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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
On Aug 3, 10:32 am, bonbon wrote:
That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. GAK. -(disgusted) bonbon Pfft. My all-time pet peeve. People who get "I can't afford" confused with "I don't want to afford" when it comes to pet care. Ugh. Sherry |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
bonbon wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:55:13 -0500, Victor Martinez wrote: bonbon wrote: That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. Is there a low-cost spay/neuter program near you? Yes, there is a low-cost program here, but only certain times of the month, and at certain locations. Naturally, the 'clinic's on wheels' always seem to happen way over on the other side of Houston and by the time the neighbor sees fit to go the distance to get these guys taken care of, I'll already of secretly had them into our vet down the street and foot the bill myself to get them ship shape. Again, you can't do that. They could sue the crap out of you. They could claim they were planning to breed them. How would they NOT notice the shaved patch and stitches from having the female spayed? I don't know about the neutering process but I'm pretty sure there's some obvious sign of that, too. Jill |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
On Aug 3, 11:48 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
bonbon wrote: On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:48:05 +0300, "Christine K." wrote: bonbon kirjoitti: That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. If I understood you correctly one kitty's a boy and the other a girl, right? That's correct. I'm thinking the answer is to just cat nap the babies, take them down the street to our vet and have them spayed/neutered ourselves. Of course, I'll have to do it on the sly.....it wouldn't be the first time I footed the bill to have neighbor cats altered. Of course there is always the pesky inconvenience of having to explain to the DH where that extra money disappeared to. But hey.....we're in love, and I have my ways of getting around that sort of trouble g Legally you can't do that. Those cats aren't strays. You could find yourself in a world of hurt if you cat-nap them and have an unauthorized medical procedure performed on them without the consent of the "owners". Jill- Hide quoted text - It would be extremely hard to press that, though. If the cats are freeroaming, and have no ID. Besides, cats are considered "property"....what are they gonna sue for? Loss of income from kittens? I don't think so. I say, if Bonbon can afford to do that, go for it, girlfriend. Sherry |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
On Aug 3, 11:51 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
bonbon wrote: On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:55:13 -0500, Victor Martinez wrote: bonbon wrote: That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. Is there a low-cost spay/neuter program near you? Yes, there is a low-cost program here, but only certain times of the month, and at certain locations. Naturally, the 'clinic's on wheels' always seem to happen way over on the other side of Houston and by the time the neighbor sees fit to go the distance to get these guys taken care of, I'll already of secretly had them into our vet down the street and foot the bill myself to get them ship shape. Again, you can't do that. They could sue the crap out of you. They could claim they were planning to breed them. How would they NOT notice the shaved patch and stitches from having the female spayed? I don't know about the neutering process but I'm pretty sure there's some obvious sign of that, too. Jill- Hide quoted text - What you're forgetting though, is that an attorney's services cost about $150 an hour. Even representing yourself in a small claims without an attorney is expensive, and a lot of hassle. Nobody's going to to that over the sterilization of a cat. No judge is going to award any kind of judgment to the owner of a mixed-breed cat, either. Just being practical. Sherry |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
That's correct. I'm thinking the answer is to just cat nap the
babies, take them down the street to our vet and have them spayed/neutered ourselves. Of course, I'll have to do it on the sly.....it wouldn't be the first time I footed the bill to have neighbor cats altered. Of course there is always the pesky inconvenience of having to explain to the DH where that extra money disappeared to. But hey.....we're in love, and I have my ways of getting around that sort of trouble g Legally you can't do that. Those cats aren't strays. You could find yourself in a world of hurt if you cat-nap them and have an unauthorized medical procedure performed on them without the consent of the "owners". Jill This is true Jill, and a very good point. However, these people are completely oblivious where cat care is concerned. They're always consulting me on how to care for their pooties. I'm thinking that next week after the DH gets paid, I'll simply approach the subject with them and tell them it's a gift from us. The teenage kids are really nice and well behaved children and they really love those kittens. They always invite me to go trick-or-treating with them at halloween. Naturally, I always dress up as a cat. Go figure. -bonbon |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
Legally you can't do that. Those cats aren't strays. You could find
yourself in a world of hurt if you cat-nap them and have an unauthorized medical procedure performed on them without the consent of the "owners". Jill- Hide quoted text - It would be extremely hard to press that, though. If the cats are freeroaming, and have no ID. Besides, cats are considered "property"....what are they gonna sue for? Loss of income from kittens? I don't think so. I say, if Bonbon can afford to do that, go for it, girlfriend. Sherry Thank you Sherry. The neighbors have no problem with their cats being altered. They just simply don't want to put forth the money to have it done. I'm not scared. -bonbon |
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This Really Chaps My Hide
"bonbon" wrote in message
... The neighbors that live across the cul-de-sac from us have two teen age kids. The parents are going through a divorce, so 'mom' lets each kid bring home a kitten. Kiko is about 6 months old, and really starting to show his manhood. Jinx is a gorgeous little black sh who is about 3 or 4 months old. I went calling this morning to say hi and pet the cats. I mentioned (again) that they really need to look into spaying and neutering the pooties a.s.a.p. The reply I got was "Well, we really can't afford that". I swear to God......some people really make me pro-nuclear. Sorry for ranting. -bonbon The Houston S.N.A.P. clinic charges some ridiculous fee like $15 for males and $25 for females (I think, they took down their web site so I can't check, but below is the info if you want to print it out and put it in their mailbox): Snap Surgery Clinic 1603 Shepherd Dr Houston, TX 77007 (713) 863-0010 |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... bonbon wrote: On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:48:05 +0300, "Christine K." wrote: bonbon kirjoitti: That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. If I understood you correctly one kitty's a boy and the other a girl, right? That's correct. I'm thinking the answer is to just cat nap the babies, take them down the street to our vet and have them spayed/neutered ourselves. Of course, I'll have to do it on the sly.....it wouldn't be the first time I footed the bill to have neighbor cats altered. Of course there is always the pesky inconvenience of having to explain to the DH where that extra money disappeared to. But hey.....we're in love, and I have my ways of getting around that sort of trouble g Legally you can't do that. Those cats aren't strays. You could find yourself in a world of hurt if you cat-nap them and have an unauthorized medical procedure performed on them without the consent of the "owners". Jill They would have to have proof that they owned the cats, and here in Houston that's copies of your vet bills showing where and when you vetted your animals - and it's pretty obvious the neighbors won't have those. Hugs, CatNipped |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... bonbon wrote: On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:55:13 -0500, Victor Martinez wrote: bonbon wrote: That these neighbors who 'can't afford' to spay and neuter these two beautiful little cats have a brand new pick-up truck sitting in their driveway. Is there a low-cost spay/neuter program near you? Yes, there is a low-cost program here, but only certain times of the month, and at certain locations. Naturally, the 'clinic's on wheels' always seem to happen way over on the other side of Houston and by the time the neighbor sees fit to go the distance to get these guys taken care of, I'll already of secretly had them into our vet down the street and foot the bill myself to get them ship shape. Again, you can't do that. They could sue the crap out of you. They could claim they were planning to breed them. How would they NOT notice the shaved patch and stitches from having the female spayed? I don't know about the neutering process but I'm pretty sure there's some obvious sign of that, too. Jill Again, they would have to have proof that they owned the cats in order to bring forth a suit, and here in Houston that's copies of your vet bills showing where and when you vetted your animals - and it's pretty obvious the neighbors won't have those. I don't think any judge would even hear a case like this. Hugs, CatNipped |
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This Really Chaps My Hide - I forgot to mention......
It would be extremely hard to press that, though. If the cats are
freeroaming, and have no ID. Besides, cats are considered "property"....what are they gonna sue for? Loss of income from kittens? I don't think so. I say, if Bonbon can afford to do that, go for it, girlfriend. Sherry- We had a case in the UK where someone had got fed up of a neighbourhood tom cat spraying and basically took him to the vet to have him neutered. The owner tried to get the police & RSPCA involved claiming it was animal abuse and *theft* of his manhood. I think the party line taken by the police (when they stopped laughing) was that she had to prove it. When she went to the papers she tried to get the RSPCA to comment, and their line was well, "We can't comment on individual cases, but all companion animals should be spayed and neutered so the person who did this was acting in the best interests of the animal". It was actually one of the funniest things I've ever read. The owner tried to claim that the cat was psychologically scared because he no longer had his manhood. The papers had a field day about the owner.....oh, and promoted spay and neuter too. ;o) Helen M |
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