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Question for everyone here: How do you serve as a resource for people who don’t see cats as family members, but disposable objects?
A relative of mine has next door neighbors who have now adopted and returned three kittens. With the first two, I gather the kittens got diarrhea once and they panicked. So they traded the first two in for a new set of kittens — the shelter let them do this — and were happy with the second pair of kittens, except for one thing. The kittens kept running away from their six year old daughter, who would grab and try to squeeze them. Instead of teaching their daughter patience, they adopted another kitten just for her.
Well, the first time they let the kitten out with the other two cats, he chased them, as rambunctious kittens are wont to do. There was no scratching, biting or cat fighting, but they have now decided to return this kitten, too, after one try.
I really dislike these people and feel that area shelters should be warned about them (although I don’t have time to do the warning myself). They adopt kittens when they are at their most adoptable, hang onto them until they’ve aged out of prime adoptability age, and then dump them back on the overcrowded shelter, taking a place away from another animal who’ll wind up in a kill shelter.
Wtf is wrong with people like this? If you are a selfish person, fine, you do you, I’m not saying you should be shot for it, but then *don’t adopt a cat.* Cats require you to put another being’s needs before your own. They are not stuffed animals. If you want a toy, get a tamagotchi or something. Sorry for the rant, but some people just need to take a hard look in the mirror.
A relative of mine has next door neighbors who have now adopted and returned three kittens. With the first two, I gather the kittens got diarrhea once and they panicked. So they traded the first two in for a new set of kittens — the shelter let them do this — and were happy with the second pair of kittens, except for one thing. The kittens kept running away from their six year old daughter, who would grab and try to squeeze them. Instead of teaching their daughter patience, they adopted another kitten just for her.
Well, the first time they let the kitten out with the other two cats, he chased them, as rambunctious kittens are wont to do. There was no scratching, biting or cat fighting, but they have now decided to return this kitten, too, after one try.
I really dislike these people and feel that area shelters should be warned about them (although I don’t have time to do the warning myself). They adopt kittens when they are at their most adoptable, hang onto them until they’ve aged out of prime adoptability age, and then dump them back on the overcrowded shelter, taking a place away from another animal who’ll wind up in a kill shelter.
Wtf is wrong with people like this? If you are a selfish person, fine, you do you, I’m not saying you should be shot for it, but then *don’t adopt a cat.* Cats require you to put another being’s needs before your own. They are not stuffed animals. If you want a toy, get a tamagotchi or something. Sorry for the rant, but some people just need to take a hard look in the mirror.