Continuation of free kittens in Butler

**Anikaca77** · 05-21-2008, 03:22 PM

Hi, I've been following this thread and I have to say it's just amazing and oh my the one kitten that is almost all white with a little tiger in it is just beautiful.

Too bad I have 7 already.

You have a done a great job at taking care of these babies.

Melissa

**Medusa** · 05-21-2008, 04:38 PM

I wish I could take the tailless one. It makes me miss my RB Peeka who had to have her tail cut off due to torture from kids. I'm just maxed out and cannot take any more cats. They're all so cute, though, that you probably won't have any trouble placing them.

**rebeccahowes** · 05-22-2008, 05:01 AM

All of you are so kind. Thank you so much. Without your support, I would have never gotten this far. It was only months ago when almost everyone disagreed with me putting "free kittens in Butler". I have learned so much since then. I put ads in a few spots today for my final four kittens. My headline was "kittens need homes in Butler". I left out free. There is another lady who uses the same source as I do. She has six kittens. I have competition now. I wrote her and told her that if I get homes for all of my kittens that I will send people to her so she can get good homes for hers. I asked her to do the same for me. Hopefully, we will both get great homes for our kitties. I am happy that my journey is almost over, but sad at the same time. I am going to miss all the little kittens running around my house. The great thing is that my seven adult cats are awesome and I am really glad that they have been spayed and dewormed and defleaded. (I don't know if that is a word.)I want to continue reading and posting to PT. I hope that I can help someone, someday. I will never forget the help that my animals and I recieved at PT. It sometimes is overwhelming because I cannot believe that people are so caring at PT. I truly believed that I was going to become the next Tiger Ranch. I was so scared and did not have any clue to what I was going to do. I just prayed and prayed and prayed some more. All of a sudden you guys were here. You guys were the hands of God reaching out to me. Feel very proud of the part that you played in my animals lives. One of my cats had at least seven litters of kittens. Everytime I turned around, she was pregnant. She was always a good mom and I felt so bad for her, but I could not help. I had seven cats and only one was neutered. It took me a long time to get the money for him. I thought that if I took care of him, it would help reduce the kitten population in my house. My females ran outside and got pregnant anyways. It seems like everytime I put money into my budget to get a cat spayed, my children always needed shoes, clothes, etc. I gave up hope for my cats. My cat over population was so bad that I had a mom cat and her babies; plus, three other cats go to Tiger Ranch last year. I was just getting ready to take five more to Tiger Ranch when I heard the news. I was shocked and scared. I am only supposed to have two cats. Thank God my landlord never comes by. My worse problem is my neighbors. They despise cats and try to kill them. It is going to be a long summer. They escape outside and poop in my neighbors yard. My neighbors have scraped up the poop and put it on my porch. They have called the police on me. The police have told me that I can't feed strays or they become mine. I put a big bowl of catfood outside everyday for all of the strays. Even the birds are eating the catfood and I have bird poop all over my porch. Nothing will deter me from feeding the strays. It is so amazing to see so many animal lovers in one place. Most people hate animals and don't want to bother with them. Landlords don't allow pets and this is why there are so many homeless pets. At least we can all make a difference together.

**Medusa** · 05-22-2008, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by rebeccahowes

Landlords don't allow pets and this is why there are so many homeless pets. At least we can all make a difference together.

There are so many homeless pets because too many people don't spay and neuter their animals. Landlords sometimes don't allow pets, not because they're not animal lovers, but because, left unchecked, animals multiply rapidly and then next thing you know, there's urine and feces and fleas everywhere and they roam the neighborhood and neighbors complain, etc. It's a real problem. Real estate is expensive both to purchase and to maintain and landlords don't want to see their investment get ruined and who can blame them?

It's good to see that you have the animal population under control and that they've been altered and defleaed. I should tell you, though, that if you feed the birds that close to your home and have them come up on the porch, you're going to attract more cats and that's going to cause more problems w/your neighbors, not to mention that having bird droppings on your porch is both unsightly and unhealthy. If it's the cat food that the birds are going after, try moving the cat food farther away from your house. Good luck.

**Medusa** · 05-22-2008, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by rebeccahowes

Most people hate animals and don't want to bother with them.

Please refrain from making a generalized statement like that. It just is not true. Some people, perhaps, but not most.

**rebeccahowes** · 05-31-2008, 07:02 PM

I still have the four kittens that need homes. I have ads in four places and I never say "free" anymore because of your guys advice. The kittens are ready to go in about a week and I just started getting a lot of replies and I will choose the best home. I am sad because these are my last kitties. They are such a joy. I am attaching some pics and I want you to see the little kittens and their three feral moms. The most black cat with white is the mom. The other white and black is her sister and the calico is the sister. The calico is so beautiful. She finally let me pet her a few months ago. She was pregnant when I got her spayed; therefore, she has milk. She has been the mom to these kittens and I know that she is going to be very sad when they leave. Today, a little girl brought over a little gray kitten that needed a home. I said "please take the kitten back to your neighborhood, I can't have another cat." I felt so bad. He was so little that I know he will get hit by a car. I have a pic of him too. I just don't know what to do when all of the strays need homes. I feed many strays but when they come to me as kittens it is hard to say no. I would have kept him, but my daughter screamed at me "no". It is hard to be a cat lover because there are so many that need our help. I hope you enjoy the pics and if anyone can tell me how to make my pics bigger like your guys are, will you please let me know.

**rebeccahowes** · 05-31-2008, 07:08 PM

Here are the pics that did not attach. There are pics of the ferals. They are black and white and calico. There is a pic of the kitten without a tail and pics of the new kittens.

**rebeccahowes** · 05-31-2008, 07:14 PM

I am so bad at this. I am trying to send you guys pics. I feel that it is important so that you can see where all of your love went to. Take a look at the kitten without a tail. He is so cute. Also, the gray kitten is the one that was at my house this eve. The big black and whites are feral and also is the calico. The kittens are adorable and hopefully I find them good homes. I have 11 at this moment. That is quite a bit since I am only suppossed to have 2.