Grace
10-23-2003, 08:55 PM
I'm new to this forum, but not new to cats - LOL!!
This woman who lives a few doors from us is an irresponsible pet owner. I reported her to the local Humane Society last winter because of the conditions her dog was forced to be in daily. Now we are deeply involved with her cats.
She got one in the spring of 2002. That cat had 5 kittens in June 2002. She kept one of them. Neither has been spayed. The Momma cat had another litter of 3 this past April. They kept 1 from that litter. So now she has 3.
Come September and Momma is pregnant again, and has 4 babies in our back yard. I call the woman - she didn't know the Momma was pregnant!! After a day or so, she comes and gets the kittens and Momma. So Momma is back at our house the next day looking for food. Well, I'm a sucker for a cute face so I continue to feed her - I know I shouldn't have.
When the kittens are 4 weeks old, momma moves them back to the place they were born - in our back yard. this time it takes 3 days for this woman to come and get them, and she puts them right back in her garage where they had been living. When I saw the condition of this garage, I cried. Two absolutely filthy litter pans, not a shred of a rug or blanket or towel for Momma and the kittens to lie on.
The next week we go on vacation. We have two fantastic neighbors who watch out for our 4 - and end up with the kittens again. But Momma moved them back to the garage after 3 days. Then the morning after we get home, Momma brings them back again.
That was this past Monday. The kittens are now 6 weeks old. I was totally fed up with this person and her total lack of caring. I have found a place for the kittens - they are warm, and fed, and loved - and will get proper Vet care and be neutered/spayed so the cycle will end with them.
Apparently she doesn't know that the kittens are gone - or perhaps she doesn't care? Anyway - now we have Momma and her daughter from the 1st litter to deal with. They spend every night on my back porch. I don't know what to do about them - we can't adopt them - we have 4, and my husband is allergic - but a saint!! And one of our 4 was the one she kept from the April litter.
If I call her, she will just put them in the garage, from which they will leave again tomorrow. She also has her house for sale.
Suggestions anyone??
I apologize for being so long-winded on my first post. Thanks for listening.
Grace
This woman who lives a few doors from us is an irresponsible pet owner. I reported her to the local Humane Society last winter because of the conditions her dog was forced to be in daily. Now we are deeply involved with her cats.
She got one in the spring of 2002. That cat had 5 kittens in June 2002. She kept one of them. Neither has been spayed. The Momma cat had another litter of 3 this past April. They kept 1 from that litter. So now she has 3.
Come September and Momma is pregnant again, and has 4 babies in our back yard. I call the woman - she didn't know the Momma was pregnant!! After a day or so, she comes and gets the kittens and Momma. So Momma is back at our house the next day looking for food. Well, I'm a sucker for a cute face so I continue to feed her - I know I shouldn't have.
When the kittens are 4 weeks old, momma moves them back to the place they were born - in our back yard. this time it takes 3 days for this woman to come and get them, and she puts them right back in her garage where they had been living. When I saw the condition of this garage, I cried. Two absolutely filthy litter pans, not a shred of a rug or blanket or towel for Momma and the kittens to lie on.
The next week we go on vacation. We have two fantastic neighbors who watch out for our 4 - and end up with the kittens again. But Momma moved them back to the garage after 3 days. Then the morning after we get home, Momma brings them back again.
That was this past Monday. The kittens are now 6 weeks old. I was totally fed up with this person and her total lack of caring. I have found a place for the kittens - they are warm, and fed, and loved - and will get proper Vet care and be neutered/spayed so the cycle will end with them.
Apparently she doesn't know that the kittens are gone - or perhaps she doesn't care? Anyway - now we have Momma and her daughter from the 1st litter to deal with. They spend every night on my back porch. I don't know what to do about them - we can't adopt them - we have 4, and my husband is allergic - but a saint!! And one of our 4 was the one she kept from the April litter.
If I call her, she will just put them in the garage, from which they will leave again tomorrow. She also has her house for sale.
Suggestions anyone??
I apologize for being so long-winded on my first post. Thanks for listening.
Grace