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> That means cats must have a daily visual contact with other felines Wow, really? Why? Cats are loners, they don't need to be around other cats. In fact, my c
by eridius 9y ago
> That means cats must have a daily visual contact with other felines
Wow, really? Why? Cats are loners, they don't need to be around other cats. In fact, my cat hates other cats, giving her daily visual contact with other cats would basically be torture.
- jgh 9y agoI'm with you there...we used to live in an apartment on the ground level and people nearby had outdoor cats that would regularly come to our windows and it would really stress my cat out. He's a lot easier going without the daily visual contact with other felines.
- upvotinglurker 9y agoI had one cat like that (extreme agitation and threat displays through the window at stray cats). I have another one who, after his cat companion died, started exhibiting play aggression and increased clingy behavior toward me. When I got him a new cat companion (taking care to choose one that enjoyed rough-and-tumble play with other cats), his behavior returned to normal. These two do seem to actually enjoy their daily contact.
- alphaalpha101 9y agoThat's why. Because animals like yours suffer as adult cats when they're poorly socialised as kittens.
- opencl 9y agoThe law is actually far more sensible and says that "Cats kept on their own shall have daily contact with humans OR visual contact with members of their own species." Some people like harping on the Swiss animal protection laws as horrible tyranny but I feel really bad for any animals whose owners don't follow such basic standards of decency. This PDF is the actual text of the law, the cat-specific part is section 11: http://www.zuerchertierschutz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Tierschutzthemen/pdf/Tierschutzverordnung_e.pdf http://www.zuerchertierschutz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Tiers...
- eridius 9y agoThanks! That sounds a lot better than what was mentioned in the article.