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SO Angry!
Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a functioning
kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the fluorescent thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice something exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. And I could only see the one cat, sitting on the bed, watching me. What's the first thing I do? Tear around the apartment hunting for my other two, and my absolutely petrified foster cat. None of them to be found. I flung open the window and yelled 'here kitty kitty kitty' several times, and to my great relief, my orange tabby Pandora pops up and meows at me, running toward the window. By this time, I had called my landlord because I had requested maintenance on the light. The receptionist calls back to tell me that both the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't open any windows. At that point, I'm outside digging my shaved-a-week-ago new cat out of one of those odd gutters built into the ground to keep the earth and runoff away from the basement windows. I told the woman my cats don't have opposable thumbs, so getting the window open is impossible for them, and then hung up on her. I found the foster cat smashed against the wall, under the bed, too afraid to move. 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. What makes me so angry is that I work for a humane society... yes, I know I should have them all collared and tagged, but collars and tags help people contact the owner, they don't prevent the cat from getting into all the trouble they can get into when allowed outside in an admittedly bad neighborhood... so I'm aware of all these risks... but there were inches of snow on the ground this morning! It was below freezing on my way to work, and not much better than that on my way home. I'm so grateful they're okay and they were smart enough not to go far and they were smart enough to respond when I called (all Peaches did was meow loudly, but it was enough to find her)... but I'm SO furious that they lied! I mean, the window has a latch that you have to lift and hold while you're opening the window. My cats, smart as they are, don't tend to cooperate to get into the cabinets, much less open a friggin' window. Any cat that wants out is going to squeeze through the smallest space, not open it three feet wide first. Plus, I have those lovely venetian blinds that only open or close or rotate if you use the hangy-turny thing to do so, and my cats can't open the blinds or rotate them the opposite direction of the way -I- always turn them (so that the slits of light don't reflect on the computer screen). AUGH! I want to pummel the man into a leaking mass of bloody goo. |
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"Kalyahna" wrote in message
... Okay. So I get home from work today, looking forward to having a functioning kitchen light for the first time in a couple of months. I was a little confused because it was a ceiling fan, not a replacement of the fluorescent thing that had been up there. And then I looked around and notice something exceedingly odd. My window was open. WIDE open. So were the blinds. First of all.. my heart goes out to you. I'm sure before the anger set in you were in a state of panic for your cats. Second.... even if nothing else happens from it, I would *definatly* report it. Even if you didn't have cats that kind of irresponibility is disgusting. (as Mary said.. what if you had been robbed??) I don't care what the problem is, or if I'd have to take a half day at work, I never let anyone in my apartment without myself or my husband being home. Paranoid? Sure.. But not only do we have cats in the house, we have guns. It's been my experience that something always goes wrong if you're not there. Mar ------------------------------------- "Did you find the gun?" "Yeah.. it was in Buffy's underwear drawer. She has nice things." "Show me." "Well, I didnt take 'em but there were thongs and regular underpants..." "Show me then gun!" -Andrew and The First -Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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Probably a good ideal to collar and tag (and microchip) the cats.
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"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. The shelter offers microchipping now and then for outside animals, but it's still a point of discussion whether or not it should for adopted animals (it's not, currently). And I tend to take the cats that desperately need socialization - so chances are they won't have the courage to leap out any windows, but if something should scare them so that they do? Chances are I won't find them before they're picked up as a stray (again) or killed by a car or a roaming dog or whatnot. It won't hurt to ask the foster coordinator, though, if it's alright to have them collared and tagged with shelter info, at the least. |
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"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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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"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. The shelter offers microchipping now and then for outside animals, but it's still a point of discussion whether or not it should for adopted animals (it's not, currently). And I tend to take the cats that desperately need socialization - so chances are they won't have the courage to leap out any windows, but if something should scare them so that they do? Chances are I won't find them before they're picked up as a stray (again) or killed by a car or a roaming dog or whatnot. It won't hurt to ask the foster coordinator, though, if it's alright to have them collared and tagged with shelter info, at the least. |
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Probably a good ideal to collar and tag (and microchip) the cats.
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