Today I met a man who has a terrible case of agoraphobia and has been confined to his home for many, many years. Well I met him through a crack in his door and left him my number after he rudely asked me to leave. I talked to the woman who has been caring for him, she is his friend. Well anyways he has lord knows how many cats in his tiny little house. From what this woman knows he has 6 male cats, 3 female cats, and 3 kittens left over from last summer (2 females and a male, I think). All unaltered, he had 15 kittens last summer
. I have no idea where they are now. He thinks that the 3 females he has are pregnant. Also, the 3 kittens he has left over from last summer literally look like they are 16 weeks old, they are very tiny. I was able to see them because they were sitting on his porch. He is too afraid to leave his house at all so I have offered to help get these cats altered. If not all, AT LEAST all the females. And I would like to talk him into giving up a few. Something needs to be done, now.
From what I can tell, all these cats are inbred. What kind of issues should I expect them to have? It is obvious that the pregnant females need spayed asap, and it seems like the 3 kittens are very sickly because of their size. Do inbred cats live very long? I don't want to promise him I will find his cats a good home and then find out they are unhealthy and need to be PTS.
I don't know if this man is going to take my help but if he doesn't I will have to call animal control because he needs help before this gets totally out of hand.
From what I can tell, all these cats are inbred. What kind of issues should I expect them to have? It is obvious that the pregnant females need spayed asap, and it seems like the 3 kittens are very sickly because of their size. Do inbred cats live very long? I don't want to promise him I will find his cats a good home and then find out they are unhealthy and need to be PTS.
I don't know if this man is going to take my help but if he doesn't I will have to call animal control because he needs help before this gets totally out of hand.