I hope this is in the right forum...
This makes me so mad. I called up some places today to see how many/what sorts of kittens they have/would have available in about a month. I found one ad for a ragdoll x manx. Now, we all know ragdolls are gorgeous, and one of the nicest cats I ever had was a manx... so I thought, score! It was only 5 and a half weeks old, and I wouldn't want to be taking it home for another month anyway, so it'd be perfect.
I called the number, expecting a foster carer or something (it was on a pet rescue website).
This is how the conversation went:
me: Hi, I'm just calling about an ad for a kitten I saw... when will he be available? He's only a little one so I thought it might be good cos I'm looking for one in about a month's time.
Some weird bogan guy: Yeah, mate, ah, you're too late mate, someone came picked him up yesterday, they like em small ay, they're just cuter ay. But don't freak out cos she's preggers again, yeah, we gotta keep a better eye on that girl ay! Yeah, she's the ragdoll, well actually a ragdoll cross, she's a pure black one, there aren't many of them so she's pretty rare, yeah, but she's a special girl ay. Yeah, the next ones will be black too cos there's a black cat that hangs out and we think its his, he's just a normal cat, those manxs are a bit weird lookin ay, bit wild he was, but yeah, ay, call in like 6 weeks or so cos she been preggers for 2 now, so we'll keep one for ya ay
Now, if I wasn't a shy idiot, I would have said: "Get your cat desexed or keep her inside! You let her get pregnant 2 and a half weeks after giving birth! You IDIOT! You sold a 5 and a half week old cat! Go grow a brain and give your poor cat to me!"
what I did say was "Oh never mind, I'm looking for one sooner than that" and hung up before I could listen to him anymore.
People like that really disgust me. I'm even going to post another thread about it. Have they never been to the RSPCA?!!
Nice to get that off my chest.
The thing most annoying is that he was asking $150 and advertised on a pet rescue site. And he was proud of his little girl for going out and sleeping with the neighbourhood.
I'm sure if it was his real daughter he wouldn't feel that way
This makes me so mad. I called up some places today to see how many/what sorts of kittens they have/would have available in about a month. I found one ad for a ragdoll x manx. Now, we all know ragdolls are gorgeous, and one of the nicest cats I ever had was a manx... so I thought, score! It was only 5 and a half weeks old, and I wouldn't want to be taking it home for another month anyway, so it'd be perfect.
I called the number, expecting a foster carer or something (it was on a pet rescue website).
This is how the conversation went:
me: Hi, I'm just calling about an ad for a kitten I saw... when will he be available? He's only a little one so I thought it might be good cos I'm looking for one in about a month's time.
Some weird bogan guy: Yeah, mate, ah, you're too late mate, someone came picked him up yesterday, they like em small ay, they're just cuter ay. But don't freak out cos she's preggers again, yeah, we gotta keep a better eye on that girl ay! Yeah, she's the ragdoll, well actually a ragdoll cross, she's a pure black one, there aren't many of them so she's pretty rare, yeah, but she's a special girl ay. Yeah, the next ones will be black too cos there's a black cat that hangs out and we think its his, he's just a normal cat, those manxs are a bit weird lookin ay, bit wild he was, but yeah, ay, call in like 6 weeks or so cos she been preggers for 2 now, so we'll keep one for ya ay
Now, if I wasn't a shy idiot, I would have said: "Get your cat desexed or keep her inside! You let her get pregnant 2 and a half weeks after giving birth! You IDIOT! You sold a 5 and a half week old cat! Go grow a brain and give your poor cat to me!"
what I did say was "Oh never mind, I'm looking for one sooner than that" and hung up before I could listen to him anymore.
People like that really disgust me. I'm even going to post another thread about it. Have they never been to the RSPCA?!!
Nice to get that off my chest.
The thing most annoying is that he was asking $150 and advertised on a pet rescue site. And he was proud of his little girl for going out and sleeping with the neighbourhood.
I'm sure if it was his real daughter he wouldn't feel that way