Teenage rejects - cats being rehomed

dinahsmum · 21-03-2006, 08:32 PM

The other favourite reason/excuse seems to be 'house move'. About two and a half years ago there was a strong chance that OH would get a secondment to Canada for 3 years. Things progressed and progressed and only fell through at the last minute but one of the first things I had sorted was that we would fly Air Canada or KLM because they allow small pets in the cabin and I'd found the travelling cases we would use..........
and these people won't even take their cat a couple of streets

or they got them as fluffy bundles without looking to the future.

maybe we should make pet ownership much more difficult....a privilege rather than a right?

CathyW · 21-03-2006, 09:08 PM

i like kittens but prefere my boys now they have grown up, they have different personalitys now, not just the cute factor. they are more loving now they are older

CJK · 21-03-2006, 09:13 PM

I def think we should make it harder to buy pets.

how many pet shops can you walk in and buy a pet no questions asked?
How many BYB sell pets no question asked?

Bring in pet liceneses. stop selling in pet shops. thatd b a start

Booktigger · 21-03-2006, 10:24 PM

I have to admit that I would never choose to have kittens - I much prefer older cats!! It is such a shame that there are so many younger cats in rescues though, I do wish it were harder for people to get pets. I don't think pet shops are supposed to sell cats and dogs without a licence, but they don't do any checks. And don't get me started on BYB's.

Snoof · 21-03-2006, 10:41 PM

It's sad. It always makes me think - you don't throw children out when they stop being kittens. Only two of the 6 cats I've had started out as kittens (well

they all started out as kittens, but I only got two when they were kittens) and it's never made any difference to how much I loved them.

I feel kind of bad that we can't get older cats this time around, but with Ninja the way he is I think it's important that he be able to be the Big Bad Boss - which is certainly more likely with kittens.

I comfort myself by remembering that he was a year old when we got him, and that nobody wanted him. Poor things. It's disgraceful.

Moli · 21-03-2006, 10:41 PM

Typical of todays socitey, out with the old, in with the new...I must admit like my boys now they are that bit older...

Rosie · 22-03-2006, 11:04 AM

I think the one thing on either cat or dogs forums that people forget is that the majority of people out there don't share our passion. They just "acquire" animals as they do any other commodity and when they become a nuisance - out they go. It is a sad fact of life that children are abused on a horrendous scale but a child can't be got rid of (although I am sure some parents would if there were rescue homes for children!). We live in a sick disposable society.

CathyW · 22-03-2006, 12:10 PM

We live in a sick disposable society......... i was just about to say that. unfortunalty its not just animals they tend to throw away, its children as well.

how many young girls use a child to get a council house and benifits.

Booktigger · 22-03-2006, 05:32 PM

SAdly, most of us on cat forums are too aware of the fact not everyone feels the same way, and there is normally at least one person doing independent rescue on each one, which has certainly enlightened me into what society is like. And actually there are a lot of children in foster care, so kids can be got rid of - but some people have them to get more money, so will keep them regardless, and they are the ones who don't get discipline and end up following their parents (when I worked for the DSS, we did have families of claimants, very sad).

CJK · 22-03-2006, 05:41 PM

my cousin had her first child two months after her 16th birthday! there was girl in news at 12 or 13 recently.
It crazy.
When my little family of cats are all moved on to rainbow bridge I WONT be getting a kitten ( i figure i could be 50 by then and would then outlive a kitten possibly) I will wait until the last one I have now passes over and then go to a rescue and adopt some oldies.

sure kitens look cute, but who wants a kitten forever? And what on earth makes people shove one kitten out to get another is beyond me entirely.

Must admit I havent seen a pet shop selling kittens or puppies in yeas and years.

All too easy to get these pets though. Look how many are in rescues unwanted now, how many are looking for new homes on free ads etc. It's so sad.
"got to get rid of it as pregnant" that's my pet hate one!!!!!!

seems a lot of people are using the excuse that they have allergies now, yeah really? so why are you getting rid of ONE cat and keeping the other younger ones? hmm!!

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