I was at the vet Friday (taking care of our bill YAY!) and chatting, as usual, with the front desk staff about ... yes, cats. 
I was also purchasing their prescription food, and one of the newer front desk staff asks me "it doesn't matter which cat I put it under, right?" And I said - no, it doesn't matter, but there are probably a lot of cats listed under our account that are ferals or were adopted out, so just put it under Lazlo." She takes a look at the account - and there are just pages and pages of cats. She said - wow, there ARE a lot of cats listed here! (I didn't make her count LOL).
It was pretty quiet in there, but there was another woman checking out, and she overheard this conversation, and said, "do you rescue too?" My face lights up, and of course I say yes - and ask her what kind of rescue she does, because at this point we just primarily TNR....
She does too (YAY). Then I asked how many kitties she has.... and she hesitated. I asked with a laugh, "Counting?" And she says no... I'm wondering whether or not to lie or tell the truth.
Now I'm laughing. I said - "I network through the forums of The Cat Site, and I know plenty of people that have enough to make most people do a double-take." She relaxed, and I heard her say "60."
My heart skips a beat or two, but I'm assuming she's talking about the feral colony...
"Did you say 60? Do you mean in your colony or... ?"
"No, 16!"
"Well,that's still quite a handful. We only have 8 indoor-only cats - but we do live in an RV."
Now she goes a bit wide-eyed. Turns out she's got 3 indoor-only cats, currently three fosters - and 16 is the number in her TNR colony.
I was also purchasing their prescription food, and one of the newer front desk staff asks me "it doesn't matter which cat I put it under, right?" And I said - no, it doesn't matter, but there are probably a lot of cats listed under our account that are ferals or were adopted out, so just put it under Lazlo." She takes a look at the account - and there are just pages and pages of cats. She said - wow, there ARE a lot of cats listed here! (I didn't make her count LOL).It was pretty quiet in there, but there was another woman checking out, and she overheard this conversation, and said, "do you rescue too?" My face lights up, and of course I say yes - and ask her what kind of rescue she does, because at this point we just primarily TNR....
She does too (YAY). Then I asked how many kitties she has.... and she hesitated. I asked with a laugh, "Counting?" And she says no... I'm wondering whether or not to lie or tell the truth.
Now I'm laughing. I said - "I network through the forums of The Cat Site, and I know plenty of people that have enough to make most people do a double-take." She relaxed, and I heard her say "60."
My heart skips a beat or two, but I'm assuming she's talking about the feral colony..."Did you say 60? Do you mean in your colony or... ?"
"No, 16!"
"Well,that's still quite a handful. We only have 8 indoor-only cats - but we do live in an RV."
Now she goes a bit wide-eyed. Turns out she's got 3 indoor-only cats, currently three fosters - and 16 is the number in her TNR colony.
. It seemed like she kept it to 10 cats per vet. . .whether this was to avoid trouble or just because different vets do better with different cats, I don't know.
Doesn't bother me a bit though because I know how well they're cared for and anyone who knows me does as well. People's reactions used to bother Dana, but he seems to have gotten over it.
