Some people should not have pets! (long)

[LionHart]

It's a shame.

There's a beautiful dirty white booted tabby male, not neutered, who showed up one night. He acted hungry, looked it coz he was thin. We started to feed him, I named him Bootsie. He was very approachable and one day I picked him up and took him to the vet who offers his services to a feral program. About 2 weeks later while we were out talking to a neighbor Bootsie walks up. Our neighbor says, “Hi Jake.”

“Jake?”

“Yeah, that's Jake. Look at his ear; he must have got into a fight. We can’t keep him in because all he does is spray around the house”

Oops! My room mate & I explained what happened. Thankfully the neighbor wasn’t upset. I look at it this way, if you let your pet run around without id, not spayed or neutered they're better off with someone like us. Someone has to take responsibility!

Oh, get this... the lady didn't even notice that 'Jake' had his load lightened!

[catmandu]

The Idiots Up The Street Are Such Clods.
They Let Thier Children To Play At An Abandoned Warehouse Where They Have Pried The Boards Off The Doors And They Run The Streets Yelling And Screaming.
Then They Sit And Guzzle Beer In The Back.
They Have So Many Cats There And Once They Are Past The Kitten Stage They Are Exiled.
I Still Remember The Boy Taking A Cat Back And Having The Person Throw Him Like A Football Into The Lawn.
We Poofed Him And Several Cats And Had To Have The Vet Put Some To Sleep.
Theres A Smaller Tortie, An Orange Cat And Another Black Cat Now. At Least Theres A Place Under The Porch.
I Am Going To See If Rufus The Fairly Young Orange Will Come In.
They Cant Take Care Of Themselves Let Alone Pets.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[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.