Am I Crazy

CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes:

I guess it's like with children, no one of them can ever take
another's place in your heart and while a new child could never take
the place of one that you've lost, there is still always space for
"just one more". I think the human heart is larger than the infinite
universe in its capacity to hold love.

Stop. You have enough and not enough to care for medical bills for
them all much less yoirself. Sorry, hard truth. You do not need
another cat.


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CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes:


What do you guys think about using a breed rescue over a regular
shelter? Does anyone have any personal experiences with them? I've
never really looked into breed rescues and don't know if they're
truly rescues or just "selling" cats?

With dogs breed rescues. Reliable.

Since we'll be looking (if we look) for an older cat (not younger
than 7) will there be more, age-specific problems with integrating
into the current clowder?

Older cats who have been away/lost for a long time can be difficult.
Then again, my most recent was integrating a 14YO 'puppy' (aunti Mabel,
15yo come November since we decided her date of adoption is her
birthday) adapted pretty easy.

I've adopted/fostered many a 16 and up YO kitty. Your chances for them
to be happy unless raised in a many cat household, go down if you have
more than 2 resident cats.




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On 9/20/2011 6:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes:

I guess it's like with children, no one of them can ever take
another's place in your heart and while a new child could never take
the place of one that you've lost, there is still always space for
"just one more". I think the human heart is larger than the infinite
universe in its capacity to hold love.

Stop. You have enough and not enough to care for medical bills for
them all much less yoirself. Sorry, hard truth. You do not need
another cat.



Yeah, I'd already come to that conclusion.

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On Sep 20, 5:29*pm, CatNipped wrote:


Stop. *You have enough and not enough to care for medical bills for
them all much less yoirself. *Sorry, hard truth. *You do not need
another cat.

Yeah, I'd already come to that conclusion.



But I think you can hope that at some point when things are better
financially and Ben's got a good job and your health has improved that
maybe you could..... at least you;re starting to hope again. I think
you are sensible enough to understand that whilst you want another cat
at the moment you can't so hold onto that dream- you know its a dream
right now so you aren't going to do anything about it but its
something to hope for....I admit I agree with some other posters,,,now
is not the time and maybe not even in 6 months but at least you're
starting to see a future when a few months ago you couldn't see one
and that is good! Dreams sometimes can come true!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On 9/21/2011 3:50 PM, Lesley wrote:
On Sep 20, 5:29 pm, wrote:


Stop. You have enough and not enough to care for medical bills for
them all much less yoirself. Sorry, hard truth. You do not need
another cat.

Yeah, I'd already come to that conclusion.



But I think you can hope that at some point when things are better
financially and Ben's got a good job and your health has improved that
maybe you could..... at least you;re starting to hope again. I think
you are sensible enough to understand that whilst you want another cat
at the moment you can't so hold onto that dream- you know its a dream
right now so you aren't going to do anything about it but its
something to hope for....I admit I agree with some other posters,,,now
is not the time and maybe not even in 6 months but at least you're
starting to see a future when a few months ago you couldn't see one
and that is good! Dreams sometimes can come true!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I hope so. Ben is planning on quitting smoking during my stay in the
hospital (four weeks or more) - that will give him time that he won't be
with me 24/7 to be grouchy to me and I won't be around to aggravate him.
Even though he's only at a pack a day or less, that's still about
$7.50 US per day - $52.50 US per week - $232.50 US per month or
$2,737.50 US per year. If we could only (and nobody ever does this, but
we're going to really try to) put that money aside we could pay back his
sister the money we owe her in just a few years.

And, as soon as I'm on my feet again after this surgery (hopefully in 5
or 6 months) we'll have that income also, to supplement my SSDI, and
MetLife disability payments.

So maybe the dream won't be so far away. But it's hard to resist - I
don't usually go to PetsMart with Ben, but I did yesterday on the way
home from a doctor's visit. SunMart has their rescues in cages there
and I saw one HUMONGOUS kitty (had to be 20 to 25 pounds). He didn't
have Sammy's markings, he was a light orange color, but had long, long
hair). There was also one who did look like Sammy too. [But I'm not
looking to replace Sammy, no other cat on earth could compare to her,
she was one of a kind - I just love great big long-haired cats.] Both,
however, needed quiet homes with no other kitties, so even if we could
afford it now they wouldn't be suitable for an active 4 cat home.

I'm not going back to PetsMart for a long, long time - it's easier to
resist if you don't see them in cages trying to get you to pick them for
their forever home.

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On 9/21/2011 5:05 PM, CatNipped wrote:
On 9/21/2011 3:50 PM, Lesley wrote:
On Sep 20, 5:29 pm, wrote:


Stop. You have enough and not enough to care for medical bills for
them all much less yoirself. Sorry, hard truth. You do not need
another cat.

Yeah, I'd already come to that conclusion.



But I think you can hope that at some point when things are better
financially and Ben's got a good job and your health has improved that
maybe you could..... at least you;re starting to hope again. I think
you are sensible enough to understand that whilst you want another cat
at the moment you can't so hold onto that dream- you know its a dream
right now so you aren't going to do anything about it but its
something to hope for....I admit I agree with some other posters,,,now
is not the time and maybe not even in 6 months but at least you're
starting to see a future when a few months ago you couldn't see one
and that is good! Dreams sometimes can come true!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I hope so. Ben is planning on quitting smoking during my stay in the
hospital (four weeks or more) - that will give him time that he won't be
with me 24/7 to be grouchy to me and I won't be around to aggravate him.
Even though he's only at a pack a day or less, that's still about $7.50
US per day - $52.50 US per week - $232.50 US per month or $2,737.50 US
per year. If we could only (and nobody ever does this, but we're going
to really try to) put that money aside we could pay back his sister the
money we owe her in just a few years.

And, as soon as I'm on my feet again after this surgery (hopefully in 5
or 6 months) we'll have that income also, to supplement my SSDI, and
MetLife disability payments.

Meaning Ben going back to work. Sorry I left that bit out.


So maybe the dream won't be so far away. But it's hard to resist - I
don't usually go to PetsMart with Ben, but I did yesterday on the way
home from a doctor's visit. SunMart has their rescues in cages there and
I saw one HUMONGOUS kitty (had to be 20 to 25 pounds). He didn't have
Sammy's markings, he was a light orange color, but had long, long hair).
There was also one who did look like Sammy too. [But I'm not looking to
replace Sammy, no other cat on earth could compare to her, she was one
of a kind - I just love great big long-haired cats.] Both, however,
needed quiet homes with no other kitties, so even if we could afford it
now they wouldn't be suitable for an active 4 cat home.

I'm not going back to PetsMart for a long, long time - it's easier to
resist if you don't see them in cages trying to get you to pick them for
their forever home.



--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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CatNipped wrote:

I hope so. Ben is planning on quitting smoking during my stay in the
hospital (four weeks or more) - that will give him time that he won't
be with me 24/7 to be grouchy to me and I won't be around to aggravate
him. Even though he's only at a pack a day or less, that's still
about $7.50 US per day - $52.50 US per week - $232.50 US per month or
$2,737.50 US per year. If we could only (and nobody ever does this,
but we're going to really try to) put that money aside we could pay
back his sister the money we owe her in just a few years.

And, as soon as I'm on my feet again after this surgery (hopefully in
5 or 6 months) we'll have that income also, to supplement my SSDI, and
MetLife disability payments.

So maybe the dream won't be so far away. But it's hard to resist - I
don't usually go to PetsMart with Ben, but I did yesterday on the way
home from a doctor's visit. SunMart has their rescues in cages there
and I saw one HUMONGOUS kitty (had to be 20 to 25 pounds). He didn't
have Sammy's markings, he was a light orange color, but had long, long
hair). There was also one who did look like Sammy too. [But I'm not
looking to replace Sammy, no other cat on earth could compare to her,
she was one of a kind - I just love great big long-haired cats.]
Both, however, needed quiet homes with no other kitties, so even if we
could afford it now they wouldn't be suitable for an active 4 cat
home.

I'm not going back to PetsMart for a long, long time - it's easier to
resist if you don't see them in cages trying to get you to pick them
for their forever home.


I really hope Ben succeeds in quitting, it's nearly ten years since I
did and I now have things I couldn't have afforded if I still smoked.
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Adrian

On 9/21/2011 5:19 PM, Adrian wrote:
wrote:

I hope so. Ben is planning on quitting smoking during my stay in the
hospital (four weeks or more) - that will give him time that he won't
be with me 24/7 to be grouchy to me and I won't be around to aggravate
him. Even though he's only at a pack a day or less, that's still
about $7.50 US per day - $52.50 US per week - $232.50 US per month or
$2,737.50 US per year. If we could only (and nobody ever does this,
but we're going to really try to) put that money aside we could pay
back his sister the money we owe her in just a few years.

And, as soon as I'm on my feet again after this surgery (hopefully in
5 or 6 months) we'll have that income also, to supplement my SSDI, and
MetLife disability payments.

So maybe the dream won't be so far away. But it's hard to resist - I
don't usually go to PetsMart with Ben, but I did yesterday on the way
home from a doctor's visit. SunMart has their rescues in cages there
and I saw one HUMONGOUS kitty (had to be 20 to 25 pounds). He didn't
have Sammy's markings, he was a light orange color, but had long, long
hair). There was also one who did look like Sammy too. [But I'm not
looking to replace Sammy, no other cat on earth could compare to her,
she was one of a kind - I just love great big long-haired cats.]
Both, however, needed quiet homes with no other kitties, so even if we
could afford it now they wouldn't be suitable for an active 4 cat
home.

I'm not going back to PetsMart for a long, long time - it's easier to
resist if you don't see them in cages trying to get you to pick them
for their forever home.


I really hope Ben succeeds in quitting, it's nearly ten years since I
did and I now have things I couldn't have afforded if I still smoked.

I quit 7 or 8 years ago and I never cough except for the rare cold. Ben
coughs and clears his throat constantly!


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On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:31:12 PM UTC-4, CatNipped wrote:

I quit 7 or 8 years ago and I never cough except for the rare cold. Ben
coughs and clears his throat constantly!

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Hugs,

CatNipped

Funny, I do that EVERY DAY and I've never smoked a day in my life.

Well, not directly anyway. Our mother was a 4-pack-a-day smoker for most of our growing-up years, so we were all second-hand smokers for most of our lives.

And THAT, folks, is why you shouldn't smoke around children, EVER.

Jane

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:35:30 -0700 (PDT), Jane
wrote:


I quit 7 or 8 years ago and I never cough except for the rare cold. Ben
coughs and clears his throat constantly!

--
Hugs,

CatNipped

Funny, I do that EVERY DAY and I've never smoked a day in my life.

Well, not directly anyway. Our mother was a 4-pack-a-day smoker for most of our growing-up years, so we were all second-hand smokers for most of our lives.

And THAT, folks, is why you shouldn't smoke around children, EVER.

Jane

My niece used to smoke up until 2 years ago with 2 kids BUT she would
roll the car windows down or open the house window when see did so
that make it OK according to her!! She finally stopped a couple years
ago.