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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:21 PM
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Happy "Adopt A Shelter Cat Month" everyone
Edited on Sat Jun-19-04 11:42 PM by Valerie5555
Wonder what the animal welfare and rights groups made of the practice animal shelters had of spaying/castration/"altering" of shelter cats (and dogs too) and kittens (as well as possibly puppies too) prior to being adopted out, I am sure they ought to think that idea was a good one.


On edit I wonder who really started "Adopt A Cat Month," and if it was a certain orange tabby of "9 Lives" catfood fame.
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mountainvue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:29 PM
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1. My babies
Edited on Sat Jun-19-04 11:29 PM by mountainvue
came spayed, nuetered and chipped at the age of six weeks. They are the happiest cats going.:)
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ithinkmyliverhurts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:32 PM
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2. We have a local vet who will spay and neuter cats and dogs for free
if they come from a humane society. He's a great guy: instead of recommending meds. for your pet, he always turns to the dietary solution first (giving our dogs cottage cheese and corn oil in the winter saved us hundreds of dollars to cure their dry skin--damned mutts :-)).
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:35 PM
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4. wouldn't it be totally way cool if there was an HERBAL cure for NAUSEA ,
since we had to have our previous kitty, Midnight, put to sleep due to renal disease about 4 years ago since he suffered from serious big time nausea, he was 15 years old.
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ithinkmyliverhurts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:38 PM
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5. At 15 years old,
Midnight had a good, and I'm sure loving, life. You should be proud, and happy, that you provided a home that allowed your friend such a long life. Hats off to you.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:41 PM
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7. Maybe I am sure I should count myself VERY lucky one kitty I had who
happened to be a calico, whose name was Ginger, lived to be 17 and Midnight lived to be 15. I should hope to be so lucky with our latest kitty, Merlin. :)
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LizW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:42 PM
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8. Peppermint tea is good for nausea
for humans, anyway. Dont' know if cats would drink it, though.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:44 PM
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9. Heard something about "slippery elm" helping nausea in cats but I am not
sure about it. eom.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:33 PM
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3. Our shelter kitty or kittie we rescued was neutered as well as chipped
Edited on Sat Jun-19-04 11:38 PM by Valerie5555
when we adopted him as an "older kitten" (since he was 5 months old at the time,), someone I knew thought the neutering prior to being adopted out was a very good idea.


On edit Their cat did a Buddy Clinton for they never did quite get around to having him "fixed," though I was sure they were meaning to. RIP Spike.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:39 PM
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6. I adopted Clancy from the pound
he was six weeks old; I had to send them proof I got the little critter neutered. Clancy (6 years old now) is a very sweet boy and I love him dearly.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:46 PM
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10. Some shelters actually do the "fixing" themselves and in that case it may
be their own "the fix is in" project which had to do with spaying or castration before an animal is adopted out and had nothing to do with elections or voting, btw.
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:56 PM
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11. We have five cats and they are all shelter alumni.
Edited on Sat Jun-19-04 11:57 PM by Kool Kitty
All neutered. I don't know if Morris is the one that helped start "Adopt A Cat" month, but the cartoonist that pens the comic, "Mutts", Patrick McDonnell, is very involved in getting people to adopt shelter animals. He publishes groups of "Shelter Stories" strips a couple of times a year, too.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:00 AM
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12. Maybe Morris just promotes it since he was an ex stray himself
just as GARFIELD is doing this year also in connection with his movie, though on second thought, I may not want to give away what predicament Odie gets into in that movie.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:07 AM
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13. My shelter rescue Border Collie
wants me to adopt a dozen or so cats to prove that she really can herd cats! Nice try Sally, maybe next year.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:09 AM
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14. And then audition for an EDS commercial perhaps
eom
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:18 AM
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15. She's game
but I told her not to give up her day job.
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Valerie5555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:26 AM
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16. Was sure there was an EDS commercial about "cat herding"
eom :) :D
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:30 AM
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17. Yes, and later, running with the squirrels, too.
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