Sevaede
10-03-2006, 10:52 AM
How do you tell when enough is enough? I have an approximately 700 sq ft apartment that I share with my husband. We are allowed to stay here by three cats, one dog, one fish, three gerbils, and seven mice (only one is staying).
I have a call on my answering machine from a woman who wants me to foster her cat. I am afraid to call her back because I don't want to tell her no and I want to help this kitty. All of my furbabies are very easy going and it's not a big issue for them.
It would be an issue for my husband, though. Even though I got fired (I earn a little money cleaning, once a week, at his work place, still.), we still pull in enough to feed them all, keep them in their Feline Pine, etc. They all get tons of lovin' (too much, they say) from meowmie and dad. He loves them all but says the ratio is about even and needs to stay that way until we move in to a bigger place. But, is that even a given that since I'm feeding and watering the outside cats that I'll eventually bring them in one by one (I want to keep elderly Shemp Moose for the remainder of his life)? He doesn't know this woman has called so I haven't talked about this cat yet.
My mom (another huge animal lover) gave me that one piece of advice that I didn't want to hear (heh, :D ): You cannot, realistically, save them all.
So, PT, what should I do?
Edit: Also, I have been talking with a woman for the past few days about fostering one of her doxie/lab (8 week old) pups. Troy would prefer us to foster a cat (as I approached the idea of a lab mix foster before) because of the whole size and area.
I have a call on my answering machine from a woman who wants me to foster her cat. I am afraid to call her back because I don't want to tell her no and I want to help this kitty. All of my furbabies are very easy going and it's not a big issue for them.
It would be an issue for my husband, though. Even though I got fired (I earn a little money cleaning, once a week, at his work place, still.), we still pull in enough to feed them all, keep them in their Feline Pine, etc. They all get tons of lovin' (too much, they say) from meowmie and dad. He loves them all but says the ratio is about even and needs to stay that way until we move in to a bigger place. But, is that even a given that since I'm feeding and watering the outside cats that I'll eventually bring them in one by one (I want to keep elderly Shemp Moose for the remainder of his life)? He doesn't know this woman has called so I haven't talked about this cat yet.
My mom (another huge animal lover) gave me that one piece of advice that I didn't want to hear (heh, :D ): You cannot, realistically, save them all.
So, PT, what should I do?
Edit: Also, I have been talking with a woman for the past few days about fostering one of her doxie/lab (8 week old) pups. Troy would prefer us to foster a cat (as I approached the idea of a lab mix foster before) because of the whole size and area.