Trying to work out if we have CLASS class tomorrow or not.
The cats are getting to be way too much of a problem. If you aren't aware, we have about thirty cats outside. What happened was a cat showed up and my daddy had to feed her... then she had 5 kittens. THEN the next year she and all the kittens had more kittens. And now they've all had about 3 litters each and we've got about 30 cats and we've only managed to give away ONE kitten the entire time.
Last week we had one kitten that was rejected and died (we figure they knew it was dying and that's why they rejected it because it was WAY smaller/less developed than the rest of it's litter) and today we've had one have diarrhea all day and now it's lethargic and we figure it'll die before morning. The dead kitten last week BROKE MY 9 YEAR OLD SISTERS HEART! She's never been around when a pet died before (we've never had a cat here die and nobody else has had any die that she remembers) and this one dying tonight is killing her. Even before this it was really ridiculous how many cats we've had but now it's just nuts.
We've talked before about getting them fixed but it NEVER HAPPENED (swear to God, my parents talk about a lot but 99% of what they 'say' never happens) and now even if we got ALL of them fixed we have too many. I looked and our humane society only puts down animals that are too sick to recover (cancer, liver disease, ect) so they will keep them until they're adopted. They also have a program for poor families to get their pets spayed or neutered at a reduced price or free. We CANNOT afford to pay full price to have whatever cats we choose to keep fixed.
Our plan is to go tomorrow and see how much they'll charge us to take them (you have to pay a small fee to cover their shots and stuff) and we want to keep about 5 or 10 of them (Yes, that seems like a lot STILL, but we live in the middle of nowhere, there's lots of rats and lizzards they help keep away from the house) so we need to see if we can qualify for reduced or free spaying/neutering.
We figure the oldest mother cat and her litter will go for sure since they're still nursing. Probably the weaned litter will go because they're still fluffy kittens so they have a better chance of getting adopted. Then probably the other prettier, fluffier cats since again, people want pretty pets. We WANT them to get adopted and go to good homes. We'll probably keep the really big ones (not many people want large male cats) and the ugly ones (one has a paralyzed tail and uneven length fur for example) because they'll probably be harder to get adopted and we want to keep some.
THAT SAID, Jesus transporting these cats will be a PAIN. Most of them won't let you touch them (we may feed them, but they aren't PETS, they're just cats who live outside our house and eat the food we give them) and we only have one cat carrier so we'll have to ask them about possibly having someone come help with transporting them. This won't be cheap by any means, but we're paying about $150 a month in cat food so it'll be worth it really fast.
Last week we had one kitten that was rejected and died (we figure they knew it was dying and that's why they rejected it because it was WAY smaller/less developed than the rest of it's litter) and today we've had one have diarrhea all day and now it's lethargic and we figure it'll die before morning. The dead kitten last week BROKE MY 9 YEAR OLD SISTERS HEART! She's never been around when a pet died before (we've never had a cat here die and nobody else has had any die that she remembers) and this one dying tonight is killing her. Even before this it was really ridiculous how many cats we've had but now it's just nuts.
We've talked before about getting them fixed but it NEVER HAPPENED (swear to God, my parents talk about a lot but 99% of what they 'say' never happens) and now even if we got ALL of them fixed we have too many. I looked and our humane society only puts down animals that are too sick to recover (cancer, liver disease, ect) so they will keep them until they're adopted. They also have a program for poor families to get their pets spayed or neutered at a reduced price or free. We CANNOT afford to pay full price to have whatever cats we choose to keep fixed.
Our plan is to go tomorrow and see how much they'll charge us to take them (you have to pay a small fee to cover their shots and stuff) and we want to keep about 5 or 10 of them (Yes, that seems like a lot STILL, but we live in the middle of nowhere, there's lots of rats and lizzards they help keep away from the house) so we need to see if we can qualify for reduced or free spaying/neutering.
We figure the oldest mother cat and her litter will go for sure since they're still nursing. Probably the weaned litter will go because they're still fluffy kittens so they have a better chance of getting adopted. Then probably the other prettier, fluffier cats since again, people want pretty pets. We WANT them to get adopted and go to good homes. We'll probably keep the really big ones (not many people want large male cats) and the ugly ones (one has a paralyzed tail and uneven length fur for example) because they'll probably be harder to get adopted and we want to keep some.
THAT SAID, Jesus transporting these cats will be a PAIN. Most of them won't let you touch them (we may feed them, but they aren't PETS, they're just cats who live outside our house and eat the food we give them) and we only have one cat carrier so we'll have to ask them about possibly having someone come help with transporting them. This won't be cheap by any means, but we're paying about $150 a month in cat food so it'll be worth it really fast.