You fit right in hereOriginally Posted by mayjunejuly
Sorry about the out of control sappiness.
very true, & i don't think anyone would disagree with you. but you know the old saying, 'you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar'?Originally Posted by fosterkitty
I understand that a lot of the people on here have fosters who are pregnant, or get in mommas and babies, but there are a lot of people who just plain don't spay/neuter, and there are more oops litters than I care to count. I think that there should be less ooohing and ahhing over the cute kittens posted and more talk about the responsible thing to do, at least with the people who knowingly have unaltered cats living together. Sure, the kittens are cute, but there are cute kittens in shelters all across the country that die every day because of irresponsible people.
As Waxlight so accurately points out above, this is not a perfect world, people are not perfect beings, mistakes and bad choices are made and we do the best we can with what we have to work with. Budgets are tight for most people and low- and/or no-cost spay/neuter clinics are simply not available to everyone everywhere. When you make comments about the "people who just plain don't spay/neuter", you ~must~ take into account those who want to do the right thing, but circumstances, finances or other life-priorities somehow get in the way of that for them. For some, it is a matter of spaying the cat or eating for the next two weeks. It really does come down to that for some.Originally Posted by fosterkitty
I understand that a lot of the people on here have fosters who are pregnant, or get in mommas and babies, but there are a lot of people who just plain don't spay/neuter, and there are more oops litters than I care to count ...
I see absolutely nothing wrong with the ooh'ing and ahh'ing. Face it, kittens ~are~ cute. They bring a lot of joy into whatever home they occupy. They make us laugh, they bring companionship and love into hearts, and no matter how hard we try, most of us cannot resist that - so why make it an issue here? Why can we not ooh and ahh and ask for pictures and say congrats on a successful delivery? Why does it have to be so ... sterile? Why do we have to take the human touch out of it? Why can't we be friendly and welcoming? Why must we act with admonishment and a sense of such self-righteousness? Makes no good sense to me and over time, it has proven to be the wrong way to handle things. We lose people when we act that way towards them - and as I have said a thousand times over - how can we get the message of responsible cat care across to people who won't come here to read it because we are a bunch of soapbox-preaching old harpies?Originally Posted by fosterkitty
I think that there should be less ooohing and ahhing over the cute kittens posted and more talk about the responsible thing to do, at least with the people who knowingly have unaltered cats living together. Sure, the kittens are cute, but there are cute kittens in shelters all across the country that die every day because of irresponsible people.
When I first joined I too was amazed at the sheer number of pregnant cats on this forum and the kitten pictures. It was just an observation. The longer I stayed the more I observed.Originally Posted by BubblPopElectrc
owned by members on this forum?
I can understand if someone is a responsible breeder with purebred cats, but it seems like a lot of people have standard ol' cats that are pregnant. Aren't there enough kittens/cats in shelters?
Not to push any buttons, but I would except more from people who supposedly cared a lot about cats than to be contributing to an already bad problem.
Anyone else feel the same way?
By not oohing and awwing is not going to change the current situation. Face it, kittens are adorable. By having this attitude, it is like saying that these kittens are not worthy. They didn't choose to be born, but they were. Don't punish the kitten for that.Originally Posted by fosterkitty
I understand that a lot of the people on here have fosters who are pregnant, or get in mommas and babies, but there are a lot of people who just plain don't spay/neuter, and there are more oops litters than I care to count. I think that there should be less ooohing and ahhing over the cute kittens posted and more talk about the responsible thing to do, at least with the people who knowingly have unaltered cats living together. Sure, the kittens are cute, but there are cute kittens in shelters all across the country that die every day because of irresponsible people.
I'm not punishing the kittens...those kittens have no idea that there are a hundred crazy cat people looking on the internet at their pictures. I'm saying, the posts where people really need to be taught about being responsible, there should be less oohing and ahhing and more education. Don't let people think that it's ok to continously have litter after litter, or keep letting their unaltered pets run free outside just because they want to.Originally Posted by TiffanyL
By not oohing and awwing is not going to change the current situation. Face it, kittens are adorable. By having this attitude, it is like saying that these kittens are not worthy. They didn't choose to be born, but they were. Don't punish the kitten for that.
Originally Posted by bobcat4is_cool
we are going to get her fixted after this litter
what is the appropriate age to spay/neuter a kitten? - ok nevermind my question was answered in the post above me. oops...Originally Posted by gayef
In a perfect world, we would all promptly spay or neuter our pets at the age-appropriate times,