Hi
I feel as though I am always asking for advice here, not giving any, but do get a nice supportive feeling from all I hear and read through on these boards.
I have a dilemma.
A friend (an acquaintance of a good friend actually) has not spayed her mamacat (this is the cat's name) and she produces litters at least every Spring that I know of...Though those that read through my posts may realize that I have been faced more with the problems of dog rescue, byb issues, rescues and rehoming with canines, I think there are many of the same issues.
I am now one of those reformed cat people whom have realized that you can love a feline just as much but go about it in a different way.
Cats simply just command respect in a whole other dimension than dogs.
I have grown to love Lovey as I would any dog I have owned. He is my family.
This is VERY surprising to me and everyone I know.
(I was the typical cat indifferent person before..now I am a blithering idiot about my cat's needs and well-being)
ANYWAY! This "friend" has told me today that she has reserved a kitten (without me asking) of this litter as I have "proven" myself to be such a cat lover.. I am one to speak blunt and asked her "Isn't that just a bit of crap and an easy way of getting rid of a kitten?"..(I don't know if its difficult to "get rid of" kittens when your resident cat has them...but I do know that she has homed kittens who are 20 weeks old and has put repeated ads in the paper, which I don't condone)...It doesn't seem that easy to me..and I don't understand why you would do it (other than the fact that she is a "liberal" woman who thinks most things are un-natural--I live in a leftist "hippie" area if I can say that)..
Sorry..but should I take this kitten..It was a bad idea, but I did go see them. I fell in love..Would I just be condoning her behaviour or saving a kitten?
I am no naive pet owner..But this seriously beautiful 3 week old scamp has caught my heart...
Tell me to say no..Please...?
(the whole other dilemma is Lovey's reaction...If he balked for too long, I would have no problem in taking the cat back)
Sigh...
I feel as though I am always asking for advice here, not giving any, but do get a nice supportive feeling from all I hear and read through on these boards.
I have a dilemma.
A friend (an acquaintance of a good friend actually) has not spayed her mamacat (this is the cat's name) and she produces litters at least every Spring that I know of...Though those that read through my posts may realize that I have been faced more with the problems of dog rescue, byb issues, rescues and rehoming with canines, I think there are many of the same issues.
I am now one of those reformed cat people whom have realized that you can love a feline just as much but go about it in a different way.
Cats simply just command respect in a whole other dimension than dogs.
I have grown to love Lovey as I would any dog I have owned. He is my family.
This is VERY surprising to me and everyone I know.
(I was the typical cat indifferent person before..now I am a blithering idiot about my cat's needs and well-being)
ANYWAY! This "friend" has told me today that she has reserved a kitten (without me asking) of this litter as I have "proven" myself to be such a cat lover.. I am one to speak blunt and asked her "Isn't that just a bit of crap and an easy way of getting rid of a kitten?"..(I don't know if its difficult to "get rid of" kittens when your resident cat has them...but I do know that she has homed kittens who are 20 weeks old and has put repeated ads in the paper, which I don't condone)...It doesn't seem that easy to me..and I don't understand why you would do it (other than the fact that she is a "liberal" woman who thinks most things are un-natural--I live in a leftist "hippie" area if I can say that)..
Sorry..but should I take this kitten..It was a bad idea, but I did go see them. I fell in love..Would I just be condoning her behaviour or saving a kitten?
I am no naive pet owner..But this seriously beautiful 3 week old scamp has caught my heart...
Tell me to say no..Please...?
(the whole other dilemma is Lovey's reaction...If he balked for too long, I would have no problem in taking the cat back)
Sigh...