Co-worker + kitten

**shais_mom** · 12-17-2007, 12:31 AM

I would do exactly what you were thinking.
TELL HER YOU ARE TAKING HER!
You can find her another home if you can't keep her yourself.
This girl cares nothing for this cat.
And if something happens to it like it dies or she boots it our you will never forgive yourself!!
Offer her $5 for her - I bet she takes it! I'm financially strapped right now - but I would dig in my couch for the change to send you- just ask!

**orangemm** · 12-17-2007, 05:33 AM

Believe me, I would take her in a second if I thought she was in any kind of danger. If anything happened to her, it would haunt me forever.

I'll keep poking and see what happens............

**Tora Oni** · 12-18-2007, 03:40 PM

Well I got Stormy merely because he choice to follow me and my big dog home. Even though I made alot of mistakes with him I think he has forgiven me for many things. I did alot of studing up once we got him to see what he can have, what he can't do, whats best for him and even though there is so much more I could do it still sufficient to what his needs are. If Lucy's needs aren't being meet then maybe you should tell the Lady what a cat needs. A cat doesn't depend on you as much as a dog but it still needs just about every other thing on the list but walks. Theres food and water, litterbox, play and love. It doesn't sound like much but thats just daily theres the Vet and Health of the animal to. If you explain to her that a cat is much like a child then maybe she might understand, but then again maybe not.

**Catty1** · 12-18-2007, 08:52 PM

...putting the attached in a nice frame - change the font, colour, pic, whatever - and giving it to her as a gift?

It might be a non-intrusive way of getting a message across - from the pet's point of view. :-)

**Emeraldgreen** · 12-18-2007, 09:34 PM

Maybe next week when you talk with her about the vet visit and the necessity of getting her spayed and the costs associated with getting her spayed she might not be so enthused about this cat that she is already kind of disinterested in. Telling her about the costs involved with future vet visits might backfire though if it then makes her forget about going to the vet altogether but the truth is that it costs money to take care of pets properly and if she doesn't already know she should be informed. And, if she hears about it and by next week she may be rethinking the whole kitten thing anyway, you could come up with a plan. If you knew of someone else who could take her you could suggest to her that you know of some folks who are looking for a calico kitten and they are willing to pay 25.00 for it. (as someone suggested in an earlier post) I would certainly be willing to send some money to you to go towards this. That way she would think she was doing you a favour. Might be a way of getting her to let go of the cat. But who knows, maybe next week she will have a change of heart and will hopefully tell you about how the kitten has settled in with her family.

**orangemm** · 12-19-2007, 05:45 AM

I did bring up the subject of spaying, esp. because I am not sure exactly how old Lucy really is. I was surprised when she said that she had discussed this very thing with her fiance the day before (I think he is pretty level-headed). So I will continue to keep the communication going and emphasize that neutering is extremely important. The last thing she needs is for Lucy to escape and end up with a litter.

If I have to, I will offer her help with the costs. I want to see this baby have a good home.