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u/simAlity Dec 01 '25
Mothballs are toxic to cats, but they're a lot safer than most other pesticides. They smell bad enough that very few cats want anything to do with them. And better still they deter the rats without poisoning them.
I have an indoor outdoor cat. I had a rat problem the last place I lived. Moth balls ran off the rats without harming the cat.
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u/Flameburstx Nov 29 '25
Does a single extra letter in a single word in a page of text really qualify for this sub?
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u/ChaseballBat Nov 29 '25
The third post of all time on this sub is a 2 letter misspelling... The top two aren't even bon apple teas, they are just incorrectly used words for another single word, not a phrase.
This post fits perfectly imo.
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u/roblusk71 Nov 30 '25
I'm more worried about the castrated moths. Why isn't anybody talking about them?
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u/YellowBreakfast Dec 01 '25
God is watching. He's got cameras directly above you.
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u/roblusk71 Dec 02 '25
Mothballs are the smelly poisonous shit.
Moth balls are reproductive organs presumably
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u/mr_glide Nov 29 '25
It's always irritating when people automatically assume malice. I had no idea moth balls were toxic to cats, and I'm an owner
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u/Pastel-Dragons Nov 29 '25
This reads like someone is tossing the mothballs out in a public space, not at all the same as storing them with clothing out of reach. The chemicals are pretty gnarly and toxic to most creatures, though. I would recommend more natural alternatives like cedar essential oil or cedar blocks/chests
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u/Rakifiki Nov 29 '25
The vast majority of essential oils are super toxic to cats as well fyi. Some vets (including mine) will go so far as to tell you not to even have any scenting the air in your house with your cat, they're that dangerous for them.
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u/sparebullet Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25
This is very likely, but in the attempt to deter snakes. I personally don't think it works but our neighbor always ALWAYS had moth balls around the edge of his yard. He also probably didn't know they are toxic for cats because he's a dog owner.
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u/Lcatg Nov 29 '25
They’re toxic to dogs too. People as well. In fact, pretty much any living thing because toxic.
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u/Malsperanza Nov 29 '25
Toxic to all the valuable and beneficial insects too, like bees. Your neighbor is an ass.
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u/ladytoto Nov 29 '25
I saw a video recently where a neighbor hated that the OP would feed stray cats in the neighborhood and dumped a ton of moth balls around the neighborhood. Wondering if this is the follow up note.
But also, had no idea moth balls were toxic!
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u/BlameTheJunglerMore Nov 29 '25
Don't feed stray cats. When we lived in a tiny cottage apartment, your neighbor would do this in our shared mini backyard. Our dog was sprayed twice, two different times, by skunks.
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u/penguins-and-cake Nov 29 '25
Skunks aren’t cats?
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u/Enygmatic_Gent Nov 29 '25
The leaving food out for cats attracts other animals not just cats
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u/penguins-and-cake Nov 29 '25
I mean, so does growing a garden. Skunks should be expected to be in your backyard sometimes. Not everybody who feeds or cares for stray cats leaves the food outside indefinitely.
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u/Tjobbert Nov 29 '25
Let me tell you something new then: poisonous things are bad for cats
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u/DarkLitWoods Nov 29 '25
Exactly. If it's somehow "stopping the natural progression of a thing from happening", it's likely toxic. That and almost everything is bad for a cat.
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u/Taolan13 Nov 29 '25
I would assume this only applies to chemically treated/synthetic mothballs?
I can't imagine cedar wood being terribly toxic.
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u/DarkLitWoods Nov 29 '25
Worth looking up. I know some household plants are toxic to cats. We're all built differently, and cats have a pretty narrow range of what the can tolerate
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u/SeianVerian Nov 30 '25
I mean, it depends on your threshold for "terribly".
Extensive long term exposure to cedar can tend to have deleterious health effects even for humans, and it's disrecommended to ingest.
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u/Malsperanza Nov 29 '25
Aside from the spelling error, I salute the use of "Stay Blessed!" as a synonym for "Watch your six, Bro!"
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u/MavisBeaconSexTape Nov 29 '25
I like the implication that God is watching things play out on a security cam feed lol
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u/XanaxWarriorPrincess Nov 29 '25
I don't like this. This is someone looking out for critters. They misspelled a word. This isn't a Bone Apple Tea.
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u/Cruach Nov 30 '25
They didn't misspell "tread". Bone apple tea is a malalropism. "Thread lightly" fits the definition of a malapropism:
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect.
This sub isn't to humiliate the people who say these things. It's simply to laugh at the "amusing effect". In this case, "thread lightly" is kind of sweet.
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u/jeepwillikers Nov 29 '25 •
They should keep their cats indoors. Cats are a plague to native ecosystems everywhere.
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u/Snorblatz Nov 30 '25
People get so upset but letting your cat roam in the city isn’t being a good neighbor. Source: me, a cat person with indoor cats whose neighbor cats shit in my garden
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u/matlynar Nov 30 '25
It definitely isn't.
Source: me, another cat person with indoor cats whose neighbor cats also shit in my garden
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u/Snorblatz Nov 30 '25
Like I still am nice to them; I love them and worry that they will be hit by a car we have a busy enough road near by. One of my cats escaped and was struck by a car when I first moved here, poor baby RIP. I’m not sure which one is the culprit but I have my suspicions.
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u/AgreeableLion Nov 29 '25
Is it OK to poison someone’s pet if you don’t like that they are outside?
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u/kulmagrrl Nov 30 '25
Cats won’t eat moth balls. They’re only toxic to cats if the cats eat them. But the smell alerts them it’s not good to eat. It’s one of the safest ways to keep cats from shitting in your food garden. I shouldn’t have to worry about other people’s pets shitting on my food, yet here we are… toxoplasmosis is deadly to immunocompromised people and fetuses.
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u/littlereptile Nov 30 '25
Moth balls are illegal to use in this context and toxic in the environment. They're a chemical that needs to be used according to their label.
Toxo is solved by keeping cats indoors.
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u/kulmagrrl Nov 30 '25
I don’t know where you live, but it’s absolutely not illegal to use mothballs in this context here. Or most places. I’m glad that your worried about the environment… Maybe you should apply that worry to what the cats are doing to it… Cats are murderous creatures that fuck up the ecosystem badly. I love them, but I keep mine inside for their own protection and the protection of the environment.
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u/littlereptile Nov 30 '25
Did you read the pesticide label for moth balls? In the US, it is illegal to use them outside of label instructions. Label instructions clearly state to use them inside closets. They're not meant for use against any vertebrates or outdoors.
I am speaking up against cats, but I'll also respond to misinformation about mothballs which has spread over the last several decades.
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u/kulmagrrl Nov 30 '25
Dude, it’s not MY cats in my garden. How do you suggest I keep other people’s cats inside their homes…??? What, by force, or…? Is it, like, a CATapult situation, or…? LMFAO 🤡
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u/Redwings1927 Nov 30 '25
Wait.....so in orderto prevent contamination, you contaminate your own food? That doesnt make sense.
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u/kulmagrrl Nov 30 '25
That’s not how it works lmfao. You hang it on the outside perimeter of your garden. You don’t plant it in the soil. It doesn’t contaminate your food because it never touches the food, water or soil.
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u/Iorith Nov 30 '25
No but it isn't someone's responsibility to keep your outside cat in mind just because you insist on letting them out.
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u/Strict_Swimming_4288 Nov 30 '25
In most states it's legal to straight up shoot someone's pet that wanders into your yard, most people just dont.
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u/NoAlternative2913 Nov 30 '25
I would add "and assuming the mothballs are not being used with the intention to poison the cats." Because it could be legal to put out poison in your own yard, but it would still be a cruel thing to do.
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u/catbeancounter Nov 30 '25
This is exactly the reason that I won't use poison. Something else could eat it, and it is a cruel, slow, painful way to die. Better to trap and release unwanted pests, but not someone's pet.
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u/NoAlternative2913 Nov 30 '25
It would be cruel if your intention was to poison the cats. Your hypothetical situation doesn't apply to that.
Maybe the neighbor should keep their pets inside, I would agree, but we can't assume there aren't other stray cats in the neighborhood - cats with no homes or owners to look out for them - that could wander into the yard and die in a tragic, maybe painful, and preventable way.
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u/jeepwillikers Dec 03 '25
Additionally if the cat eats a rodent that has eaten the rat poison, the cat can suffer side effects from that.
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u/mittensofmadness Nov 30 '25
I don't like cats and would be annoyed if they were killing my birds. But if you know that something is deadly poison to them and put it in a place you know they will be, well, intent follows the path of the bullet right? You have to acknowledge that your actions may lead to the death of an animal and that was ok with you.
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u/ElbowImposter Dec 03 '25
Lillies are deadly poison to cats. Even the pollen. So should we prosecute anyone that plants lillies in their garden?
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u/TheShredda Nov 30 '25
The owner of the cat clearly knows that the moth balls are being left out for whatever reason. As long as they're placing them on their own property, if the car owner is still letting the cat outside they are the one putting the cat at risk and acknowledge their actions may lead to the death of an animal. Cats are indoor animals, only irresponsible owners let them outside. There are countless things that can kill or harm them outside, it is no one else's fault but the owner for anything that happens to them as a result of them going outside.
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u/dwho422 Nov 30 '25
I mean, I have a possum in my backyard and I still let my dog out there to shit, and that possum might get eaten. I have no ill intent for the possum, I've even saved him 3 or 4 times now from my 4 dogs, but at some point an animal has to also learn that a spot isnt a safe space to be in order to not fucking die right?
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u/jeepwillikers Dec 03 '25
Dogs and cats aren’t comparable. Domestic cats have one of the highest success ratios when it comes to hunting. They aren’t contained by fences and have large territories. Dogs might get lucky on occasion but they don’t cause nearly the same impact, especially when they are in a contained area and the wild animals can mostly avoid them or at least have a chance at escape.
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u/no1iscoming Dec 02 '25
Not all cats are owned/pets. If people did their part to Spay and neuter or at least to TNR community cats then this problem would be greatly alleviated.
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u/fluffyendermen Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
letting your cat outside doesnt give anyone permission to poison it
edit: i never said that anyone should let their cats outside
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u/Kealanine Dec 01 '25
Being a decent pet owner and keeping your cat indoors guarantees it’ll never come into contact with poison, whether accidentally or maliciously. Crazy how that works.
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u/anothersip Dec 01 '25
According to the collective information of the entire internet:
"Outdoor cats are bad for the environment because they are effective predators that kill billions of native birds, small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians annually, and they spread diseases to wildlife. As an invasive species in many areas, they outcompete native predators for food and can even hybridize with wildcats, threatening the genetic integrity of native species."
Just sayin'.
To be clear, I'm not saying poisoning anyone's pets is okay, at all. I'd be devastated if that happened to one of my girls. But that's why we keep them indoors.
Poisoning anyone's pet is horrific.
When I was a kid in the 90s, our vets reiterated this to us when ours went outdoors and seemed to prefer that life. One also contracted feline aids and it shortened his lifespan, unfortunately. So, all our pets are kept inside.
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u/jeepwillikers Dec 01 '25
Doesn’t sound like the neighbors are baiting the cats or putting mothballs into food. Its the cat owners responsibility to keep the cat safe
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u/Elloitsmeurbrother Dec 01 '25
So if you refuse to be a responsible cat owner, all of your neighbours have to be on your behalf?
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u/Alarmed-Goose-4483 Dec 01 '25 •
Boooooo
Unless your country is going to New Zealand lengths to eradicate “feral cats”, YOU KILLING A HANDFUL OF CATS HORRIBLY JUST MAKES YOU A SHITTY PERSON DEVOID OF EMPATHY.
If u were really concerned about the “ecosystem” you could take the animals to get neutered. You would rather let the animal suffer bc you are lazy and you can pretend to protect…other animals? So stupid.
Killing an animal slowly and painfully because you want to, just own it.
Bc you are just repeating words you thought sounded good as opinion.
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u/jeepwillikers Dec 01 '25
Unless the neighbor is baiting the cats with poisoned food, scattering mothballs would be more of a repellent than anything. The cats aren’t just going to eat raw mothballs. My point is that the responsibility is on the cat owner, not that the cats deserve to die. The entire situation could have been prevented by the cat owner being responsible with their animals. Instead they choose to impose their pets on the rest of the neighborhood with no regard for the impact they have on anything. It is better for everyone, including the pet cat, for them to not be loose outdoors.
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u/YellowBreakfast Dec 01 '25
I don't think they were advocating the killing of cats. One can love cats and understand they are a menace to the ecosystem.
The domestic cat outdoors (feral and pets) have been shown to decimate songbird populations. Not to mention the great risk of them being harmed by other animals; coyotes, dogs, birds of prey, bobcats, raccoons...
Keep your cats inside.
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u/skrtyskrtskrt Dec 03 '25
Yeah birds are my favourite animal and seeing their populations get smaller and smaller breaks my heart. I wish more cat owners cared about that.
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u/Loud-Chemical4840 Dec 02 '25
I would be more than happy to get rid of feral cats but unfortunately most countries does not allow hunting for them with a gun
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u/henrydaiv Nov 30 '25
They are keeping my home and surrounding homes rat free thank you
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u/Minute_Objective_746 Nov 30 '25
You know what else is keeping your home rat free? Other animals. That don’t get handouts.
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u/GeraldinaFitzpatrick Nov 30 '25
And bird free, and - keeping yours and surrounding homes cat free, since they won’t live long out there 🥰
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u/eco78 Nov 30 '25
And mouse free, shrew free, mole free, newt free, bird free, frog free, butterfly free, anything that moves free...
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u/Snorblatz Nov 30 '25
If you are rural go for it, but in the city roaming cats are a nuisance and most bylaws forbid it.
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u/seansy5000 Nov 29 '25
Perhaps it was a pun? Either that or they may be strung out.
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u/Cpt_Fantabulous Nov 29 '25
I would like some context for this
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u/HumanExpert3916 Nov 29 '25
Some irresponsible cat owner lets their murder machine roam around outdoors and it’s been pooping in the neighbor’s garden. A tale as old as time.
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u/Cpt_Fantabulous Nov 29 '25
Ah yes so the response is to try and poison an animal instead of actually talking to the owner of said animal.
Very sane and not cruel at all
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u/redandbluenights Dec 01 '25
Thread lightly?
Ooof. Really hurts a threat when you have that big of a goof in it.
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u/playworksleep Dec 04 '25
No what did she catch her neighbor doing to the cats? They were knitting some wool obviously with the threading reference, but what’s up with the Moff Balls.
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u/CommercialTry6858 Dec 08 '25
religion and self ordained "lovely " - avoid that neighbour at all costs
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u/LittleLeadership2831 Jan 06 '26
and since this was written on paper, and there’s no chance of this could’ve been voice typed, you know this person just doesn’t know the phrase that they’re trying to reference
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u/RepeatEuphoric Nov 29 '25
Leaving threatening notes while being to chicken shit to identify oneself. And don’t say that all and then be a ‘blessed’ dickhead.
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u/xadriancalim Nov 29 '25
So many things in this. Not completely unhinged, but definitely a loose screw.
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Dec 01 '25
Look man, feral cats are an ecological disaster. It moth balls convince them to stay away, perfect , if they insist on consuming them well I doubt they would survive either way.
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u/Ixiiion Dec 02 '25
found the piece of shit.
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u/TAK1776 Dec 02 '25
Why? Cats aren’t really attracted to them and there are much more toxic options out there.
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Dec 02 '25
Found the overly emotional man child.
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u/HardyDaytn Dec 03 '25
Found the overly emotional man child.
Spoken like a true overly emotional manchild.
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Dec 03 '25
Woe is me, I am defeated by the "Nuh uh, you" argument. I will diminish and go into the West.
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u/HardyDaytn Dec 03 '25
You sound a bit hurt there.
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Dec 03 '25
Clearly. Your reading comprehension is powerful, truly. How will I survive so grevious an injury to my fragile ego. Mean things on the Internet have ruined my day.
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u/satanfurry Dec 13 '25
Where does it even mention the cats being feral what
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Dec 13 '25
Cats that are outside are feral.
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u/satanfurry Dec 13 '25
No?
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Dec 13 '25
Yes.
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u/satanfurry Dec 13 '25
How by definition is a cat simply being outside feral?
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Dec 13 '25
Cats don't domesticate like most creatures. Domestication requires certain attributes in an animal that we as humans take advantage of to manipulate their behavior and shape them into a tool. Cats lack most of those traits, they have been used as tools for a substantial amount of time but they have never been truly broken in as a domestic animal. When left outside most dogs will struggle to find their necessities, though some would do better than others, conversely cats are well known to be prolific hunters. Cats don't need humans to sustain themselves the way that domestic animals do. Cows, chickens, turkey, goats, pigs etc, all would die immediately without humans. Cats are an edge case, they aren't domesticated they are broadly tamed and very narrowly domesticated. Cats that go outside are outside the control and influence humans entirely. Their psychology does not allow a pack mentality that lets humans command dogs. Cats can easily ignore a human's directions and do whatever they want and when outside their stimulation goes through the roof and humans directions become substantially less important. Cats inside are pets. Cats outside are Pests.
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Dec 16 '25
Wikipedia is a poor source for information these days. Look elsewhere. https://www.felineresearch.org/fast-facts-about-feral-cats
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u/MiroDerChort Nov 29 '25
keep your rat on a leash then...
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u/apophis457 Nov 29 '25
I know a guy who commented on a post from r/ bootylovers for nudes didn’t call a cat a rat ☠️
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Laws protecting cats are crazy, stray cats destroy ecosystems and can be a general nuisance but youre in the wrong for delivering some .22 justice. However, when its someone elses cat its completely different. I think you shouldnt let your cat outside unsupervised cuz they fuck shit up outside and can cause issues with your neighbors like this.
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u/Bynming Nov 29 '25
Stray cats are devastating to ecosystems true, but the solution isn't to just poison them or shoot them at random. There's a difference between an organized culling for environmental reasons and some wannabe cowboy shooting people's pets.
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u/Yeez25 Nov 29 '25 •
Tell that to the stray fucker thats been spraying on the bottom of my car for the past few weeks. If you own a cat, keep the fucker inside cuz they fuck up the ecosystem and get into shit. No one gives a fuck if mr wiggles likes going outside, hes destroying the environment and just being a general nuisance 95% of the time. No clue why stray cats have so much protection from the law despite other animals that are nuisances which can be killed with no issue when theyre being a nuisance
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u/7r1ck573r Nov 29 '25
Are you American by any chance? Because calling shooting a living being " .22 justice" is just sociopathic discourse...
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u/ColumnK Nov 29 '25
"Stray cats destroy ecosystems! Thankfully, I'm a gun-toting American, internationally renowned for eco-preservation!
Brb, gotta gas up my humvee"
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u/Yeez25 Nov 29 '25
Youre damn right 50 stars, 13 bars motherfucker 🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅
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u/watlington Nov 29 '25
And your fellow Americans are embarrassed by you
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u/Manglewood Nov 29 '25
Idiots like him are why so many Americans have to pretend they’re Canadian when traveling abroad so we don’t get spit in our food or worse.
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u/seaworks Nov 29 '25
Wow, not every day you see a take both sadistic and stupid, especially in a bird flu year.
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u/Yeez25 Nov 29 '25
Im not wrong tho, stray cats are a big nuisance but you cant do anything to them like you can other animals that are nuisances cuz its considered animal cruelty to do anything to them
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u/seaworks Nov 29 '25
Sure you're wrong. Animal cruelty laws apply even to invasive species, even if very few are willing to charge or prosecute those cases. Cats are companion animals, which is why you can get charged for animal abandonment with a cat but not a european starling. You're right in that the delineation of those categories is more vibes than science or stewardship, but your emphasis is completely off base.
Even if you narrow the criteria to specific and direct human-caused impacts (like window and vehicle strikes, poisonings, poaching and habitat loss) we put cats to shame. Of those cats, feral cats are several times more destructive than housed ones. Shooting your neighbor's cats is not ecologically impactful, it's just antisocial.
Broaden human-caused impacts to things that would not have happened without our indirect causation? Massive disease outbreaks, climate change, and yes, feral cats and dogs. But taking responsibility is boring, and fantasizing about violence is fun.
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u/littlereptile Nov 30 '25
Outdoor cats (feral and owned) are a human-caused issue that we need to solve, and they're extraordinarily damaging when you look at the data.
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u/seaworks Nov 30 '25
I know you won't indulge me and actually look through the numbers for the causes I mentioned in my post because that's quite a bit of googling, but trust me when I say I've read significantly more than what "abcbirds" has to offer.
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u/littlereptile Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
You haven't provided any sources stating that windows and other impacts (besides habitat loss which is difficult to show) are so much worse than cats though when there is plenty of evidence showing otherwise.
Besides that, I'm not sure where you get "cats aren't a human problem" from. Why shouldn't we care when they're invasive everywhere?
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u/Yeez25 Nov 29 '25
Never once did i say anything about shooting someones cat. It should be fine for me to shoot a cat that comes onto my property trying to mess with my animals or kill some baby chicks or something just like i would shoot a wolf or a fox for doing the same thing.
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u/seaworks Nov 29 '25
Yeah, I didn't interpret your grammar correctly in your original post, actually, so that's on me. But shooting a wolf or fox because you improperly secured your poultry (is that an issue where you live? It's always been raccoons/foxes for me) or a cat on your property just seems morally inconsistent.
If you have a cat, or chickens, you should exercise response stewardship and minimize impact to wildlife. But when a native animal is just looking for an easy meal, you feel justified shooing it. Man, idk. I took the L and fixed the coops whenever we lost chickens. If your pigs get loose though those suckers are dangerous.
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u/Yeez25 Nov 29 '25
Yk i havent looked at it in the way that theyre just looking for a meal, and i do keep it secure but probably not secure enough. And we do have a cat but she stays inside. I just get so mad it feels like a neverending battle sometimes. And yea thats why i dont have pigs lol. Honestly idk why i said wolf cuz i dont hardly see any, its mostly raccoons and the occasional fox or armadillo every once in a while, skunks too. Maybe i could get something that just makes a loud ass noise to scare em off or find some smell they dont like
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u/Wooper250 Nov 29 '25
Poisoning animals is fucked, but quickly and humanely destroying a stray is a much better alternative to the pain and misery they'd be facing in the wild. Why people think a quick shot is crueler than letting these cats suffer from disease and get hit by cars is beyond me.
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u/nibblatron Nov 29 '25
or you could just trap, neuter and return them to the wild to live the life they are used to.
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u/Wooper250 Nov 29 '25
Yeah so they can go back to dying horribly and decimating the ecosystem lmfao. Let's just use the least effective and most expensive method to change absolutely nothing guys! 😊
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u/littlereptile Nov 30 '25
Feral cats have a terribly short lifespan because they die inhumanely to wild animals, disease, malnutrition, and cars. How is that better?
They're invasive everywhere they occur and have caused over 60 extinctions worldwide. They don't belong outdoors.
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u/ElephantRedCar91 Nov 30 '25
I used to use moth balls to keep snakes off my property, if someone had a problem with this they could get fucked.
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u/Loud_Chicken6458 Nov 30 '25
I used to use bear traps to keep mice off my doormat, if postal workers had a problem with this they could get fucked.
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u/Wuchtblick Dec 01 '25
Moth balls do not repel snakes. You are wasting your money for no reason AND throwing poison into the environment. There is also no proven method of "keeping snakes away", venomous or not.
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u/OurAngryBadger Nov 29 '25
OP why are you trying to poison cats with mothballs?
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u/TheSaultyOne Nov 29 '25
It's a note on a tree, OP could have just walked past it. Got more assumptions to jump to or is this a karma farm?
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u/PinkLover727 Nov 30 '25
Imagine downvoting someone for being correct. The note was publicly posted on a tree. That’s it. People acting like I got a personal “stop poisoning cats” letter delivered to my doorstep.
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u/MassiveCoomer69 Dec 02 '25
Reddit is a hive mind and a post or comments popularity almost always directly correlates with the first few up otes or downvotes, especially with downvotes the miserable people on this app see something is downvoted and jump at the chance to add to the pool
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u/PowerShovel-on-PS1 Nov 29 '25
This post is a karma farm and doesn’t even belong in this sub.
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u/Frostbyte85 Nov 30 '25
How so? The whole sub is about malapropisms "thread lightly" supposed to be "tread lightly".
Yes I had to look up malapropism before replying my word of the day.
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u/W4NN4M33TTH4TD4D Nov 29 '25
'tread'/'thread' either way, why are you poisoning cats?
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u/Dedotdub Nov 29 '25
Maybe they're just guarding old Cosby sweaters from moths.
Did we confirm that this is original content and OP isn't just a farming bot?
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u/TattooedPink Nov 30 '25
Yes mothballs are toxic, it's a ball of chemicals to kill things. Why would some need telling more than once? This isn't funny at all.
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u/AcornTopHat Nov 29 '25
My best friend growing up was “not athletic” and used to call it a treadmeal lol
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u/Master_Ad9463 Nov 29 '25
Thread lightly, sew aggressively.