Facts On Animal Hoarding

**PayItForward** · 05-03-2003, 08:52 AM

I don't think it adopting a large number of cats is the problem.

As krazyaboutkatz said that man only adopted one pregnant cat and ended up with 300 ???

So it is a ' How you look after them' problem. Are they well looked after and altered.

**IttyBittyKitty** · 05-03-2003, 08:55 AM

But it is probably the one way that most of the hoarders get their pets.

I still can't believe that - one pregnant cat ending up with 300 cats in total! That is crazy!

**smokey the elder** · 05-04-2003, 09:10 AM

One cat leading to 300-the genetic damage!!

I'm not a psychologist by any means, but I have a fascination with something called "obsessive-compulsion disorder". In its non-pathological form I'm convinced it makes good accountants and analytical chemists.

In extreme form it results in bizarre behavior, like hand washing, fear of germs, etc. Collecting may be one version of this. There are meds to treat OCD and they may help cat hoarders.

Just a thought.

Rescue groups have to be careful; sometimes a foster mom/dad will go overboard and start keeping everybody.