If you are a CAT LOVER, and you've been thinking about getting a cat as a pet, or adding a cat to your collection of pets, this summer is the time. Kitty can settle in before you or your kids go back to school, and by then the kids know the routine, feeding Kitty and cleaning the litter pan.
Let's face it, with these new clumping cat litters it has never been easier to have a house cat!
One of my best friends, a man, loves cats. He's tells me how the little one sleeps on his feet every night. He went to the hospital and the cat cried missing him (or his feet!) His family had to hold the little cat up to the phone and he would talk to it, it's little ears twitching and a look of astonishment on its face when it heard his voice.
I'm personally allergic to cats, but many of my friend's have them, and I enjoy visiting and playing with them!
I'm aware that there is a special 9 lives $9 cat promotion going on; any cat over 9 months old is $9 out the door, with shots, and spayed or neutered, from a shelter. FOUND ANIMALS is the name of the non-profit, and I'm linking to the site now, which has the details! This is in Los Angeles, but check with them, because I think they may be expanding their territory. BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY also had a dog and cat special this past weekend and there are other cat specials going on sponsored by other non-profits.
Just as the depression era economy is resulting in more homeless people, there are more homeless pets than ever. Despite all the rescue groups working hard to place animals, people who are loosing their homes or going into apartments that don't allow pets, are facing having to give them up. Some people whose pets have run away are not picking them up at shelters, even though the animal is licenced or micro chipped because they can't afford the bail out. Some people are paying the fees to shelters to take the animal for them. Some people are ABANDONING THEIR PETS AT DOG PARKS or on the street, thinking that maybe, if they don't die eating out of garbage cans or miss getting his by a car, they will be taken in by someone willing to feed them. I should pity them though, because maybe they really tried on their own to have the pet adopted by friends and time ran out, and they just feared that a shelter would put the animal to death.
Dogs require more than cats, no doubt. A cat doesn't need as much interaction to be happy. But one thing you should know. A cat will starve to death before it will eat something it doesn't like. A dog will after a few days eat whatever you put out and risk getting sick!
I've been cat shopping for a senior friend of mine who can't deal with the animal shelter scene. So very many cats! Do you have enough love?
