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ruff goes out onto our townhouse patio in any weather....rain, snow - she
likes it all. turns out she was having visitors. 11 days ago she had 3 babies. the day after she had them, i opened the blinds to find a dead mouse on the back step! think 'dad' must've left it and figures he's off the hook, so to speak. haha. (ruff's never hunted and hadn't been out for a few days) (just for the record, all 3 kittens have good homes waiting for them - all orange like Mom!) |
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ruff wrote: ruff goes out onto our townhouse patio in any weather....rain, snow - she likes it all. turns out she was having visitors. 11 days ago she had 3 babies. the day after she had them, i opened the blinds to find a dead mouse on the back step! think 'dad' must've left it and figures he's off the hook, so to speak. haha. (ruff's never hunted and hadn't been out for a few days) (just for the record, all 3 kittens have good homes waiting for them - all orange like Mom!) I hope Mom gets spayed asap. Kittens are loads of fun, and you'll have great fun watching them--but remember, as soon as Ruff's ready to go back outside, "Dad" is still gonna be out there. :-) Sherry |
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jmcquown wrote: wrote: ruff wrote: ruff goes out onto our townhouse patio in any weather....rain, snow - she likes it all. turns out she was having visitors. 11 days ago she had 3 babies. the day after she had them, i opened the blinds to find a dead mouse on the back step! think 'dad' must've left it and figures he's off the hook, so to speak. haha. (ruff's never hunted and hadn't been out for a few days) (just for the record, all 3 kittens have good homes waiting for them - all orange like Mom!) I hope Mom gets spayed asap. Kittens are loads of fun, and you'll have great fun watching them--but remember, as soon as Ruff's ready to go back outside, "Dad" is still gonna be out there. :-) Sherry Absolutely. Unless someone is breeding purebred cats for sale there's no reason not to have a kitty spayed or neutered so they won't continue to contribute to the cat population. Just wait until those kitties don't find good homes and the OP is stuck with raising them, caring for them, well into adult kitty-hood. This is how cats like my Persia get turned out to fend for themselves. No, I'm not pointing fingers at the OP, just saying... people think kittens are cute but when they become demanding adult cats, you know. Jill Absolutely. And I don't mean to be rude, especially to a new poster. I am just so programmed after so many years with the shelter, it's just a knee-jerk reaction and I honestly can't NOT get on a soapbox sometimes. The phrase "don't worry, we found homes for them." always sets me off. I even wrote an article for the newsletter, "The Top Ten Reasons Fluffy is Homeless" which I'd love to reprint here, but it's too long and lots of people might think boorish and obnoxious for this group (also it would be like preaching to the choir). But the gist is, unless a litter of kittens is neutered before giving them away, the possible ripple effect from that *one* litter is mind-boggling. And even if the kittens *are* neutered before giving away, it very possibly displaces a home for a shelter kitten. We had such a bad summer I am starting to firmly believe there is a finite number of homes available, and that's it. My theory is that the trend toward better pet ownership has taken hold so well that people's pets live longer. That means fewer adoptions . We have been in business almost seven years now. It's almost like we have saturated the market for available homes in this little rural area. So I don't know what happens now. So forgive me if I came off as preachy or bossy. It's just something that is never very far from my thoughts especially lately. Sherry |
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