|
||||||
| Welcome to our Cat Forums! | ||||
|
Welcome to our CatForums! You are seeing this message because you are viewing our cat forums as a guest. You can continue to browse our many cat related areas as a guest but you are more than welcome to register and join our friendly community of Cat Lovers! ... And for free! Doing so will also remove this message and some of the ads, such as the one on the left. Please click here to register. |
||||
 |
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Looking forward to pictures Smudgley - whatever you get. You have made me think about older cats - didnt even think about it before - and I think any other cats I get in my life will be from a shelter. Poor babies. |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Quote:
 |
|||||
|
|
||||
|
||||
|
Can't wait to see what you get - the rescue I foster for have 3 litters of kittens in at the moment, the eldest set are 7 weeks old, and she has people viewing them this week but other than that, they are quiet - so quiet that it looks like I am waiting for the 2 mum cats to wean the kittens and get spayed before I get a foster!! But I hadn't really thought about the cats that we don't get notified about. |
||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Quote:
 who would not harm a fly let alone a cat once told not too  but are lively. But I think the oldies and middle aged are the ones for me. |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Quote:
Minimum donation for a cat (at any age) at my rescue is £50. For that money, I get a cat whose health has been monitored for the duration of its stay, who is altered (if they're too young you get a voucher), microchipped and vaccinated (again, if too young to be fully vaccinated you get a voucher). It always boggles me that people think that's more expensive than getting a free kitten (plus all the possible health issues which are more likely in happy-go-lucky litters as their parentage is not generally looked into and the people having them often don't bother caring for the litter's health as well as they should). Then I realised (as a friend offered me a litter of 3 from a friend of his) that loads of people will not be paying to have their free kitten altered, and even more won't be bothering with the microchip, and fewer (but I sadly believe still loads) won't even bother with the vaccinations. Makes me wonder why those people would even bother getting a cat. |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Because the people who think cats are free are also the kind of people who don't think that it costs anything to keep a cat. They'll catch prey and eat scraps, magically escape disease and injury, and will survive on their own if booted out. Ignorence is bliss, except for the poor cat, of course. : / |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I know, but what's the point of having a cat (aside from barn cats and other mousers, who at least have a use) if you're not even going to care for it properly? Every pet I've ever had has been a friend, at the very least. I don't see the point of living with other entities you're not going to interact with on any level, unless they're just there for decorative purposes (which won't work very well with an uncared-for cat) or to pay the rent  |
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I really don't know. Because it is cute to look at (though not for long, as you said), or perhaps because it is some deep-seated need for humans to have some company, even if you give nothing in return? They're shoes I would not choose to walk a mile in, not even for the experience and understanding. |
|||||
|
|
||||
|
||||
|
I know people who are apparently animal lovers - their cats are unvaccinated, no chip, no collar, no regular check ups at the vets, not fed high quality dry food, don't have toys, scratch posts etc, yet seem to live to a good age, and with little health probs. I wonder why they have pets at times, but Hreow's comment makes a lot of sense in regards to at least one of them.Does annoy me immensely though. |
||||
|
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Any new ones yet ? x only just caught this thead |
|||||
|
