Originally posted by catnapper
I don't know... to be honest, the cat side feels soooo much better. Tonya is 100% right. I don't visit dog side much, and post less because it "feels" so different. So cliquish (sp?) Nicki's posts get like 5 answers, and they are always the same 5 peope (thank you, you know who you are... it means the world to me that you respond.)

As for the threads in cat general that belong in general, as for baby ones, I know they were in BOTH places because a lot of people never stray from the cat side to even venture into general. They were just announcing a major life event. The cathouse threads were totally not meant to offend anyone! They were meant to be fun!
You know, I visit the dog side too, and I have hardly ever seen threads there that belong elsewhere. Its just on the cat side that I feel like I'm some outsider coming into a board where I don't belong. I do go to the cat side everyday, because I *adore* cats and would love to have one of my own someday, and I love to go there and look at pictures, and reply.

What I'm trying to point out is that the cat people seem like one big family, completely seperate from the rest of the board. While its a wonderful thing that you've all come to love each other so much, I just don't like that the other people on the board should feel like *outsiders*. After knowing each other for years, I think we should all have formed bonds, despite the type of animals we own.

I know the cathouse threads were fun and not meant to offend anyone. I myself enjoyed them, very much, but I felt that is something that should have been posted in General. It was a fun topic, that the dog, rabbit, bird, rodent, reptile, etc. people would have loved to participate in too. Because it was on the cat side, I and many others just felt we couldn't participate.

I remember when Kristen had her back surgery, I almost missed the whole thing because it all took place on the cat side. I felt terrible for not replying to most of the threads for her, but it was because they were on the cat side, and I never noticed them. It just doesn't feel right to not be informed when someone on the board needs prayers. If there truely is something you wanted to post, and you think your cat-loving friends would miss them if posted in General, perhaps you could post a link to the General thread on Cat General, and everyone would find it. That way the cat people could also get used to coming to the General boards and getting to know ALL of us, and Pet Talk would be a much more open, and warm place. I'd like to see the whole board as caring as the Cat side, but sadly, it seems the cat side is now for cat owners only, and that anyone else can't participate in prayers, etc., for a cat person who is a member of the entire Pet Talk, and not only Cat General. I'm not exactly saying we *can't*, but it just *feels* that way. If I come and post on a non-cat related topic in Cat General, I feel like I'm intruding and am not supposed to be there.