How TF was neither cat neutered?
Adopting a stray cat
Submitted 11 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
kandoh@reddthat.com 11 months ago
People are allowed to own pets without knowing anything at all about responsible pet ownership. It’s ficked up.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can’t get them fixed before a certain age and that cat might have threaded the needle. A friend of mine adopted a stray that turned out to be pregnant.
Klear@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, shit happens fast sometimes.
Veneroso@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah this doesn’t make sense to me. It does get expensive. My sister only neuters the males since it’s cheaper. Only flaw is if one gets out…
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Neutered cats statistically live longer and healthier lives. Fertile animals have health risks. Unless you actually intent to breed your cats, there is no reason to leave them unfixed.
If you can’t afford it, don’t get a cat. It’s like adopting a pet without first figuring out whether you can even buy the food to keep it alive.
ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I adopted an cat early this year, I wasn’t planning to stay with her but within 1 month she got pregnant.
Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What do you mean you adopted a cat and wasn’t planning to stay with her?
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s more than my dad paid
udon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why do you sleep in front of your house?
Agent641@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Crippling alcoholism
heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The weirdest thing about this is the note. What happened to talking with each other?
bitwaba@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Divorced parents don’t talk. They just leave each other notes on their kid’s lunch box.
Is joke
Haha
Siegfried@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The thing with a joke is not fucking up how it os delivered. Who ever did this choose the right way.
DrDominate@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Right? Like you also have to talk to your neighbor to learn their cat is pregnant.
Psythik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Bruh, people under 40 don’t talk to their neighbors.
Believe me, I’ve tried. The conversation never goes anywhere so I stopped trying.
ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I don’t have their number, how am I supposed to text them?
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
if there are cats, there are probably raccoons and/or possums, i’m skeptical that anyone who knows this would leave that on the porch overnight
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Depends on in which part of the world this happened
chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
America, given the spelling of neighbour!
kandoh@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Nooooo, it’ll be fiiiine.
set_secret@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is very old. Im fairly sure I saw it on reddit at least 5 years ago.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I’m pretty sure I saw this in a 1988 reader’s digest in my dentist’s waiting room while sitting there in 1998.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pretty sure it was actually nineteen ninety eight shortly after the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Spay and Neuter your pets.
theedqueen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That person and their neighbor should have had the cats fixed
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
And also keep them indoors.
CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Outdoor “house” cats are slowly becoming my greatest peeve.
pigup@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Frfr
jaybone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They should also have their bricks fixed.
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Are cats not allowed to reproduce anymore?
Veneroso@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unfettered? No. Feral cats often aren’t cared for and live suffering lives. They have significantly shorter lives. They’re domesticated animals and aren’t suited to life in the wild. We bred that out of them. They fare better than dogs, but they deserve better.
I just buried one that some asshole dropped off near my house. My dog doesn’t do well with cats and I found them scrapping in the yard. I pulled them apart, literally the cat had several claws stuck in my dog’s face. I went out a few times to make sure that it was ok. After about 20 minutes it was gone. Three days later I go out to see my dog barking at the road. It seemed like the cat was back. Either running away from my dog or distracted by her, it lay dead in the road. It has been run over by a car or a truck. Blood everywhere. I put my dog in the house and scooped it up into a bucket and buried it with my shovel.
This wasn’t just some feral cat. It was friendly and had known the love of people. Unfortunately, that love wasn’t enough to do what was right. It deserved better. This happened about a month ago and it still bothers me.
Get your pets spayed and neutered. If you can’t afford to house the results of your irresponsibility, then at least do right by them, and make sure they go to loving homes, instead of dumping them off at someone’s farmhouse in the country.