Trying not to be irked Good friends of ours have outside kitties. I dont have anything against that, we had barncats on our farm growing up. However, the cats keep getting pregnant. :rolleyes: So I found an ad on Craigslist that says that this vet will spay and neuter a whole litter, including mom, for $20. This is perfect, since they have a litter now. They dont want their cats to keep having babies, so this is good. So I send it to the husband, and he was like, "well, I dont plan on keeping the kittens..." Ummm...so?? Its $20, then you dont have to worry about your kittens making a billion kittens. I understand that he just doesnt get it, he doesnt really get into animals and doesnt understand the major problems with ferral cats anymore or FIV and all that. When I worked at the Animal Hospital, I seen strays come in all the time. Stray litters, stray toms, that would test positive for FIV. Typical protocol for that is immediate euthanization, at that vets office anyway. I just think if it costs you $20 to fix a whole litter and mom, then why not? |
I agree with you!!! |
I agree! Try to make him understand! Its important that we all do what we can to stop the population of stray animals. Its very hard and sad for the animals. |
You could offer to take them to the vet if he will pay for it. Then maybe he would do it. If you were willing to take them. I know he should be responsible but some people just aren't. That is a really good deal! |
I agree at that price it is well worth it. Poor cats. :( |
Offer to take the mom and the litte to the vet for him. If he is going to get rid of them anyways, heck, I know that they aren't your cats, but can you spare the 20.00 and take them and do it yourself? We had and still have a stray cat that came to our house back in the winter. I can't stand to have any animal be it dog, cat or anything else for that matter starve so I fed her. Turns out she was pregnant and she had 5 kittens earlier this spring. If I could find a deal like that I would take them to be spayed and neutered, but I live back in the country and the vets don't offer things like that. But, I plan on bringing them in and letting the vet give them all of their shots and then put them up for adoption. |
I think that's so noble of the Veterinarian offering to spay whole litters for 20 bucks. He's basically giving his services away for free. 70% of all cats taken into shelters are euthanized each year. So sad. I'll be praying that your neighbor changes his mind. I wonder if you could get a brochure from the clinic & give it to him? |
oh, please! He needs to realize whats ahead for these poor babies. I hope he lets you take them and if it's the $20 I'm sure there are plenty of people that would chip in. |
I talked to his wife, and she was much more positive about it :) She was calling to see when the soonest is she can have it done. Women can be so much easier to reason with on things like this. |
That's great news. It is very nice of you to help your friends do the right thing by the cats. I wish we could get good deals like that around here. The cheapest we can get a cat spayed is $40.00 plus a $10.00 rabies shot. That is each cat. |
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