Logan, I know what you mean. They have a flea market near where I live. We went to it a few years ago. Thats where I found Stubby, my black stub tail cat. He was so pitiful, he was just sitting in the cage until my daughter and I walked up and then we heard this loud screaming. There was this little black kitten in a cage, a very small cage.

We went over to the cage, and opened it and he crawled out and went up my coat sleeve. Well, the man was selling him for 10 dollars. How could we resist that little fellow, it was like he picked us! Why did he start screaming when we walked up to the cage. There were other people standing around the cage.

We begged my husband to please let us take him home with us. Well he don't like cats, and he said no. But we kept begging and finally my daughter took her ten dollars back and got him.

Poor Stubby, when we got him home I noticed he was passing blood in his stool. At first I thought he was wormy. Then I realized he had coccida(sp?). We took him to the vet and had him treated. He started really doing some growing then. A few months later I had him neutered. But the point is this man was selling a cat that he had not took care of. Now Old Stubby is just happy a can be.

You really do see some terribe things like that when you go to a flea market. I have been to a lot of flea markets and you see so many animals like that.

If I had it to do over, I would still of bought Stubby. He did luck up and get a good home. Hopefully some of the others will get a good caring home too. Thats all we can hope for. I know it makes you feel like taking them all with you when you go to these places.

Willie