i wish people would believe others when they say they really WANT to help.
it's hard to find caring people in the world and when we have people like you Melissa doing so much for fur life...with the little you have and not a blink of the eye to reach out and help anyway,i wish the ones asking would TAKE the help:(
sorry you went through so much with all your own to worry and work hard for.
This afternoon she sent the following reply to me:
The kitten has already been placed in a new home.
I spoke to my neighbors aunt today about the
kitten, beings, I couldn't get a hold of my
neighbors and she said, they found her a home.
I hope this is true! There's no way to know for sure, but at least we're out of it now.
Way back I had this turkey pegged as being a few cans short of a six-pack.. but I've been so worried, IF this kitten is for real and it's really in this awful fix, and I'm so close.. am I not going to be able to help because I haven't handled the woman the right way?
Pat
No, Pat. Get that idea out of your head. No matter how the situation would have been approached, she was just yanking your chain. A person who truly needs help and indeed, asks for it, takes it; no conditions, no attitude, no excuses. If she could talk to the neighbor's aunt, then she should've done it a long time ago and all this mess could've been avoided. I don't even believe there is an aunt or, if there is, I don't believe she talked to her. I think, as I posted earlier, that the kitten is dead or missing and she's trying to save face and make it appear as though you and Melissa were bullying her to surrender the kitten. I've seen enough of these cases in rescue that it's disheartening but all you can do now is learn from it and know the signs so that, if anyone else tries to pull this kind of stunt, you'll be able to spot it immediately. After a couple of attempts to help, I would have moved on but I know you were worried about the kitten's safety. Take heart, Pat; you tried your best.Quote:
Originally Posted by phesina
Or - there never was a kitten to begin with.
Well, that's what I've wondered, if she made up the kitten's fate or the kitten itself just to get attention. ..if she's a troll who likes to "make things happen" (because she isn't doing so very well in her own life) and especially to get some bleeding-hearts out there jumping through hoops as a means of drawing concern and admiration around herself (which she also isn't doing very well in her own life).
This is the third on-line rescue attempt I've gotten involved in in the last few months.
First there was Mila, the disabled kitty from Chicago, whom I was going to adopt last summer, only the first-part transporter decided to keep her (or rather, catnapped her).. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...highlight=Mila
And now this baby, who I can only hope and pray is now in a safe, loving, indoor forever home..
But the second one was Bob the CH Boy from Grand Rapids who is now Bob the CH Boy from Ann Arbor! ..a beloved, happy, treasured member of our family.. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...b+grand+rapids
I often wondered if there was a kitten, too. I agree that she's probably a troll but that's as far as I can take it. I have no sympathy or empathy for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by phesina
I have no sympathy or empathy for HER either.. my thought is, she draws it to the alleged kitten and basks in it and at the same time thinks she draws attention and admiration to herself for "trying to help" the kitten.
You have about the same mindset as me. I think this person was - and still is - a troll who just wishes to draw attention to itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catty1
I also think that she probably logged on to PT and read this thread and everything we had to say and that's why she came up w/this cock and bull story.
After reading this thread, I don't know what to think. As always, members of our fine PT family stepped up to help a kitten in need---allegedly. Sure this Charity person is busy, who isn't these days? There's way too much here that just doesn't make any sense. No matter what all of you were willing to do to rescue the kitty, obstacles and roadblocks always followed. There's a credibility issue here, Charity simply doesn't have any! And her accusation that PT'ers were "bothering" her with calls and e-mails after she asked for help is, to me, totally offensive. She belongs in jail!!!!!!!
COME WHAT MAY , I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL PRAYING ON PET TALK THAT THAT LITTLE KITTEN ENNDS UP IN A FURREVER HOME WHERE SHE WILL LIVE IN LOVE, AND BE CHERISHED AS A CREATURE OF OUR ALL MIGHTY LORD GOD SHOULD BE.:love::love::love:
I Agree with you!!!She starting asking for help and then declined the help and now a kitten is probably hurt or killed...who knows/we just were TOLD sthe kitten was in a home...What home???Quote:
Originally Posted by momcat
I believe that vBulletin keeps a log of everyone who enters the site, or the Apache Web Server does, either one. Karen or Paul could check and see if she did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Medusa
As I suspected almost from the start - just a bunch of b.s.:mad: