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Pretty cat, ready for good home! - Franklin County, PA
We have a cat named Guildenstern that is available in Waynesboro. His brother Rosencrantz recently found a new home!
He is neutered, has a micro-chip, and has tested negative for FeLV,
FIV, and heart worms. He has his current rabies vaccination.He is approximately 4
1/2 years old and has been an indoor cat for over 3 years. He gets a long
with other cats. You can also take him on a trial basis- You do not
have to feel stuck with a cat that is not working out for you!
He is a great cat and very pretty but we just have too many cats so
we are searching for caring people to give some of them more individual
attention! If you think that is you, contact me for more information!
His picture should show up in my photo album- let me know if it doesn't! Thanks!
Re: Pretty cat, ready for good home! - Franklin County, PA
Way to be responsible...
Poor kitty. Hopefully he finds a FOREVER home who won't abandon him when he is inconvenient.
We had 6 cats at the time. We found him a good home, so that is great.
Um, and how is it irresponsible to try to find him a new home? Seriously? We aren't dumping him outside, we aren't giving him to the humane society who often put their cats down within 24 to 48 hours. We originally rescued him and his brother off the streets because they were begging for food all the time.
You might need to get down from that high horse that you sit upon. ha ha. But, really...wow.
He is all prepared for a new home and we felt some of them could use a new home where they are getting more individual attention.
1) I don't care how many cats you had at the time. If you took on the responsibility for all of those animals, then you need to be an adult and honor that responsibility.
2) "Um, and how is it irresponsible to try to find him a new home? Seriously?" See #1 above. When you commit to care for an animal, you are responsible for it, for it's entire life. Not until you have too many or it becomes inconvenient. End of story. Seriously.
3) "We aren't dumping him outside, we aren't giving him to the humane society who often put their cats down within 24 to 48 hours." You're right, you aren't dumping him outside, you aren't "giving" him (HA!) to the humane society...but you ARE taking away a potential home for one of those animals that are currently in the humane society. You know, one of those cats that will be put down in 24-48 hours, if only they had a home.....
4) "You might need to get down from that high horse that you sit upon. ha ha." Why would I do that? The view is much better from up here. Sorry, I judge pet dumpers harshly. And just because you found a home for your dumped animal, doesn't mean you aren't a pet dumper.
That is a lot of cats, but you could give them all individual attention if you wanted to. I don't like it when someone gets rid of their animal, but I really hate it when people try to make excuses. Just own your actions and say you are too lazy and no longer want to put the effort into your animals.
Okay, from now on, I won't help strays.
Great idea.
Very animal friendly.
Sometimes animal activists take things so far that they actually cause more problems.
I never intended to keep all of these animals. I just wanted to help them.
I call BS. A cat that has been living with you for 3 years is not a foster, it's a family member.
This. Seriously. I have 10 cats (yes, you read that correctly) and guess what- they all get the love, attention, vet care, and space they deserve. They're cats, it's not like they're THAT difficult to live with.
A cat with you for years and years is not a foster, not a temporary guest, it's part of your family. A part of your family that you're now pawning off on someone else.
Let's be honest- are you dumping your cats because you have another baby on the way?
Yes, it took us much much longer than I wanted to find them homes. But I have tried before. And then I would have spells where I did give up. I used to have them listed with an animal rescue, but that never ended up finding them homes.
Then one of our other strays ended up testing positive for FeLV on their second test, so we did some quarantines on all of our others, even though they had had very minimal contact, to makes sure they didn't have it, too. In all of this process, we were also getting them fixed, micro-chipped and the FeLV vaccinations. And yes, then we moved and had a baby concurrently and then I got pregnant again. Yeah, it has taken awhile, but they have honestly never gotten the attention that they should have...or the attention that I would have liked to have given them. And yes, we can say ...well, I should have... but I never went and got these cats for myself, I did just want to help them and yes, I did overwhelm myself. We were also given other animals through this time, that I also had to devote time to...like most recently two wild turtles.
And then I've run into lots of confrontations for people not wanting to do any kind of adoption paper or follow-up...for the safety of the animals. Just a lot of semantics really.
And I truly don't think I will do this again because of the process and because people are either one extreme or the other....they just want a free cat while it's new or the people that get up in arms about not keeping every cat you come across forever. It's just been a hard balance and I think this whole conversation here proves some of that on the one side.
And maybe you do like having 10 cats, but I just don't. And I'm sure lots of people even commenting here don't go around helping every animal they come across or streching themselves beyond what they think is healthy for them or their family. In our house...the size, the location, etc....I don't like having lots of cats everywhere.
It really does become more trouble than its worth to try to help any animals because somone is always unhappy about it. Just having to explain all of these details on this message board is just another part of the ...well, stress of it...the judgement. It doesn't make me feel guilty for finding them a new better homes, it makes me feel guilty for even helping them to begin with. At least, I'm done now.
That's really all semantics, too, and I just didn't give the whole history in one post. When people contact me, I always give them more information.
I did used to think to originally mention that they are fosters, but you might be surprised how many troubles I ran into with that, too. People would ask me if I was an actual animal rescue, etc, and I'd have to go into all that and explain every detail of every thing. It would end up actually depressing me so that I would give up again.
That's what tends to happen a lot....at first I just laugh at some people's responses, and then I get a little mad, and then I just get sad. Defeated.
When things are this hard to explain, it just becomes not worth it. I'm glad I did eventually find them some new homes, but, yeah, it did take awhile to find a good balance.
You will forever be my best friend. I can almost feel our hugs. I will ensure everyone will know (now and in the future) what a genuine, kind, loving person you were...I already miss your laughter and our daily conversations. I love you, Samantha. May 20, 1983- February 20, 2012