Shelter Suggestions-Photo Update: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE CUTE!

oceanpoet wrote: i'm not sure how the cat died. she's decomposing... she's by the ramp on the prospect place side of the station.

yes, the kittens are gray and white. i see them near the ramp, which is why i think the dead cat is their mother.

this summer, my boyfriend and i were petting a super-pregnant gray and white cat. a woman told us the cat was hers and that she didn't know (and didn't seem to care) what she would do with the kittens. i'm so MAD. one of the shelters i called says that it costs only $25 to get a low-cost spay/neuter.

nybt, so you know, i called BARC, Slope Street Cats, Kings Highway Cat Rescue, and e-mailed WillyB Cats and PurrBark. i either got no answer or rescuers told me they were full up.

i was told by Slope Street Cats (they rely on fosterers, fyi) that some vets will take kittens if you pay a litter fee. they will put them up for adoption through the vet office. i was also told it's a good idea to try and pick up the kittens, so you can see if they're feral or not (most kittens will let you pick them up. they're on their way to feral if you can't touch them). if they're feral, they can't be adopted. Slope Street has lots of info. about how to take care of a feral cat colony. if you're interested.[/b]

There are four gray and white baby kittens (still a bit wobbly, adorable, probably not feral yet) living in the back garden of the church/our back garden. They're probably the same ones, no? If so, their mother is alive--I saw her with them hanging out on the tarp on Saturday. The dead cat might be one of the mom's siblings...like I said, that garden is a cat factory.

Awww!!! I wish I could take one!

I'll put the word out, though.

oh wow!

i don't think we can take any of the darlings, but i will pass on the word. you are lovely people for taking such good care of momma and babies!

Oh, sad! I was rooting for him too

Adorable! Too bad my apartment is already at maximum cat density; I'd be sorely tempted to take one of them off your hands.

It's really good of you to have taken in this mama cat.

*more squealing*

They are really adorable and I'm so glad you have leads on homes for them. Do you have plans for the mother yet?

Captain M wrote: All jokes aside, whats the deal with cats and dogs. I have a dog, so does anyone have a dog and cat? my dogs likes cats but if they run he will chase but I dont know if that same cat was around all the time it might not be as exciting?

I think it depends on the individual animal/breed, and whether they were raised with animals of the other kind around.

I really hope so, anyway, because when we move my husband is insistent on getting a puppy, and my 11-year-old cat is NOT going to like it.

I dip my dog in Drakkar Noir and let nature take its course; cats be damned.

nybt, you and your wife are great. GREAT! and the babies are beautiful, too.

Two winters ago, my wife and I picked up a near-frozen stray on Park Pl one bitter January night and took him home -- he couldn't move, couldn't walk, was quite content to get scooped up into my jacket and taken somewhere warm. Cute little black tuxedo cat. Refused all food, even tuna. We figured that he'd probably die pretty quickly -- you could feel the shape of the vertebrae along his spine! -- but at least we could give him somewhere more cozy than a windy, single-digit sidewalk. Our dog, loving but a bit hyperactive, was kept separated. So curious! Such sniffing under the bathroom door! Papa, *what is that in there?!*

The cat hangs on a few days, so we take him to the vet, who gives him a full workup: severe malnutrition, probably an older cat, already neutered. Gives us a supply of the super-mushy-sick-old-cat food, gives the cat some shots, etc.

A few eyedroppers of the super food and some water, and suddenly we have a curious, friendly new animal roaming our house: a 4-pound black cat, now named Freddo, showed absolutely no fear of our 80-pound pit mix Stereo. Walked over, plunked down and *owned* the entire dog bed in the way that only a cat can really do.

Freddo climbed up on my head that night and fell sleep, Stereo the dog in his usual spot by my feet. We woke up the next morning and he was dead.

We only had him for five days, I still miss that little guy. Bloodwork came back and Freddo had about everything wrong that could be wrong for a cat: there was no way he was going to survive.

But at least he did go peacefully, somewhere warm, acting like a proper cat again.



Anyway, kudos and happiness to everyone who's ever taken in a stray and showed a little love. Deep down, they get it.


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pete_c wrote: gah, sorry, that was my post. not sure how it posted as guest.

-p

Man that was a sad story, I just gasped all loud at my desk. Yeah um gee, I'm working.