Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Desley (booktigger) on December 02, 2007, 11:35:52 AM
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Our newsletter came out this week (sending out is another of my 'jobs'!!), was reading it and in one of the branch news, they had a gorgeous tabby kitten surrendered to them as he had a heart problem. The owner couldnt bear the thought of him possibly dying at a young age, so gave him up instead. :'( He was a lovely, playful kitten and fortunately found a family willing to adopt him regardless of his health problems. I hope they have a lot of happy years together, and glad that there are good people out there.
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I have to admit I thought I had heard all the excuses, apparently not. ;D At least the little one now had a home that deserves him.
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Certainly not something you would expect as a reason to rehome a kitten!! He does, bless him.
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I know that sometimes there are reasons to rehome but that definitely sounds like more of an excuse :P
On the positive side, at least the person was responsible enough to hand the little mite in...she didn't just lose interest and turf him out. Ah well, he's going to have a lovely comfy christmas from the sound of things, which is excellent ;D
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Sounds like an excuse to me, too. Any realistic owner accepts that your cats will almost certainly die before you, and many unfortunate furbabes will die young, especially if they're allowed outside.
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glad the little one found a home where he will be loved as a playful, adorable kitten, not as a health problem waiting to happen. saddening to think people can make such selfish decisions - as if a perfectly healthy kitten is immune from developing problems later in life! And what about all the geriatric problems that any elderly pet is subject to, no matter how healthy they may have been when young? I rather think the little one had a lucky escape there!
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Hi Des,
Although I could never condone such selfishness, in a funny convoluted way, I can understand where this person was coming from....It is the reason why I could never work in the front line of rescue, like Teresa, Dawn, Lesley and many others do....it is just too heartbreaking. When a dear little animal dies, having suffered debilitating illness or starvation for so long before it is noticed, or a young kitten is handed in having been brutally kicked or abused that there is nothing further that can be done to save it, it must wrench at your heart and leave layer upon layer of sadness upon you, so that eventually the ability to lead a normal life becomes almost an impossibility, so spiritually weighed down with grief are you. I don't think I could ever recover from such sadness, and I feel that this is the reason why this person gave her little cat up for adoption. She was just trying to avoid the inevitable heartbreak that was awaiting her...or hopefully, was not....but she will never know and I think this was how she dealt with it.
It is not how I would deal with such an issue. I would throw every penny I had at trying to effect a cure for the little love and weep bucketloads when he/she passed on but I do sort of understand how she could have done this....
Does that make sense?
Best wishes,
Roz
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IT sort of does Roz, but pretty much everyone who adopts a pet is going to have to face losing them (unless of course the owner dies first), whether they are young or old, sadly we never know when we are going to lose them, and she could adopt a healthy cat and lose them young - my neighbour has indoor only Bengals, and lost one at 7months to FIP. I actually do have a different way of looking at rescue work than you do though (although I am lucky to have only lost one of my fosters - my permanent cats are a different matter though), yes, losing them is hard, but you dont lose every one of them, and the ones where htey are on the brink of death and come round thanks to your love and care makes you realise why it is so worthwhile. And I dont think you do get bogged down with layer upon layer of sadness, or there wouldnt be so many people who still do rescue after so many years.
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Much as i hate to admit it - it is exactly the sort of reasoning that my mother would use. She would argue that if she kept the cat she would become more attached than ever and so losing it so young would be something she could not deal with. She would rather choose to lose it early on in the piece, and have some control over the process than do so later and after much heartbreak. Not a view I share, but when one is as selfish as some people can be it is a logical argument. It is their feelings and needs ahead of those of the cat ... :(
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I do remember a even more bizarre reason for rehoming that someone posted last year either on here or catchat. I believe they had redecorated or bought a new sofa and the cat didn't go with the new decor :Crazy:
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Well i've not heard that one either des..felt a bit sad when i read it not only for the kitten but from the previous owner point of view too.
Maybe someone should have quoted the saying "better to love and loose than never at all"
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I find that quite sad BC, glad not everyone has that point of view - she could have adopted a healthy kitten and lost it at a young age.
Good point Lynn!!
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Unfortunately I hear them all and worse... I even had one person call me asking if I would take her cat in for rehoming because it was vomiting and losing weight at 14 years of age! I promptly told her to get it seen by a vet the same day and take some responsibility for her pet. I hate people sometimes :censored:
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Em your cats are yummy!
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I do remember a even more bizarre reason for rehoming that someone posted last year either on here or catchat. I believe they had redecorated or bought a new sofa and the cat didn't go with the new decor :Crazy:
Mark, I have a friend that has a weimeraner and they were put up for rehoming for that exact reason! People are insane!
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I agree Emma, some of the reasons for cats coming into our care aren't nice, two of the ones here were due to owners dying, and the other 2 were picked up as strays - yet both really affectionate lap cats, so they have had homes in the past.