I second that!!!Originally Posted by WellingtonCats
WOW your signature is scary!
I second that!!!Originally Posted by WellingtonCats
WOW your signature is scary!
THey still have the cat, don't they? Only the small part is missing. The cat hasn't been shown and hasn't been used a stud either, so they don't even know his potential future earnings. How many stud cats are there anyway? Don't most people that have catteries use their own studs to prevent disease?Originally Posted by fluffysimba
I believe an attorney is not needed to sue thse neighbors. They can take them to small claims court, take all their paperwork with them on the cat and how expensive he is...it can be done without an attorney.
The dream isn't gone forever. They will just have to start over with another cat. Obviously this one is forever lost to breeding.Originally Posted by CJandBilly
None meant rudely.....
Yeah.... a cat's love is priceless, but so is someone's hopes and dreams... perhaps this owner's hope and dream was to breed cats... that hope and dream might be slashed now, because their very valuable breeding cat has now been desexed.... there it goes.
I'm sure they were exstatic to get their cat back, but it still doesn't justify the fact that their neighbor neutered the cat within two days, without knowing it was owned by someone or not(but obviously you could tell), and barely even trying to look for it's owner.
Let's play scenario, let's say YOU are THEM... you bought a VERY expensive breeding cat..... you don't care how much you spent on it, because you love it too much. You wait and wait and wait MONTHS for this little kitten to become a mature adult, and be able to breed... it is your hope that this is possible..... you went on vacation... you did the responsible thing by leaving your pet there, and hiring someone to care for it. It wasn't your fault a burgalar broke in while you were away. There's no way to prevent the cat jumping out of your broken window. You are gone nothing but two more days than your cat escaped. You don't really care about what's missing in your house, you care about finding your prize cat..... you finally find him, unharmed. You are so grateful! You thank the wonderful woman who cared for him! Then you find that he's neutered. Wouldn't you be upset? She had the cats LESS than TWO DAYS! Why did she HAVE TO neuter him? There goes your dream! It's gone, forever!!! You'd kinda be mad, wouldn't you?
Great point Elizwithcat.Originally Posted by elizwithcat
THey still have the cat, don't they? Only the small part is missing. The cat hasn't been shown and hasn't been used a stud either.
It was a joke. Don't you have a sense of humor? Obviously I realize that despite being a small part, it's a pretty important part if the cat is intended for breeding.Originally Posted by RosieToes
Great point Elizwithcat.Just like claws are only a small part. Riiight.I guess we can all go declaw our cats with no guilt at all...after all, it's only a small part! I'll also be sure to keep that in mind if I ever come across *your* cats...I suppose it would not be out-of-line for me to get your loose cat declawed, because it could hurt someone else's cat, or get stuck in a tree...in fact, you should be grateful if it ever happens, since I will be saving you the time and effort of getting it done yourself!
*please note- this is not a threat, simply a statement to make a point.
And as I said, they hadn't *started* showing him yet, if you read for comprehension you'd come to the obvious conclusion that they did intend to show him and use him for stud when they were better equipped for that kind of commitment.
And to remind people, we aren't debating whether or not neutering a *stray or feral cat* is wrong, if I found a cat and nobody claimed it after a month, only then would I get it fixed. Before that point in time however, the cat IS NOT MINE and therefor I do not have the right to do anything that might alter it.
Yes well I hate to be the one to have to spoon feed the obvious to you, but not all of us have money falling out of our ears and can just afford to go out "cat shopping" whenever one of our original cats gets accidentally neuteredOriginally Posted by elizwithcat
The dream isn't gone forever. They will just have to start over with another cat. Obviously this one is forever lost to breeding.
Slightly OT: It's nothing that's not available to any server and website. I can find the same stats on y'all through my webhosting site if I really wanted to go to the trouble. It's just pinging the results back to Aquiel's sig. Interesting actually, although I'm not sure what the point is.Originally Posted by CJandBilly
I second that!!!
i thought it was creepy too, when i first saw it, but now, i think its coolOriginally Posted by CJandBilly
I second that!!!
Originally Posted by RosieToes
Yes well I hate to be the one to have to spoon feed the obvious to you, but not all of us have money falling out of our ears and can just afford to go out "cat shopping" whenever one of our original cats gets accidentally neutered
Originally Posted by RosieToes
Yes well I hate to be the one to have to spoon feed the obvious to you, but not all of us have money falling out of our ears and can just afford to go out "cat shopping" whenever one of our original cats gets accidentally neutered
1 I would not buy a pure bred. I would go to the local pound and see what I find. Personally, spending hundreds of dollars on a pet b/c it has "paper's" makes no sence to me. mix breeds tend to have less problems then pure breds, and live longer lives.Originally Posted by CJandBilly
Let's play scenario, let's say YOU are THEM... you bought a VERY expensive breeding cat..... you don't care how much you spent on it, because you love it too much. You wait and wait and wait MONTHS for this little kitten to become a mature adult, and be able to breed... it is your hope that this is possible..... you went on vacation... you did the responsible thing by leaving your pet there, and hiring someone to care for it. It wasn't your fault a burgalar broke in while you were away. There's no way to prevent the cat jumping out of your broken window. You are gone nothing but two more days than your cat escaped. You don't really care about what's missing in your house, you care about finding your prize cat..... you finally find him, unharmed. You are so grateful! You thank the wonderful woman who cared for him! Then you find that he's neutered. Wouldn't you be upset? She had the cats LESS than TWO DAYS! Why did she HAVE TO neuter him? There goes your dream! It's gone, forever!!! You'd kinda be mad, wouldn't you?
Establishing a cattery takes a lot of money. I am pretty sure all the responcible breeders would tell you that. If you don't have any money, then you shouldn't start a cattery.Originally Posted by RosieToes
Yes well I hate to be the one to have to spoon feed the obvious to you, but not all of us have money falling out of our ears and can just afford to go out "cat shopping" whenever one of our original cats gets accidentally neutered
I tend to agree. I got pure bred persian cats because I like the way they look. But health wise one of them had been a horrible thing, always sick. I don't think they are just as robust as mixed breed cats. Of course you can get a very sick mixed breed cat as well, but probably more likely to get a sickly pure bred. At least the other one has been good so far. They are very nice cats, and they don't have a lot of energy, which I like, because I don't want my cat bouncing off the walls.Originally Posted by eburgess
1 I would not buy a pure bred. I would go to the local pound and see what I find. Personally, spending hundreds of dollars on a pet b/c it has "paper's" makes no sence to me. mix breeds tend to have less problems then pure breds, and live longer lives.
2 I alway spay and neuter my pets. It's healthier for them in the long run.
3. The cat most likely would not have escaped if it was neutered
1. You aren't them... they wanted a pure bred, and wanted to breed.Originally Posted by eburgess
1 I would not buy a pure bred. I would go to the local pound and see what I find. Personally, spending hundreds of dollars on a pet b/c it has "paper's" makes no sence to me. mix breeds tend to have less problems then pure breds, and live longer lives.
2 I alway spay and neuter my pets. It's healthier for them in the long run.
3. The cat most likely would not have escaped if it was neutered
Yes to that. Melichus was neutered, unbeknownst to us the back door had not quite latched; it looked closed but wasn't. We put in a video to watch and it wasn't until sometime after it was over we realized that we hadn't seen Mel in a while. A search of the trailer (this was many years ago) revealed no Mel and an open door. Fortunately he didn't go far as I believe all that open sky above rather freaked him out so that he went under the trailer and apparently stayed there. That little escapade resulted in an ear mite infestation, an aural haemotoma and ultimately a partially crumpled ear.Originally Posted by CJandBilly
1. You aren't them... they wanted a pure bred, and wanted to breed.
2. They wanted to breed him, so they didn't!
3. Are you meaning to tell me that it was THEIR fault that a thief broke into their house, and their PRIZE cat escaped because he wasn't NEUTERED!?? Please! Neutered or not the cat would've seen it and run out!
She said "what would you do in this situation" so I answered honestly. I don't know why you have a problem with it.Originally Posted by CJandBilly
1. You aren't them... they wanted a pure bred, and wanted to breed.
2. They wanted to breed him, so they didn't!
3. Are you meaning to tell me that it was THEIR fault that a theif broke into their house, and their PRIZE cat escaped because he wasn't NEUTERED!?? Please! Neutered or not the cat would've seen it and run out!