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Dh and I talked it over. We really can't get another kitten. The base that we live at only allows 2 pets per household. You can get a waiver for 3 but it's a pretty grilling process and you can get a lot of grief from housing over it (like they can start nitpicking you on "discrepancies" until you get tossed out of base housing).
The other thing is that having a dog and a cat, we really can't afford much more. Sure, if everyone is fine and healthy, we can deal with another set of yearly boosters another food dish and so forth, but, we really want to be able to handle things if...say...the dog eats something he shouldn't and then in the same week kitty gets sick...and then... You get the picture. We really want to be able to provide the best care for our furry kids and be able to get them help when needed without worry.
The article made me feel bad. I mean, it really would have been better for us not to have adopted this one at all and let him sit in a shelter too? I can think of a lot of reasons why people would only be able to take in one cat, and that kind of bothered me to think that the shelters would rather the cats sit unadopted (or put down if it's a kill shelter) then to home them as single cats.
We made the commitment. Mischief is our kitty. We'll do whatever we can to make him happy and provide an enriching environment, but getting another kitten isn't something we can do right now.
The other thing is that having a dog and a cat, we really can't afford much more. Sure, if everyone is fine and healthy, we can deal with another set of yearly boosters another food dish and so forth, but, we really want to be able to handle things if...say...the dog eats something he shouldn't and then in the same week kitty gets sick...and then... You get the picture. We really want to be able to provide the best care for our furry kids and be able to get them help when needed without worry.
The article made me feel bad. I mean, it really would have been better for us not to have adopted this one at all and let him sit in a shelter too? I can think of a lot of reasons why people would only be able to take in one cat, and that kind of bothered me to think that the shelters would rather the cats sit unadopted (or put down if it's a kill shelter) then to home them as single cats.
We made the commitment. Mischief is our kitty. We'll do whatever we can to make him happy and provide an enriching environment, but getting another kitten isn't something we can do right now.
