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  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited August 2020

    I say go for it. Some may only want to adopt a single and if you have the space and patience for 2 more, go get them. Shelters are traumatic for any animal. Go get ‘em.

    😂😂sorry, not sorry I didn’t talk you out of them.

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited August 2020

    Bunch of enablers you all are! We're out of town for Labor Day so if they're still there when we get back, I may see about dragging Mr edj3 out there.

  • celiac
    celiac Member Posts: 1,260
    edited August 2020

    edj3 - my enabling answer echoes that of the other enablers.



  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited August 2020

    edj3 - my husband only wanted two cats but I saw a runt calico at the pet store a few years ago and took my kids to see it and I, too, decided if cat was still there after our Labor Day trip, I would take her. And so tiny cat is here. Adopted without my husband knowing until I told him we had to drive to the pet store togo get her :)

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited August 2020

    way to go!!!!!!yay you!!!!

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited August 2020

    Haha Edj3 add me to the list of enablers! They are pulling at your heart, and if they are still there when you get back, well perhaps it is meant to be. Please post pics when you get them :)

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited August 2020

    Edj3, I saw a sign once, "Cats are like potato chips, you can't have just one."

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited August 2020

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    (This one never gets old for me) Don't look at me to tell you not to offer a home to more cats...If I was not married with kids I would definitely be the person in the picture. (As it is I have to let DH and DKs have a little houseroom )

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited August 2020

    You guys are rotten and I love you all.

    I would dearly love to have a Bengal but I'm 95% sure a cat with that much energy would not be welcome by my two older boys. But that bonded pair are 2 years old and have each other so that if Wally & Eddie are little shits it should be OK.

    More to come . . .

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited August 2020

    Ha. You aren’t fooling us. Go on, go get ‘em now.

  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,307
    edited August 2020

    We had just adopted a kitten and then a stray cat showed up in the neighborhood. She loved to play with my children when they were outside. My DH was adamant about only having one cat but this new kitten became seriously ill right after we adopted it. I reminded him the children had already lost a dog and a cat in a relatively short period of time and now this one seemed to be leaving us as well. So he finally said that if the cat was still around (meaning the next day), I could bring it in. Now mind you this was at 11 PM, so flashlight in hand I roamed the neighborhood calling for her until she came. She mothered the dying kitten until he died and then grieved for him every night for weeks (until we got her another cat). She permitted my DD to dress her up in doll clothes, to be pushed in a doll stroller and lived to be the ripe old age of 19. So who says you can have too many cats?

    Why wait to see if they are still there? There is a reason why you singled them out.

  • cowgirl13
    cowgirl13 Member Posts: 782
    edited August 2020

    Betrayal, wonderful, wonderful story. Brings 'good' tears to my eyes.

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited August 2020

    FF that is classic and oh so true.

    Betrayal what a wonderful story about you grabbing that flashlight and bringing that special kitty into your home. Heart

    Edj3 hoping that things work out and there is peace in the animal kingdom

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited August 2020

    Betrayal HeartHeartHeart

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited August 2020

    Betrayal, Thank you for sharing that warm heart felt story.

    FF, that's what I am talking about. LOL

  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited August 2020

    great kitty story Betrayal

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited August 2020

    I emailed the shelter hoping to get more of the back story on why those two kitties were up for adoption. They don't know, the kitties were transferred from another shelter. The girl kitty (Hailey) has had all her teeth removed as she's got stomatitis, which is an auto immune disorder aggravated by the tartar on the teeth. They said she's doing really well now. I checked with a vet friend who said if her teeth are gone, the stomatitis should be a non-issue.

    So I'll talk w/ my husband and see if he's willing to meet them. I'm still a little up in the air, mostly because Wally (one of my two boy kitties) is pretty high strung, and his litter mate Eddie can be a cowardly bully. I don't want to screw up the existing cats for sure.

  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited August 2020

    my very first cat, who lived pretty long, had to get all her teeth removed also. Boy she smelled better after that! And she finally gained some weight cause it didn't hurt to eat (she could even do hard food without teeth) the funniest thing though was that when you were playing with her, she'd still nip at you but it tickled instead of hurt

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited August 2020

    My poodle has had about 18 teeth removed, probably because of poor diet in his previous life. He’s a rescue. I get a small kibble for both, he doesn’t have any problems eating it.

    At DDs house, the girl is shy, really has no clue how to cat. The boy picks on her constantly. He spends time in kitty jail when he’s really bad. Behind a closed door. He hates that.

  • yesiamadragon
    yesiamadragon Member Posts: 343
    edited August 2020

    Why would this be a bad idea?

    (says mom of 4 cats)

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited August 2020

    We had a toothless foster cat. She insisted on eating dry food along with our cat. She ate canned also, of course. She could clamp her jaws hard enough to make her hard to pill.

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited August 2020

    Good morning, cat lovers. My old calico, Miss Felix, has her front teeth, but not the back. She no problem eating dry food.

  • debal
    debal Member Posts: 600
    edited August 2020

    awe betrayal, such a sweet story. Edj, good luck and keep us posted. Lily needs a couple teeth pulled. She's a bit overweight so trying to get her to drop a little weight before anesthesia. She prefers sunbathing to exercise

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  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited August 2020

    I wish I could join Lily all curled up in softness in the sun! Cats are good at finding that peace that toooften alludes me.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited August 2020

    Heart

  • cowgirl13
    cowgirl13 Member Posts: 782
    edited August 2020

    Two of the cats that I petsit have had to have their teeth removed. Both are happy and doing very well. One one still prefers dry food.

  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,307
    edited August 2020

    One of my cats had to have his teeth removed and he has no problem eating dry or wet food.

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited August 2020

    DebAl I much prefer sunbathing to exercising as well haha!

    What a peaceful snooze she is having

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited August 2020

    DebAl, pretty kitty.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited August 2020

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