She was a rescue--we fell in love at first sight.  She was incredibly
friendly from the start--she liked people but wasn't crazy about all my
other cats.  My vet absolutely loved her, she was so easy to handle.  I miss
her so much.

Bonnie

Thanks!  I have some beautiful models!

Bonnie

I am, too.  She had a stomach/intestinal blockage which ended up being
cancer.  She declined incredibly fast and it was miserable.  She had been
hyperthyroid and handled that well and had some other physical problems but
was doing great until about a week before we had to have her euthanized.

I totally agree--I much prefer the "apple-heads".  I really do like Siamese
but over the years have preferred the "mutt" Siamese--they seem hardier and
not as prone to weird diseases.

But the Snowshoes have the solid build of

Playing the devil's advocate, can you keep her?! She deserves the best

He's incredibly handsome--you have the nicest, healthiest looking herd of
ferals I think I've seen!

A lot of people don't know that most cats surrendered to county/municipal
shelters for behavioral problems are killed- some don't care.

That's great!

You can buy l-lysine in a syringe that's very easy to dose:

http://maxshouse.com/Drugs/Enisyl-F.jpg

Don't worry so much! Male neuters aren't that traumatic and require less
anesthesia so the risks are very low.

Phil

I think she knows it, too! She struts around like she's royalty.

They sure can be. A few years ago a woman surrendered her cat because the
cat made runs in her pantyhose when the cat jumped up to greet the bitch
when she she came home. Nice way to repay love and affection, huh.

She really is. She's certainly enriched my life.

Phil

I agree.  If more "breeders" and shelters took that approach, the cats
wouldn't end up relinquished, or worse.

I visit the local Humane Society frequently, just to play with the dogs and
cats.  I can't tell you how many bad placements I've witnessed... It's
really unsettling.  Needless to say, they get a lot of returns.

in that case you should have suggested they adopt a very large and
ferocious rottweiler, the boys woudl soon learnt to respect an
animal's space then!

seriously though did you let them have a cat? if not did you point out
to the woman it was because of her boys behaviour which indicated that
they did not show the required level of respect for animals which they
should? especially with an older cat who probably likes it's snooze
time and quiet spots to sleep in without a bunch of out of control
hooligan kids running around disturbing it? i would worry so much that
teh kids were just gogni to treat the poor animla liek a toy and do
awful thinsg to it or just nto respect it's feelings and need for
peace.
I would certainly have no qualms about telling the mother if that were
the reason, but then i have to deal with parents and inform them of
their child's shortcomings all the time at parent's evenings at school
so i am used to delivering bad news like that (eg "thank you for
coming to see me this afternoon Mrs Simpkins, I am pleased to inform
you that your son Herbert has managed to raise his level of academic
performance from that of a total retard last term to that of a
complete cretin this term, well done! also his behaviour has improved
markedly now and he is no longer acting like a brain damaged baboon on
drugs, he is just acting like a baboon now, excellent progress, you
must be very proud" ).

might be good for her to know all this, then if she really wants a cat
she will do something about disciplining her offspring and teaching
them some respects for other living creatures (not a bad thing then).
Bookie