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Woman giving away 7 week old kittens at walmart

post #1 of 9
8/28/11 at 4:58pm
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.. Makes me sad

I saw a kitten at petco a few minutes ago and asked the girl where she got it. They were buying it a tag and toys, so hopefully its in good hands. I mentioned to them it should still be on formula but I don't know if they believed me....

Oh, I forgot to say she was giving them away for free..
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post #2 of 9
8/28/11 at 5:04pm
Even though it's better than dumping them, that's still terrible to hear who can say those families won't dump them when the novelty of their impulse "buy" wears off? Hopefully a cat lover will take them all, foster them until they're of age, and find GOOD homes for them.
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post #3 of 9
8/28/11 at 5:56pm
I hope they go to good homes
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post #4 of 9
8/28/11 at 6:19pm
My boyfriend is a cart pusher for Walmart and sadly, he sees things like this all the time. A couple weeks ago, he hear a young woman say "I don't want to be a murderer!" and a man saying something else. They left, and he saw a kitten (probably 3 months old from the size he told me) hiding under a car. He finally coaxed it out and held onto it until he asked a manager for help. She said to let it go! UGH. Some girls maybe around 17 saw it, and my boyfriend asked if they could help because he couldn't do anything while he was on the clock. They said they'd take it home. I'm reaaaally hoping they're taking care of it. He's also seen people giving away puppies out there.
I got mad at him for not calling me, but he knew that if he did, we'd have another cat in the house. He's right.
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post #5 of 9
8/28/11 at 6:27pm
There are worse things than kittens being given away at 7 weeks. When I was growing up, we always started giving the kittens away at 6 weeks old, but I'm sure my mother ended up taking most of them to the shelter, where they were probably euthanized.

I've had many kittens that were 5 or 6 weeks old when they were separated from mom, and we see them at the shelter at 4 weeks all the time.
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post #6 of 9
8/28/11 at 6:55pm
Yeah. It can be a real tragedy when they are that young. My first cat, Tiger, was something around four weeks old--ears just barely standing up, still unsteady on her feet. My stepdad's parents dumped Tiger and her brother on our doorstep. (I will NOT call them "grandparents" because they don't deserve the title.) I was nine years old and I didn't know a thing about cats. Thankfully, my mom splurged on a vet visit. Tiger's brother died soon after we received them; but I bottle-fed Tiger until she grew into a slender young cat. Tiger didn't live very long, either; she died at around a year old, of feline leukemia, which she had probably been infected with at birth. But in the short time I knew her, Tiger taught me what cats were all about, and she taught me to understand her. When we first met, she was tiny; but she grew a lot faster than I did, and soon she was teaching me. I don't regret adopting her, not one little bit, no matter how sad it was to lose her. I'd rather have known her for a year than not at all.
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post #7 of 9
8/28/11 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
There are worse things than kittens being given away at 7 weeks. When I was growing up, we always started giving the kittens away at 6 weeks old, but I'm sure my mother ended up taking most of them to the shelter, where they were probably euthanized.

I've had many kittens that were 5 or 6 weeks old when they were separated from mom, and we see them at the shelter at 4 weeks all the time.
Until I came here, I thought 6-7 weeks was the right time to start finding homes. Now I understand the need for the additional weeks to mature and learn skills from their mother. But at least she wasn't dumping them on the side of the road or dropping them off at a shelter where they would be put to sleep without a chance. It will be hard on the kittens but at least they have a fighting chance now.
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post #8 of 9
8/28/11 at 7:27pm
You have to admit that they're very cute at that age, and more likely to mew their way into the hearts of new owners. But the kitten cuteness can still be taken advantage of without endangering them--you can have prospective owners start visiting when they're too young to go home with anybody, but old enough that visitors won't overwhelm them. That way you get the best of both worlds, and they get to meet their new owner some time before they actually go home with them. Plus, it won't be an impulse decision if somebody comes in to see a seven-week-old kitten and then comes back at nine weeks and again at twelve weeks--you know they'll have thought about it in the intervening time.
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post #9 of 9
8/28/11 at 7:36pm
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What bothers me a lot about it is that to add insult to injury, giving them away for free is just Asking for trouble. The only people taking them at that point are people who think 'well, if I get this cat for free, and then buy super cheap food, it should be easy enough to keep around.' (And yea, I know All people aren't going to be like that, but it's more than likely that's what happened to them all) :[
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I got mad at him for not calling me, but he knew that if he did, we'd have another cat in the house. He's right.
Lol, sounds like something my boyfriend would say to me. xD
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