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Tue Sep-18-07 09:04 AM
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Poll question: If you were to adopt a cat, |
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where would you look for one?
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:04 AM
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1. petfinder. i found kitty on petfinder. worlds best cat. |
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:15 AM
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2. I've had a couple of hand-me-downs, but... |
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...most just sort of show up. I don't look for them; they look for me.
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:25 AM
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3. Never give a cat or kitten away to strangers. |
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They go for $20 to $40 each at animal labs.
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Sanity Claws
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:33 AM
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Shelters have so many cats and kittens who need a home. Both of my cats picked me at the shelter. One decided to hit me on the head as I walked by his little cage. The other one did a little dance when I looked in his cage. I couldn't be happier that I have these two little boys.
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Tue Sep-18-07 09:37 AM
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5. We never have to look for a cat |
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They just show up. The latest refugee turned up on our porch emaciated and sick two weeks ago. We have six now.
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:06 AM
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7. They tend to show up here also! |
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Some mighty nice "people" tend to drop them off for me up by the road. Same thing with dogs.
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:02 AM
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Kittens #1 and #2 (siblings) -- barn kitties who were placed with us through a kind animal liaison lady.
Kitten #3 -- showed up on our porch, tiny, starving, desperate
Kitten #4 -- shelter kitten
We hope to adopt older kitties from the shelter at some point, too.
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:08 AM
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8. My oldest 2 are former shelter cats |
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By principle, that's where I get my pets. If nobody adopts them, they're most likely going to be killed. If I can save one or two, that's definitely the way I'm gonna go.
My new kitten, on the other hand, was rescued by my boss. So I suppose she's a bit of a hand-me-down. Though I did save her from a trip to the shelter (albeit a no-kill one...), so I think of that as saving a space at the nice shelter for another kitty.
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:21 AM
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9. I usually wind up being adopted by cats. I would have to go way |
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back to recall the last time I looked for a cat to adopt. My current kitty was a feral kitten that my daughter rescued as she was climbing a brick wall to get back into the eaves of the building where she was born. My daughter took her home where the kitten managed to claw the grill off the A/C duct and fell into the ductwork. My son-in-law took the ductwork apart so she could get out and she lived under their house for two or three weeks (the grandchildren crawled under the house twice a day with food and water) before they were able to catch her in a humane trap. I took her home after that and she eventually turned out to be a really nice kitty. I've had her for about 6 years now.
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:29 AM
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10. One of mine was a neighborhood stray who kept trying to sneak |
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Edited on Tue Sep-18-07 10:30 AM by mycritters2
into my house.
The other two were Humane Society fosters I was caring for, who weren't adopted yet when it was time to move. If I hadn't adopted them, had returned them to the HS, I knew they would've been euthanized. The reason they were with me in the first place was that the shelter was full. So, I adopted 'em!
All three are great cats!!
edited because "sneak" has an "n"
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Tue Sep-18-07 10:33 AM
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11. I think I'm getting a stray |
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I wasn't really looking for another cat, but she seems to like me and needs a home.
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