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Cat Forum / General Topics / September 2003abandoned cat
About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she went out of town. The cat had been abandoned, along with our dog and another cat we placed, in a kennel he was working at about a year ago. He found a home for this cat, Isis, with this woman. It turns out that the woman's been evicted and has abandoned the cat :( She's 16 years old! She's small and pretty, jet black. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my boyfriend was looking after a stray. He and a friend got her her shots this week this week. They'd taken her to have her spayed and found that she already had been, so she's been abandoned too. She was emaciated when he found her. We're calling her Katie, and she needs a home too. *sigh* She's so small he thought she was a kitten. She's actually a five year old tortie. We live in a two bedroom apartment and have six cats and a dog already. I really can't, in good conscience, take a 16 year old cat who's already been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is. Does anyone have any suggestions? Can you offer any help? Want a cat or two? It's so disheartening it just breaks my heart. Dee p.s. Sorry, we're in Greenbelt, Maryland >About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she >went out of town. The cat had been abandoned, along with our dog and >another cat we placed, in a kennel he was working at about a year ago. >He found a home for this cat, Isis, with this woman. It turns out that >the woman's been evicted and has abandoned the cat :( She's 16 years old! >She's small and pretty, jet black. What's the cat look like? >I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my boyfriend was looking after a >stray. He and a friend got her her shots this week this week. They'd >taken her to have her spayed and found that she already had been, so she's >been abandoned too. She was emaciated when he found her. We're calling >her Katie, and she needs a home too. *sigh* She's so small he thought >she was a kitten. She's actually a five year old tortie. Does she have nekkid pics? >We live in a two bedroom apartment and have six cats and a dog already. >I really can't, in good conscience, take a 16 year old cat who's already >been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is. Does anyone >have any suggestions? Can you offer any help? Want a cat or two? It's >so disheartening it just breaks my heart. What breaks my heart is that you live with all those animals, Move in with me, I'm all the animal you need. >Dee -- > I really can't, in good conscience, take a 16 year old cat who's > already been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is. > Does anyone have any suggestions? Can you offer any help? Want a > cat or two? It's so disheartening it just breaks my heart. > > Dee That stinks, Dee. This might sound like a longshot but I am going through something similar; trying to find homes for some strays that have been hanging around since last winter. I didn't want them to go through another winter without a home so with /a lot/ of coaxing and some wording for a flyer from a friend and a really cool name, I printed off a bunch of flyers and hung them up at work. The second day I got a call. He's going to come by and see them next week and he's already in love with them. :) One has taken over my deck and the other has taken over my neighbors deck. They won't be too sad to see "theirs" go... they clean up his kills almost daily. When I talked to my neighbor tonight he was cleaning up a baby squirrel that the kitty had killed. :( Good luck! > Dee <powersd@wam.umd.edu> composed with style: > > > I really can't, in good conscience, take a 16 year old cat who's > > already been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is. > That stinks, Dee. This might sound like a longshot but I am going > through something similar; trying to find homes for some strays that > have been hanging around since last winter. I didn't want them to go > through another winter without a home so with /a lot/ of coaxing and > some wording for a flyer from a friend and a really cool name, I > printed off a bunch of flyers and hung them up at work. Thanks Cheryl, that's a good idea. The young stray is really sweet, so maybe we'll get lucky. The older girl is precious as well (did I use the word "precious?"), but I think we're going to have a seriously hard time finding someone to adopt a cat that old. We'll probably end up taking her ourselves and get thrown out of our apartment :/ Dee > Thanks Cheryl, that's a good idea. The young stray is really > sweet, so maybe we'll get lucky. The older girl is precious as [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dee Never say never, Dee. It couldn't hurt to hang some flyers for the old girl, too, because you might get a surprise. You have to write the flyer with a very sad story. ;) I always believe in playing the pity card when necessary. Tug on the ol' heartstrings. SAY IT WITH ME " BULLIT" : > Dee <powersd@wam.umd.edu> composed with style: : > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] : : Dee >> Dee <powersd@wam.umd.edu> composed with style: >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Dee I always think that maybe an older person would be a good target for an older cat. Do you have a local senior citizen center where you could post her story? A lot of those people can really relate to being abandonned at an old age :( Karen > I always think that maybe an older person would be a good target for an > older cat. Do you have a local senior citizen center where you could post > her story? A lot of those people can really relate to being abandonned at an > old age :( Also a good idea Karen :) And is anyone out there is looking for a companion cat for their single one, let me know! Dee > About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she > went out of town. The cat had been abandoned, along with our dog and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Dee You have no one to blame for your current dilmma but yourself, so why come crying about it? I'll just bet you have these kinds of problems all the time, too. You both must have the word 'Sucker' written across your foreheads or something. Didn't it ever occur to you that there are people like this woman in the world? Do yourself a favor.... next time, don't offer to take care of other people's pets. Man... there really is a sucker born every minute. P.T. Barnum was sure right about that. IBen >> About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she >> went out of town. The cat had been abandoned, along with our dog and [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > IBen There is also an idiot born everyminute. Or at least posting every minute. Their sig is IBen. Karen >There is also an idiot born everyminute. Or at least posting every minute. >Their sig is IBen. > >Karen Do you have any nekkid pics? -- finally found someone i agree with : > About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she : > went out of town. The cat had been abandoned, along with our dog and [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] : : IBen > finally found someone i agree with Seems like you and I are the only ones in here born on the half-minute, my friend. IBen Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal in need! hope you find a solution soon jp > finally found someone i agree with > : Dee <powersd@wam.umd.edu> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > : > : IBen > Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal > in need! hope you find a solution soon jp Yeah... 'People like you' slammed on their brakes the other day to avoid hitting a stupid squirrel. 'People like you' caused a four car pile up that included me. 'People like you' sent two of the children from the car in front of me to the hospitial. All because these same people 'can't deny their help to an animal in need'.... to HELL with any person who gets in their way. Anyone who thinks like this is just a pious guilt-ridden creep in my book. IBen So WTF are you even doing posting on this newsgroup. Go on over to the alt.a.shole group where you belong, and leave us alone. > Yeah... 'People like you' slammed on their brakes the other day to > avoid hitting a stupid squirrel. 'People like you' caused a four car [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > IBen >So WTF are you even doing posting on this newsgroup. Go on over to the >alt.a.shole group where you belong, and leave us alone. I have found this group to be full of a.sholes, So I reckon he's in the right place. -- : >So WTF are you even doing posting on this newsgroup. Go on over to the : >alt.a.shole group where you belong, and leave us alone. : : I have found this group to be full of a.sholes, So I reckon he's in : the right place. You have hit the nail on the head....Well said : -- > So WTF are you even doing posting on this newsgroup. Go on over to > the alt.a.shole group where you belong, and leave us alone. > >> Yeah... 'People like you' slammed on their brakes the other day to >> avoid hitting a stupid squirrel. 'People like you' caused a four car >> pile up that included me. >>'People like you' sent two of the children from the car in front of me to the hospitial. >> IBen If you mean directly in front of you, then YOU left an insufficient gap between you and the car in front, which means the injured children are your responsibility. Ben Ruddock -- Hmm, I'd go with Kosh - but I'd be thinking of Lyta. Mark Blunden on alt.babylon5.uk > > So WTF are you even doing posting on this newsgroup. Go on over to > > the alt.a.shole group where you belong, and leave us alone. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Ben Ruddock It was one of the cars in front of me. I was forth and last in line. IBen : > Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you : > and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : : IBen IBen Why dont they save all the ants in the ant pile by my house they will be getting cold and someone might step on them..I need a rescue to take 1,000,000,000,000,000, ants that I have they need a good home ....I am sure there is some fanatic about ants out there that would be glad to save the cute little creatures..Just because they have no fur does not mean they are not cute or shouldnt be saved ...Wheres all the rescue people when you need them? >> Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you >> and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >people 'can't deny their help to an animal in need'.... to HELL with >any person who gets in their way. Give me a break. Like you would actually care about children. > Anyone who thinks like this is just a pious guilt-ridden creep in my >book. >IBen Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. Just another stupid troll drooling all over cyberspace.. Swyck >Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. >I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. Threat noted, archived and reported. -- >>Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. >>I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. >Threat noted, archived and reported. Just let me know when you're crossing the road. Swyck >>>Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. >>>I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. >>Threat noted, archived and reported. >Just let me know when you're crossing the road. > >Swyck What ya gonna do? Run over me with yer skateboard? -- >>>>Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. >>>>I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. >>>Threat noted, archived and reported. >>Just let me know when you're crossing the road. >>Swyck >What ya gonna do? Run over me with yer skateboard? Be easier just to throw it at you. Swyck >>>>>Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. >>>>>I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>What ya gonna do? Run over me with yer skateboard? >Be easier just to throw it at you. Can them little bony arms even lift it? >Swyck -- Swyck@nospam.com said: <SNIP> > Anyone who thinks like you is an ignorant pathetic creep in my book. > I wouldn't slam the breaks to avoid hitting you. Just another stupid > troll drooling all over cyberspace.. > > Swyck You're right about him. Just kill file him and give him the notice he is due - which is none. > >> Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > >> and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Swyck You think I'm a troll? Just check Google if you want to see a 'troll' who defends his point of view and never lets the other azzhole get the last word in. EVER. Some troll. Really devoted to things, this poor pathetic troll is.. The funny thing is, you each will stand up for your views and values when challenged, now won't you? And nobody calls you insincere, now do they...? You are ALL just a bunch of YELLOW COWARDS. You just don't have the stomach to stand up to me with your petty little anemic arguments, so you try to skate out of it by discrediting me. Well, it never works. IBen might just come back here for a visit more often. He might come here to LIVE. IBen Getiner >> >> Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you >> >> and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >IBen Getiner You have been reported. >You think I'm a troll? You're not? That's even worse. >You are ALL just a bunch of YELLOW COWARDS. You just don't have the >stomach to stand up to me with your petty little anemic arguments, so >you try to skate out of it by discrediting me. Well, it never works. >IBen might just come back here for a visit more often. He might come >here to LIVE. Interesting thing about newsgroups is that a group like rec.pets.cats.misc will attract cat haters as well as cat lovers. Isn't the internet great? You get all sorts of different points of view whether you want them or not. In the long run, that's probably good unless the noise drowns out everything else. I've seen that happen in a few groups, but they usually settle down eventually. Swyck > >You think I'm a troll? > You're not? That's even worse. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Swyck I have a wonderful cat named Chessie who loves and respects me. I know what you mean about the haters, but I am not one. IBen > > >> Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > > >> and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal > > >> in need! hope you find a solution soon jp > > >Yeah... 'People like you' slammed on their brakes the other day to > > >avoid hitting a stupid squirrel. 'People like you' caused a four car > > >pile up that included me. > IBen might just come back here for a visit more often. He might come > here to LIVE. Welcome aboard IBen (which I bet you haven't). First of all, if you could read you'd note that in my original post I specified that the cat wasn't dropped off on me (yes, I am going to keep it ...so?) Secondly, I've never slammed into the back of another car in the midst of a four car pile up, which apparently you did. Hope you have full coverage on your car. I'm getting ready to cancel mine and just get comprehensive...'cause I'm able to keep control of my vehicle and don't go around looking for other people to blame my problems and expend my rage on. Dee > > > > >> Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Welcome aboard IBen ....The marked one speaks... > (which I bet you haven't). Well, she's been doin' the gettin'. All I have to do is lay back and enjoy the scenery. Some folks got it so rough, ehh..? > First of all, if you could > read you'd note that in my original post I specified that the cat wasn't > dropped off on me I quote... "WE live in a two bedroom apartment and have six cats and a dog already. I really can't, in good conscience, take a 16 year old cat who's already been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is." You live with the fool. You apparently did not insist that he return the cat. And now.... > yes, I am going to keep it ...so? Case closed. You and he are two of clucks a feather. That's why you're keeping the cat, as well as all the other strays you have to deal with (that's why you're here, is it not?). Therefore, you... like he... are a sucker. > Secondly, I've > never slammed into the back of another car in the midst of a four car pile > up, which apparently you did. 'First of all, if you could read you'd note that in my original post I specified that....' I Jumped the curb. Just so you know, since you obviously don't do much reading yourself. Sarcastic little f.cker, ain't I..? > Hope you have full coverage on your > car. I'm getting ready to cancel mine and just get comprehensive...'cause > I'm able to keep control of my vehicle and don't go around looking for > other people to blame my problems and expend my rage on. > > Dee Believe me, my dear... you ARE the supreme epitome of 'other people'. If you don't get my drift, then let me suggest starting at the the beginning of this thread and working your way downward. You'll get it at some point. It's people like YOU who cause most of the problems in the world, and most of the time you drive on, totally oblivious to the mess you've created. And even when you're forced to stop, most of the time you're more concerned with the blasted squirrle than you are for the kids you've hurt. Just like this nutty lady was. Her and her 'save the whales' mentality. I swear to God, she had a bumper sticker on the left side of her tailgate that said "No War" and one on the right side that said "Free Tibet". Do you understand this....? I know you do. Tell IBen about it. Translation, please...... IBen Getiner > Well, she's been doin' the gettin'. All I have to do is lay back and > enjoy the scenery. Some folks got it so rough, ehh..? lol > I quote... > "WE live in a two bedroom apartment and have six cats and a dog [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > You live with the fool. You apparently did not insist that he return > the cat. And now.... Actually I stated that incorrectly, not having realized that my personal life was going to be picked apart :) Before my boyfriend and I left for the beach, he took his cats, and the one he was "sitting for" to his sister's house. We don't actually live together yet you see ...not til the beginning of the month. I said that simply to give an overview of the situation that we will presently be finding ourselves in. I don't know how it is with you, but my boyfriend's a man, and I don't "insist" that he do anything. > > yes, I am going to keep it ...so? > > Case closed. You and he are two of clucks a feather. That's why you're > keeping the cat, as well as all the other strays you have to deal with > (that's why you're here, is it not?). Therefore, you... like he... are > a sucker. AAh, but you see I don't "have to" deal with any of these cats, I wish to, it's actualy important to me. It makes me feel good. I read earlier that you have a cat who loves and respects you. Wouldn't he be happy to have a friend of his own kind? There are so many homeless cats out there, you could help one IBen! > 'First of all, if you could read you'd note that in my original post > I specified that....' I Jumped the curb. Just so you know, since you > obviously don't do much reading yourself. Well...I must admit that I'm on drugs, and you've posted about this so very many times now that I'm confused. I seem to remember you saying that some woman caused a four car pile up and that you were part of it. I'm not actually going to go back and check, but I'm pretty sure that's what you said. Then there was something about running over some ducks. This multi-post rant was brought on apparently because I said someone abandoned a cat ...umm...yeah. > > Sarcastic little f.cker, ain't I..? Yeah but I kinda like ya :) > Believe me, my dear... you ARE the supreme epitome of 'other people'. Well, if you're not you, then to you you're automatically other people. By the way, I love it when guys call me "dear" and make use of the word epitome....and I always wanted to be one of The Supremes! I wanted to be Diana Ross, but my sister usually got that part :/ Have you ever watched talk shows where the host'll talk some sh.t about someone and then they walk out on stage and everyone boos them? They always flip the bird at the audience and start yelling "You don't know me man, you don't know me!" Bahaha! They're always really pissed off, and it always maked me laugh and laugh. Well that's me atchu right now 'cept for the really pissed off part mang! You don't know me! lol! > If you don't get my drift, then let me suggest starting at the the > beginning of this thread and working your way downward. You'll get it > at some point. Whew...now that would require more effort than it would be worth, don't you think? I didn't even read them all the first time. \> It's people like YOU who cause most of the problems in the world, and > most of the time you drive on, totally oblivious to the mess you've > created. And even when you're forced to stop, most of the time you're [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > left side of her tailgate that said "No War" and one on the right side > that said "Free Tibet". Do you understand this....? I know you do. Are you old enough to remember The Ramones? They used to do a song called "I'm Against It" which just came to mind. I was really sad when j0ey died...but that's a whole different story. Yes, I do understand what you're saying, but no, I don't make sure my tuna fish is dolphin free before I buy it. on the "free Tibet" issue, well you'd probably be more concerned if you were a Tibetan. I must confess that I haven't actually given it my full attention either.... and so on. I just happen to dig cats, ya see? Now, are you going to tell me that if you were driving up the street and your cat, who loves and respects you, ran in front of your car you wouldn't slam on the brakes to avoid hitting it? Hell man, I can't stop the war, but maybe I can save one poor, old cat's life. See where I'm coming from? > Tell IBen about it. Translation, please...... Clinical definition? Misplaced agression... but I still like ya :) Dee Oh dear you have got it bad haven't you? jp > > Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > > and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > IBen > Oh dear you have got it bad haven't you? jp No, dear... the two children in the car in front of me got it bad. I ended up jumping the curb and running over a couple of Mallard ducks. Blew a tire out, too, and I had no spare. That's the only thing that pissed me off besides the over-emotional female goof-ball who caused it all. IBen >> Oh dear you have got it bad haven't you? jp >No, dear... the two children in the car in front of me got it bad. I >ended up jumping the curb and running over a couple of Mallard ducks. >Blew a tire out, too, and I had no spare. That's the only thing that >pissed me off besides the over-emotional female goof-ball who caused it all. >IBen Those poor ducks! The animals rights groups will be getting after you real soon. Swyck Did you ever think to blame yourself and the other drivers for following too closely? Becky > >> Oh dear you have got it bad haven't you? jp > >No, dear... the two children in the car in front of me got it bad. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Swyck > Did you ever think to blame yourself and the other drivers for following too > closely? > > Becky Dear rose-coloured Becky... No, you silly little fool. This is the city. The big city. I drop back too far and 100 times out of 100, some other individule (probably you) will slide in in front of me. No matter how many times you drop back, it doesn't matter. This is the REAL world, and I don't care how you try to slick it with your dishonest technical legalistic CRAP. This type of uncontroled emotional knee-jerk reaction out of the clear blue causes a CHAIN-REACTION. It instantly instills a panic and a shock that will test the nerves of the best driver. That's why I only jumped a curb (too bad you weren't there jogging). This person and all those like her are a danger to themselves as well as others. They think of no one but themselves... them and their rose-coloured feel-good twisted world of white liberal guilt. They should be held criminally liable on the grounds of emotional incompetence. They have no business voting, let alone driving a car. They cannot make the basic distinction between the value of a human life compared to that of non-human life. On these grounds alone, their drivers licences should be permanenty revoked. Only a self-centered shallow bleeding hearted MORON would put countless unseen others in danger by acting in such an irresponsible manor, especially in the city. She's the type who would row a already-overcrowed lifeboat back into the throngs of frantic drowning desperates at the site of the Titanic sinking. I only wish it were her own kids who were sent to the hospital. Tell THEM your half-baked BULLCRAP. I'd be teaching them how to hold down the accelerator pedel, myself personally. That and how to use a BB gun. Warped twisted liberal deviant losers, all of you. And you know who you are. Yours realistically IBen > >> Oh dear you have got it bad haven't you? jp > >No, dear... the two children in the car in front of me got it bad. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Swyck Well, they can't say they died in vain. I quickly collected them both and had one with stuffing that very nite. Nothing went to waste. I still have some leftovers if they should unexpectedly drop in. IBen >> >No, dear... the two children in the car in front of me got it bad. I >> >ended up jumping the curb and running over a couple of Mallard ducks. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >and had one with stuffing that very nite. Nothing went to waste. > I still have some leftovers if they should unexpectedly drop in. So you got a free meal out of it. What are you complaining about? Are you going over to alt.ducks to post your recipe? Swyck You know what a.shole, it's more about reaction than saving the squirrel -and- you're supposed to travel far enough behind somebody so you don't hit them - don't blame the squirrel or the other driver. If you rear-ended somebody (which, I think you probably may do all the time btw) it's your fault for traveling too close -and- it's the fault of the person that rear-ended you too (although, for some reason I think you may actually like that). > > Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > > and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > IBen > Sucker or not dee my hat goes off to you, I raise my hat to you > and people like you who cant deny their help to a cat or any animal > in need! hope you find a solution soon jp Thanks Jean :) We always do! Dee > You have no one to blame for your current dilmma but yourself, so why > come crying about it? I'll just bet you have these kinds of problems [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > IBen Perhaps you mistake compassion for "sucker"... Did it ever occur to you that there are folks who really do care about beings, other than just themselves? Or are you just another poor insecure slob who must degrade others, in order to elevate your pathetic self? Your criticism is as unwarranted as it is distasteful :( OB > > You have no one to blame for your current dilmma but yourself, so why > > come crying about it? I'll just bet you have these kinds of problems [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Perhaps you mistake compassion for "sucker"... No I didn't. There is compassion and then there's pure and utter stupidity exercised in the name of compassion. I know the difference. Apparently you do not. You have my sympthies. > Did it ever occur to you that there are folks > who really do care about beings, other than > just themselves? Yes. They're called liberal democrats and they love to place their corrupt fingers into my wallet without my permission. Really though, like I said, well-directed compassion is fine and dandy. But poor choices in this area equals 'sucker' from where I sit. That's why these people find themselves in their current dilemma. Because they are the kind to buy every story, get screwed over and then say it was because they were 'compassionate'. Then people like you line up to buy and the transaction is complete. Well, sorry. This is IBen Getiner. NO SALE. > Or are you just another poor > insecure slob who must degrade others, in > order to elevate your pathetic self? I degrade no one. I simply call it like I see it. Like they made it. Don't shoot the messenger because he has the ballz to tell you that the Emperor has no cloths! > Your criticism is as unwarranted as it is > distasteful :( > > OB Another pious, sanctimonious, bleeding-hearted sucker who desperately needs to see everything and everyone thru rose-coloured specs. They can't feel good about themselves any other way. Have a nice day, whimpy :( IBen > Another pious, sanctimonious, bleeding-hearted sucker who desperately > needs to see everything and everyone thru rose-coloured specs. They [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > IBen Perhaps if you feel good folks are to be despised, you should think about moving to someplace more to your liking... say, Afghanistan, or the like... and perhaps joining the Taliban... then you'd feel more at home with scum such as yourself, who don't give a damn about life, or liberty, or compassion, or any other of the qualities that civilized man embraces. A pity your life is such a cesspool that you have only hate to embrace.... A pity you were born too late ~ Hitler would have loved you! PLONK! OB IBen Getiner.....one word; Prozac. > Yes. They're called liberal democrats and they love to place their > corrupt fingers into my wallet without my permission. Really though, [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > IBen <SNIP> FYI, IBEN is a troll, and best ignored or kill-filed. > <SNIP> > > FYI, IBEN is a troll, and best ignored or kill-filed. You are a liar. You (as well as all the other cowards) just hate me for my stance on declawing. That's all. At least be adult enough to put it all on the table! You're nothing but a cowardly pansey-azzed lying creep. You're one of those yellow dead-beats who has nothing better to do than to go around slandering people you have not the courage to face. IBen : > > IBen Getiner <lappcatt@msn.com> wrote in message news:ed606dee.0309042311.455ba0a2@posting.google.com... : > <SNIP> : > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] : : IBen Damn Ben you took the words right out of my mouth...lol Honey, you are late for your doctor's appointment. Now get going! " > You are a liar. You (as well as all the other cowards) just hate me > for my stance on declawing. That's all. At least be adult enough to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > IBen hi Simon's Mom, We've been trying to contact you for a few days now. We were very excited when you said that you'd take in little stray Katie. Of course we'll be disappointed if you've changed your mind, but please let us know! Please call either Luis or me, or write back to me. If you're not going to take her, we need to desperately redouble our efforts to find her a home because we stopped looking when you stepped up and luis is moving shortly. Thanks! Dee We live in Maryland folks, and have two female cats, a five year old tortie, and a 16 year old jet black. They're both small and friendly and desperately seeking homes as they've been abandoned by their owners. The sixteen year old has now been abandoned twice :( Thanks for any help > I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my boyfriend was looking after a > stray. He and a friend got her her shots this week this week. They'd > taken her to have her spayed and found that she already had been, so she's > been abandoned too. She was emaciated when he found her. We're calling > her Katie, and she needs a home too. *sigh* She's so small he thought > she was a kitten. She's actually a five year old tortie. >hi Simon's Mom, > We've been trying to contact you for a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >when you stepped up and luis is moving >shortly. Thanks! Dee, If you have to make an internet plea to someone that said they were going to adopt this cat just to contact you, I would ditch this person and continue looking. I would never adopt to someone that can't be bothered and apparently doesn't seem excited enough about the cat to get back to you for days. While the idea of finding a home for these cats on the internet is a nice one, you also have to be VERY careful. You should be checking vet references and asking a lot of questions and not just accepting people's word for things. When I was desperate to find a home for Mister Mistopheles last year, even though a lot of people sounded like good candidates at the outset, after a lot of investigation it was clear that there were many that were not the *right* home or a good home for various reasons. If you remember, you had decided that since Ted in alt.cats had offered to take him that it was a done deal and that would be fine, but it is clear that Ted was NOT the right home. He is incredibly ignorant about cats, has allowed a new cat to wander off into unfamiliar territory and go missing, used Hartz for flea control, feeds the crappiest food out there, does not do slow introductions, and even posted an ad threatening to kill a cat if he wasn't adopted because he was bothered by behaviors that are normal for cats and were caused by his ignorance to begin with. He is also a borderlne collector that no doubt will cross that line in the next few years. Althougb I'm sure your intentions were good, you couldn't have been more wrong by trusting what you saw on a screen. At this point you might be feeling defensive, but I hope you get past that and understand that the reason I say this to you is because you have to be *so careful* finding homes for cats and these cats absolutely depend on you to do that. You really have to check into people and not assume they'll be fine because you've exchanged some pleasantries on the net. Things are not always what they seem. Megan  Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray > About a month ago someone asked my boyfriend to watch her cat while she > went out of town. ... the woman's been evicted and has abandoned the cat :( > She's 16 years old! She's small and pretty, jet black. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > been abandoned once to a shelter, no matter how nice it is. Does anyone > have any suggestions? Can you offer any help? Want a cat or two? ... Post a "personals" ad on a local message board (such as [yourstate].misc, or [yourtown].misc). I've done this and found great homes for kittens, and replied to an ad and gotten the most amazing animal for my recently-widowed dad. Start off with something like "attractive cuddly female seeks loving home" and go from there. (Cuteness sells.) Back before my folks figured out the neurtering routine, we had a cat factory. Lived on a busy 2-lane street with lots of commuting traffic. When the kittens got old enough, we'd put out a sign: FREE KITTENS ~ MUST GO BY SUN. We'd get a few lookers on Friday, more on Saturday, and steady traffic on Sunday. If there were any cats left we'd take the sign in, and put it out again next week. HTH --Karen M. |
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