mäuse sie mordet sie leise und gründlich

nein, sie wird dir nie gehör’n
doch du streichelst sie so gern
das weiß sie ganz genau
miau

nein, sie wird dir nie gehör’n
doch du streichelst sie so gern
das weiß sie ganz genau
miau



Annett Louisan

[bertha katzenengel]

19. I can only get a tiny bit of this, Ottmar

My German is virtually nonexistent, except the bits I have from my grandmother.

But I used Google translator and got some of it. It sounds to me like you captured cats perfectly in your song. Thanks!

:bounce:

[Jokerman]

17. Actually it's THEIR house.

We humans are just servants.

[Dave Reynolds]

18. Three,

but my slightly nutty sister has 17 in her house and another 12 in her garage.

[bertha katzenengel]

20. Ouch. That would be too many for me!!

Far too many.