Kylee of our PoC family inspired this article with her comment about cat lovers, on another page:
‘It’s good when it makes you realise there are others like us out there’
She is right, it is good!
PoC is a wonderful meeting place for all of us who love cats but we also meet other like minded people in real life too.
The North of England is known to be a very friendly place to live and I’m wondering if other parts of our country and countries abroad are the same?
Here cat lovers are especially friendly people, almost always in the Pet Food aisle at the Supermarket someone strikes up a conversation:
‘I just don’t know what to buy for my cats today, they refuse everything lately that they used to like’
‘Oh I know, ours do the same’
‘How many have you got?’
‘Three, how many have you got?’
‘Two’
‘Oh I wouldn’t be without cats, I love them’
And so it goes on.
Then the checkout assistant:
‘My cats like this sort of food you’ve got today’
‘Do they?’
‘Oh yes, I have six, how many do you have?’
When buying cat food in bulk for local cats in care, it goes something like this:
‘Wow that’s a lot of tins, how ever many cats do you have?’
‘Only two, this is for cats in Sanctuaries’
‘What a good idea, I should do that, I’d love to have a cat but my hubby doesn’t like them’
In the vet’s waiting room people with cats tend to gravitate together, not only to avoid the dogs waiting too, upsetting the cats, but to admire each other’s cats.
A little ‘meow’ and others there with their cat baskets all look sympathetic and peek in at the cat and a conversation starts up:
‘What a pretty cat’ and ‘Hello and what’s your name beautiful boy?’
Cat lovers feel no embarrassment about talking to their own and each other’s cats.
I feel sorry for people without cats, they miss out on so much. Even more so for people who say they hate cats, what very inadequate people they must be to think that way!
We don’t expect everyone to like cats but to hate them is very unkind. Cat lovers don’t go around saying we hate dogs, anyone hating any animal makes me think they are a very pathetic person. I think cat lovers are mostly very tolerant people.
It does get my back up if anyone says nasty things about cats, stupid things like ‘I hate cats because they kill birds’. What an ignorant, blinkered opinion that is.
Whatever happened to tolerance of each other and of animals?
It sounds lovely, I love forests, hug a tree for me and have a good time and I’ll look forward to seeing your photos, yes the cats will be fine and you’ll have a great reunion when you get back.
yes over here in New Zealand Its Called Spca there are lots of places all over in new zealand the biggest one is in Auckland of course. Yea it be something to look forward to. Yes just going to a place called Manapouri which is in bottom of the South Island in Fiordland. Ill take some photos and post them. So you can all see what Some of our beautiful Scenery is like. Just going for a week. Its mostly a forest area. My partners parents live there so just going for a week for a break. The cats be fine im sure.
Thanks Dee, yes I can imagine you spend a lot of time (and money)in the cat food aisle in Petsmart.
I laughed at your ‘buddies’ saying “No, she’s just trying to get through today”
Even with only two cats we are constantly shopping in that aisle.
Love the poster.
Cat food aisles at Petsmart are like meeting places for a lot of us cat lovers. Many of us exchange comments and info. We don’t always know each other’s names, but we see each other often, know a bit about everyone’s cat life, and share laughs.
These “buddies” of mine always laugh when a newbie is in the aisle and asks me if I am stocking up for the month. One of them said one time , “No, she’s just trying to get through today”.