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Old March 18th 04, 07:12 PM
Tracy
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I'm really glad the cats are OK and sorry for your mental anguish, but
really, again, get something positive out of the situation and collar
and tag the cats. Stuff happens. When we lived in an apartment in
Chicago, one of my neighbors had her indoor cat (young, about a year)
slip out the door unnoticed when she went away for the weekend
UNCOLLARED. The little cat was smart enough to cling screaming to the
stairway, and we followed the noise and brought it into our apartment
before someone else shooed it away into the night. It lived in our
spare room for three days (where our kitten made goo-goo eyes at it
through the glass door LOL) till she finally came home and saw our
sign and came to get him in tears. If the cat had not been found or
found by someone less patient than us,
it wouldn't have gone well for the cat as there is no space in any
Chicago no-kill shelters AT ALL. With a collar, we would have known
the cat belonged to her and could have left a message on her machine.
It's just the sensible thing to do.
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Old March 19th 04, 01:06 AM
Tracy
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Kristine Kochanski wrote in message . ..

I'd be more concerned someone went away for a whole weekend and left a
cat alone. I wouldn't have given her the cat back! Poor lil thing.


The point is that the cat was almost a dead little thing because he
DIDN'T have a collar on.

Single people do leave cats alone for two nights. It's not that
unusual. Me, I would pay for a cat sitter. But this was on the South
Side of Chicago years ago, and people are not particulary well off in
that neighborhood. They were clearly attached to each other and the
kitty was healthy and happy (by day 3 -she was making googly eyes back
at my kitten through the glass)...
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Old March 19th 04, 01:10 AM
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"Kalyahna" dumped this in
on 17 Mar 2004:

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.


snip

I'm glad everyone was ok and accounted for. I understand your anger over
this; I used to rent, and maintenance people seemed to let themselves in,
come and go as they pleased and it infuriated me, too. One time one of
them even let himself in while I was home but back in the bedroom and if
he knocked, I didn't hear him. He walked in on me changing my clothes.
That was it. I insisted to the front office that they not let them in
like that or I'd press charges.

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Cheryl


I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for
stupidity.
- IBen Getiner
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Old March 19th 04, 01:59 AM
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I am SO thankful your kitties were OK. I can't imagine what I would have
done in your shoes, but it would NOT have been pretty!

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Old March 19th 04, 02:02 AM
Steve G
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"Kalyahna" wrote in message ...
"Tracy" wrote in message
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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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Old March 19th 04, 02:12 AM
JoJo
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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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Old March 19th 04, 05:24 AM
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"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:40:38 -0600, in

rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Kalyahna ) said,
The receptionist calls back to tell me that both
the maintenance man and the maintenance manager insist THEY didn't

open any
windows.

At which point, I'd ask her how the management company plans to
address the apparent problem of my magically self-opening windows,
then.


Heh. Excellent point. The sleazeballs are trying to cover their
*sses by making the tenant feel she is suspected of leaving
the windows open. And why the hell would she? I rented for
such a long time, but I hope never again.


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Old March 19th 04, 06:36 AM
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"Cat Protector" wrote in message news:Mqj6c.29651$wg.28635@okepread01...
This sounds like burglery. Did you even call the police to have them come
out an investigate? They could have taken fingerprints and thus caught
whoever did this.

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The warped judges would just let them go and they'd come right back
and do it again, most likely. And since when did you become Elliot
Ness? You sound more than a little guilty to me. Had some experience
with sheriff detectives, have you..?

P.S. Been to SF to get married yet?


IBen G.
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Old March 19th 04, 06:38 AM
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"kilikini" wrote in message ...
"IBen Getiner" moronically said:

(snip)

If you continue to demonstrate this kind of negligence regarding your
pets, there are people here who will see to it that the proper
authorities come and take them away from you.


I can't believe that you just said that! The OP didn't leave the window
open, the repairmen did. She frantically found all of the kitties. Why was
she negligent? What did *she* do wrong besides let those imbeciles into her
apartment, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Why is Usenet all about arguing with other people? I've been on Usenet for
about 7 years now and have met some wonderful people, have shared some
excellent ideas and advice, but it's getting a little petty. (I'm sure
there will be plenty of flaming going on telling me to just get out.)
Lighten up!

kilikini



It's true and you know it, KK.


IBen G.
 




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