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"tiny dancer" wrote:


We did try the local cat rescues and sanctuaries when we had the kittens
last year, without any luck. All were filled and they weren't of any help
in placing the kittens.

Cat rescues and general animal shelters tend to be swamped with cats and
kittens, more often in June or so, but sometimes the weather affects
that too. Cats are incredibly hard to place. Fortunately, they don't
tend to have large litters (like a dozen or so for some dogs), but
still. A lot of cats wind up victims of the
street/disease/euthanized.

I've had 4 cats. No more, as I *am* asthmatic and highly allergic. I
still have ONE of them and he will be with me until the end of his life.
He's 7 now, so that's another decade or so. LIVING with a cat is easier
than VISITING a cat. Immunity is built through many ways.

2 of the cats (the girls) were both products of someone taking in a
pregnant street cat. The first boy was an adult who banged on my window
until we let him in. He had a broken canine tooth and had already been
neutered. End of school session in a college neighborhood, he was not
an unusual example. Skipjack, my current boy, was the only one who
was at a shelter and a BIT more purposeful. Mostly, he sucked me in and
that was that. He lucked out. His issues during the first few weeks
would have lost him many homes. All I can say is thank goodness for
washable slipcovers.

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com