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sammytko

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62. Maybe she needs help funding their spay/neuter operations

Wed May 15, 2013, 11:49 AM

May 2013

I had about 20 cats living here and I slowly caught all the female feral cats and had them fixed. After shots and meds for different conditions, plus the operation - at least 300 each.

I can afford it and now I'm down to 4 strays that wander around and seven of my own. Most of them are lone survivors of some of the litters. It was a sickly colony.

I ran into a cat lady at the vet's office and she had a sick kitty. She said she couldn't afford to get the moms fixed. I really should have helped her. I keep thinking about that. I've helped family members and convinced others to get their pets neutered. At least the females.

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If You�re Not Living in a Wilderness, Then Fix Your D***ed Pet, Already [View all] riqster May 2013 OP

Thank you, couldn't have said it better life long demo May 2013 #1

I think I did. MrYikes May 2013 #2

Completely agree Arcanetrance May 2013 #3

Agreed 100% AndyA May 2013 #4

Our 2 furry boys are fixed! MarianJack May 2013 #5

A few years back, I moved into a house in a neighborhood a la izquierda May 2013 #6

I have a "cat lady" that lives down the block. Javaman May 2013 #7

Maybe she needs help funding their spay/neuter operations sammytko May 2013 #62

The city has been there time and time again... Javaman May 2013 #64

Having lived surrounded by national forest newfie11 May 2013 #8

Yep, we've lived rural for years riqster May 2013 #10

There are a lot of wild animals in the city, too. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #11

True on all points. riqster May 2013 #12

They steal them to sell. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #15

Holy Cow! wercal May 2013 #34

That's why cat overpopulation isn't much of a problem there. SharonAnn May 2013 #33

Very true. Nt newfie11 May 2013 #40

Our local "Pet Pals" handed out $50 vouchers for vet services to spay and nueter. mountain grammy May 2013 #9

Our humane society got a spay grant newfie11 May 2013 #13

THANK YOU! narnian60 May 2013 #39

Amen. baldguy May 2013 #14

Just don't get them neutered too early. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #16

not necessarily - have a "highway" kitten that was spayed at two months - maybe younger sammytko May 2013 #63

Neutering too early can cause uretha problems. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #68

This is from an ASPCA article in support of early neutering. sammytko May 2013 #70

We will have to agree to disagree on this. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #75

No Kill begins with No Birth hamsterjill May 2013 #17

And in 15 to 20 years, there will be no pets gaspee May 2013 #18

Who's arguing for no pets, i.e. the extinction of the domestic dog and house cat? geek tragedy May 2013 #19

The poster I responded to gaspee May 2013 #20

My contract gaspee May 2013 #21

Post 17 is arguing for de-sexing all pets without exception. n/t pnwmom May 2013 #42

No one should be breeding while pets are dying at animal control. hamsterjill May 2013 #24

Well, people are assholes gaspee May 2013 #38

It is already happening at many Humane Societies, such as those in the Pacific Northwest. pnwmom May 2013 #43

I agree! There'd be plenty of time to deregulate. Duppers May 2013 #47

I think we're a loooong way from having no pets wercal May 2013 #36

The majority of animals put down are cats -- and dogs with problems. pnwmom May 2013 #44

No, this is not true. hamsterjill May 2013 #48

The King County Humane Society regularly gets imports from California pnwmom May 2013 #49

That is a good question. hamsterjill May 2013 #50

Another question is whether Texas is importing dogs pnwmom May 2013 #51

And San Antonio has sent dogs to Chicago before in a transport. hamsterjill May 2013 #60

If Houston can help rescue stray dogs from Mexico, why not from San Antonio? pnwmom May 2013 #52

No, it doesn't make sense, but it happens hamsterjill May 2013 #59

Hi, hamsterjill! I'm down the road south of san antonio. I have 5 rescue pups living with me now sammytko May 2013 #66

Well hello!! hamsterjill May 2013 #69

in between - Hiway 16! sammytko May 2013 #71

Just have mandatory spay/neuter and see how long pets continue to exist. duffyduff May 2013 #56

I never advocated mandatory neutering wercal May 2013 #58

That's the real goal of animal rights people, but they won't tell you the truth. duffyduff May 2013 #55

That is true for some of the leaders but not everyone in the organizations. pnwmom May 2013 #72

yup stuntcat May 2013 #53

It isn't ridiculous, and I think you know that. duffyduff May 2013 #57

Most animal rights people that I know don't think much of PETA. hamsterjill May 2013 #74

PETA believes in euthanizing. Better dead. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #76

Thank you for the support of my belief! hamsterjill May 2013 #61

this: stuntcat May 2013 #73

Poor beasties get so worn out and broken down so soon. alphafemale May 2013 #22

I have spent a ton of money Contrary1 May 2013 #23

I am not getting fixed damn it all! L0oniX May 2013 #25

Well, a birdbrain is saying it, riqster May 2013 #26

Alerting ...for calling me a birdbrain. Why is everyone on DU so mean all the time? L0oniX May 2013 #27

It was a pic of a parrot riqster May 2013 #29

Well the smell is more offensive. L0oniX May 2013 #31

Wasn't sure, do I figured I'd best assume otherwise riqster May 2013 #32

No matter where you live, Fix Your D***ed Pet, Already Viking12 May 2013 #28

I did not know that. riqster May 2013 #30

We had a fair amount of feral cats HappyMe May 2013 #35

I live in the wilderness and all my pets are fixed. ileus May 2013 #37

oh HOW I agree Skittles May 2013 #41

And keep it on your own d*** property. wickerwoman May 2013 #45

Oh, yeah. riqster May 2013 #46

And if everybody did that, there would be no pets left. duffyduff May 2013 #54

Obviously it's never going to be 100 percent. Arugula Latte May 2013 #67

That's just silly. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #77

That's not true, because we have breeders. Dash87 May 2013 #78

I don't care where you live. Fix Your D***ed Pet, Already Autumn May 2013 #65