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I am most definitely a cat dude. I agree with you, too: There's something wonderfully serene and calming about cats and I just don't find that quality in dogs.
last year to house my last two ferals until they're fully ready to come in to meet the current eight-cat Family, and they're just about ready to make the move. Other than having established a 501-c3 Foundation and a Trust (with my house-call-making veterinarian and close Friend as Executor and co-trustee) to care for them, I don't see it as being in the least bit crazy, and upon last inspection, I seemed to conform to being, "male."
Caveat / disclaimer: I am not un-fond of cats.
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No; a neighbour was a cat-hoarder who suddenly - after 40 years - simply moved out of state, leaving a 40 cat outdoor colony and two dozen inside cats - primarily adolescents - who'd not been spayed / neutered, but the "inside cats" were simply allowed to scatter, and had to be caught along with the feral colony. Thankfully, my veterinarian and I are still one speaking terms, though I still get dirty looks now and then, and often get stuck with the dinner check. Miraculously, there was no hint of FeLV, FIV, nor Distemper. Someone was watching out from them from Above, and the bonus is that I now have heat and air conditioning in the carriage house.
Very nice! Have all of your rescues been ferals?
I would say that someone was you! Honestly, what a project. Forty outside cats, and so many inside who had, it seems, never been properly socialized. Two of my cats came from an animal hoarder, a former roommate (how I came to be involved with this person does not bear discussion here). When he ran afoul of the law, I was left with the task of rehoming two lovebirds, a ferret, three dogs, seven cats, a mixed herd of sheep and goats, chickens, ducks, and quail beyond counting, a tame deer, and a donkey. Not such a vast number, perhaps, but I still count him as a hoarder, because he kept taking in animals he had no intention of caring for properly. No one would take three of the cats, so I took them with me when I escaped that mess. One died of old age about two years later; I still have the other two, along with the four that were originally mine. Still, that rather pales in comparison to the job you took on. How on earth did you find homes for so many cats?
No; a neighbour was a cat-hoarder who suddenly - after 40 years - simply moved out of state, leaving a 40 cat outdoor colony and two dozen inside cats - primarily adolescents - who'd not been spayed / neutered, but the "inside cats" were simply allowed to scatter, and had to be caught along with the feral colony. Thankfully, my veterinarian and I are still one speaking terms, though I still get dirty looks now and then, and often get stuck with the dinner check. Miraculously, there was no hint of FeLV, FIV, nor Distemper. Someone was watching out from them from Above, and the bonus is that I now have heat and air conditioning in the carriage house.
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Nope - it was that fellow in Genesis 1:28 - an oft' intentionally misquoted passage - who appointed Mankind the "Stewards" [אַפּוֹטרוֹפּוֹס] (really, "custodians" which from the Aramaic root means "servers" in this instance) of the Animal Kingdom.
I would say that someone was you!
Well done. Every Life saved is a new part of our own Lives set aright.
No one would take three of the cats, so I took them with me when I escaped that mess. One died of old age about two years later; I still have the other two, along with the four that were originally mine. Still, that rather pales in comparison to the job you took on. How on earth did you find homes for so many cats?
Oh, I was only joking about that Caregiver, I know well who you meant, although I think you certainly qualify for guardian angel status. It really is quite remarkable, that in such a large group of cats, disease had not run rampant.
Nope - it was that fellow in Genesis 1:28 - an oft' intentionally misquoted passage - who appointed Mankind the "Stewards" [אַפּוֹטרוֹפּוֹס] (really, "custodians" which from the Aramaic root means "servers" in this instance) of the Animal Kingdom.
Well done. Every Life saved is a new part of our own Lives set aright.
Six of them are still with me; finding homes for the others was... well, you know... easy. First you ask nicely, then you begin to plead, and lastly you threaten.
Actually, two local shelters which pitched in with lending traps placed a fair number (in other words, I stuck two delightful people with extra cats just because they were nice enough to offer their help). The rest went through 'networking' as it were, and some were incredibly easy to place. A pair of Blue Point Siamese adolescents who'd been inside the house went to a neighbour, and several of the outside colony found inside homes with other neighbours who'd fed them in the past as well. It really was no Miracle - except for the fact that it was.
Made Life pretty amusing for eighteen months, though. Not as good as being hit with bricks continuously, but quite close, really.
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I would say that someone was you! Honestly, what a project. Forty outside cats, and so many inside who had, it seems, never been properly socialized. Two of my cats came from an animal hoarder, a former roommate (how I came to be involved with this person does not bear discussion here). When he ran afoul of the law, I was left with the task of rehoming two lovebirds, a ferret, three dogs, seven cats, a mixed herd of sheep and goats, chickens, ducks, and quail beyond counting, a tame deer, and a donkey. Not such a vast number, perhaps, but I still count him as a hoarder, because he kept taking in animals he had no intention of caring for properly. No one would take three of the cats, so I took them with me when I escaped that mess. One died of old age about two years later; I still have the other two, along with the four that were originally mine. Still, that rather pales in comparison to the job you took on. How on earth did you find homes for so many cats?
Most amusing. I've had a pair named Scout (Miss Jean Louise Finch) and Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch) in the past, and before they acquired their names - Friday and Clawed-Ya, my most recent arrivals were simply called, "Nine," and, "Ten," on their Vet's charts. Thanks for the kind welcome.
HEY!
I definitely qualify as a crazy cat guy and I'm proud to say it. That's me in my avatar with my daughter, my human daughter that is. I also have a feline daughter whose name is Thirteen. She's a lovely tuxedo with beautiful markings. I also have a feline son, a spunky grey tabby, whose name is Atticus. He's named after the literary character Atticus Finch. Click on my name and see my post in the Sleeping Beauties thread and you'll see them.
Glad to have you here!
They do - and we actually watch them happen, and then somehow we manage to convince ourselves that they were our own doing.
I rather agree with you that it was all a bit of a miracle. They do happen every day, you know.
What sweet pictures!
HEY!
I definitely qualify as a crazy cat guy and I'm proud to say it. That's me in my avatar with my daughter, my human daughter that is. I also have a feline daughter whose name is Thirteen. She's a lovely tuxedo with beautiful markings. I also have a feline son, a spunky grey tabby, whose name is Atticus. He's named after the literary character Atticus Finch. Click on my name and see my post in the Sleeping Beauties thread and you'll see them.
Glad to have you here!
We're never the source, but it's wonderful when we get to be the means.
They do - and we actually watch them happen, and then somehow we manage to convince ourselves that they were our own doing.
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Sorry; almost missed this post; the Christopher Smart and T. S. Eliot references are easy enough; "Truman," might simply have been Capote, though having your hint, I'd wager it was Jim Carrey's Truman Burbank portrayal, in Peter Weir's The Truman Show, an absolutely delightful film.
What sweet pictures!
I also have literature-inspired cats. Bonus points if you recognize the sources. Jeoffry, Jennyanydots, and Truman (hint: this is actually from a movie, not "real" literature.)
Brilliant! You are right about Truman, although his handsome coat would have made him a lovely addition to the Black and White Ball. The Truman Show is quite possibly my favorite film, and, I feel, rather underappreciated.
Sorry; almost missed this post; the Christopher Smart and T. S. Eliot references are easy enough; "Truman," might simply have been Capote, though having your hint, I'd wager it was Jim Carrey's Truman Burbank portrayal, in Peter Weir's The Truman Show, an absolutely delightful film.
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Sadly, a number of films of that same ilk are underappreciated, but I agree - it's an extraordinary vehicle. I wonder - had the alternate ending been utilised, instead of that in the original film - if it might have had more critical acclaim? Yes - I realise that would have been pandering. Not Peter Weir's gig at all. Ah well, as Life has ever been - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Brilliant! You are right about Truman, although his handsome coat would have made him a lovely addition to the Black and White Ball. The Truman Show is quite possibly my favorite film, and, I feel, rather underappreciated.