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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2007Purrs for the new kiddies on the block
Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in front of my garden gate. Opened it and found - you`ll guess - four cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> Now they are sitting all four in a big rabbit cage which I put in my living-room for the warmth there. They were a bit anxious but now they have eaten, they get accustomed to the new location. They are in a very good shape. Well padded, means chubby. Puhh. What to do next. Ah - my own ones sniffed around the cage but are now all outside. They don`t bother the kittens. I now will go through the village and try to find people who are willing to take in one or two. I would hate to bring them to the shelter. I hate for everyone to be imprisoned. But if I can`t find people who take them in I have to bring them to the shelter. So nice - I haven`t got money for gas at the moment. I have enough to make one tour. Of course I would like to keep them all, but I already have 9. T here has to be a limit. This is about responsibility. Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. And - I can`t let them in that cage for hours. Well, I could, but I don`t want to. They seem to be healthy, no cat flu. Oh well, just a daring day again. Bettina What a Christmas gift! Hope you can find homes for them soon. Purrs on the way for you and for them.  SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina Awww, purrs on the way that the kittens find forever homes very soon. Julie > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina At the moment´someone inside of me is thinking about taking them all in. PLEASE talk me out of that. My big ones wouldn`t like to share the available place. There is a limit of cats who can share one given space. <sigh> One neighbour already turned the idea of taking one or two down. I am now going to see some other villagers now. > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my > front [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > four > cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> > At the moment´someone inside of me is thinking about taking > them all in. > PLEASE talk me out of that. DON'T!!! STOP!!! > My big ones wouldn`t like to share the available place. There's one reason. Well, nine reasons actually. > There is a limit of cats who can share one given space. <sigh> There's another. Here's another. Tell yourself that you can't even afford the gas to drive around town - how on earth would you pay for all the extra kibble and gooshy food? > One neighbour already turned the idea of taking one or two > down. Oh dear. But you must have more neighbours! > I am now going to see some other villagers now. Purrs that your search is successful. SignatureMatSav On 11 Dez., 00:29, "MatSav" <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com> wrote: > > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my > > front [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > -- > MatSav Ah - you working subcontious - negative encouragement.<g> Might work. But at the moment I am coming closer to the thought of keeping them all. Hmm - food I get partly from an animal rescue organisation. As I took in so many strays over the years someone decided to help me with food. They are so not tamed that I don`t know how to present them to a person which would come to see them. And they are sitting all day long in my bathroom. Can`t stand that. We'll see. Thank you for your help. Bettina > Hmm - food I get partly from an animal rescue organisation. > As I took in so many strays over the years someone decided to help me > with food. That's great! You are sort of a one-person kitty rescue, after all. :) What about vet care, though? Does the group help with that? I have found that vet care is the much bigger expense. If I can feed 3 cats, it's not a whole lot more food to add one, or two. And if I were struggling for money, I'd buy the cheap stuff. But it's hard to find cheap vet care. > They are so not tamed that I don`t know how to present them to a > person which would come to see them. And they are sitting all day long > in my bathroom. Can`t stand that. Maybe you'll be able to socialize them, and then they will be more attractive to potential adoptors. Do the kittens actually seem unhappy in the bathroom, ie, crying to get out, and so on? If not, then I wouldn't assume they don't like it. It might be worse for you to see them like that than it is for them. Kittens tend to feel safer in small spaces. A large area can be overwhelming to a kitten when it's unfamiliar. Of course, it's probably not that convenient for you to have them in the bathroom, so as soon as you can get your established group to accept the kittens, the easier it will be for everyone. Joyce On 11 Dez., 23:04, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote: > > Hmm - food I get partly from an animal rescue organisation. > > As I took in so many strays over the years someone decided to help me [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Joyce Well, VetCare became a problem this year in which happened so much. No, it is only a little Animal Rescue group which can provide some food but not the VetCare costs. So after this eventful year I am deep in debth with all my friends. Fortunately I haven`t had much VetCare costs for the last 9 years. A neutering here, a vaccination there, when new ones came in. I do not believe in vaccinating everyone every year and my Vet is with me in this. Good Vet.<g> You are thinking along the same line as me here. I came up through the last hours that it might be a good idea to let them out of the bathroom tomorrow and have them meet the others. After two weeks or so I would see how everybody feels, if there is enough space for all of them during wintertime in the house. If not I could try then to give 2 or three away. By then they should have grown some trust to people (in this case me<g>) and it would be easier to socialize them with another human. Does that thinking make sense? At the moment I am again afraid to ask too much from my gang here. I am a bad decision maker if it comes to so important decisions which mean a big difference to some lifes. Or maybe it is not that big a decision, it is easy and I just choose right now the wrong point of view. OK - I`ll keep them for some weeks and if it works out, forever. If the situation becomes too dense here I will give 2 or three away. Fullstop.<g> I think they are ok in the bathroom, it is only me who doesn`t like to close someone in. And it must be booring. Tomorrow the real deal begins.<g> Thank you so much for helping me, and supporting me right now. Maybe I sound strong. I am strong. But - hey it is strenuous to keep that up. Might be that' s one thing husbands are for - they help carry the challenges.<g> And friends, of course do that. Bettina > You are thinking along the same line as me here. I came up through the > last hours [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > me<g>) and it would be easier > to socialize them with another human. Does that thinking make sense? Yes, I think it does. If they have interactions with you for the next two weeks or so, they are more likely to be comfortable with other humans, or at least, more comfortable than they are now. With some cats it can take a long time, but these are babies, so it might be much quicker. > Thank you so much for helping me, and supporting me right now. > Maybe I sound strong. I am strong. But - hey it is strenuous to keep > that up. > Might be that' s one thing husbands are for - they help carry the > challenges.<g> Some of them, anyway! :) Joyce > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in > front of my garden gate. Opened it and found - you`ll guess - four > cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> Purrs and homing thoughts that you can find the little bitties their forever homes. At least the person who dumped them on you had enough sense to know to bring them to someone who cares and is responsible. You're a good woman and Bast counts on you and people like you. Pam S. > Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. Purrs for the kittens to find good homes. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina Foreverhome purrs on the way for the newcomers. Sam > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in > front of my garden gate. Opened it and found - you`ll guess - four > cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> > Now they are sitting all four in a big rabbit cage which I put in my > living-room for the warmth there. They were a bit anxious but now they > have eaten, they get accustomed to the new location. They are in a > very good shape. Well padded, means chubby. Puhh. What to do next. Ah > - my own ones sniffed around the cage but are now all outside. They > don`t bother the kittens. > I now will go through the village and try to find people who are > willing to take in one or two. I would hate to bring them to the > shelter. I hate for everyone to be imprisoned. But if I can`t find > people who take them in I have to bring them to the shelter. So nice - > I haven`t got money for gas at the moment. I have enough to make one > tour. > Of course I would like to keep them all, but I already have 9. T > here has to be a limit. This is about responsibility. > Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. > And - I can`t let them in that cage for hours. Well, I could, but I > don`t want to. They seem to be healthy, no cat flu. Oh well, just a > daring day again. Sounds like you have a reputation in your village. :) Someone has kittens they can't keep? Just leave them in front of Bettina's door. Hmm. Not exactly fair to you, but you're doing exactly what they expected - taking responsibility for the kitties. Because if you didn't, who would? It's so kindhearted of you to rescue them. Purrs for *four* new homes for the kitties! (Well, OK, maybe fewer if some of them go together.) Joyce > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in > front of my garden gate. Opened it and found - you`ll guess - four > cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> <snip> > Bettina Purrs that the babies soon find loving new homes. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. Hoping and purring for good homes for the kitties Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina Thank you all for your purrs and good thoughts. Today I got a call of someone who knows someone who might be interested. Will visit at weekend. Problem is - the kitties are now in my bathroom and anxious. I couldn`t show them to people as they hide in the smallest spaces. <sigh> Have to figure out how to present them or keep them.<g> They are sort of the most beautiful kitties ever seen. Try to take pics. Bettina > Of course I would like to keep them all, but I already have 9. T > here has to be a limit. This is about responsibility. > > Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. Many purrs on the way for the poor homeless kittens. You are doing a good job! -- Marina > > Of course I would like to keep them all, but I already have 9. T > > here has to be a limit. This is about responsibility. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Marina Thank you Marina, I think I might keep them. I am officially now in the CCLC (crazy cat lady club) I think I am going to design a logo for this club.<g> PURRS IN ROUTE Some one knows you are a good cat slave ;-) > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Bettina > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in > front of my garden gate. Opened it and found - you`ll guess - four > cutest kittens, about 3 month old. <sigh> <snip> > Please send some purrs for the kitties to find a good new home soon. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek > > Well, well, well - this is a year full of surprises. Opened my front > > door hours ago and found, that someone had put a big cardboard box in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Lots and lots of purrs, > Polonca and Soncek Thank you Polonca, they are doing well, even showing their faces after 5 days.<g>
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