Tough Decision for me
By brandy78
@brandy78 (159)
Canada
November 18, 2007 1:14am CST
I have a cat who was born of another cat that I picked up off the side of the road..
Now I haven't got very much money and what I do have goes to food,(people and pets)bills, cat litter etc.
Anyway this cat that I have got pregnant because I couldn't pay off my vet bill for my dog that I lost in May(He was twelve and very dear to me so I did all I could to save him)anyway she had her kittens so now I have five cats, five kittens and a dog..
I have only found one home for one kitten , I have had offers from farms but refuse to send my cats or kittens to live in forty below weather outside so they can be breeding machine until they die..
What I am going to do is to take her and the four remaining babies to the shelter as I feel this way they will be spayed/neutered given their vaccinations and someone will have to pay to adopt them rather then just get them for free..
I am asking opinions on this.. I cant keep the female as she is very young and not a good mother cat and she lost way too much weight while nursing I do not want for her sake to let her breed again, not mention that I really don't want to be adding to the already way too large unwanted cat population..
What would you do in my situation?
Please no bashing I really love my animals and this is very difficult for me.
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2 responses
@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
18 Nov 07
I cannot judge you hun. I had to give my cats up a few years ago and i still cry about it.
here is the url to the article I wrote about it (you will have to cut and paste)
http://www.helium.com/tm/579256/guilt-having-beautiful-catsonce
You can only do what is right for you and noone has the right to make you feel bad, especially since the cat you took in was a stray to begin with.
@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
19 Nov 07
It was very hard for me to make the decision I made, but the circumstances were terrible and it was better for them and for us, with a baby on the way we had to think of the baby's safety too!
I hope my story has made your decision a little easier. i wrote that article out of horrible grief and guilt, and that was 3 years on!