amaryllids and cats?

Garak garak@code-garak.de
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 23:39:58 PDT
Thanks to all of you for all that valuable information - to sum it up: 
Offering cat grass and maybe separating Amaryllids and cat until he's a 
bit older indoors will be enough, there shouldn't be any outdoor 
problem. I was mostly concerned since I saw how a neighbor's cat "loved" 
my Actinidia chinensis nearly to death until i fenced it off - so no 
magic attraction between cat and Hippeastrum&co.

As for the slightly off-topic comments: Thanks for the hints with the 
collar - I'll have a closer look at the cats around, but I think most 
have a transponder chip for identification these days, so maybe no need 
for a collar. Neutering was already on the to-do-list - our animal 
shelters actually insist on doing so when giving away cats. As for 
keeping the fellow completely indoors: that would need a second cat and 
make simple things like air circulation in the house difficult - 
besides, most do not consider pure in-house keeping as 
species-appropriate. I actually don't fear for the balance of other 
species - In the rural parts of Germany, cats roaming the fields and 
gardens are commonplace for centuries. We have a very active bird 
population, and considering the "gang" of about 50 sparrows that rules 
the area, we shall see who's fleeing from whom - They're absolutely 
fearless and won't flee even if you pass the hedge they occupy noisily 
in one meter distance...
The trouble with mis-using gardening materials as latrine is one thing I 
actually hope to reduce by introducing a resident cat of my own -I've 
been told they don't do that in their own garden and others start to 
respect the territory of the resident. Well, that one is at least worth 
a try ;)

-- 
Martin
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Southern Germany
Likely zone 7a




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