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My lovely boy Kagoza Humphrey Kalidor ( Mainecoon ) 13 months old

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All I seem to do daily is chase/play/be a bed for the kitten and clean out litter trays/feed the *******s/fresh water etc.

Had them both get the jags last week so had them both out together, poppy seems to keep him safe within the garden. Won't be out and about properly himself until his balls are gone :) Got the wee one chipped whilst we were in there and the bill was £80, didn't think that was too bad!

We've worked out that if Ollie is headbutting us or trying to eat our faces, he wants under the covers with us.

Today I was woke up with him punching my face, ignored it for long enough then eventually felt something sit on me so opened my eyes to poppy sitting looking straight at me.

Take it for granted that my girlfriend gets up slightly earlier than me usually to sort their breakfast out.
 
neil_g said:
sorry but why? there are already many of thousands of kittens (and older cats) waiting to be re-homed in rescue centres. plus neutering reduces risk of cancers and contracting FIV from random wandering Toms.
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Have you tried re-homing a cat from a rescue centre? Its almost impossible.

If everyone got cats from rescue centres, nobody would ever own a cat.
 
Skeeter said:
Have you tried re-homing a cat from a rescue centre? Its almost impossible.

If everyone got cats from rescue centres, nobody would ever own a cat.
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Sorry - little confused by this.
We've had 4 cats, all of them from rescue centres. We had an ex-stray who had no trust in humans at all. We had a Norwegian Forest Cat (10 month old) who had been too boisterous for his previous owners. Our two current cats - a female who had been rescued from a house along with 30 other cats, and the other we had as a kitten, again a rescue cat.
With so many "unwanted" cats needing a home we have done and always will get our cats from a rehoming centre.
It is extremely easy to get a cat from such a place, they come ready vaccinated (or with vouchers if they are too young) and read spayed/neutered (or again with voucher if too young).
 
stoofa said:
Sorry - little confused by this.
We've had 4 cats, all of them from rescue centres. We had an ex-stray who had no trust in humans at all. We had a Norwegian Forest Cat (10 month old) who had been too boisterous for his previous owners. Our two current cats - a female who had been rescued from a house along with 30 other cats, and the other we had as a kitten, again a rescue cat.
With so many "unwanted" cats needing a home we have done and always will get our cats from a rehoming centre.
It is extremely easy to get a cat from such a place, they come ready vaccinated (or with vouchers if they are too young) and read spayed/neutered (or again with voucher if too young).
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Really depends on the rescue centre though?

Some require that they do a check on you, or put sooo many hurdles in the way (bills / fees), or happily lie about the condition of the animal (sometimes people ditch their pet because it's too far gone, how is someone meant to even have a chance of helping them recover)?

Also, I've kept an eye on my 2 local rescue websites' and either they are not very good at maintaining their site or they literally only have a handful of cats to deal with in a month.
 
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Gzero said:
Really depends on the rescue centre though?

Some require that they do a check on you, or put sooo many hurdles in the way (bills / fees), or happily lie about the condition of the animal (sometimes people ditch their pet because it's too far gone, how is someone meant to even have a chance of helping them recover)?

Also, I've kept an eye on my 2 local rescue websites' and either they are not very good at maintaining their site or they literally only have a handful of cats to deal with in a month.
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Checks are in place to prevent animals being used for dog baiting. Sadly it's a common practice now.
 
Skeeter said:
Have you tried re-homing a cat from a rescue centre? Its almost impossible.

If everyone got cats from rescue centres, nobody would ever own a cat.
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Our cat was a rescue via the RSCPA in Liverpool. Was a very simple process.

Is getting a cat as difficult as being shown round a house for you? ;) :p
 
Well we're not having kittens now. After taking her to the vets on Friday to check if she is pregnant. The vet recommended getting her spayed as she's still very small and would have a high chance of things going wrong. So she is booked in for spaying on Wednesday.

And here is one of the Toms that potentially had their way with Evie. Sat outside the patio door watching me. (excuse the digital zoom on my phone and condition of the door not been cleaned since i started renovating the house)
 
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Skeeter said:
Have you tried re-homing a cat from a rescue centre? Its almost impossible.

If everyone got cats from rescue centres, nobody would ever own a cat.
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Our family's last two cats came from RSPCA rescue centres within the last five years. We've never had an issue.

Tico - uncertain history, possibly stray. Brought in with a badly infected wound. Lovely cat when settled in and would go down the allotment with my Dad! Suddenly taken ill after about a year from an undiagnosed tumour.

Treacle - part Norwegian Forest cat we think - he's a bit lively! Original owner was an old lady who was taken ill. Previous to us he was rehomed for a few weeks to a family with an mildly autistic child where he reacted badly. Went back to the centre for a few weeks. Mum saw his picture on the internet, went to visit and fell for him immediately. The only stipulation was a home with no young children and to keep the vaccinations up to date.

The two previous to that were "rehomed" less officially. The first cat we had was a stray friend of my parents first cat, and moved himself in a couple of weeks after the cat was put to sleep for a incurable disease. Vet reckon he was about 4 years old when he got neutered. Brilliant pet he was, even if he did fight a bit due to his late neutering. He lived to at least 19.

Second cat was found via a card in the newsagents window from a family nearby. Husband was allergic to cats. Part of a litter born on a farm. We had him for 12 years.
 
sunama said:
Crinkleshoes, what happened dude?
Your cat looks very young.
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She was, she barely made 7 months old... she really was the light of my life, I don't think I've ever loved anyone/thing quite as much as this little girl.

She has had a bit of a cough since we found her playing in the middle of a road when she was 4 weeks old.

We had the vet check her out on a few occasions, he seems a pretty good one too, but he couldn't find anything other than potentially an infection.

She started coughing a bit more than normal and it progressed rather quickly, she drowned on her own mucas and blood...

We rushed her to the vet in under 15 mins which was the quickest we could do, but by the time we got there she was already gone.

It's beyond horrible watching your baby drown in air in front of you.

I'm devastated, she brightened my life in a way I didn't think possible.
 
Sorry to hear that dude. So young, too.
I lost my bengal, who was just over a 5 yrs old and it was not a good time for me, so I know how you feel.

If it makes you feel better, you did all you could and time does heal the sadness.

Chin up buddy.
 
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