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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: Is your cat happy in Korea? |
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| For those of you who have brought cats over to Korea, do they settle in very well? Are there many people here who have ended up with accommodation ideal for a cat? (ie, relatively quiet area with access to a garden outside) |
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kerbythepurplecow
Joined: 02 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| We're on the 9th floor. Our cats don't get to go outside. Unless you're out in the sticks, a garden area seems unlikely. We do have a porch area with big windows. They enjoy staring out from up high. However, they do miss all the running room we had in our old home. We had 2 stories and a basement. Now we just have a little apartment. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Indoor cats, yes. Outdoor cats, don't expect them to survive longer than a week. |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Indoor cats, yes. Outdoor cats, don't expect them to survive longer than a week. |
why? obviously it'll be a completely new environment for them to get accustomed to, but cats are remarkably adaptable. By outdoor cats do you mean domesticated cats that one allows to go outdoors?
god.. a pure house cat - what poor torture... goes against everything in a cat's innate nature and stuck in a tiny Korean appt? Can't imagine it. |
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gazz
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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I just have visions of your cat walking up to a Korean and rubbing again their legs.
Well at least cats learn quickly!  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| bogey666 wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Indoor cats, yes. Outdoor cats, don't expect them to survive longer than a week. |
why? obviously it'll be a completely new environment for them to get accustomed to, but cats are remarkably adaptable. By outdoor cats do you mean domesticated cats that one allows to go outdoors?
god.. a pure house cat - what poor torture... goes against everything in a cat's innate nature and stuck in a tiny Korean appt? Can't imagine it. |
-fights with strays
-diseases from strays, pan leukopenia, etc, which are extremely common here
-butchers seeking cat meat
-abusive Koreans
-heavy traffic
-simply not finding one's way home
My apartment isn't small but my cats are happy never leaving. |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| gazz wrote: |
I just have visions of your cat walking up to a Korean and rubbing again their legs.
Well at least cats learn quickly! |
I had lots of cats in the US, when young and living at parental home and they were all allowed roaming priveleges and came and went as they pleased.
no way would our cat rub up against a stranger's leg on the street. They run away from strangers. Of course if he/she saw you or a member of the family, different story. |
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gazz
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I suppose it depends on the environment a cat lives in (and its individual personality). My old cat RIP used to walk up to people and give them a rub. |
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nicam
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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I feel so badly about my cat. I used to live in a big condo with a patio, and plenty of room for her to play outside, and now she went from being cramped in a studio to being cramped in my boyfriend's one bedroom apartment. She has a balcony now and a lot more space at least, but it's still small.
If she was more independent and less of a mama's girl I would have left her at my dad's house, but I decided that losing me would be more devastating for her than losing the space. Plus she would have had to share a home with another cat who's the king of the house, and she does NOT play nice with others.
Next year I am getting a big apartment with a balcony in Taiwan so kitty will be happy. |
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dporter
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Would a cat that has lived their entire life in Korea be able to communicate with a cat that has lived their entire life in the U.S.? |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Feral cats seem to do pretty well here...I see them everywhere. |
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Snowflake
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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When I adopted my cat here last year I asked if it would be a problem that she wouldn't be allowed out (I lived on the 13th floor at the time). The vet just looked shocked and said that people don't let their cats out here at all.
When I asked why she said that people erm..well..juice them...
It's good for arthritis apparently! |
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WendyRose
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
Location: hanam-si, seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| dporter wrote: |
| Would a cat that has lived their entire life in Korea be able to communicate with a cat that has lived their entire life in the U.S.? |
Haha. We always joke that our kitty we adopted here (Goguma) can speak and understand Koreans. She's bilingual! ;D
We have 2 cats in the US that we didn't bring over for their sake, so it will be interesting to see how the three communicate when we come home in September!  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| WendyRose wrote: |
| dporter wrote: |
| Would a cat that has lived their entire life in Korea be able to communicate with a cat that has lived their entire life in the U.S.? |
Haha. We always joke that our kitty we adopted here (Goguma) can speak and understand Koreans. She's bilingual! ;D
We have 2 cats in the US that we didn't bring over for their sake, so it will be interesting to see how the three communicate when we come home in September! |
We did have a bilingual cat, really. My ex talked to her in Korean and I in English. She always came to us whenever we talked to her. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Ukon wrote: |
| Feral cats seem to do pretty well here...I see them everywhere. |
They have a life expectancy of less than two years. |
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