I'm broken hearted and need to vent.
I'm recovering after my old cat Tails was put down due to intestinal cancer. I'm not quite ready to adopt another cat, that will be awhile, but I thought I'd do some research.
I was thinking about adopting a retired show cat as I am currently without any pets at all. At one time I had four cats and one Malinois mix dog. I've also taken care of snakes, mice and desert tortioses (sp?). I live in the desert and our local game warden approved us for caring for the desert tortioses long ago. I currently don't have any tortioses and don't plan to start doing that again.
Any way, I read through the web pages and the contracts for adopting a pedigree cat are so restrictive and assume the adoptive owners will NOT care for their cats. I'd love to know what happened to assuming people WOULD take care of the pets they adopt rather than assuming they won't.
The real kicker is every contract I read required their cats be kept indoors. I don't have a problem with that, but it means I will probably not be able to adopt a pedigree cat as I have a rare medical condition called neutropenia. My doctor would not be thrilled knowing I am handling cat poop. I have done so and in fact I've always kept a disposable litter box in the house for emergency use when Tails was alive.
I would have preferred adopting a pedigree cat as the last time I adopted a cat from the animal shelter the cat brought home the Calicivirus which infected every one of my cats. Adding insult to injury as I had the cat examined by a local vet before bringing the cat into our household. (I always do this.) The vet said it was OK to bring the cat home as the Calcivirus would not make my cats sick. I didn't know anything about the Calcivirus then but I sure learned.
My plan was to bring in a healthy cat from a reputable breeder but it looks like that won't happen. I will probably remain catless and that truly makes me sad.
On a positive note: Does anyone know anything about Turkish Angoras? I was also researching Ragdolls and Raggamuffins and I know both those breeds would have to be indoor kitties due to their breeding.
Thanks for reading my vent.
I'm recovering after my old cat Tails was put down due to intestinal cancer. I'm not quite ready to adopt another cat, that will be awhile, but I thought I'd do some research.
I was thinking about adopting a retired show cat as I am currently without any pets at all. At one time I had four cats and one Malinois mix dog. I've also taken care of snakes, mice and desert tortioses (sp?). I live in the desert and our local game warden approved us for caring for the desert tortioses long ago. I currently don't have any tortioses and don't plan to start doing that again.
Any way, I read through the web pages and the contracts for adopting a pedigree cat are so restrictive and assume the adoptive owners will NOT care for their cats. I'd love to know what happened to assuming people WOULD take care of the pets they adopt rather than assuming they won't.
The real kicker is every contract I read required their cats be kept indoors. I don't have a problem with that, but it means I will probably not be able to adopt a pedigree cat as I have a rare medical condition called neutropenia. My doctor would not be thrilled knowing I am handling cat poop. I have done so and in fact I've always kept a disposable litter box in the house for emergency use when Tails was alive.
I would have preferred adopting a pedigree cat as the last time I adopted a cat from the animal shelter the cat brought home the Calicivirus which infected every one of my cats. Adding insult to injury as I had the cat examined by a local vet before bringing the cat into our household. (I always do this.) The vet said it was OK to bring the cat home as the Calcivirus would not make my cats sick. I didn't know anything about the Calcivirus then but I sure learned.
My plan was to bring in a healthy cat from a reputable breeder but it looks like that won't happen. I will probably remain catless and that truly makes me sad.
On a positive note: Does anyone know anything about Turkish Angoras? I was also researching Ragdolls and Raggamuffins and I know both those breeds would have to be indoor kitties due to their breeding.
Thanks for reading my vent.