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I'm not so sure..... I think I would rather hear the roar of the big cats and knowing there won't be bad guys roaming around the neighourhood and making noises in the void decks all night. There also wouldn't cat ladies leaving bowls of stinking cat food everywhere and there wouldn't be any caterwauling of house cats in heat getting hit on by a big old Tom cat under the grating of the storm drains where she cannot run.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 8:40 pmInteresting to see that Choa Chu Kang was once home to a family of wild tigers. Now, you won’t see anything more than a stray cat, although I guess that’s for the better.
Come on SMS, don't you have a heart for those sweet community cats along HDB void decks?sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:54 pmI'm not so sure..... I think I would rather hear the roar of the big cats and knowing there won't be bad guys roaming around the neighourhood and making noises in the void decks all night. There also wouldn't cat ladies leaving bowls of stinking cat food everywhere and there wouldn't be any caterwauling of house cats in heat getting hit on by a big old Tom cat under the grating of the storm drains where she cannot run.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 8:40 pmInteresting to see that Choa Chu Kang was once home to a family of wild tigers. Now, you won’t see anything more than a stray cat, although I guess that’s for the better.
Interestingly enough, cats are actually illegal in HDBs. It’s just that no one enforces this rule, to the point where I would say cats are the most common household pets in HDBs.
They do that in most neighborhoods now just to control the feline population and to prevent the spread of diseases. A really good initiative.Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:26 pmIn our neighborhood, we live trap the feral cats and have them fixed. Then released back into the neighborhood where several folks like to feed them. Getting them fixed has significantly reduced the population.
LOL! I hope you’re not serious about the dropkick. I don’t know if I should be more worried for the cat or your back. I’m not too big on cats either, I’ve always been a little afraid of them because my mother had a huge cat phobia which rubbed off on me since going. I still enjoy seeing and appreciating them from far though.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:52 amMy 14 year old grand-niece has the same penchant. I don't really mind them but when they go into heat and the Toms get randy I could kill all of them. In fact, my g-niece ends up with them following her back to our house (she's lived with me since she was 1 year old). I've told here time and time again if I catch one in the house, I'm going to give it a free flight to the void deck via drop-kick. But yes, I did have a little old calico and a big black collie/GS mix when I bought the flat 21 years ago.
My daughter does the same thing. We have a dog but every time we go to the pet store to get food for him she also insists that we get a couple tins of cat food and a bag of cat treats. We live in a condo so there aren’t any feral cats per se, but there are quite a few cats whose owners allow them to roam around the complex. No one seems to mind because they are very well behaved and keep to themselves but my daughter loves them.ProvenPracticalFlexible wrote: ↑Fri, 27 Aug 2021 9:04 amCome on SMS, don't you have a heart for those sweet community cats along HDB void decks?sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:54 pmI'm not so sure..... I think I would rather hear the roar of the big cats and knowing there won't be bad guys roaming around the neighourhood and making noises in the void decks all night. There also wouldn't cat ladies leaving bowls of stinking cat food everywhere and there wouldn't be any caterwauling of house cats in heat getting hit on by a big old Tom cat under the grating of the storm drains where she cannot run.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 8:40 pmInteresting to see that Choa Chu Kang was once home to a family of wild tigers. Now, you won’t see anything more than a stray cat, although I guess that’s for the better.
My daughter loves then, and feeds them with cat snacks on her way to school. A future cat lady coming up, and she's made a friends with the cat ladies and uncles in the hoods.
If you are into feeding cats, please make sure to clean up after the feeding. If not, the rats and pigeons will thrive.ProvenPracticalFlexible wrote: ↑Fri, 27 Aug 2021 9:04 amCome on SMS, don't you have a heart for those sweet community cats along HDB void decks?sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:54 pmI'm not so sure..... I think I would rather hear the roar of the big cats and knowing there won't be bad guys roaming around the neighourhood and making noises in the void decks all night. There also wouldn't cat ladies leaving bowls of stinking cat food everywhere and there wouldn't be any caterwauling of house cats in heat getting hit on by a big old Tom cat under the grating of the storm drains where she cannot run.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 8:40 pmInteresting to see that Choa Chu Kang was once home to a family of wild tigers. Now, you won’t see anything more than a stray cat, although I guess that’s for the better.
My daughter loves then, and feeds them with cat snacks on her way to school. A future cat lady coming up, and she's made a friends with the cat ladies and uncles in the hoods.