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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

When people ask which breed my cats are, I respond with the truth: Purebred neighborhood conglomerate. They're both healthy, happy, and awesome.

Just make sure you don't cheap out in their medical care - sterilization and any necessary vaccinations.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

God's perfect killing machine is the pinnacle of cat "breeds". It's heartbreaking seeing people do to cats what we've done to dogs with selective breeding for purely cosmetic traits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There was a book I read called "Domesticated" that permanently changed my view on pets. The book had chapters broken out by animal and also had before/after pictures of certain animals from a century ago vs what we have now, after the influencer puppymills and such got their hands on them/inbred them to shit.

We have hideously deformed some animals that used to look much, much different a century ago, and those animals now pay a steep price in pain and life expectancy.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/617uIoOR97L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[–] Lost_My_Mind 13 points 2 months ago

Neighborhood kitty is still cute kitty!!! But they gotta be healthy kitty.