Some people should not have pets! (long)

[DJFyrewolf36]

Clods indeed! My parents have a neighbor with an unfixed female. Last year, we found a kitten in poor health and sadly it passed away (some of you may remember Bitz). This year (I think because the kittens werent born so late in the year) it seems like there are at least 5 maybe 6 healthy surviors. The stupid local animal control refuses to trap them (they are full ) and my parents don't have any way to get traps. I'm thinking since they are getting old enough to be altered, I'm going to try and get some traps from thel humane society up here in Reno and see if I can get them fixed...and hopefully get all of them and the momma cat adpted out to people that will keep them indoors.

[Anikaca77]

That is a very hard situation. I know when I did a rescue last summer I was only able to spay and neuter the cats thanks to bestfriends.org who funded the rescue. I was able to get most of the cats and find the kittens homes but it was a very sad situation because the women was not providing any medical care and a few I had to PTS because they were dying on her step.

I would try them or see if there is a cheap low-cost TNR near you that would take the cats the only problem with that is you have to have all of them so you can tell them how many you want to fix etc.

The other thing is maybe if you have an SPCA near you maybe they would offer to fix them for free considering you want to help stop the overpopulation of cats around..

My prays are with you and it's hard thing to have to watch.

Melissa

[Medusa]

Yes, unfortunately there are "kitiots" everywhere. It's because my neighbor refused to give emergency vet care to her kitten that I took her. She was my Peeka Pie, who had to have her tail amputated due to cruelty from kids who tried to skin her alive. I took her brother, Boo, too, and the rest is history. She could've cared less. Her response: "Hey, they're outdoor cats. We don't do vet care for them." But she had two dogs that she treated like babies. I love dogs, too, and I'm not saying that they didn't deserve the best care. But the cats do, too. Anyhow, my point is that we'll see this type of behavior forever, I'm afraid. We can either turn a blind eye to it or do what we can to help. You did what you could and for that, we thank you. If you can do more, you won't regret it. I'd use every option available to me if I were you, your neighbors be damned. As you said, they didn't even notice so it's doubtful that they'll notice anything else either or care if they do notice. Good luck.

[moosmom]

That woman's an idiot. It's people like her that make people like us take up the crusade for abandoned, abused and neglected cats.