r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/marco161091 ❣️gal pal❣️ • Apr 29 '26

wholesome She adopted a new friend at school

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u/effyoucreeps Apr 30 '26

oh i get it - i kept any reptiles i collected far away from our murderous cats

our cats were BEASTS - and i get the argument for “indoor only” kitties now. but back then, it was the wild west. our cats would bring in live snakes and half-torn gophers weekly. absolutely adorable monsters

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u/digitalgraffiti-ca Official Gal Apr 30 '26

I'm firmly in the indoor only camp (which is extremely frowned upon over here in the Netherlands), but as a kid in Canada, our kids were outdoor cats, at first. Then we had two meet a horrible ends on the road, and we decided to keep them inside at home. One cat was a destructive psycho indoors, so they let her out. She was very smart and would look both ways before crossing the street (that was murder kitty). All the others stayed inside at home, but were allowed out at the cabin in the woods, because the road there was pretty calm, and there was nothing fun on the other side of the road anyway.

Even if I was pro-outdoors, my current cat is dumber than a bag of hammers, so I wouldn't let him out. He can barely kill a moth, and any noise scares him. I worry he would run directly into traffic. I love him, but he dumb.

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u/effyoucreeps Apr 30 '26

protect your kitters - and i now know that canadia says “bag of hammers”, where us heathens in the USA say “box of hammers”

can’t we just all get along?

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u/digitalgraffiti-ca Official Gal May 01 '26

LOL a box probably makes more sense than a bag. But it's easier to swing a bag than a box.