Can't say no to animals in need

[SquirrellyMama]

We are getting one new cat, maybe 2. We have 3 already, but one is going to love with my daughter who is moving into an apartment. 

One new cat is 10 and very fat. His owner is moving to a new apartment and can only take one cat. The one we are getting didn't make the cut 😞 I didn't think a 10 yr old overweight cat would get adopted very quickly. 

The 2nd cat is a cute underweight orange boy who was found in town and is with the police at the moment. My dh has been wanting an orange kitty. 

He tells me that I am hopeless, but he brought home the last dog 🙂

Kelly

[SquirrellyMama]

Before anyone thinks we are hoarding animals, we are not. We have 2 dogs and 3 cats. One cat is moving so we will still have 3 cats when the new 10 yr old comes, 4 if the orange boys comes too. We've had 4 cats before, never more 🙂

 

Kelly

[mommyoffive]

Awww so sweet of you.   Those animals are lucky to have found you.

[Drama Llama]

Congratulations on the new family member!  What color is the fat cat?  

[73349]

I believe photographic evidence is required for this sort of post.

[RootAnn]

I get it. We had 9 cats in our house for about a week. We have three cats of our own plus six fosters (now five). Our goal is to foster them (socialize, spay/neuter, shots, healthy) until we can get them to new families.

One was a friendly stray whose feeders moved & no one in the neighborhood would promise to feed him (even if provided the food). We got him updated on shots; he was already neutered; Dd#2 took him to get groomed & kept him in her room until we found him a new loving home.

We have two eight week old previously feral kittens who we are socializing. They have spay/neuter appointments next month and an adoptive family waiting to take them after that. 

Lastly, we have three four week old bottle babies who dd#2 has raised since they were between 1 & 3 days old. Two of them have an adopter who we keep up to date on thetir progress. She found those two on a super hot day - one with ants crawling on her in a parking lot - with placenta dried on their bodies.

Still looking for someone who wants to adopt the little black one.

Edited July 8, 2021 by RootAnn

[livetoread]

Can I just say I love the typo, "one is going to love with my daughter"! It's so fitting when it comes to pets.

 

[Tanaqui]

You're not hoarding unless you have more animals than you can reasonably take care of. Most people can manage four cats and two dogs (or the other way around). Personally, I think three or four is exactly the right number of cats for a household so long as they've all been fixed!

But please - pics!

[hippymamato3]

Yes, we also have this problem. DS18's friend recently bought 2 ducklings when her mom said it was ok and then she brought them home and her mom said she was joking. I didn't want ducks. I also didn't say no. 

[WildflowerMom]

Dh and I were just talking about this last night because a stray kitten showed up on our doorstep.   I told him it’s not like I’m going searching for animals, but when they show up, yeah I’m gonna take care of them.  🤷🏻‍♀️ So sue me. 😆 

[MercyA]

I love you guys. 🥰 Bless all of you who have taken in animals in need.