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Post by Azure on Oct 26, 2008 12:10:43 GMT -5
Okay. There is a Momma cat and a kitten that stays around my Grandma's house. I go over to my Grandma's to get on the Internet because I don't have it at my house. Well the Momma is thin because she had to feed her kit and well she used to have a two kittens. (An orange kit and a calico one) but the calico cat disappeared. So now I'm feeding the momma cat food and stuff to help her out. But here's the problem: My Grandma hates cats. So I'm feeding the cat behind her back. I don't know what to do. Should I stop feeding the cat (Which I've named Daisy) and risk her and her only kit starving or should I continue feeding her and risk getting in trouble with my parents and grandma.
Thanks for your help
By the way, the kit's name is Sammi. It's too skittish for me to come near it so I can't tell if its a boy or a girl kit.
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Post by rex. on Oct 26, 2008 18:02:53 GMT -5
i'd take them to the local animal shelter. don't tell them that they're strays, otherwise that will make people less willing to adopt them. i am not guaranteeing that they will be adopted, i just think that they'll have a much better chance of finding a nice safe home away from there...although house cats are capable of living feral, its not a good idea, especially if they are not spayed or neutered because then you run the risk of creating an unwanted population of cats and possibly pass on diseases. I know this prolly goes against everything you've read, like warriors...its just a story, i'm not going to lie, i like to imagin that the strays around where i live (out in the boonies) lead a life similar to the kind that erin hunter portrays, but its all and all not a good idea to just leave them there. thats my two cents or: would you be willing to take them in?
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Post by Azure on Oct 27, 2008 16:25:28 GMT -5
I can't take them in. I already got two cats.(Which are both BIG time kittie pets believe me.) My mom still doesn't like them and I thinking about getting rid of them so taking in these two would make her have a cow. I'll try to take them to a shelter but it might be hard given that the shelter is far away from my house.
Thanks for the advice
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Post by Mousefire on Oct 28, 2008 19:51:17 GMT -5
maybe you could try to find a friend or neighbor that would be willing to take them in and care for them? then they can be fed without having to worry about being in some shelter all their life(specially if its a kill one; those are the worst. someone should put a ban on them). or find a local adoption center??
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Post by rex. on Oct 28, 2008 21:42:01 GMT -5
well shelters dont really have a choice alot of the time. Kittens are generally bought up pretty well, and so long as the mom is friendly then that will def. help should someone coming along wanting to adopt. but like i said earlier, when they see on the info thing that she was a feral/stray they will be less inclined to take her in because people are afraid that strays carry diseases, and are typically unneutered/unspayed, but it makes a big difference when you leave that bit out. most shelters will terminate animals that aren't going to make it, or are unlikely to be adopted. however unfortunate this seems, it better than letting them suffer through who knows what out there. im not impassionate about this topic. i have turned in about 5 cats to my shelter, 2 were obvious angry strays and were sick. I know for sure one was put down, but the other 3 i know were adopted almost days after i brought them in.
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Post by Mousefire on Oct 31, 2008 20:34:04 GMT -5
true, but there are actually alot more non-kill shelters these days. and dont some shelters do the neuter/spay themselves? i know humane socity doesnt kill. and the animal adoption group i work for does it for free!!
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