P.S. Your cats will live much longer if you keep them inside.
Posted on 08/20/2014 10:39:50 AM PDT by jespasinthru
Vanity
Do you know how many dogs and cats are euthanized each year? Millions - and that is what gives me the right to neuter/spay every animal I own. Would you rather they be euthanized by the millions or deprive them of having babies which they probably have no clue or even care.
I don’t believe in neutering cats or dogs. What gives humans the right to deny any creature its God-given right to reproduce?
It not only empowers us, but it gives us a responsibility.
I was listening to a show on Christian radio and a the guest corrected a lady who felt guilty about “playng God” with her animals. He corrected her and said that God has granted her that very dominion over her animals. And one should be a benign “god”. It’s why, though I will shoot, eat and otherwise use animals, I don’t torture them when I do it. Our chickens, rabbits and pets lead very, VERY charmed lives.
Reminds me of our current border policy.
What would Glen Beck do?
I can’t tell where you are, but see if there might be vets (or maybe Animal Services) that do low cost vetting near you. We had a little stray Siamese a couple of years ago & that’s what we did with him. The usual shots & FLV test were under $50 & the vet looked him over. This vet went to various locations around the city on certain days & had his fee schedule posted on the internet.
(We found the little guy a home just about the time we were ready to say Oh WTH, we might as well keep him)
Aside from that, rural vets (at least in South Texas) are generally cheaper than city vets. They aren’t as inclined to recommend the latest high dollar meds for stuff, either.
X2 what /johnny said!! and about the mice & rat thing.
Well, God gives us the right, since He gave us dominion over the animals of the earth, and the responsibility to care for them in a humane manner. That's assuming you're even serious, which I cannot imagine.
If you are, your original question doesn't make much sense. You're worried about the well-being of one stray cat, but see no problem with helping to create millions more which meet even worse fates.
For feral cats that are not approachable I have used the BB gun method, where you peg them with a nonlethal BB a couple times and they will not come around anymore.
I have also used a .22 which made me sad but solved the problem right away on the cheap. (my wife does not know about that one)
I have two cats right now, one was a stray and one was a shelter cat that had been declawed, a cruel thing to do to a cat
but, at least she enjoys being indoors all the time.
She only hisses at the outside world and has no desire to go out in it.
I also have sweet old black lab boarder collie mix who doesn't have a stitch of hate in her whole body, she's all about love and snacks.
P.S. Your cats will live much longer if you keep them inside.
Feral cats are disease reservoirs. In other words, they are full of diseases of the skin, eyes, blood, and intestines. They are loaded with worms and parasites. They slaughter birds by the millions.
Prop your .22 on the ledge and put the filthy critter down.
I was going to suggest a .22 and a crockpot. Win, Win!
But some people get their pretty little panties in a wad over cats.
. A few years ago I found a little black kitten wandering around the parking lot of my apartment complex. I was afraid it would get run over so I called several vets in the area to see if they knew of any place I could drop him off so he'd be adopted. I ended up taking him about 45 minutes away, to a vet that only treated cats. They had their own adoption area. In order to leave the kitten, I had pay an $80 fee to have the cat tested for feline leukemia. If the cat tested positive, it would have to be put down. I paid the fee, and called the vet back a day or two later to get the results of the test. It was negative, and the cat was adopted shortly after.
The phrase I learned was “Shoot, shovel, shut up.”
neuter
A good deal of the human population should be neutered.
Why do articles on cats always bring out the ignorant cat-haters?
That's absolutely true from a lot of experience. And, if adopted while still a kitten, I've found that a cat never even longs for the outdoors. On those occasions when I open the door to head outside, my cat flees in terror when he gets a blast of the outside air. He thinks it's the third level of hell out there. Of course, I'm in Texas -- at least during the summer -- he's not far from the truth! :)
My ex-wife had a friendly feral cat around her yard. She took it to the vets for some treatment, and they gave her the cat back, dead. She felt very, very guilty!
If you truly love cats, take the cat to the vet and spend the $200 to get him back in shape again.
Yes, that is exactly what I would do/ have done/ more than once or twice.
Bryan and I spent $800 on a tiny old cat that someone abandoned, but we couldn’t save her.
We have her ashes, along with the ashes of all our late cats.
Our cats do not go outside, ever.
My late Rocket was the exception, but he only went out with me by his side the entire time.
No, he didn’t need a leash. He just stayed by me. We were close. I miss him and many others.
A shovel, some trash bags, and the best quietest pellet rifle you can afford. Some night vision goggles Gen II would come in handy.
Regards...been there done that.
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