Remember: all in good fun! And yeah, you can be both types of owners! Most vets and techs are in fact both! And for real, the cat distribution system is pretty much always on point!
So true, I had a cat the was possibly 1-2 years when found (via distribution system) and lived to around 10-11 years ish. It has been like 3 years senes I had a cat. 😢
This comment needs to be pinned at the top!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But it's actually true to an extent. I lost my 19-year-old cat 🐈 to a WOLF in my fenced-in backyard last year, and her sister 🐈⬛️ took off after the wolf!!! It was all I could do to catch her, and she fought me all the way back to the house! She's never been a particularly feisty cat, but she was a hellcat that day! 🤬🤯💚
@@ukoutlaw5238 To be fair to the cat, if some big hairy aggressive mofo broke into my yard and made a snack of my sibling, i'd go full blown hellcat too!! I'm surprised you could keep a solid hold of a pissed off bag of water tbh!!
Our cat was very persistent in trying to adopt us. For a solid week, she would follow me from the car to the front door when I got home from work meowing the entire way. I decided that if she was there when I got home from work on Friday, she would be ours. We had her for 19 years!
@@LB-ht1qkMy first cat just walked into our apartment one evening. He simply looked around the rooms in a relaxed manner, lay down on my bed and fell asleep. From then on, every night when I went to sleep he would snuggle into the crook of my neck and purr me to sleep. It was as if we had always known each other.
@@LB-ht1qk Yes indeedy! My soul mate 🐈⬛️ basically adopted me at the shelter. She set off a racket whenever I tried to move along to visit the other kitties. I finally got my face right up to hers, and whispered "do you want to come home with me?" She gave a soft sweet little meow, and we've lived happily ever after. 🥰🐈⬛️💚
I fed a feral cat, named Sputnik (because she always orbited our house), for 2 years. One day, I came back from a business trip to find Sputnik happily ensconced on the couch. I asked my roommate what happened and he said he had just opened the door to go outside and she just walked in and wouldn’t leave.
@@Tasymantis Yep. Though usually those with lost teeth are on the mature side, exact age is hard to pin down when the teeth condition varies so much according to diet, dental care and genetics. I got a cat that people at the shelter knew was around 10 years, but his teeth are in worse shape than my previous cat's were in his twenties. Once the cat is clearly an adult, genetics, vet care, food, exercise levels and levels of human grooming, affect hugely on how old the cat seems. Even conditions in the joints can start at the age of 5 or 18, so even the way cat moves isn't a sure indicator.
@@Sienisota FIV+ cats can also loose their teeth pretty young. We have a cat who we have 0 idea how old she is because she's FIV+ and came without teeths. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't show signs of having been abandoned as a baby. She way an adult for sure, but tries to suck on clothes and your face, which is just euuuuuuugh
My vet and I have actually negotiated the ages of a couple of my sweet kitties. 🤭 We knew the age the rescues gave wasn't accurate (NOT the rescues' fault), so we had to make up something. We were getting close to rock- paper-scissoring it. Love my vet so much! ❤😂
We received a few from while I was at work. First one gave birth to seven beautiful kittens 3 days later on our screened-in front porch. Second was a boy that my mil ended up taking and we went and got his sister the next day for her. They were strays in the local neighborhood and everyone was trying to find them a good home. They’re so loving and sweet to everyone that comes in her house, so they were well socialized.
Aaaaaw! Thank God you got him! I always called it the feline distribution system or FDS and they’ve sent me regular installments over the years usually on a tri-annual basis
My first cat I technically stole. She was about 6 weeks old and her owners left her in the grocery store I was a cashier at. She was there all day (we organised food and water for her) but at closing they came back looking for her. I had clocked out so I told them I'm not sending a tiny kitten home with people who couldn't care about her for 9 hours at her age. My boss was a cat lover so he told them the cat was gone and I took her home.
@@celticphoenix2579 That's mean. And stupid. The owners arranged care, didn't they? Are you going to steal every child from people, who have to work and bring their offspring to daycare now too?
The totally chill cat that just one day mauls a coyote is so real. Even the most timid cat has at least one day in their life they wake up ready for war, and you have no idea until they rush the front door. Each of my idiots has tripped me up exactly once in their long lives, and each time they froze in shock at themselves after comitting the violence.
My first cat was a friend to everyone, including other cats and dogs. But one apartment, all the sudden we had mouse problems, and I discovered he was a serial killer. He'd kill them, leaving no marks, and display them in his food bowl. When he got two one night, he put them in a yin-yang pattern.
My brother had two cats. One was so chill until she got out and our neighbors german Shepard came into our yard. That dogs went running with it tail between its legs
I died at the Cat distribution system 🤣🤣🤣💀 I had a Cat defect at 7 years old after I left her with my Mum for a year. I had moved in with my Brother until I could get my own place, but he wouldn't let me bring my cat with me because he already had a Cat. Her name was Vixen & my Mum said she often saw her at the neighbours house a few houses down. Then one day Vixen just didn't come home, she stayed with the neighbour who was a single guy living alone. My Mum talked to him about Vixen & apparently he loved having her come around & keep him company so he was feeding her steak! A few years later he & Vixen left town together & so that is how my Cat rehomed herself, I never left another Cat with my Mum again after that 😂😂😂
Australiangirl850 -- I love this story, and you told it so well. Well, I'm sorry your cat left you, but you seem OK with that. Besides, you can't really argue with a cat. Or maybe it was simply because she liked the menu better - I think I could be tempted by steak, too. 😂
@@andreapeterson7554 Steak is so good! I totally understand why she defected 😂 I think my Mum was feeding her cheap Cat Biscuits coated in tinned fish as the alternative, so She knew her Worth & the rest was History! She was a great Cat, & she did wait a year for me without me visiting (couldn't afford to) & I still didn't come back for her, so I can't be mad at her at all. I don't know that she would even be alive now... She was born in 2003 & would be 21 years old if still alive today. I hope she had a great life with him, he seemed to dote on her, and that's all that matters, that she was loved for the remainder of her life 😊
A year is a long time for a Cat considering their short lifespans, she probably thought I died 😅 The other thing is that She would go missing for a week approximately every 4 months during that year I was away, & I put it down to the fact I got her when I was 14 & I went to boarding school, so I was away from her for about 3 months at a time & then home with her for 2 weeks before returning to school again. She probably thought I went away to boarding school at first, and her going missing at around 4 months was probably her looking for me when i didn't show up after the scheduled 3 months i was typically away from her, and after a few cycles of this & I never showed up, then she must have concluded I died. Therefore she really was loyal to the end, to her knowledge at least.
@@australiangirl850 Stuff like that happens, and honestly, sounds like the guy needed someone in his life (aka your cat Vixen lmao) to help him out. Sometimes having another being in the house and being able to share your life with an animal does wonders for people's mental health. I don't know this guy, but if he was that delighted to have a cat around with him it probably did loads of good for him. Probably best case scenario for everyone involved honestly, I'm glad you let the guy keep Vixen.
The cat distribution system gave me and my husband our Rufus, 15 years ago. The husband of our elderly neighbor couple wanted a kitten, got one, and died a year later. The widow wasn't so much into cats. Rufus started hanging out with us in our garage and porch a lot, eventually coming inside to visit. When the elderly neighbor lady had to move into assisted living, Rufus was halfway settled in at our place anyway.
counterpoint to the dog owner knowing health risks for their dog: "excuse you! how dare you accuse my precious Snugglewump purebred doodle-mc-supermutt of having genetic issues! the breeder said their dogs can't get epilepsy and if it looks like seizures it's because the vet gave them a rabies vaccine and now they have autism"
As a diagnosed aspie with a mutt I got through the CDS (she thinks she's a sixty pound cat) I say that my Attention Deficit Hound Dog probably inherited her executive dysfunction from her adoptive humans.
@@B2WMOh yeah all of our pets have had some kind of mental health issues. We called our female cat “our little schizophrenic girl”; our male cat was either a genius, actually human, or just weirdly OCD, cockatiel is a narcissist, chihuahua with senile old lady syndrome, hamster was suicidal, other hamster with napoleon syndrome dominating the cat, tortoise is an emo teenager…
Best story of the cat distribution system I saw was from a British show tracking many cats in a small town (one of the first ever such shows). The cat went back home, saw that the household who already had 4 kids had just bought a dog. He apparently went back out and moved 2 streets over and forced his way into the life of a nice couple lol Cat was fed up, decided 'nope', and found himself a new good home :D
Every cat but one came from a shelter or was picked up behind a random bowling alley. Every reptile I've had has been the same. "Dunno" is always my answer to past history. I actually understood the dog lady, though. My dog is a lion hunter. She'll kill anyone who comes in my yard...but she's scared of the dark, wind, and especially earthworms. I brought her in for anxiety meds, and the vet didn't question it at all.
I know my cat's exact birthday! But only because his pregnant mom forced her way into someone's house before giving birth, and the homeowners accepted their fate.
Lmao it's like that for us. One rescued cat passes... another needy cat turns up like "my turn." The crazy thing is the lady I live with had a cat who was 24. I was 19 when I moved in. Cat was older than me! And he was a doordash kitten (stray kitten that followed one of her long passed cats to the door)
As someone who's never had a purebred (registered) cat, can confirm they just inset themselves into my life. 15 years ago, I went to my then-local pet supply store for dog food and a (roughly) 6 month old kitten decided she was going to smack my butt every time I walked by because a local rescue was having adoption that day and I mean how could I say no? 😂
I'm not going to let my cat try it with a coyote but she has absolutely no fear of any dog and treats them all as scratching posts. Some of our neighbors have asked us to stop walking her because it is causing their dogs anxiety.
It's hilarious how different they all are. When my girl was little, I had a 2-week biz trip and while I was gone, she adopted her sitter's greyhound. She would pat his head when he came in from walks, and he hid his 70lb self behind her during storms 😂 She still loves dogs. My boy, on the other hand, is confused by dogs. He cannot figure out what or why they are.
How they're raised can make a big difference. Brother trained our childhood golden to bark at the word "kitty," and no cat felt safe around her. Introduced my college lab dog to rescue cats through a window, so she would lie down and let strays come to her by the time I got her home. (Probably didn't hurt that she was a minpin mix and my smallest.) Youngest hound was taken under the neighbors' fearless cat's wing as a puppy, so she knows that the six pound kitten is the boss of the sixty pound dog.
@@B2WMI have a 90 pound lab mix and he is amazing with cats. He’s older now and he only was introduced to cats a couple of years ago, but he just lets them climb on him and groom him. We actually found a kitten two weeks ago in a Taco Bell parking lot and I assume she had some run ins with dogs. She would just hiss and growl whenever he was near her and he was so confused because he couldn’t figure out why she was so angry. She’s starting to realize he’s harmless now, fortunately.
Funny story: My deceased dog came to me through the dog distribution system. She was also super anxious and once scared off a porcupine (she was a chihuahua mix so the porcupine was 4 times her size) and another time scared off a burglar who tried to break into my house... RIP, little Puzzle. 😢
My late dog too came to us through the dog distribution system. She just followed my brother home and stole his sandwich and demanded I give her all the pets. She babysat my nieces and nephews, protected us from other stray dogs and sometimes snakes, hunted the rats plaguing our homes and escorted my mom everywhere
I have a room of foster kitties and I once had a cat break INTO the room through the floor grate. Walked in to find a random black kitten running around the room. 🤷♀️ 🤦♀️
"Cat distribution system" AH HA HA HA!!!! My friend had been fostering two orphaned infant kittens. When they were old enough to be adopted, she asked me if I'd like to meet them. I had been kitty free for a few years, so I said "sure". She brought them over. They looked around my house and apparently said "Yes, this will do nicely." and made themselves at home. One passed away last year at 13 years old, but her sister is still hanging in there at 14.
Gotta love the mysterious ways of the cat distribution system. The younger one I have now was brought by my brother from my grandma's house after he was left with his brother on her doorstep. My brother went one time to her house, sent a pic of them to my mom, and she told him to take him. It rapidly got named Meunon, and I as rapidly became his favorite slave
When I was little we had a Siamese who was a complete a-hole. One night she attacked me in my sleep, then slapped me for crying. When mom got up to check on me, the cat was in front of the living room heater taking a bath. Totally innocent. The same cat is why we had to start hooking the screen door. There was a German Shepherd wandering the neighborhood and when it came into the yard, she quite literally hurled herself at the door until it came open, ran out, slapped the dog and then did the sideways run. Daring it to retaliate.
@@DeathoftheEndless7 I’ve got a flame point now, that I got via the CDS when his entire litter was dropped with a neighbor. No idea of his parents, but I’m betting he had to have a direct Siamese ancestor because he talks all.the.time. They’re the huskies of the cat world
First cat fell on my mom’s head like a snow, so we named her Snowflake. Later we have discovered she has a tiny you know what, so now his name is Snowball. He’s charcoal black cat. Second orange cat came to us with huge scratch on his forehead. We have chosen the name Simba. Last one sings a lot. He was named Jaskier after bard from Witcher. They have same vibes.
i had a cat called pretty girl. she was fluffy and acted like a girl cat, even let a stray kitten try to nurse. then we saw ⚽️🏀 one day and he was pretty boy.
I, too, have benefited from the cat distribution system. One time we had 3 cats, 2 of which came from distribution system. I can't explain how it works...I just know it works!
Yeah. 😅 Literally picked up a starving kitten from outside our trailer last week. Just added him to my inventory. No family history known, here, lol. Why buy a cat when there are perfectly good ones just sitting outside? He's fine, btw. Mild birth defects, like a mildly differently shaped eye and slightly froggy back legs, probably why he was ditched, but he's spunky and has gained weight. 🥰
...really really REALLY long time. There seems to be two main categories of dogs in the area I live in. Big mean aggressive dogs that live in rural properties behind high fences with chained gates and security cameras all over. Places that still house grow-ops or drug labs. Or smaller yappy dogs that look like a dishevelled mop. Yeah, wolves.
Our two current indoor cats were delivered by me on our bed the evening the mama gave birth. We found out a female cat can go into heat at four months, if we’d known that her neuter would have been earlier!!!!! Cat distribution system is very real.
YIKES! That reminds me, I need to help my dad get his kittens fixed. My coworker found kittens in his shed, and I got two of them for my father, who lives with me. Just the idea of two teen girl cats in heat for four months is overwhelming! They're getting to be just about the right age.
Can confirm. My purebred Keeshond is scared of my computer headset but my 7lb cat we found abandoned as a kitten terrorized my neighbors 100lb black lab to the point that he’d bolt if he saw her.
There's a dog distribution system too. My best friend wasn't looking to get a dog, but a highly reactive dog got thrusted upon her. Now she's my sweet cuddle buddy. (Fyi I'm allergic to dogs, so I can only cuddle once in a while. 😅) If my best friend didn't take Sky, she would have been put down for her 'aggression'. In the past 2 years, she has absorbed all the love 3 people can bestow upon her and calmed down sooooooo much. All she needed was lots of love, a consistent set of rules, and a very calm person to look up to. 😊
@@yaboicolleen thank you. :D she went to the beach for the first time last weekend. Her reactivity kept her from crowded places. She looked soooooo happy in the picture.
Aw yea, but the last one is the same between well bred purebred cat owners and dog owners lol. Before I even left the vet's office when our male MC was diagnosed with necrosis of the femoral head not only did his breeder know, but so did all of the owners of his littermates. Even though (as far as my vet told me, and his breeder's vet) we were told it's not genetic, she isn't going to use that pair anymore just in case.
Our street-born cats have been blessed with healthy genes! (one with mild allergy) We don't know their Birthdate, but we celebrate it yearly with gusto.
I had get my cat meds at a pharmacy once. They wanted to know his birthday, on my cat from the humane society... She defaulted to 01/01 and we picked a random year.
Every time they ask my cats birthdate at the pharmacy I look at them like they are crazy and then say, idk January 1 of some year😂 (spoiler, today is her actual birthday)
One of my cats, her mother showed up at my mother's then-co-worker's house one day heavily pregnant and later had 6 kittens. We got one of the kittens, but before the adoption date a neighbor of theirs showed up with a smaller kitten that the mama ended up adopting. So the cat distribution system temporarily gave this coworker 8 cats. Mine died almost 3 years ago at 16 years old. She was the best
Same here! I was talking to a trainer about my reactive GSD and the trainer asked if her littermates or parents also had anxiety issues. Bruh, I dunno! She could have spawned out of a cosmic dumpster or something! All I really know is that she was skin and bones when we took her home, she's deathly afraid of baths, and she doesn't trust any humans but me and my family. DNA testing says German Shepherd, while personal experience says Reactive Teddybear. That's all the info I've got. 😅
My mom had found my Snickers (RIP) on a walk as a kitten. I think an owl got the rest of his siblings. Around a year later, Mom found her Sheba as a kitten chilling under our car during the summer. The Cat Distribution System is real and it works. The only way I'll get a new cat since Snickers passed is if the CDS decides I'm getting a new cat.
My cat was a farm kitten who got separated from her litter in October of 2017. My parents brought her inside and a year later she came back to the city with me after Thanksgiving. So I have a rough idea of when her birthday is, and I picked my brother-in-law's birthday bc I could never remember when his is and she's definitely a Virgo 😂
I have only ever had one kitten that I obtained from a farm cat, not a breeder. Every other cat has come into my life from a rescue or CDS so has only ever had a guesstimate age given by the vet based on their teeth or something 😆
All the cats I've known (and there were more than a few, my family being animal lovers) have been CDS, rescued, or rehomed. Except for one, but honestly I'm not sure how you would classify "I heard it's your toddler's birthday, here's a kitten for them" (me being the toddler in question).
The cat distribution system is a thing. Not long ago, a dog owner asked me how much it cost to buy a cat. I said, “I don’t know. I’ve never paid a penny to get a cat. All our cats just showed up and never left. On the other hand, I’ve spent many thousands of dollars on vet bills and other cat care expenses.”
I feel a little called out here on the does your dogs siblings have anything remotely the same? My dog (now at rainbow bridge) had PLN and I checked with her breeder, and her sisters owner, and the sires owner in like 2 min and had an answer for the vet 😂. No one else did...but on the positive, now they all know SHE did and can use that knowledge for their doggos.
Fact, cats will show up if you bbq/smoke food! Our Sprinkles did back in 2018, 10 days later she brought her two gorgeous kittens for us to meet and gave a warning hiss of the hell we'd pay if we crossed her or those cuties! As she walked them up to us she nudged the little girl kitten forward since she was as mama felt "going too slow" lol. Best mama kitty I've ever met and she can take out bunnies, ferrets and birds to feed her and her babies so the "Take out a coyote" part in the skit is fantastic!
I had a cat that beat up a basset hound and a boston terrier at the same time. The poor boston terrier was scared to go outside afterwards. The same cat chased a german sherpard off the block. Completely off the block. poor guy was screaming the entire time my cat was chasing him. cats are mean when they want to be
Haha, I got my cat, Bunny, from the magical cat distribution system. A momma cat literally came into my backyard, saw me, dropped the baby from her mouth onto my patio, and left (she never returned). I've had Bunny ever since. Her birthday is also between her and the universe, haha 😂
CDS gets us all. A lady that lives a mile from me has a huge cat colony(she is an animal hoarder), and one night, FatCat just showed up on my porch screaming to be let in. She delivered her kittens the next morning, in my dining room, and hasn’t left since. We were able to get all of her surviving kittens adopted(after spay/neuter) but we decided she chose us. She is spayed and runs the house(including the dogs and the other two cats). She is what we call a guard cat. She keeps the coyotes and other wild animals away, especially the skunks😂(if you haven’t guessed, I live in the middle of nowhere)
As both a cat & dog owner, I can confirm that the only thing I know about my cat is his birth month/year, what he will & won’t eat & that he tolerates anyone handling him. The dog? I know so much about her that I could probably accurately describe what she dreams & is thinking when we’re miles apart🤣🤣
Lol, all of the cat clips made me laugh. Almost every single one of my cats were strays or children of strays that got "dumped" on us or magically spawned in our yard and adopted us.
Two of my three are CDS cats. They were sitting on the side of a bike trail and meowed loud enough to get my attention. They appeared to be about 4-5 weeks old. Picked them up in a baseball cap and took them home. They will be 15 next month although their real birthday is between them and the universe.
Had that exact birthday conversation with my vet... I dunno I was sitting at a picnic table having lunch and she forced her head into my lunchbag and never left I have no idea when she was born
The cat distribution system has blessed me with 3 who live in my home. The last one started breaking in through my catio to let me know he lives here. Fortunately, his previous servants were understanding of his wishes.
I have had many dearly loved cats force themselves into my home over the years. 😂❤😂 Love their initiative and intelligence. 😸 I miss you Blackie, Panther, Max, Sylvester, Shadow, and Ozzie. 😢
I’ve gotten more than a few cats through the cat distribution system. They just decide they own you and you have to take them to the vet. Get them fixed and give them a good home all of their lives.😂❤️✌️🌼
Can confirm found Natural Light as what I assume was an older kitten while I was 20 in a frat boy's garage we were drinking in and playing pong. She drank a spilled Natty light off of the ground so one of the guys named her after it and I took her home with me to become a spoiled princess. Out of respect I have somewhat kept her name but she now goes by Natty/Nat her age is also somewhat between her and the universe but she for sure was young so we could at least estimate. Her assigned birthday in honor of how I found her is st patricks day. She is 6ish now!
Well, I believe that with the coyote without further ado. We had a cat who always went for walks with us. I had to warn every dog owner whose dog ran in our direction without a leash that the dog should not run towards us. This cat was not afraid of dogs and was always ready to attack and fight, no matter how big a dog was.
Lol! We have a Labrador/Golden Retriever mix, Jaina and an orange demon from the deepest levels of Hades, MacGyver. I absolutely know when Jaina was born and we threw a proverbial dart at a calendar to choose MacGyer’s birthday.
Rofl, 2 cats, 1 dog, and I approve of this video. 😂 although our husky was a rescue so we don't know that much. But Im pretty sure that the kids' stepmom knows all that stuff about the rest of his pack.
As a long time cat owner, I can say we usually have some idea when our cats were born unless they were adopted strays. For example, Lily was a stray picked up by the Humane Society, so all I know is that she's roughly 3 years old, but her kitten Fairy was born on Jan. 5th 2024. So sometimes we DO know when they were born. :)
CDS: One time my mom opened the door and the shy local feral bolted inside through her legs with a kitten, and zoomed back out leaving the confused kitten on the rug. My mom ran outside yelling after her, "Come get your kid!" We think that mama cat knew winter was coming, and her baby was very small and sickly, so she came up with plan. Thousands in vet bills later, after the kitten grew up, she bolted out the door one day and was never seen again. We hope she just moved in with some richer people down the street.
My cat is also from the cat distribution system and I love her to pieces. Not sure how old she is, but probably about 13 now, if me and the vet were to take a solid guess. xD She's a wonderful old girl.
