"FirstHit" wrote in message
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On Jul 21, 3:15 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
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"cybercat" wrote in message

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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote
to love and help her. For now, I will be visiting her often to check
up on her and get to know her better.

FirstHit

Please reconsider. Leaving her in the shelter for "someone else" to
adopt may be her death sentence.

Do you really think someone this coldhearted could ever provide a good
home for a cat? I sure don't. Let's just hope someone better than this
asshole finds her and adopts her.

Well, I have to admit that was my first thought. It hurts me every time
I
hear of a cat (or dog) that is left lingering in a shelter as people
bypass
them for a "more perfect" companion. But it's true that "any home" is
not
necessarily better.

MaryL, I'm sad to see that you've had unflattering thoughts of me. Do
you think I'm bypassing the undernourished kitty for a "more perfect"
companion? I thought I kind of indicated in my second post that I had
connected with a few other kitties but my nurturing nature had drawn
me to the skinny girl over the others. Maybe that wasn't perfectly
clear, but otherwise I wouldn't have made my original post.

FirstHit

Yes, that was my reaction to your original post, but I was disturbed by your
next post when you began to talk only about visiting and the possibility of
others adopting, etc. A cat that has problems usually never gets adopted
and many (perhaps most) are euthanized. "Visiting" simply does not overcome
those problems. My Duffy is an example of cats that remain in the shelter
for months--a perfectly wonderful little cat but bypassed for several months
because he is blind. Actually, he was fortunate because the people in that
shelter clearly wanted to find a home for him, so they kept him far longer
than usual. And then I became the lucky person who got to adopt him. I
*hope* I overreacted, and in that case, I will apologize. That is, I hope
you will not decide to move on to "healthier" cats and leave the emaciated
cat behind.

MaryL