On 2022-04-18 12:15 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:39:17 -0400, Rhino
> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't really do better than the headline writer on this story:
>>
>> https://bc.ctvnews.ca/chilliwack-bookstore-takes-novel-approach-to-cat-adoption-1.5865145
>>
>> As a cat lover, I heartily approve of any technique that will help cats
>> find homes, especially adults that no longer have the same built-in
>> syper-cuteness of kittens.
>
> They clearly stole the idea from Vancouver's (Chilliwack is about 1 hr
> drive east of Vancouver) Catfe Cafe....
> https://www.google.com/search?q=catfe+cafe+vancouver&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=APq-WBskj-0MnJZgYxRmY0vT6XoxbJitlw%3A1650297925993&ei=RYxdYt-iPPKdkPIP7_Ge-Aw&oq=catfe+cafe+vancouver&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i546k1l4.182332.184107.0.186881.5.5.0.0.0.0.179.782.0j5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.624...0i13k1j0i8i13i30k1j35i304i39k1.0._jhjfLJwoIw#rlfi=hd:;si:6139131103350566191,l,ChRjYXRmZSBjYWZlIHZhbmNvdXZlckio9KGEj6uAgAhaLBAAEAEYABgBGAIiFGNhdGZlIGNhZmUgdmFuY291dmVyKgQIAhAAKgQIAxABkgEEY2FmZQ,y,bae-0aGQxFY;mv:[[49.30173528949495,-123.089461091614],[49.25817288112373,-123.17829585418724],null,[49.27995889521867,-123.13387847290062],14]
>
> There's a newly opened Catoro Cafe doing the same sort of thing ("go
> for coffee, fall in love with and kitty and bring them home") also in
> Vancouver. Both work in conjunction with a local shelter.
>
> The first is one of my daughter's favorite places though our cat gets
> EXTREMELY upset if my daughter goes there and hasn't thoroughly washed
> her hands before coming home as the cat smells 20-25 kitties who my
> daughter has been petting!

That's interesting, especially because I've seen several cat videos on
YouTube by a guy named Walter Santi who keeps a rather large number of
cats - many permanently and some on a fostering basis - and they pretty
much all get along just fine. Frankly, I find *that* more surprising
than that your daughter's cat freaks out at smelling other cats on her
hands.

Hmm. I wonder what *our* cat would do if I came home with the smell of
other cats on my hands? She's a feisty thing and might not appreciate
it.... Then again, we had 4 cats in this house at one point, including
her, and they mostly got along. Mind you Deena, the current cat *did*
lash out at Barney a time or two to the point where she drew blood from
him....

--
Rhino

On 4/18/2022 12:14 PM, Rhino wrote:
> On 2022-04-18 12:15 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:39:17 -0400, Rhino
>> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I couldn't really do better than the headline writer on this story:
>>>
>>> https://bc.ctvnews.ca/chilliwack-bookstore-takes-novel-approach-to-cat-adoption-1.5865145
>>>
>>>
>>> As a cat lover, I heartily approve of any technique that will help cats
>>> find homes, especially adults that no longer have the same built-in
>>> syper-cuteness of kittens.
>>
>> They clearly stole the idea from Vancouver's (Chilliwack is about 1 hr
>> drive east of Vancouver) Catfe Cafe....
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=catfe+cafe+vancouver&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=APq-WBskj-0MnJZgYxRmY0vT6XoxbJitlw%3A1650297925993&ei=RYxdYt-iPPKdkPIP7_Ge-Aw&oq=catfe+cafe+vancouver&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i546k1l4.182332.184107.0.186881.5.5.0.0.0.0.179.782.0j5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.624...0i13k1j0i8i13i30k1j35i304i39k1.0._jhjfLJwoIw#rlfi=hd:;si:6139131103350566191,l,ChRjYXRmZSBjYWZlIHZhbmNvdXZlckio9KGEj6uAgAhaLBAAEAEYABgBGAIiFGNhdGZlIGNhZmUgdmFuY291dmVyKgQIAhAAKgQIAxABkgEEY2FmZQ,y,bae-0aGQxFY;mv:[[49.30173528949495,-123.089461091614],[49.25817288112373,-123.17829585418724],null,[49.27995889521867,-123.13387847290062],14]
>>
>>
>> There's a newly opened Catoro Cafe doing the same sort of thing ("go
>> for coffee, fall in love with and kitty and bring them home") also in
>> Vancouver. Both work in conjunction with a local shelter.
>>
>> The first is one of my daughter's favorite places though our cat gets
>> EXTREMELY upset if my daughter goes there and hasn't thoroughly washed
>> her hands before coming home as the cat smells 20-25 kitties who my
>> daughter has been petting!
>
> That's interesting, especially because I've seen several cat videos on
> YouTube by a guy named Walter Santi who keeps a rather large number of
> cats - many permanently and some on a fostering basis - and they pretty
> much all get along just fine. Frankly, I find *that* more surprising
> than that your daughter's cat freaks out at smelling other cats on her
> hands.

They're strange cats, not ones who hang out in the same home. My exbf's
parents and sister always have at least 5 cats and while it takes a week
or so for them to get used to each new one, they get along pretty well.
At least they tolerate each other, and spats do break out but that's
generally when another one wants to mooch out of another's food bowl.
>
> Hmm. I wonder what *our* cat would do if I came home with the smell of
> other cats on my hands? She's a feisty thing and might not appreciate
> it.... Then again, we had 4 cats in this house at one point, including
> her, and they mostly got along. Mind you Deena, the current cat *did*
> lash out at Barney a time or two to the point where she drew blood from
> him....
>