Most aspies love cats

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I have a long-haired cat that is keen on catching birds and eating them. He sometimes gets blood and entrails in his fur. I went out and bought this mousse shampoo that you just rub into their fur and brush out. It is much less traumatic than a bath. Also, for fleas, they have a dry powder shampoo that you can rub on your cats without bathing them.

The only time I have ever tried to bathe a cat was when my long-haired cat was outside in a really sudden powerful rainstorm and got caked in mud. That was not pretty and I'd prefer to not have to do it again.

I quite like cats. In the frequently asked question 'cats or dogs?' I always go for cats. Less noise, less hassle all round, (and in my experience) generally nicer.

I love cats. But when I met my husband I had to get used to dogs. It took me several years to warm up to his dog Min. After that, I brought home a Lab named Sadie because the family that had her had been abusing her and was planning to euthanize her. She was only about 14 months old at the time. She had a lot of trauma from her experience being abused, but now she is a sweet dog. I love taking both of the dogs to the local dog park (which is rather ingeniously set up with an enclosure and entry area so the dogs don't escape the enclosure). The only bad thing is that Min gets very cranky when he gets tired from running around and he tries to attack Sadie.

I still love my cats tho. I love the way that they curl up with me when I sleep.

My cats are a huge part of my life.I chose them over having children and have no regrets.They are constantly intertaining me with their silly stunts.I would love to have a chow/husky mix dog even though I dont like dog smells and wouldnt want to have to raise one in an apartment.

My female cat sucks on my earlobe and likes to have her belly rubbed...constantly.My boy cat humps my arm when he is jelous of the attention I am giving my bunnies or I have been gone from home to long(shows me whose boss).He also likes to sit on my lap in the bathroom and "crys" for me when I am taking a bath.I can watch my cats playing or preening for hours.

I nominate cats as our official mascot!

Cats are nice, and all that, but bunny rabbits are really good pets. Also birds. They're quite fun to watch as they figure things out, like climbing up the shower curtain.

As much as I love birds, they crap everywhere. Also, they preen and feathers go flying in all directions.

I knew someone who had two African Grays - you could actually have a conversation with them. It was pretty amazing. But they could also be really really annoying when they squawked if they didn't get their way. I still wouldn't want to have them as pets tho, due to the aforementioned problems that I have with crapping and preening.

I also had a pet bunny once. He, too, crapped everywhere so we only could let him out under supervision. Can they be box trained? The particular bunny that I had was a hand-me-down pet that someone had gotten tired of, so he was pretty old and set in his ways. I was just wondering about house training a younger bunny - is it possible?

I love cats, I only ever have remotly liked one dog, and he bit me three times, not playfully either

Seconded!

It is possible.They have a natural instinct to use litter box.One of my bunnies will "hold it" when I have him out of his play pen.He doesnt really like to jump around much(he is a lionhead),he just wants to cuddle up against my neck and get nuzzles.Even in his playpen he only poops in his litter box,not his nesting box or rest of cage.My other bunny has a totally different personality.I set out two litter boxes and he only pees in them(this took several months for him to learn by himself)but he will let a bunny turd fly when ever he jumps around but also sits in litter box to poo,when he feels like it.I never really tried to "train" them but it is possible if you are patient and you can find bunny web sites that tell how.I do think personality has something to do with it,though.Drawbacks.The lion head gets poo"cling-ons,vets dont know why and I have to give him "hinny" baths about once a week.Though he takes them much better then a cat!Their litter box needs to be cleaned regularly as urine smells bad(I also have an airfilter by their playpens.)The litter I prefer(recycled paper)is expensive and food isnt cheap either.
They are not just big hamsters,more like cats.They nedd to get out and run around,play and love to be pet(I mean for hours,beware of carpel-tunnel).Most of the time I think about getting rid of them it is because I made them "cages" out of baby play pens and they take up alot of room in a small apartment and my cats are jealous of them(the bunnies love the cats who just "tolerate" them.)


Cat mascot....I vote yes!

Third

I have no idea really.
The only cats i see are on the street.
They seem like shy little creatures who first come close to investigate and than run away usually.
I've usually had a dog as a pet wich i like.

The Missus and I have a Holland Lop bunny, and he trained himself the first time he saw his kitty litter box. Never had an accident on the carpeting. Loves being cuddled, is very responsive, and curious. When he was younger, he liked to find things to chew on, and that was a problem ...

I do not mind cats, I get it is the stimulation you get when they rub up against your leg.
I also much more readily run up to hug an animal like a large dog than a human. I could not bring myself to hugging a human and I felt uneasy if the ran up an hugged me. As a little kid I occasionally cuddle our pet cat too hard and it ended up scratching me but I still persisted hugging it but humans, no way.

I love cats. When I was younger I more much more of a dog person, but I think I kind of did a 180 a couple years ago when I adopted a border collie from the humane society. She's a beautiful dog and I love her personality and I appreciate the exercise I get from walking her during warmer months, but she is freaking FULL of energy all the time, and especially when I'm coming home from work or school I usually don't want to be bothered. Fortunately my parents fell in love with her and "adopted" her into their house so she wouldn't have to be stuck in my 1 bedroom apartment. When I was volunteering in the cattery at the humane society I got my dog from, I discovered that I'm actually a cat person. They're much more independant but at the same time they have a need for attention and "love" that manifests itself sort of randomly, which is kind of how I picture myself. Right now I have a 1 year old siamese cat. She's the most therapuetic aspect of my life; when I'm at a climax of confusion and frustration with the people around me I can calm myself down by looking at her and wondering what she's thinking.

I have always loved cats. When I was about 10 years old, I used to tell my acquaintances that "I learned everything I know from my cat." I was ridiculed a lot for that statement, but I didn't care. I was amazed to find a book has been published with approximately that title, maybe someone got the idea from me. I now have 4 cats (or they have me.)

My wife, also AS, has 4 dogs, 10 angora bunnies, 2 full-sized horses, 3 miniature horses and 13 pygora goats. She likes cats a lot too.