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Me too. But I'm sure she'll find a good home.
I just spent a half hour crying on my husband. I will make all information available here and on my FB page and with the rescue. Vet tomorrow and the bonus is getting a definite nod on the sex of the babies. Husband wants to keep both. He brings home the bacon but I run the budget.
I'm one for being independent and I hardly listen to my hubby. LOL But then again mine never had a brilliant idea like your hubby??? LOL
Mine can be a great sounding board. I tend to become very emotionally invested and cocooned. I would like to give her another 10 days with the babies. We'll see where things go. None of this was planned so the plans change day by day as we look for the best options for us and for Tera and her two babies. Thank you for the support. It means the world. I can't help but feel when I talked to the rescue and the vet and tell them I found this knocked up cat they're thinking sure you did.
I agree. I think mom and babies need to stay together. Could you either keep Tera and be the foster until the kittens or older or let them all go to a foster home together and then take a kitten back? Separating them now just doesn't sound like the best answer.
We raised Mook and Kitten from a much younger age. As Tera starts to outgrow being crated with her babies we don't have the room to let her roam and can't take the risk of an accidental throw down between her and Mook. Anyone who disagrees with any decisions we make needs to realize all rescues are overwhelmed we are lucky to get on a waiting list and Tera has an excellent chance at her own person and her babies didn't die in filth. We didn't make this mess. WE are simply doing our best to cope with it and give all of them the best chance for a life well loved. Turning them over to local shelters is most likely a death sentence. In the best of worlds I'd have a whole building and endless funds to clean up the messes that never needed to happen.
Ah, I understand now. I had forgotten the potential problem with Mook and was overlooking the limitations of the crate I agree - you're very lucky to have a rescue to work with. It actually sounds like an ideal situation. I hope you didn't think I disagreed with your decisions - I really was just curious. As far as I'm concerned, you're a hero rescuing this poor girl and her babies and giving her (and them) a chance in life. I'm really sorry if I implied otherwise.
I, of course, think you are doing a wonderful thing. It just seemed to me that there were possibly more options.
The last thing I want to do is break this little family apart prematurely. Today was not a good day. Tera was unhappy being in a dark room part of the day while husband slept. She has to be crated. It is a large crate but still a crate. I felt guilty she was unhappy. In a few weeks we'll have Tera and two little widgets all over the place. So I spent the day exploring the options along with the pros and cons of taking the babies early. I sleep in the living room most nights so she has the lights and windows for 18 hours a day. And still I don't feel like I'm doing enough for her. I want Tera to have her very own person. Not a caretaker. The rescue I have picked out is one that is very well established with a real excellent reputation.
Well maybe we'll both learn something. The ones I can manage are small. I'm thinking separate but side by side in the car.
I have a feeling it's sort of like the coggins for horses. Almost never ever a positive It's just a way to control the spread of disease.
