tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post2770054299420227135..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: A Personal RantPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-19629847619237729042012-06-17T08:30:41.903-04:002012-06-17T08:30:41.903-04:00Thanks, Ruth! Your kitties are lucky to have you. ...Thanks, Ruth! Your kitties are lucky to have you. I have an update on the mama stray -- yesterday she came with her three babies. She managed to coax all three of them eventually into the room and they all slept in there last night. As the kittens have never seen humans or have been inside a house before, they are terrified at the moment...however, I'm sure as they get used to my mother and me and watching them mom interact with us we'll gain their trust. They ate solid cat food for the first times in their lives yesterday, and they're so cute! Hopefully they'll calm down and get used to being handled soon so we can bring them to the MSPCA...my mother wants to keep the mama cat.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-28632252848696697322012-06-17T05:31:52.589-04:002012-06-17T05:31:52.589-04:00Here here!x700
My cat is going on 17 years old now...Here here!x700<br />My cat is going on 17 years old now, and she has been with me through thick and thin. I can't imagine abandoning her. We also have a younger cat, who we love terribly and couldn't imagine abandoning him either. I don't get how people abandon their pets, but they do, and its a good thing that you use your platform to rant about it! More power to you.Ruthhttp://www.artifactcollectors.com/ruth/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-68575263450096630662012-06-15T11:47:37.185-04:002012-06-15T11:47:37.185-04:00JZ - Tabbi sure is lucky to have you!
dryheat45 -...JZ - Tabbi sure is lucky to have you!<br /><br />dryheat45 - I hate coyotes, too. It's a raging debate in my part of the country with the pro-coyote people telling pet owners to keep their pets indoors; it's not that simple. When we took in our male cat, he'd already been accustomed to living outside 24 hours/day for quite some time, and our vet told us that it would be literally impossible to make him an indoor cat all of the time, as he'd go nuts. We don't let him stay out beyond 3 PM, and we never let him out when it's still dark out. He almost became a coyote meal the day after Christmas - it was 8:30 AM, so the sun had been out for a good hour, and the biggest coyote we'd ever seen wandered into the yard and saw him (and thankfully, stopped.) My mother started screaming which was the best thing to do, as he quickly turned around and bolted in the other direction. I ran outside as well to make a ton of noise/scream. Our neighbors told us he was still wandering around the neighborhood at night for a few weeks after that. <br /><br />Anyways, I get the pro-coyote people's opinion that we're infringing on the habitat of wildlife, but coyotes have been menacing the livestock of local farmers from time to time here as well (not sure if they have the right to shoot them and protect their livestock outside of coyote hunting season.) <br /><br />Sheriff Joe Arpio sounds like my kind of guy.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-12422914537436321892012-06-15T10:59:48.740-04:002012-06-15T10:59:48.740-04:00Pam, I 100% agree with you, dumping an animal is c...Pam, I 100% agree with you, dumping an animal is cruelty. With all the negativity heaped upon Sheriff Joe Arpio here in AZ, what few people know is the Sheriff's Department also runs the County Animal shelter. He's a HUGE animal lover and will arrest and charge anyone that abuses, abandons or misuses pets. The inmates in the county jail work at the shelter as a reward for good behavior. I just wanted to mention that. One other thing, I've lost two cats and a dog to coyotes too, the dog was taken from my backyard. I hate coyotes.dryheat45noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-77617050698382807062012-06-14T17:55:25.663-04:002012-06-14T17:55:25.663-04:00Amen Pam. I've had cats my entire life. My cur...Amen Pam. I've had cats my entire life. My current pet Tabbi has been with me since 1999. She always knows when I'm down and she never fails to comfort me. There is nothing like the unconditional love a pet provides.JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830586696690222760noreply@blogger.com