Cat Chat 2

[Thalassic]

I really don't want to give him away either. He's been here for a good 8-ish months now and is basically part of the family. Plus he only has one good eye and can be a bit sickly so I kind of worry about him becoming an outside cat/stray, or just being adopted by someone who isn't willing to provide all the care he needs (which is very common around here, most people dont take their cats to the vet at all and would rather just "let them die naturally" from some treatable sickness..). ;v;

And I don't think there is a humane society in this country.

Which country you in I'm in the UK and if you are on a low income there Is the PDSA or Blue Cross which helps with medical treatment of people with low incomes.

I'm in Latvia.

[ChompGod]

//little rant thing

A stray cat I took in a while back got pregnant. Gotta take her to the pound on monday :c It's bad, but I'm actually happy to take her. Whenever I pet her, just after two minutes, she'll growl and try to tear my eyes out. I don't mind me getting hurt, but she also starts to tear my brother's arm to shreds. This was before she got pregnant, too. Tom cats keep on coming up here- I set a trap. My cat stays in my yard. It's their cats coming over here to mess with my cat. I may as well take their cats to the pound, too while I'm at it, since they don't know how to neuter their cat. My cat shouldn't be a problem, because she stays in my yard

All the stray has done is cause financial problems for me as well as my family. Not to mention the fact that she hurt my older cat so bad that he now has a limp and another piece of his ear is torn. I'm sick and tired of dealing with her. I absolutely cannot wait to be rid of her, personally. I know she'll be put down, and it does hurt, but I am not financially able to care for her any more.

[Lunarsnow]

//little rant thing

A stray cat I took in a while back got pregnant. Gotta take her to the pound on monday :c It's bad, but I'm actually happy to take her. Whenever I pet her, just after two minutes, she'll growl and try to tear my eyes out. I don't mind me getting hurt, but she also starts to tear my brother's arm to shreds. This was before she got pregnant, too. Tom cats keep on coming up here- I set a trap. My cat stays in my yard. It's their cats coming over here to mess with my cat. I may as well take their cats to the pound, too while I'm at it, since they don't know how to neuter their cat. My cat shouldn't be a problem, because she stays in my yard

All the stray has done is cause financial problems for me as well as my family. Not to mention the fact that she hurt my older cat so bad that he now has a limp and another piece of his ear is torn. I'm sick and tired of dealing with her. I absolutely cannot wait to be rid of her, personally. I know she'll be put down, and it does hurt, but I am not financially able to care for her any more.

You say you should take the other cats to the pound because "they don't know how to neuter their cat" but your cat got pregnant so that means she wasn't fixed either. Also how do you know these toms actually belong to someone aren't strays/ferals? Anyway if you're letting your unfixed cat outside unsupervised of course she got pregnant whether she "stays in your yard" or not. Though honestly if you're not watching her all the time she probably doesn't stay in your yard.

As for the aggression, since she was a stray she likely wasn't socialized properly growing up. The petting, she could be over stimulated and you're not reading her body language so she gets aggressive because you don't stop. You may not have introduced the cats properly hence the fights or it could just be redirected aggression from other sources like the toms intruding into her territory. Regardless she seems like a very stressed cat with a lot of aggression so it's probably for the best that you're giving her up if you can't care for her.

[Thalassic]

//little rant thing

A stray cat I took in a while back got pregnant. Gotta take her to the pound on monday :c It's bad, but I'm actually happy to take her. Whenever I pet her, just after two minutes, she'll growl and try to tear my eyes out. I don't mind me getting hurt, but she also starts to tear my brother's arm to shreds. This was before she got pregnant, too. Tom cats keep on coming up here- I set a trap. My cat stays in my yard. It's their cats coming over here to mess with my cat. I may as well take their cats to the pound, too while I'm at it, since they don't know how to neuter their cat. My cat shouldn't be a problem, because she stays in my yard

All the stray has done is cause financial problems for me as well as my family. Not to mention the fact that she hurt my older cat so bad that he now has a limp and another piece of his ear is torn. I'm sick and tired of dealing with her. I absolutely cannot wait to be rid of her, personally. I know she'll be put down, and it does hurt, but I am not financially able to care for her any more.

You say you should take the other cats to the pound because "they don't know how to neuter their cat" but your cat got pregnant so that means she wasn't fixed either. Also how do you know these toms actually belong to someone aren't strays/ferals? Anyway if you're letting your unfixed cat outside unsupervised of course she got pregnant whether she "stays in your yard" or not. Though honestly if you're not watching her all the time she probably doesn't stay in your yard.

As for the aggression, since she was a stray she likely wasn't socialized properly growing up. The petting, she could be over stimulated and you're not reading her body language so she gets aggressive because you don't stop. You may not have introduced the cats properly hence the fights or it could just be redirected aggression from other sources like the toms intruding into her territory. Regardless she seems like a very stressed cat with a lot of aggression so it's probably for the best that you're giving her up if you can't care for her.

Emphasis on this.
It's in a cats instincts to breed, so if you don't get your own cat fixed, you can't blame her getting pregnant on anyone else. Yes, their cats should be fixed. But yours should have been too. Sorry to be so blunt about this, but it's your as an owners duty to prevent things like this from happening.

I'm sorry to hear about her hurting your brother/other cat. Since she was a stray, it would be normal for her to be teritorial and not well socialized, so that sort of behavior is almost expected, but sometimes that's just not something everyone can deal with. It's heartbreaking to hear that you have to take her to the pound pregnant. Most shelters/pounds simply don't have the resources and staff to deal with a pregnant animal and its newborns, so it's likely they will have to put her down if they can't find someone to foster her. I'd even suggest trying to keep her until the kittens are born and old enough to be adopted before getting rid of them or releasing them (neutered, of course), but I can see how that wouldnt be an option if shes causing a lot of harm. I hope they can find someone who can care for her.

[fish-soda]

//little rant thing

A stray cat I took in a while back got pregnant. Gotta take her to the pound on monday :c It's bad, but I'm actually happy to take her. Whenever I pet her, just after two minutes, she'll growl and try to tear my eyes out. I don't mind me getting hurt, but she also starts to tear my brother's arm to shreds. This was before she got pregnant, too. Tom cats keep on coming up here- I set a trap. My cat stays in my yard. It's their cats coming over here to mess with my cat. I may as well take their cats to the pound, too while I'm at it, since they don't know how to neuter their cat. My cat shouldn't be a problem, because she stays in my yard

All the stray has done is cause financial problems for me as well as my family. Not to mention the fact that she hurt my older cat so bad that he now has a limp and another piece of his ear is torn. I'm sick and tired of dealing with her. I absolutely cannot wait to be rid of her, personally. I know she'll be put down, and it does hurt, but I am not financially able to care for her any more.



Adding on to Lunasnow's and Cataclasm's replies, I'll say again that most stray cats are simply very difficult to take in, especially when they are not neutered or spayed; they are very territorial, and yes, their instinct is to breed - her getting pregnant was on you, not anyone else, certainly not the cats. As for the aggression, I would've expected that from the start unless she was already at some level of domestication, so it was a far shot bringing her in (or any stray like her for that matter); hearing how she's been lashing out towards you and your family is no surprise, while it is unfortunate. In all, in the future if you decided to take in another stray, make sure they can be taken in. And if you're financially not able to care for a stray cat or any other cat, don't take one in - you have to think ahead and have a plan about these things. They need to be fixed and have proper veterinary care (i.e. shots, etc.). Also as a side note, I've been caring for two strays for about a year and there's about 40 others in my neighborhood - I can guarantee most strays don't stay to one yard. They may mark it as their territory and stick around a good amount of time, but they really don't stay forever.

You honestly sound very uncaring about the strong possibility of a pregnant cat getting euthanized; I can't say anything to change your feelings towards that, but please try to at least take her to a no-kill shelter as opposed to a pound. If you were hurt at all by this you would do your best to ensure she would not be killed, and you wouldn't be happy to drop her off there.

[RunaDove]

I have a question, and I'm wondering if someone might know about this.

we had a kitten that died a few days ago, she lived outside, but I don't believe it was the cause of another cat, we looked her over and she had no scratches, but she did have a scrap of something yellow between her teeth, im wondering if this yellow scrap could have been the cause of her death (probably not?) or at least maybe what it was?

[maninkari]

These two just have to be at the door whenever I get home White Kitty acts much more like a dog than a cat.

[autobot.]

These two just have to be at the door whenever I get home White Kitty acts much more like a dog than a cat.

Oooh! What breed is your cat! So fluffy uvu

[Lunarsnow]

I have a question, and I'm wondering if someone might know about this.

we had a kitten that died a few days ago, she lived outside, but I don't believe it was the cause of another cat, we looked her over and she had no scratches, but she did have a scrap of something yellow between her teeth, im wondering if this yellow scrap could have been the cause of her death (probably not?) or at least maybe what it was?

Is the question what the yellow thing could be or what could've killed her?

[autobot.]

is it free to foster a cat?

i know that you have to pay for food and toys ect... but is it free to foster a kitty into your home for a while until he/she is getting adopted?