It's very sweet of you all..
to include me when you post your support for Randi! I know that you mean well - but it is really not necessary, since I wasn't much involved in the caretaking of Pjevs. All I ever did was to feed him 6 times when Randi visited California last year.
I meant to stay out of this thread because I strongly disagree with Randi on the way this whole "Pjevs affair" has been handled.
However, when I read the sweet and supportive words from Cataholic:
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Originally Posted by Cataholic
What a wonderful, loving, humane thing you and Sus did for him at his final time
I just couldn't take it anymore, and I felt that I had to break my silence. It was indeed a humane decision that Pjevs was put down this last sunday, and I was most certainly in favour of that decision.
However, in my view this decision was WAY overdue, and that is why I felt bad about the "loving, humane thing". The humane thing would have been to take him to the vet or have him put down six months ago when I pointed out to the yard group that there was something wrong with his paws and teeth. :( :(
In my view the yard group failed their responsibility towards Pjevs, because none of his caretakers wanted to adress the tiresome issues of how to get him to the vet and who should pay.
I think I owe it to Pjevs - who was indeed a right "trooper" that the truth be told in order for us to learn something from his sad demise. In my view taking care of a yard kitty - or any other "wildlife" for that matter - is not just down to feeding them once a day. You have a responsibility to see that they are healthy - and to intervene when they are not, and you have a doggone responsibility to make that awful last decision without too much hesitation when they are too old, too weak or too sick to fend for themselves. And claws grow, you know, on old yard kitties too. This should never be forgotten.
I'm sorry, but those are my views.
Lots of love,
Sus and Bella
