What's w/all the neutering???

:confused: Stray cats are a good thing. They keep rats away and other unwanted critters. I know I'm gonna get alot of posts about "over-population" and "the vets say so" and "it's kind to spay" and "it helps prevent unwanted litters" so don't waste your time. I've reserched everything there is on cats and all I get is reasons for spaying. Can' people be happy w/the way God made them? I mean, I'm not against it but that it's beginning to get hard to find kittens in the paper does not prove overpopulation. I've seldomly seen a stray but everytime I do they always look happy and I leave food out for them. They can hunt and take care of themselves so there's nothing wrong w/being a stray. You also get a wonderful feeling when you feed them.

You know everybody, I wouldn't even respond to this post since it seems this person is what they call a "troll". Just trying to stir up controversy so don't give them the satisfaction of knowing that their post worked.

Some people really need to get a life! :rolleyes:

Sorry, don't agree with you. Big problem is there aren't enough people to feed and care for them. They get diseases, do not get a healthy regular diet, and bring kittens into the same environment.

:mad: They can hunt! Just because their "domesticated" doesn't mean that they can't hunt! They can feed themselves just as well as any wild cat but since most people do feed strays they are very well fed. You never see a stray cat that's skin and bones.

ditto t&p mom...

ditto T&PMom. mums the word here

kitten645, we posted the same thing at the same time - great minds etc etc

what duz that mean. I'm a kitten in this place!;)

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Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
You know everybody, I wouldn't even respond to this post since it seems this person is what they call a "troll". Just trying to stir up controversy so don't give them the satisfaction of knowing that their post worked.

Some people really need to get a life! :rolleyes:

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Ditto!

Ditto T&P Mum !

You are right Debbie. I also won't vote on the poll, since the answers are skewed and none of them fit for my opinion.

Carlotta, I don't know who you are, but if you wanted to stir up a controversy, you probably succeeded, except that these ladies won't bite! I voted....my cats stay indoors when I want them to. They go outdoors when I let them.

One of the reasons I was interested in your post is that you live in the same city I do. Do you know how many strays are euthanized every single year in Greenville, SC?? A LOT!!!! I think the statistic is that about 1/4 or 1/5 of the cats and dogs that are at the human society are adopted. The others are euthanized. That's enough statistically for me to know that in our area, we need to do a better job of encouraging spay and neuter. In fact, one of those "strays" that you never see lives in my house and has been here for over two years.

Logan

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Originally posted by Carlotta
it's beginning to get hard to find kittens in the paper

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I'll proudly disply status as a lemming and follow up with a huge DITTO to T&P, Lbaker, Nomilynn, Logan, & all the rest.

I just wanted to comment that, people who don't care enough to spay and neuter probably don't care enough to run an ad in the paper.

Ditto T&P

Well, Carlotta, even though I refuse to comment on this debate and agree with T & P, you are a newcomer and as with all newcomers I have to say welcome to Pet Talk.

However it's a shame that your first post has to be one that can stir up all kinds of emotions......and hurt feelings. I wouldn't be pushing this subject too far if I were you.

Yes, welcome to Pettalk. Do you have pets? If so, tell us about them - that's the best way to get to know us. We're really nice people and if we had any friends, they would agree with us.

Funny story - regarding Sidney's (my 6 year old cat from the shelter) first visit to the vet after he was neutered. He was very skittish and scared and the vet tech looked at him and said "that's ok, we can only neuter you once"

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Originally posted by catland
He was very skittish and scared and the vet tech looked at him and said "that's ok, we can only neuter you once"

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:D :D

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Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
You know everybody, I wouldn't even respond to this post since it seems this person is what they call a "troll". Just trying to stir up controversy so don't give them the satisfaction of knowing that their post worked.

Some people really need to get a life! :rolleyes:

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Just thought it should be repeated.

Hard to keep my mouth shut on this one but I will :mad: :mad:

Ditto everyone!!

Lynne

Another funny spay/neuter story. Some of you might have already heard this one - so bear with me.

I brought in Jan to be spayed, along with her sons, Joxer and Quincy, to be neutered. Because the boys were now weaned, she had lost her maternal instinct and wanted nothing to do with them. I brought her in a little cat carrier and the two brothers in together in a bigger cat carrier.

So now they are in a room and the vet wants to give them the once over before I leave and they get their operations. Jan was very scared. She got looked over, was pronounced to be in perfect health, and set down. Now the vet opened the carrier for the two boys. Jan scurried into their carrier and maneuvered herself to the back of the carrier behind her sons. She was sacrificing her boys to save herself.

It was like she was saying to me and the vet "go ahead - take them, I can always make more"


(HUMOR - the best weapon against Trolling:D )

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Originally posted by catland
It was like she was saying to me and the vet "go ahead - take them, I can always make more"

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Another great story. :D :D :D

The only funny neutering story I have is that when I first got Tubby, his first mom thought he was a girl - called him Bitsy. Well, I never bothered to check on things so I called to make an appt to get "Bitsy" spayed. Everything went fine until the vet lifted his/her tail and said "Well, I'll have a tough time of spaying her," and my heart starts fluttering, thinking what's wrong with my kitty?!!?! and the vet continues..."because she's a he!" and he shifted Tubby's butt into my view with tail up. Well, we both got a good laugh out of it, and I learned to never take anyone's word for it on the sex of a young kitten. ;) :D

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Do you have pets?

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According to this person's profile she/he claims to have two cats: one not spayed, unsure of the other.

I am not even going to comment on the topic of this thread!! I just got back from the doctors office for a physical, I think I need to go back because my blood pressure just shot up.

I am so disgusted it's not even funny. Talk about getting on people's bad sides real quick!

I have made gender mistakes with two kittens. Kelsey was a fluff ball, and I though he was a she. RIP, sweet Kels.

When I first got Hanna, I thought she was a he. I don't know what is so hard about it for me, I have a book with pictures and everything!

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Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Another great story. :D :D :D

Everything went fine until the vet lifted his/her tail and said "Well, I'll have a tough time of spaying her," and my heart starts fluttering, thinking what's wrong with my kitty?!!?! and the vet continues..."because she's a he!" and he shifted Tubby's butt into my view with tail up. :D

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:D lol:D

Ok, first off. I do care about my animals. I have 2 females. One is Carlotta-a calico(email me at [email protected] for piccys)and she is pregnant and very happy too! Then there's this other cat that I rescued from a person who didn't want her and gave her a great home here. I'm not sure if she's spayed and she may be extremely elderly. She's seems to be doing ok adn gets along w/Carlotta fine. Her name's Gypsy. I let them in and out whenever they want so they may experience freedom. Carlotta is an extreme hunter and since she is pregnant she eats the prey she craves. My kitties are extremely well fed. Kibble all the time and fish, wet catfood, and table scraps are commonly offered. I'm not ignorant and I have researched many cat sites. I know what you people think and from experience greatly disagree w/it. You can hate me. I really don't care. My cats are my friends so I don't need people.

No comment. Carlotta I think it may be time to move on to another forum.

"those strays I never see" usually happen to be peoples outdoor kitties w/out collars. Carlotta wears a collar to prevent this and Gypsy isn't the kind of cat that would wander or any1 would want to steal. I'm not saying there aren't strays because I have seen some but they are always happy. I think the pound is cruel because they should give away the cats or set them free. Not kill them. I've also seen 2 beautiful kittens in the local petsmart grow up in a cage. Yes, a small cage barely big enough to hold them. They've been there since they were like 6wks and now they are full grown cats. I'm not lying and they may still be there. Last time I've been was a few mo. ago. How's spending your entire life in a cage for humanity?

how do you insert a pic of your kitty?

Carlotta it sounds to me like you are very young - at least you post like you are young. Would you like to spend you life in a cage or be killed because no one wanted you and there was no money to feed or take care of you? Your attitude is either childish or ignorant. Think about it, if you are really sincere.

If every pet is going to cost money then no1's going to want them. If they would try giving them away free w/out all the nonsense they came w/then they might find homes. Cat's don't even require homes. Strays are perfectly happy and when I was a little kid I would talk to some outside of my church. I would feed them too but they always looked happy and I could feel their happiness. There may have been strays several generations ago but a true stray(not sum1's pet)is truly rare nowadays.
I am young. I don't care. It's better than being old.

Friends like you, who needs enemies?

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Friends like you, who needs enemies?

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No1 said you were my friend.

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vet tech looked at him and said "that's ok, we can only neuter you once"

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that's why god gave the male cats TWO......oh, forget it....

:( I was hoping to find some nic ppl to chat w/on here that really like animals. Unfortunately none of you seem to be the kind that wants to make cats have happy lives. It's not my fault that the unhumane society has to cage and kill alot of their animals. They could just set them free.

Tell me "Carlotta" does this look like the face of an unhappy cat?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fcc6532c.jpg

It obviously doesn't have much else to do but sleep.

Seems not long ago, I suggested an AGE MINIMUM requirment to post on PT????:rolleyes:

:confused: What??? So you think every1 here has to be old like you. I suppose your brain rots away as you age!

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that's why god gave the male cats TWO......oh, forget it....

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Hey now Richard, remember what Karen said...

Be good

Carlotta you should come and visit the dumpster behind my office some day. There are lots and lots of kitties there who only hope to find a scrap to eat from what is thrown out at the restaurant which is also in our shopping center. They are skinny and afraid of people. How is that living a good life? If they were trapped they would go to a shelter and ultimately be put to sleep. Is either a good life? I think not. Some day you will realize. We are not mean here. We just love animals and don't wish to see any of them suffer. Some day you will understand I guess.