"Kalyahna" dumped this in
on 17 Mar 2004:

Everybody's alright, though I'm still ****ed
off about it, and wondering how far I take this. I'll talk to the
complex manager on Monday (I don't have any choice, between office
hours and my work schedule, that's the first day I have off that
they're open). I don't know if I want the stupid ******* fired or
reprimanded, or just to admit that he did, in fact, leave the window
open.


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I'm glad everyone was ok and accounted for. I understand your anger over
this; I used to rent, and maintenance people seemed to let themselves in,
come and go as they pleased and it infuriated me, too. One time one of
them even let himself in while I was home but back in the bedroom and if
he knocked, I didn't hear him. He walked in on me changing my clothes.
That was it. I insisted to the front office that they not let them in
like that or I'd press charges.

--
Cheryl


I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for
stupidity.
- IBen Getiner

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:52:05 +0000, Kristine Kochanski
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:49:05 -0700, m. L. Briggs
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:17:41 +0000, Kristine Kochanski
wrote:

On 18 Mar 2004 10:12:42 -0800, (Tracy) wrote:

I'm really glad the cats are OK and sorry for your mental anguish, but
really, again, get something positive out of the situation and collar
and tag the cats. Stuff happens. When we lived in an apartment in
Chicago, one of my neighbors had her indoor cat (young, about a year)
slip out the door unnoticed when she went away for the weekend
UNCOLLARED.

I'd be more concerned someone went away for a whole weekend and left a
cat alone. I wouldn't have given her the cat back! Poor lil thing.

I'm with you on that one. Theyshould have arranged for a caretaker to
come in and feed the cat and scoop the litter. What were they
thinking of (assuming they are able to think at all?)

Not just its basic needs, but its emotional needs too. Cats need
company and stimulation. I've got three cats but if I'm upstairs and
they think I'm out I can usually hear one crying and it'll come to
greet me when I appear. Cats and dogs have no concept that you're
coming back, when they can't see you you've gone out of their world.
Two days or more is way, way too long for a cat to be alone.

I have always made it a point to tell them "I'll be back". Princess
(RB) would be waiting at the door for me. TuTu usually sleeps in her
cuddle bed until I return. If I forget to tell her when I leave, she
usually is waiting at the door.

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:52:05 +0000, Kristine Kochanski
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:49:05 -0700, m. L. Briggs
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:17:41 +0000, Kristine Kochanski
wrote:

On 18 Mar 2004 10:12:42 -0800, (Tracy) wrote:

I'm really glad the cats are OK and sorry for your mental anguish, but
really, again, get something positive out of the situation and collar
and tag the cats. Stuff happens. When we lived in an apartment in
Chicago, one of my neighbors had her indoor cat (young, about a year)
slip out the door unnoticed when she went away for the weekend
UNCOLLARED.

I'd be more concerned someone went away for a whole weekend and left a
cat alone. I wouldn't have given her the cat back! Poor lil thing.

I'm with you on that one. Theyshould have arranged for a caretaker to
come in and feed the cat and scoop the litter. What were they
thinking of (assuming they are able to think at all?)

Not just its basic needs, but its emotional needs too. Cats need
company and stimulation. I've got three cats but if I'm upstairs and
they think I'm out I can usually hear one crying and it'll come to
greet me when I appear. Cats and dogs have no concept that you're
coming back, when they can't see you you've gone out of their world.
Two days or more is way, way too long for a cat to be alone.

I have always made it a point to tell them "I'll be back". Princess
(RB) would be waiting at the door for me. TuTu usually sleeps in her
cuddle bed until I return. If I forget to tell her when I leave, she
usually is waiting at the door.

I am SO thankful your kitties were OK. I can't imagine what I would have
done in your shoes, but it would NOT have been pretty!

--
Peace,
Pen
--
Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats!
http://www.pawbreakers.com

I am SO thankful your kitties were OK. I can't imagine what I would have
done in your shoes, but it would NOT have been pretty!

--
Peace,
Pen
--
Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats!
http://www.pawbreakers.com

"Kalyahna" wrote in message ...
"Tracy" wrote in message
om...
Probably a good ideal to collar and tag (and microchip) the cats.

I can do that for MY cats, but I can't do that for the fosters that I have
90% of the time.

Why not?

Steve.

"Kalyahna" wrote in message ...
"Tracy" wrote in message
om...
Probably a good ideal to collar and tag (and microchip) the cats.

I can do that for MY cats, but I can't do that for the fosters that I have
90% of the time.

Why not?

Steve.

I can do that for MY cats, but I can't do that for the fosters that I
have
90% of the time.

Why not?

Because she has no ownership rights to the cats, they belong to the shelter
she fosters for. Up to shelter if they want to microchip. If it's not a
no-kill and they euthanize, it would be a waste of money for them to
microchip an animal that doesn't get adopted (sad but true). Small shelters
may not have money to microchip. I foster for a no-kill, they microchip the
day they get fixed.

I can do that for MY cats, but I can't do that for the fosters that I
have
90% of the time.

Why not?

Because she has no ownership rights to the cats, they belong to the shelter
she fosters for. Up to shelter if they want to microchip. If it's not a
no-kill and they euthanize, it would be a waste of money for them to
microchip an animal that doesn't get adopted (sad but true). Small shelters
may not have money to microchip. I foster for a no-kill, they microchip the
day they get fixed.

How is a cat considered an it? Shouldn't the cat be considered a he or a
she? As for them having no concept on whether or not you're coming back, I
think they very much know when you are coming back. I tell mine all the time
that I am coming back when I am leaving.

--
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www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek

Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time!
www.catgalaxymedia.com
"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message

Not just its basic needs, but its emotional needs too. Cats need
company and stimulation. I've got three cats but if I'm upstairs and
they think I'm out I can usually hear one crying and it'll come to
greet me when I appear. Cats and dogs have no concept that you're
coming back, when they can't see you you've gone out of their world.
Two days or more is way, way too long for a cat to be alone.