Sounds to me like she is pregnant. Maybe you should take her to another vet. And please get her spayed. If she is not pregnant at this moment she will be soon with 2 unneutered males around her. In fact please get all of them altered. Its coming up on spring time (kitten season) when most cats start mating. Please get them altered.
Does your cat eat dry food? Since we switched from feeding our cats dry food all the time to the Whiskas fish fillets (expensive, but HUGE difference) they have both gotten MUCH trimmer and healthier looking. We only feed them the dry as back-up; it's really just so bad for them.
My mom did some research online and apparently cats get 'addicted' to that dry food, in a way much like BED, actually. The dry food is so far from what a cat really needs (way too high-carb for a feline) and the cat is never nourished, so it is always hungry.
The Surprising Cause of our Cat Obesity Epidemic
She's probably pregnant. I had a vet tell me that once a female cat goes into heat, she is in heat unless she is pregnant.
i've had a lot of cats over the years, have fed nothing but dry food, and none have been overweight. then again, i always had outdoor cats who hunted.
becca, i have to say i'm disturbed that you have three unaltered cats. kittens are cute and fun, and i can understand why you want a litter in your home, but you're kidding yourself if you think those two males aren't reproducing every chance they get. and i don't quite see what's "selective" about taking in a cat that you believe is already pregnant by some random male, then allowing her to be bred when you find out she's not. that doesn't sound anything like selective breeding to me; it sounds like you want kittens and you're going to do what you have to do to get them. shelters are full of kittens, you know?
becca, i have to say i'm disturbed that you have three unaltered cats. kittens are cute and fun, and i can understand why you want a litter in your home, but you're kidding yourself if you think those two males aren't reproducing every chance they get. and i don't quite see what's "selective" about taking in a cat that you believe is already pregnant by some random male, then allowing her to be bred when you find out she's not. that doesn't sound anything like selective breeding to me; it sounds like you want kittens and you're going to do what you have to do to get them. shelters are full of kittens, you know?
Original Post by beccab13:
Edit: I should have added that we plan on getting them all fixed, but wanted a litter of kittens, and when we discovered she wasn't pregnant when we got her, wanted my cat Jack to breed with her because we wanted to have his offspring (I believe if people can selectively breed with dogs then it should be acceptable for cats too.) My other male cat was a stray that showed up a couple days before the female. He doesn't care to go outside and our female cat hates him and Jack is indifferent to him. We will still get him fixed, although he's not interested in getting anyone pregnant right now; he only gets frisky with his best friend, my sister's 5 month old Westie puppy.
I am sorry but this just leaves me steaming. I work with rescues. I have 2 cats in my home that I love dearly that was the product of someone wanted cute little fluffy and big ole spot have cute little babies. Btw way mine cats were taken off the street because on top of having unaltered animals, wanting to have just one litter, they also thought it best to let them roam the neighborhood. I have no problem with responsible breeders (be it cat or dog) breeding a few select litters of planned puppies. But I do have huge problems with people that want to breed their mix breed pets. We have enough of those...to dang many of those. Take a look at any shelters. Some are strays yes but also a lot are from pet pregnancies where the owners found the hard way they couldn't get rid of all the babies from that litter.
Do the cats and the shelters a favor and spay and neuter your animals. They are pets not breeding machines.
And yes all mine are altered.
ps for the record when you breed mix breed pets there is no telling what you will get. They may not look or act anything like your male. You want a kitten like Jack and this female go to a shelter. Kitten season is upon us and there will be plenty to choose from.
momto2, one of the pieces that particularly bothers me is that people don't go to shelters because they can't afford the adoption fee. well, if you can't afford the adoption fee, you can't afford a pet. these are the same people who don't take care of neutering and vaccinations because they can't afford it.
i brought my dog home from the spca yesterday. the adoption cost $265, but that includes a physical exam and behavioural assessment, her first vaccinations, spaying, tattooing & microchipping, 30 days of illness and accident insurance, and her municiple license. it's a bargain.
i brought my dog home from the spca yesterday. the adoption cost $265, but that includes a physical exam and behavioural assessment, her first vaccinations, spaying, tattooing & microchipping, 30 days of illness and accident insurance, and her municiple license. it's a bargain.
Original Post by pgeorgian:
momto2, one of the pieces that particularly bothers me is that people don't go to shelters because they can't afford the adoption fee. well, if you can't afford the adoption fee, you can't afford a pet. these are the same people who don't take care of neutering and vaccinations because they can't afford it.
i brought my dog home from the spca yesterday. the adoption cost $265, but that includes a physical exam and behavioural assessment, her first vaccinations, spaying, tattooing & microchipping, 30 days of illness and accident insurance, and her municiple license. it's a bargain.
Oh I agree with you there. Its bad around here no one ever thinks to go to the shelter. And around here the shelter is cheap. Down side is no one does ped. alters. But they do give you a voucher to get the alter free and return part of the adoption fee. But all vaccinations are done. So 100$ for a pet, voucher for a free spay/neuter and you get 1/2 adoption fee back. So 50$ is all you really pay. So sad.
really? the spca here won't put an animal up for adoption until it's altered (not sure what they do about kittens and puppies; i think you pay for it up front and sign an agreement to take them to the clinic).
they do a really good job of finding homes for dogs. they send them from the rural areas to the cities where neutering has been mandatory for years. cats are a different story, though, and many have to be destroyed.
um, what's a "ped. alter"?
they do a really good job of finding homes for dogs. they send them from the rural areas to the cities where neutering has been mandatory for years. cats are a different story, though, and many have to be destroyed.
um, what's a "ped. alter"?
Original Post by pgeorgian:
really? the spca here won't put an animal up for adoption until it's altered (not sure what they do about kittens and puppies; i think you pay for it up front and sign an agreement to take them to the clinic).
they do a really good job of finding homes for dogs. they send them from the rural areas to the cities where neutering has been mandatory for years. cats are a different story, though, and many have to be destroyed.
um, what's a "ped. alter"?
Pediatric Alter. No vet around here will do it unless they are 6 mths or have been in heat. Around here there are a few that won't alter unless 9 mths. My vet did it at 5 mths because she went into heat. I paid 10.00 extra to spay while in heat.
I have had many "pound puppies" and currently my big dog is adopted and my baby (pic in my prfile) is from a stray my oldest daughter took in and found out a few days later she was preggers - so we took one of her puppies.
In one more month we can get him fixed. We had the older dog fixed before we brought him home too but he was older when we adopted him.
I've had lots of cats too in the past that were freebies because people had litters - we live in a rural area and most of my cats became coyote fodder maybe even owl or hawks. I've never had a litter of pups or cats from any of my pets because they were either fixed before I got them or soon after.
Original Post by pgeorgian:
i've had a lot of cats over the years, have fed nothing but dry food, and none have been overweight. then again, i always had outdoor cats who hunted.
Yeah, our cats used to be outdoor fierce hunting tigers :P and they did fine on the dry food then. When we moved they had to be indoor cats, and that's when they gained weight.
"I believe if people can selectively breed with dogs then it should be acceptable for cats too."
It's not acceptable for dogs either. It's called "Backyard Breeding" in both the canine and feline world. If you plan on allowing your cats to breed at the very least you should be doing genetic testing. Mixed breed cats carry genetic faults just like the purebred. Also know that by allowing the new cat to be bred and have kittens you're putting her life at risk. You did a wonderful thing by bringing her into your home. Do the right thing and get her fixed. If you want a housefull of baby kitties (who doesn't) contact local rescues in your area. There are pregant cats who need good foster homes. There are also thousands of abandoned kittens that need good families. http://www.petfinder.com/
It's not acceptable for dogs either. It's called "Backyard Breeding" in both the canine and feline world. If you plan on allowing your cats to breed at the very least you should be doing genetic testing. Mixed breed cats carry genetic faults just like the purebred. Also know that by allowing the new cat to be bred and have kittens you're putting her life at risk. You did a wonderful thing by bringing her into your home. Do the right thing and get her fixed. If you want a housefull of baby kitties (who doesn't) contact local rescues in your area. There are pregant cats who need good foster homes. There are also thousands of abandoned kittens that need good families. http://www.petfinder.com/
all pet cats and dogs should be neutered. There's no excuse for this irresponsible behavior. Take all your cats to the vet and have them neutered.
The males don't spray all over your house?
As much as I appreciate everyone's replies, I'm going to clear a few things up.
All three of my cats are cats that I have personally rescued fromt the streets. My female Bella who passed away in October (whom we got fixed as soon as we got her) was literally starving and I brought her into my home with 2 terriers. We never thought our dogs could coexist with cats. We were wrong, however.
I got my Baby Jack from my friend when he was about 4 weeks old; her mom found him and she could not keep him. Bella and Jack grew up together and adored each other; I feel she was like a sister to him.
We were all devistated when she died of unknown causes weeks before my birthday. Jack was left living with two dogs; he clearly missed her companionship.
When Jack was no longer a kitten but a young male, of course we knew we should have him neutered; I am strongly against letting animals roam around and reproduce freely as all of you are.
However, we wanted to get another cat, preferably a young female; we were going to let her grow up and when she was old enough, we wanted her to have a litter of kittens with Jack.
I go to college in a large, metropolitan area near the state capital. I looked through every classified ad I could find. I went to every animal shelter within many miles of my school as well as my home town.
As much as I realize that there were several cats (none under the age of a few months) that needed a good home, I could not take them all. All of these cats had been fixed. I am glad the shelters have them fixed for people to be able to adopt them and not have to pay for it.
I, however, wanted an unspayed female, so that Jack could mate with her and they could have one litter of kittens. It would not have mattered to me whether they LOOKED like Jack or not; I feel about it the same way as a woman who wants to have her own child rather than adopt--although adopted children need homes, it is not always the same to adopt as it is to create your own child. Should no woman be allowed to have a child until every child in group homes is adopted? I have a feeling many people wouldn't agree with this.
I came home for Christmas break at the end of December. I had spoken with several different people who had said they had a kitten for me, only to change their minds at the last minute. I was very dissappointed to have looked for several months without luck for a kitten. I had looked forward to bringing home a kitten at Christmas for my parents and for Jack.
The night I got home, my mom was putting up Christmas lights on the front porch. She called for me, and brought into the house a young grey cat. It turned out he was an unneutered male. My mom said he had just walked up to her and practically jumped into her arms. He was a very sweet cat, and we couldn't put him back outside.
We weren't sure where he had come from, but put him in the back of the house away from Jack because we didn't know if they would get along...
backtracking a little... for a few months during the summer we had taken in another cat who we first believed to be a female. We posted ads trying to find her owner, but had no luck, and could not put her back on the street, so we took her to the vet to have shots and make an appointment to have her spayed. We discovered that she was not a she, but a neutered, declawed male. We changed his name from Jill to Sylvester and kept him anyway. Bella and Jack absolutely despised him. They would have nothing to do with this sickly little cat. We took him back to the vet after his runny nose and eyes ceased to go away. A different doctor saw him this time, and suggested we do a feline leukemia/FIV test on him...something we had done on Bella, but did not have done on Sly, probably the surprise of having a boy that we thought was a girl made it slip our minds. The test was done and turned out positive for Feline Immunodefficiency Virus. He was so sick already, and had been living in the same house with my other two cats. The vet encouraged us to have him put to sleep, and my mom agreed. We both cried our eyes out and I continued to for the entire day. Not only from losing Sly, but because I was scared to death I had allowed my other cats to contract this horrible disease from a stray I took in out of the goodness of my heart.
The vet said it would take several months for it to even show up in a test if Jack or Bella did have the disease. I was not so worried about Bella having it, because it is very unlikely for cats to pass it through sharing food and water. We had, however, noticed a bite on Jack's paw a few weeks before. We thought it was probably from a fight with Sly; the two, as I said, did not get along, and got in occasional brawls. I felt so guilty for allowing this to happen to my Jack. He is my heart and soul; I am very attached to him because I have raised him since he was so small.
We never got him tested until October, after Bella had passed away (I do not believe it was from FIV because she never had any sickness that would result from a weakened immune system--she was very healthy, which was what made her death such a mystery.) As of October, though, Jack tested negative for FIV and leukemia.
So back to the new grey cat. We weren't sure how Jack would take to him as he had not gotten along with Sly, the only cat other than Bella he had ever associated with. We kept him in the back of the house while we made sure he wasn't someone's pet who had gotten lost.
In the meantime, my boyfriend and I searched again through all the shelters and anywhere in the area of our hometown that might have a female kitten. We ended up getting several phone numbers. We called them all, and drove around the night of my boyfriend's birthday and even used flashlights to look behind a grocery store where there was a supposed litter of kittens dropped off. We felt like we were going to have to give up again, but called the last number on the list. A man said he had one female kitten left from a litter and we could come look at it. When we got there, we were told that his granddaughter could not part with the kitten. She was an adorable grey striped kitten, and I really wanted her, but couldn't take her from a child.
The man and woman said they had the mother cat and they thought she was pregnant again; she had been dropped off at their house pregnant about a year before and had had a couple litters since being there. She was a beautiful grey tabby cat, with big eyes that slightly reminded me of my Bella. I fell in love with Lucy the moment I saw her and the owners said I was welcome to keep her. I brought her back to my house and my mom felt the same way. We weren't expecting to have a whole litter so soon, but loved Lucy so much that we thought it would be great anyway.
So Lucy stayed in my room and seemed content to be there; she had no desire to leave her new space. The next day we took Lucy and Toby, the grey boy, to the vet to confirm the pregnancy, get Toby's shots, and make appointments for BOTH boys to be neutered. We planned to keep all the kittens from Lucy's litter that we could not give to good homes--of course we wouldn't take them to a shelter. The vet did not ultrasound Lucy, but felt her stomach and looked at her; she looked obviously pregnant so it was pretty much assumed that she was. This particular vet also does not specialize in cats, but it was Saturday and he was the doctor working so we saw him. Toby got his shots, we had two appointments for surgery and another to have Toby's broken and supposedly paralyzed tail bobbed (it ended up healing on its own.)
After several more weeks and no kittens (before the boys' appointments), I was getting worried so my mom and I took Lucy in to have an actual ultrasound. This was when we discovered our pregnant cat was not preganant at all. We took her back home, and after having no interest whatsoever in the mystery cat in my room, both Jack and Toby became interested in Lucy. She flirted back with Jack, but made Toby stay away; he gave up quickly--he's still young and playful, and didn't seem too offended. Lucy responded to Jack, however, and we thought they must have mated. After the sexual interest faded, they still acted affectionately toward each other. They kissed and lay around together, when they didn't acknowledge each other before we determined Lucy wasn't pregnant. Toby just continued to run around and play, as he still does all the time. None of the cats care to go outside; Jack is content with Lucy and Toby is content with whatever dog, cat, or person will pay attention to him inside.
I went back to school for a month and a half, and upon coming home it is very obvious that Lucy has gotten much larger; her legs bow out in a way that the didn't before and she has visible lumps that we hope are kittens.
I plan on taking Lucy and have her ultrasounded again while I am home. If she is not pregnant this time, we are going to find out what is the matter with her and definitely put her on a diet. I am not sure which cats we will have fixed right now. We have had no problems with spraying and all of our furniture is perfectly fine. As long as all three cats are staying inside voluntarily, I see no need to rush them all to the vet and demanded their genitals be removed. If I am evil for this, then I guess I will get mine in the end. I am sorry if the way I handle my pets offends anyone, but I hope I have made it clear that I am not attempting to start a kitten plantation.
I started this thread in hopes that someone would have some insight on cat pregnancy; I should have predicted the sermons on the evils of not having your pets spayed and neutered.
I forgot to add that we took Toby to his appointment to be fixed and found out they had written a different date on the card than they had actually scheduled, so we missed it. We didn't bother to reschedule it because, as I said, he never goes outside and Lucy won't have anything to do with him so no innocent female cats are at risk of becoming pregnant by him.
I am sorry this is so long, but I wanted to make myself clear before I recieved anymore scrutiny or criticism.
Thank all of you Bob Barkers for your advice, now I'm going to go check on my well behaved, sweet, unaltered cats.
All three of my cats are cats that I have personally rescued fromt the streets. My female Bella who passed away in October (whom we got fixed as soon as we got her) was literally starving and I brought her into my home with 2 terriers. We never thought our dogs could coexist with cats. We were wrong, however.
I got my Baby Jack from my friend when he was about 4 weeks old; her mom found him and she could not keep him. Bella and Jack grew up together and adored each other; I feel she was like a sister to him.
We were all devistated when she died of unknown causes weeks before my birthday. Jack was left living with two dogs; he clearly missed her companionship.
When Jack was no longer a kitten but a young male, of course we knew we should have him neutered; I am strongly against letting animals roam around and reproduce freely as all of you are.
However, we wanted to get another cat, preferably a young female; we were going to let her grow up and when she was old enough, we wanted her to have a litter of kittens with Jack.
I go to college in a large, metropolitan area near the state capital. I looked through every classified ad I could find. I went to every animal shelter within many miles of my school as well as my home town.
As much as I realize that there were several cats (none under the age of a few months) that needed a good home, I could not take them all. All of these cats had been fixed. I am glad the shelters have them fixed for people to be able to adopt them and not have to pay for it.
I, however, wanted an unspayed female, so that Jack could mate with her and they could have one litter of kittens. It would not have mattered to me whether they LOOKED like Jack or not; I feel about it the same way as a woman who wants to have her own child rather than adopt--although adopted children need homes, it is not always the same to adopt as it is to create your own child. Should no woman be allowed to have a child until every child in group homes is adopted? I have a feeling many people wouldn't agree with this.
I came home for Christmas break at the end of December. I had spoken with several different people who had said they had a kitten for me, only to change their minds at the last minute. I was very dissappointed to have looked for several months without luck for a kitten. I had looked forward to bringing home a kitten at Christmas for my parents and for Jack.
The night I got home, my mom was putting up Christmas lights on the front porch. She called for me, and brought into the house a young grey cat. It turned out he was an unneutered male. My mom said he had just walked up to her and practically jumped into her arms. He was a very sweet cat, and we couldn't put him back outside.
We weren't sure where he had come from, but put him in the back of the house away from Jack because we didn't know if they would get along...
backtracking a little... for a few months during the summer we had taken in another cat who we first believed to be a female. We posted ads trying to find her owner, but had no luck, and could not put her back on the street, so we took her to the vet to have shots and make an appointment to have her spayed. We discovered that she was not a she, but a neutered, declawed male. We changed his name from Jill to Sylvester and kept him anyway. Bella and Jack absolutely despised him. They would have nothing to do with this sickly little cat. We took him back to the vet after his runny nose and eyes ceased to go away. A different doctor saw him this time, and suggested we do a feline leukemia/FIV test on him...something we had done on Bella, but did not have done on Sly, probably the surprise of having a boy that we thought was a girl made it slip our minds. The test was done and turned out positive for Feline Immunodefficiency Virus. He was so sick already, and had been living in the same house with my other two cats. The vet encouraged us to have him put to sleep, and my mom agreed. We both cried our eyes out and I continued to for the entire day. Not only from losing Sly, but because I was scared to death I had allowed my other cats to contract this horrible disease from a stray I took in out of the goodness of my heart.
The vet said it would take several months for it to even show up in a test if Jack or Bella did have the disease. I was not so worried about Bella having it, because it is very unlikely for cats to pass it through sharing food and water. We had, however, noticed a bite on Jack's paw a few weeks before. We thought it was probably from a fight with Sly; the two, as I said, did not get along, and got in occasional brawls. I felt so guilty for allowing this to happen to my Jack. He is my heart and soul; I am very attached to him because I have raised him since he was so small.
We never got him tested until October, after Bella had passed away (I do not believe it was from FIV because she never had any sickness that would result from a weakened immune system--she was very healthy, which was what made her death such a mystery.) As of October, though, Jack tested negative for FIV and leukemia.
So back to the new grey cat. We weren't sure how Jack would take to him as he had not gotten along with Sly, the only cat other than Bella he had ever associated with. We kept him in the back of the house while we made sure he wasn't someone's pet who had gotten lost.
In the meantime, my boyfriend and I searched again through all the shelters and anywhere in the area of our hometown that might have a female kitten. We ended up getting several phone numbers. We called them all, and drove around the night of my boyfriend's birthday and even used flashlights to look behind a grocery store where there was a supposed litter of kittens dropped off. We felt like we were going to have to give up again, but called the last number on the list. A man said he had one female kitten left from a litter and we could come look at it. When we got there, we were told that his granddaughter could not part with the kitten. She was an adorable grey striped kitten, and I really wanted her, but couldn't take her from a child.
The man and woman said they had the mother cat and they thought she was pregnant again; she had been dropped off at their house pregnant about a year before and had had a couple litters since being there. She was a beautiful grey tabby cat, with big eyes that slightly reminded me of my Bella. I fell in love with Lucy the moment I saw her and the owners said I was welcome to keep her. I brought her back to my house and my mom felt the same way. We weren't expecting to have a whole litter so soon, but loved Lucy so much that we thought it would be great anyway.
So Lucy stayed in my room and seemed content to be there; she had no desire to leave her new space. The next day we took Lucy and Toby, the grey boy, to the vet to confirm the pregnancy, get Toby's shots, and make appointments for BOTH boys to be neutered. We planned to keep all the kittens from Lucy's litter that we could not give to good homes--of course we wouldn't take them to a shelter. The vet did not ultrasound Lucy, but felt her stomach and looked at her; she looked obviously pregnant so it was pretty much assumed that she was. This particular vet also does not specialize in cats, but it was Saturday and he was the doctor working so we saw him. Toby got his shots, we had two appointments for surgery and another to have Toby's broken and supposedly paralyzed tail bobbed (it ended up healing on its own.)
After several more weeks and no kittens (before the boys' appointments), I was getting worried so my mom and I took Lucy in to have an actual ultrasound. This was when we discovered our pregnant cat was not preganant at all. We took her back home, and after having no interest whatsoever in the mystery cat in my room, both Jack and Toby became interested in Lucy. She flirted back with Jack, but made Toby stay away; he gave up quickly--he's still young and playful, and didn't seem too offended. Lucy responded to Jack, however, and we thought they must have mated. After the sexual interest faded, they still acted affectionately toward each other. They kissed and lay around together, when they didn't acknowledge each other before we determined Lucy wasn't pregnant. Toby just continued to run around and play, as he still does all the time. None of the cats care to go outside; Jack is content with Lucy and Toby is content with whatever dog, cat, or person will pay attention to him inside.
I went back to school for a month and a half, and upon coming home it is very obvious that Lucy has gotten much larger; her legs bow out in a way that the didn't before and she has visible lumps that we hope are kittens.
I plan on taking Lucy and have her ultrasounded again while I am home. If she is not pregnant this time, we are going to find out what is the matter with her and definitely put her on a diet. I am not sure which cats we will have fixed right now. We have had no problems with spraying and all of our furniture is perfectly fine. As long as all three cats are staying inside voluntarily, I see no need to rush them all to the vet and demanded their genitals be removed. If I am evil for this, then I guess I will get mine in the end. I am sorry if the way I handle my pets offends anyone, but I hope I have made it clear that I am not attempting to start a kitten plantation.
I started this thread in hopes that someone would have some insight on cat pregnancy; I should have predicted the sermons on the evils of not having your pets spayed and neutered.
I forgot to add that we took Toby to his appointment to be fixed and found out they had written a different date on the card than they had actually scheduled, so we missed it. We didn't bother to reschedule it because, as I said, he never goes outside and Lucy won't have anything to do with him so no innocent female cats are at risk of becoming pregnant by him.
I am sorry this is so long, but I wanted to make myself clear before I recieved anymore scrutiny or criticism.
Thank all of you Bob Barkers for your advice, now I'm going to go check on my well behaved, sweet, unaltered cats.
what is the problem with you people? its not like she wants a litter of kittens so she can let them outside and up the population of homeless cats!!! its one thing to not spay/ neuter an outoor cat, but this is another!
sure, jen. it's all good. except that the list of cats keeps getting longer, two of them are dead, and she's about to add five or six fresh ones to the family.
instead of trying to "rescue" every stray off the streets and bring more into the world, what's wrong with having one or two pets and getting them the vetrinary care they need?
instead of trying to "rescue" every stray off the streets and bring more into the world, what's wrong with having one or two pets and getting them the vetrinary care they need?
Original Post by pgeorgian:
sure, jen. it's all good. except that the list of cats keeps getting longer, two of them are dead, and she's about to add five or six fresh ones to the family.
instead of trying to "rescue" every stray off the streets and bring more into the world, what's wrong with having one or two pets and getting them the vetrinary care they need?
I'm pretty sure I've made it very clear that I get my cats more than the needed veterinary care. Every cat that comes into my home, whether through a litter or brought in off the streets, is thoroughly cared for. I am literally the last person who would mistreat an animal in any way. I know I have made this clear in the book I wrote above. And how DARE you comment on the death of my cats. One of them had a disease that I was unaware of. An incurable, fatal disease that could have infected my other cats; I did the HUMANE thing by having his poor soul put to sleep. My other cat had regular vet visits. She received the best possible care, and I will be damned if you will make condescending comments to me about her. She tragically died of unknown causes, no fault of ANYONE'S. I will rescue (no need for quotes, because I am in fact rescuing them) as many cats as I want, because they will have the best life any animal could possibly have in my home. My parents are both employed at very well paying jobs, and we have more than the necessary funds to pay for any care needed. The same goes for a litter of kittens, should we have them. If I am going to take care of them and they are going to have a wonderful loving home, I don't think it is anyone's place to criticize that decision. So my question is what's wrong with me having several pets and getting them the veterinary care they need? They all love living together and we love having all of them. The answer is nothing. There is nothing wrong with this, and you cannot tell me that there is. Period. So please do not speak to me as if I am some low class person hoarding pets in my home and not caring for each of them as they need. I have made it clear that that is not the case, each of my pets is and will be loved and cared for just as well, if not better, that you or anyone else could.
spaying and neutering is part of responsible pet care.
Original Post by pgeorgian:
spaying and neutering is part of responsible pet care.
Not when the pets aren't reproducing.
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