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Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fiore is a natural actress it seems! she really plays up to the camera. my cats seem so boring compared to fiore.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How many cats do you have Landi and what are their names?

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i have a dark ranch mink tonkinese that is almost 11 years old, named ariel. and i have a tortoiseshell tabby maine c00n that will be 10 years this june, named belle. ariel is basically my husband's cat, and belle is basically my cat. ariel lays down on my husband's legs whenever he sits down. and belle is on top of my feet when i'm at the computer at night. belle sleeps next to me every night, or on me, or over me. lol.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's nice that you each get your own. But I think it's only fair that Holly get one too!!! :-)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Unless they spay or neuter for free, I can't afford it.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't know what it's like in other areas but here in Michigan kittens are rare this time of year. If a litter of small kittens showed up at our humane society they'd be adopted within the week if not the same day.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
they're scarce this time of year here in california too. and why would you have to pay for spaying or neutering? they're much too young for that, and once they're dropped off, that would be the responsibility of the humane society.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
julie, we're only supposed to have one cat as it is. and besides, she bothers them both enough as it is.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My shelter does spaying and nuetering to any kitten who weighs at least 2 pounds . Shocked me when I adopted my two new ones last June. They were only 9 weeks old when they were fixed. I guess they have some new techniques these days.

If they can fix a human baby's heart while still the mother is still pregnant with it, clipping a few important parts on a baby kitten or puppy is probably pretty easy with the right equipment and training.

Also, I think that one can drop off kittens without paying anything. I'm sure they will probably try to guilt trip you into making a "donation", but shelters are supposed to be there to help in these situations. I've seen folks refuse to give their names when dropping animals off. Seems extreme, but it's better than leaving them feral.

In my town they will also come out and try to trap them for you if you can't catch them yourself. Mama kitties are tricky. Our Humane society is relatively well funded since I live in a pretty liberal place. Not sure if all of them have the funds to send out trappers.

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
they may have new techniques - but my vet - who does vet work for the humane society where I got spooky and wendy - won't spay until 6 months.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My vet still won't do them until 6 months either!

Thanks, Landi! I have had a lot of cats in my life, but Fioré is the only one who has ever thought that she is human. She cracks us up every single day, many times a day. She has brought a whole lot of joy. Have you ever had a cat that slapped you when you didn't feed her? That's the kind of thing that she does... She's pretty darned cheeky!

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the humane society put that they wanted them spayed by the end of february. neither were old enough. I had to call to get them to send a second microchip for wendy (the test scanned at my vet and couldn't find it). I let them know that my vet didn't want them spayed until 6 months. when the person I talked to heard who my vet was - I was told to do what he wanted.

and vee - that is one adorable cat.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, my mother could tell you stories that would show that Fiore has some human-wannabe relatives out there. My mom's cats do things like slapping you if they want food or attention. One of my mom's cats goes into the fridge when she opens the door. LOL. Ahhh....the stories! I think one lies RIGHT ON the keyboard and my mom's hands while she's typing.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 12:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fioré is just wonderful.. you should have a Fioré-cam!! Stressed out humans could peek in and get a stress-reducer just watching Fioré!

Landi's cats are both gorgeous!!

There may be temporary shortages of kittens but there are plenty of wonderful adult cats just waiting to be adopted and loved.

I hope the vets who insist on waiting until a cat is six monthes of age also is firm about telling people to keep them INSIDE because if they are out and come in season and get pregnant that is pretty hard on a young cat as well and then there are even MORE kittens, which means more cats will die :-(

Sorry to sound so gloomy but.. grr.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 1:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great post Seamonkey!! Very important points that many overlook!!

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I will vouch for the two pound thing. My kitties are very healthy and happy. I think it is simply an improved technique and if the vets in your area are properly trained there should be no issue.

The staff at my humane society said they switched their processes because too many adopters were not coming back to have their animals fixed at 6 months like their contracts required. They already made them pay for the surgery upfront, but I guess that wasn't enough to convince some.

I found as I was looking for kittens to adopt very, very few are under 2 pounds at 8 weeks – the youngest age my shelter will adopt out at. Definitely less than 10% of the population.

The shelter is filled with many good people trying to do their very best for the animals around here and they would not do the surgeries at two pounds if it wasn't safe.

BTW - I'm positive they have new techniques to accomplish this because my boy kitten was turned away from his neuter surgery more than a decade ago because his testicles hadn't fully descended at 4 or 5 months. Clearly my nine week old male kitten last June wasn't that developed and there were no problems with them going forward with his neutering.


Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(And he never lived that surgery rejection down - poor Mr Mew. He never knew why so many of my family members laughed at his kitten stories. LOL)

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
aww cute fiore!

The shelter were i got my kitten spayed her within a week of getting her in the shelter--(she was 3 months old)..i asked MY vet when i brought her in for her next round of shots and he said he wouldnt do it til 6 months but that a LOT of shelters will have it done and so far they havent really found any thing that would say its a bad idea to do that early..

Ms marble is sooo funny, last night i was in the den watching tv and heard her batting something around--figured it was one of her toy mouses--ahhh it was a MOUSE alright but not a toy one!

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the looks you get from male cats after they've come home from their "surgery".

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am not referring to the kittens, I am referring to mama and daddy kitty who are wild, somewhat. They'll get within two feet of ya, but try to pet one and ZOOM, they are outta there.

Gina8642
Member

06-01-2001

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Talk about pissed off kitties - My kitties were so p.o.'d when I picked them up from their surgeries. It was a really busy day for surgeries because it was Monday (so they were doing Fri, Sat, and Sunday's adoptions) and our shelter was running a half off deal on adoption fees for June - their busiest month. I called and was told they didn't get done until late, so come at 5pm to pick them up.

Anyways, once there I waited quite awhile for them to bring out my kittens and lots of folks had already got theirs but were waiting the check out. All these other people had these dopey (sleepy) kitties in their cardboard boxes sneaking peeeks at them. They were all so docile and cute and sweet and quiet. Little kids where getting to touch and check out their new pets for the first time.

Then mine come out in two boxes and the vet aide guy tells me "I didn't think I should put your two in one box" and quickly disappears.

I'm thinking "what does that mean???". All of a sudden my two boxes start shaking and rocking and the most blood curdling yowls emit from them. I felt like I had adopted kujo. Suddenly I was the lady at the vet with the embarassingly loud cats - times TWO. LOL I don't think they could have been more ticked off - the very antithesis of all the other adoptees that day.

I probably easily waited another 20 minutes before I got out of there and my kittens never let up. I couldn't even open the box a crack to peek at them - they would have escaped. I figured the anesthesia would at least slow them down. I finally did peek in the car ride home - and at least I had the right two cats. LOL!!!



Gina8642
Member

06-01-2001

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Escapee - I'd just call up your shelter and see what they can do for you. They might fix them because if they don't, they will just be making more kittens. Not sure. I think every town is different.

If they won't help you with the cost, ask around to see if there are any private organizations. Some of them might help with fees. My original cat, Mr. Mew, came from a lady who just took in cats on her own dime and tried to find good homes for them.

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, at the begining of the winter, we caught this little gray male kitty on the porch. Just a dinky little guy, and when DH picked him up, this little kitty bit the crap out of him, but we preceeded to handle him and tried to make him tame to no avail. Eventually we had to let him go. He was a nut job. BTW, we still feed him every night, we just don't try to pet him.

Last year, out in the orchard there was a mama kitty and a bunch of little kitties. Probably 5 kittens. Lo an Behold, we are still feeding two of the kitties now, I don't know what happened to the other ones. One is male, DD has named him Oreo and one is female (she just had the kittens) and DD named her Elmo. I know I know, it's a wierd name, but gimme a break, she's 2. Then, about a month ago when DH came home there was a little orange feller on our porch. Just a tiny baby, barely old enough to leave his mama, whoever that was. DH was able to catch him, and we have successfully tamed him. He lives in our Laundry room at night, and roams our house during the day. He is also a nut job.

So, we have Beans, who we've had since before we moved here, Frank, the little orange guy, Oreo, Elmo, and LGK (Little gray kitty)

I think someone is dumping kitties off at our house. It sucks, but I am not going to let them starve.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Escapee, i think you (and the cats) would be far better off by bringing the little kitties to a shelter. They need to be spayed or neutered. A typical shelter will not charge you anything for this. Kittens are likely to get adopted. You can help stop the "littering."

There are lots of animal rescue groups, animal welfare leagues, even animal controls who can help.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
fiore is gorge! what a sweetie! paybacks are hell aren't they?

sea, your critter is so pretty, too. :-)