We tried to help some kittens that were dumped. A lady picked up a couple after spending some time with them she decided to take them home. This e-mail fallowed. wHEN YOU HAVE WILD CATS ON YOUR PROPERTY, ITS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT A WILD ANIMAL IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ONE THAT IS A CANDIDATE FOR DOMESTIC LIFE. ITS AN INHUMANE THING TO DO TO THE CAT TO TRY TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE IN A LIFE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FIT IN TO. UNLESS WILD CATS ARE TAKEN FROM BEFORE THE AGE OF 6 WEEKS (BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN WALK) AND PET AND HELD CLOSELY BY HUMANS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY BY HUMANS, THEY WILL BE WILD ANIMALS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND SOME OF THE LITTER WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE DOMESTICATION EFFORTS NO MATTER HOW EARLY YOU GET THEM. TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CATS, ITS MOST WISE TO SEPARATE ANY PERSONAL EMOTIONAL AGENDA CONNECTED WITH THE CAT AND TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON HOW TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CAT. SENDING A WILD ANIMAL HOME WITH A PERSON WHO IS LOOKING FOR A DOMESTIC PET WILL ONLY END IN DISAPPOINTMENT AND A HARD, CRUEL LIFE FOR THE CAT IF NOT EUTHANASIA. THERE IS NO PLAUSIBLE WAY TO TRICK A PERSON INTO NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW WILD AN ANIMAL IS AND THAT IT ALL WILL SOMEHOW MAGICALLY WORK OUT THROUGH LOVE LATER ON IF THEY JUST TAKE THE CAT HOME. THAT IS A FAIRY TALE CONCEPT THAT PERPETUATES THE OVER POPULATION PROBLEM THAT YOURE ORIGINALLY EXPERIENCING. THE TWO BLACK AND WHITE CATS THAT YOU ADVERTISED ON CRAIGS LIST ARE WILD ANIMALS. ONE OF THEM BEGAN DRAWING MY BLOOD WHEN I TOOK HER FROM THE PET CARRIER. AND THIS WAS AFTER i ALLOWED ALMOST TWO HOURS FOR THEM TO SIT IN THE HOUSE AND GET USED TO IT. I OFFERED FOOD FIRST IN MY HAND BEFORE DRAWING THEM OUT OF THE CARRIER. i ALSO PET THEM AND SCRATCHED THEM TO EASE THEM BEFORE PULLING THEM OUT OF THE CARRIER. THE MOST WILD OF THE TWO WENT INTO HYSTERICS WHEN MY SON WALKED OVER TOWARD HER TO LOOK AT HER. SHE BEGAN DRAWING BLOOD FROM ME. I TRIED TO SECURE HER BY HOLDING HER BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND THE BOTTOM FEET. THIS USUALLY HELPS A CAT FEEL SECURE WHEN THEYRE FEELING INSECURE. WITH HER, IT ONLY GAVE HER MORE BATTLING ROOM. SHE DREW MORE BLOOD. SHE TIGHTENED HER NECK SO THAT i COULD BARELY HOLD ONTO HER, BEGAN VIOLENTLY WRIGGLING HER BODY AND FLAILING HER LIMBS AROUND TO BATTLE ME AND DRAW MY BLOOD. I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT SHE WAS TOO FERILE TO EVER BE A PET AND HELD ONTO HER LONG ENOUGH TO GET HER TO THE PORCH TO TRY HER SHOW HER SOME FOOD THERE IN CASE i COULD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR HER AS AN OUTSIDE CAT. A NEIGHBORHOOD DOG WAS APPROACHING AND SHE HISSED AND HOWLED SO LOUDLY AT HIM THAT A TURD LITERALLY SHOT OUT OF HER BUTT. SHE TOOK OFF QUITE VIOLENTLY. THE SECOND CAT WAS ALSO FERILE, BUT LESS SO. SHE WOULD ALLOW ME TO PET HER AND NOT DRAW BLOOD. BUT SHE HOWLED CONSTANTLY UPON EVER BEING CONTAINED IN THE PET CARRIER WITHOUT HER SISTER. PUTTING A 7-WEEK OLD KITTEN IN A PET CARRIER PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE DAY IS A NECESSARY AND NORMAL THING FOR A PET OWNER TO DO AS THEY TRY TO POTTY TRAIN AND CARE FOR THE CAT. bUT ONCE SHE WAS SET DOWN TO EAT, SHE WOULD BOLT AND HIDE THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE DEFACATING WHERE SHE WANTED TO. SHE WOULDNT RESPOND TO THE NORMAL METHOD OF A WARM WET COTTON BALL RUBBED ON HER PRIVATE PARTS WHILE BEING SET IN THE LITTER BOX BECAUSE SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN TRAINED BY HER MOTHER AND SET IN MOTION TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AND GO POTTY WHERE SHE WANTS TO AS A WILD ANIMAL. AND SHE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE ON THAT BECAUSE SHE IS WILD. THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT WILD CATS IS THAT THEIR DANDER IS STRONGER AND MUCH MORE POTENT THAN THEIR TAME COUNTERPARTS; MAKING THEM MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GIVE OFF DANDER THAT HUMANS ARE ALLERGIC TO. THE KIND THING TO DO IS CALL YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER AND ASK THEIR ADVICE ON FERILE CATS AND DO WHAT THEY SUGGEST. THE HORROR FLICK CAT THAT BOLTED IS NOW LOOSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL BE REPRODUCING HERSELF IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS, MULTIPLYING THESE PROBLEMS . . . BECAUSE YOU PRESENTED THE CATS TO ME INCORRECTLY TO TRY TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE IM SURE. BUT SINCE NATHANIEL HAD TO CATCH THEM, AND YALL HAVE HAD THEM IN THE OFFICE FOR AWHILE, YOU KNEW VERY WELL HOW THEY WERE. YOU ALSO HAVE DOMESTIC CATS OF YOUR OWN AND YOU KNEW THAT THEY DONT BEHAVE LIKE DOMESTIC PETS. THE MORE SOCIAL OF THE TWO IS BACK ON YOUR PROPERTY. IM NOT BEING UNKIND. YOU WENT THROUGH SOME SOCIAL MANEUVERING TO GET ME TO TAKE THOSE CATS HOME. YOU EVEN CALLED THE HORROR FLICK CAT TIMID. THATS JUST PLAINLY NOT TRUE. THE PERSON WHO CAUGHT HER WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUEL FOR ME TO HAVE CAST HER OUTSIDE. WHEN FERILE CATS ARE RECEIVED AT A SHELTER, THEY ARE EUTHANIZED BECAUSE THEY CANT BE PLACED. YOURE NOT AVOIDING EUTHANASIA FOR THESE CATS BY PUTTING THE UNPLEASANT DECISIONS ONTO SOMEONE ELSES SHOULDERS. ITS NOT KIND TO THE CATS OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PETS (ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS, AND ESPECIALLY WITH A KID WHOS CAT JUST DIED THE DAY BEFORE) yOURE NOT SAVING THE CATS BY DOING IT THIS WAY. YOURE JUST SAVING YOUR OWN FEELINGS. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. AND PLEASE SPARE THE OTHER PET SHOPPERS THE TIME, GAS, HEADACHE AND PAIN FOR THEIR KIDS.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:59:55 +0000
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