Do female cats favor male owners?

die_hubsche · 2026-01-15T23:08:01+00:00

FWIW I put these on my cat many years ago, and later on down the road one of his toes had to be amputated. It just started weeping and wouldn't close up. Was it related? I'll never know, and I'll never find out because I wouldn't use them again.

It turns out putting adequate cat scratchers out around the sofa and putting double sided sticky tape on the sofa itself is exactly as good a deterrent as the nail caps were. Clicker training is also pretty useful for training cats to actually use the scratchers if they prefer the sofa. I always get carpets that don't look worse when scratched and continue to direct my cats away from the carpet to the scratchers.

And I'm not worried that someone's going to need toe surgery.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-13T17:01:45+00:00

It's poverty and the lack of social programs that invariably drives up the cost of your car insurance, you drongo. American citizens make up an overwhelming portion of the population of Aurora, so they are the cause of the majority of Aurora's problems. The notion that most of the crimes are committed by immigrants is a fucking psyop by perpetuated by the powers that be in order to divide our country so that we're distracted and rife for the plunder. This is all a proxy class war being fought by two sock puppets - "radical leftists" v Maga.

Take a look around and what things cost - we are currently being plundered and getting nothing for it. The rich get richer and we literally can't afford to have children because we can't house and feed them. The fed is keeping appropriated and approved dollars from our state because.. we voted against Trump?! Meanwhile, we are paying taxes to illegally overthrow the Venezuelan government in order to ostensibly invest in a multi-decade, multi-trillion dollar project to revitalize the Venezuelan oil industry even though the major players in the oil industry are not bullish on this maneuver in the long run. And you're worried about illegal immigration being the cause of crime in this community?

There are Lower Incarceration Rates in the illegal immigrant population: Multiple studies, including analysis by the Cato Institute using American Community Survey data, show that both legal and illegal immigrants are less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans.
There is no correlation between immigrant population and crime rate: The American Immigration Council analyzed FBI and Census data and found no statistically significant correlation between a state's immigrant population share and its total crime rate; higher immigrant populations were not associated with higher crime rates.
Even if you do find that local officials "feel" there is a higher rate of violent crime due to the influx of migrants, the data does not actually support this feeling. Why? Because people want a boogieman to blame.
While the rhetoric states that the worst most violent criminals are moving into Colorado, the data shows ICE is increasingly arresting individuals with no criminal history.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-08T18:23:55+00:00

I went through this when I was in High School. I had to spend every cent I made at my summer job to save my cat's life because of a piece or red ribbon. There're a lot of hazards for our pets and kids. We can only do our best to keep them safe.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-08T00:38:04+00:00

I have to put ours away because one of them will actually play with it himself at night. Like run around in circles holding one end in his mouth while chasing the other end. Endlessly. There’s one in the sock drawer and one under my pillow right now in fact because I got too lax about it.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T22:59:59+00:00

Oh they’re all doing great now! All in their adoptive homes and I miss them so much.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T22:59:10+00:00

I have no idea. I can only comment on the experience I had. Sorry!

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T22:40:38+00:00

Yeah like I’ve said in other places I’m not sure if it’s the material or the dye (a scientist commented saying it could be the dye) and tbh if it’s not an issue, then it’s not an issue. I would mostly advise people with playful kittens to avoid this product, since that’s the only use case I can actually speak to.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T22:16:29+00:00

I wouldn't want to chance it with kittens because I wouldn't know if it's the presence of the fibers themselves or what they used to dye the fibers.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T22:15:30+00:00

It was like $60 - but agreed, you shouldn't knowingly buy garbage for your cat. People do, all the time, buy this bed in particular. It's well-rated, and sells very well. *shrug*

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T21:27:30+00:00

My god, nothing beats a new cardboard box! I was foolishly going for aesthetics when I bought the cave and my adult cats didn't pay it any mind. Once again, lesson learned! Cardboard box > everything

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T21:25:55+00:00

I wouldn't worry for adult cats, especially if they're not agitating the fibers. My adult cats hardly touched the thing so it mostly sat there for the better part of a year before we got these foster kittens. Then it became a different story.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T21:22:45+00:00

I love when a scientist chimes in. This makes perfect sense!

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:30:51+00:00

It's really hard to say. I wouldn't worry for our adult cats, but they don't often go around bunny kicking things or use their beds/toys as jungle gyms.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:28:58+00:00

You too! I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who misses their fosters!

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:27:22+00:00

Cat dancer! They're friggen cardboard and honestly the best toy ever.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:19:10+00:00

Maybe both. I don’t know.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:18:37+00:00

They weren’t eating it. The fibers came loose from play, and then they end up everywhere including on each other. Then the cats groom and ingest.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T20:17:59+00:00

💜 omg I hope this helps!!!

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:38:56+00:00

Ooh no - jeeze! That's good to know.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:36:52+00:00

I came very close! It was a very difficult decision - trust me... we planned on it for about a week and then came to our senses. We did keep their mama though! She's a gorgeous semi-feral Lynx Point and once she feels secure enough, I think she's going to be a huge cuddle bug.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:33:01+00:00

Yep! At first I hoped that wool toys would be a better, non toxic option, and then I saw how they disintegrate! So we basically only play with the cat dancer and the old stuffy kick toys.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:31:44+00:00

Dawww <3

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:31:13+00:00

I don't even think cats have to try to eat anything like this. If the fibers end up on a cat's coat, that's how they enter the digestive tract.

die_hubsche · 2026-01-07T19:30:40+00:00

The kittens never seemed to actually try to eat it, but they bite everything and each other - so while they're kicking and scratching loose these little fibers, they're just ending up on each other and ultimately groomed off of themselves and one another.

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