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Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
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hamandcheese typed, for some strange, unexplained reason: : "Upscale" wrote: : : : "hamandcheese" wrote in message : I'm hoping to find a 3-4 yr old that gives me the "I'm the one" : connection when I make the trip to the shelter some day soon. : : Why 3-4 years old? Don't feel like going through kitten adventures : again? Either that or you're looking for a cat that is not as : readily adoptable as a kitten and for that I'd commend you. : : Absolutely. The kittens have a better shot at adoption anyway and its : the older cats who really need the second chance. Exactly, but 3-4 is also very young and they are easily adoptable at that age. It's the oldies (14+) who *really* need a chance. Ivor |
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Adopting cats and kittens, was Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
"hamandcheese" wrote Oh I'll get a playmate soon enough because no animal should be separated from his own species for the kid of companionship us humans just can't give but I think I would like to evaluate any needs or issues the first one may have before complicating things too much. Yeah, that's smart. My comments come from watching these siblings my sister adopted grow up together. They spent much of their kittenhood entwined in seriously cute sleeping positions. I have never adopted kittens, always grown cats, for the same reasons many do. I love kittens, though, and wonder what it would be like to get to know an animal from a baby. It seems it would be even cooler if you could get siblings and raise them from babies. (Still, the most wonderful cat I have ever had I have now--Gracie, adopted at age 1-2. She is a love bug, but at the same time, still runs from us as a reflex. It actually makes life kind of fun. We are always chasing her down and loving her up. I say things like, "when I finally catch you I am going to kiss your little face right off your head. For her it is a big game, and with my husband, she makes this huge show of "submission" by jumping up on the bed and slinking down low, then letting him pet her into a frenzy of purring and lipping her catnip toys.) |
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Adopting cats and kittens, was Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
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cybercat typed, for some strange, unexplained reason: [snip] : I have never adopted kittens, always grown cats, for the same : reasons many do. I love kittens, though, and wonder what it : would be like to get to know an animal from a baby. It seems : it would be even cooler if you could get siblings and raise them : from babies. At the Cats Protection Adoption Centre where I volunteer, we had a mother and three newborn kittens handed in the other day. They'd been found in the street and the kittens were less than a day old, the mum was scared out of her wits, it was a miracle they survived at all, but survive they did and mum & babies are now doing well :-) They won't be with us long, it's kitten season and they go as fast as they come in..! I do wish more people would look at the oldies, though. They too have so much love to give. Ivor |
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Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
"Ivor Jones" wrote:
Exactly, but 3-4 is also very young and they are easily adoptable at that age. It's the oldies (14+) who *really* need a chance. For me, yes 3-4 is still young but statistically the 3-4 years olds aren't that adoptable and you rarely see 14 yr olds in a shelter around here (which makes you wonder why). Just watch the families that visit to look at the cats and they just walk right past the mature ones. Most of the cats that my local HS puts up on their web page are 1 yr and up to about 4 max so that seems to be the target range they are pushing. Kittens don't usually seem to need the advertising space. http://www.kwhumane.com/html/cat_adoptions.asp -mhd |
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Adopting cats and kittens, was Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
"cybercat" wrote in message it is a big game, and with my husband, she makes this huge show of "submission" by jumping up on the bed and slinking down low, then letting him pet her into a frenzy of purring and lipping her catnip toys.) That's what my little girl does. I can be gone five minutes or five hours, but whenever I come in the door, she comes running up to greet me and does a long stretch where her stomach almost touches the ground. |
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Adopting cats and kittens, was Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
"Ivor Jones" wrote At the Cats Protection Adoption Centre where I volunteer, we had a mother and three newborn kittens handed in the other day. They'd been found in the street and the kittens were less than a day old, the mum was scared out of her wits, it was a miracle they survived at all, but survive they did and mum & babies are now doing well :-) They won't be with us long, it's kitten season and they go as fast as they come in..! I do wish more people would look at the oldies, though. They too have so much love to give. Oh, I know they do. The reason I have not looked at senior cats when I went to adopt is because when a cat I love dies, I just about die too. I realize that youth is no guarantee that a cat will live a long time, but this is why I have always adopted young adults. Maybe I can change my thinking to be less selfish. I am glad you brought this up. |
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Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
On May 27, 7:45 am, hamandcheese wrote:
Absolutely. The kittens have a better shot at adoption anyway and its the older cats who really need the second chance. -mhd If and when we get another cat(s), I will adopt older cats. Far too many are killed for lack of homes. We have long-term plans for a place where we can do rescue. I am working so that can come to fruition. -L. |
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Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
"-L." wrote : We have long-term plans for a place where we can do rescue. I am working so that can come to fruition. This is really great. I often think about the allergy situation, and think how sad this is, because you are such an animal person. |
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Adopting cats and kittens, was Pet euthanasia at home (license or permit required?)
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Upscale typed, for some strange, unexplained reason: : "cybercat" wrote in message : it is a big game, and with my husband, she makes this huge show of : "submission" by jumping up on the bed and slinking down low, then : letting him pet her into a frenzy of purring and lipping her catnip : toys.) : : That's what my little girl does. I can be gone five minutes or five : hours, but whenever I come in the door, she comes running up to greet : me and does a long stretch where her stomach almost touches the : ground. My Missy doesn't have to stretch for her belly to touch the ground ;-) (Well not much, anyway..!) Ivor |
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