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And the non kitten fellows! We wanted a third cat after adopting two kittens years ago. We were so over the erratic nature combined with the roll the dice luck of whether they were floor pissers, plant eaters, etc, so we decided to look for adult cats. The only one the shelter had was this mongy manky stray who was estimated to be 5 years old. When we went in the adoption room with her, she looked at us and did a massive wet shit that made us all evacuate the room. Her adoption photos make her look mangy, aloof, old, dirty, and distant, not to mention smelly.
Later, when the poo particles had settled, we went back in and picked her up. She sank into my arms and I just knew… I cried and couldn’t bear to let her go.
Four years on, her shaggy fur has became soft, her distant eyes started slow blinking and showing emotion, her little frame filled out and she became an absolute hellhound for dinner time. When you walk in the door, no matter who you are (literally, you could be a burglar), she will run up to you and do this silent meow asking to be picked up. When you hold her, she purrs so much her body shakes and she drools until her face is dripping. She will climb into bed and play little spoon at night, and she loves laps all times of the day.
We’ve had her 4 years and she no longer does wet shits, but is the same loving cat that melted when someone held her and showed her love. She converted me to older cats.
When we went in the adoption room with her, she looked at us and did a massive wet shit that made us all evacuate the room.
I laughed so hard at this single sentence that I couldn’t stop even while writing this. Bravo!
Oof. Much feels.
Also, old cats yaoll like a mfer and develop incontinence. Give them the best last days you can, but when its time to let them go, let them go.
Damn those onion ninjas again…
Not going to start crying in the middle of this restaurant. Nope.
If only more people adopted in general instead of spending money on designer pets.
Why not both? We rescued an abandoned Scottish fold, and now we spend plenty of money on her. She’s a sweetie!
Creating designer pets is immoral. Creating a side channel market for abandoned designer pets is immoral because it increases demand for designer pets (people can abandon their pets knowing they will be cared for).
Sure, if they’re abandoned.
The issue is that we have so, so many stray cats. So, so many cats left in shelters. We do not need people to breed more cats just so people can have their very expensive and very specifically bred designer furbaby. We need people to take care of the ones that already exist and are already struggling.
breeding should be outlawed until all cats have a home. same with human children
He is so cute either with those big ol’ paws. ❤️❤️❤️
These are the best people on earth.
I wish i had the capacity to adopt animals. I’ve always wanted to do this. Older animals being in shelters makes me sad.
the only reason I only have one dog is my tiny apartment. I am moving to TX so I can live in a house with a yard soon. when my boy passes I plan to get an elderly dog and spoil it until it dies, then rinse and repeat until I die
I see so much suffering in this world. I am exhausted from being depressed and anxious about it. I just want to help a tiny bit if I can, I can’t just wallow. that wont save any animals from dying alone on a cold floor. action will
Dumb question, but is it common for cats to end up in shelters? As I understand, they tend to fare not too badly as stray cats.
Do they get put in shelters when they’re too old/sickly to hunt? Or are cats raised as housecats not good enough at it? Or do we generally put cats into shelters, because we don’t want them to hunt and obliterate the local wildlife?
Totally not a dumb question tbh - the answer probably also highly depends on where you’re from.
In Germany (also highly depends on county/city) yes, they do normally fare pretty well and shelters often operate multiple feeding stations where there are a lot of strays. So they get to know the „local strays“ and can keep an eye on them via volunteers and cams.
When a cat is visibly sick, they catch them at this station, treat them and if the cat is alright, oftentimes release them again - shelters are notoriously full and money ist scarce for these organisations unfortunately…
However, if there are conditions that make life for this cat (or others - e.g. FIV) dangerous, they are normally kept in the shelter and then opened for adoption as a „only indoors cat“.
Also, older cats often end up in shelters because they often belonged to older people - and when they can’t care for the cats anymore, have to move or die one day, the cats have to go somewhere too.
Where I am, strays are usually catch, sterilize, release. But if you caught a cat who was sick they’d treat it, and lots of cats end up at the shelter because people don’t fix their pet cat in time, and they get pregnant (even if you are responsible - we had a brother sister pair and I asked the vet what she would he fix them, he said “6 months”, I asked but when can they get pregnant? “4 months”. Thankfully it didn’t happen, they were fixed and lived long kitten free lives).
And pets, if someone gets sick and can’t care for them they get surrendered.
Giving old cat a cuddle and loving the old cat.
Reminds me of the time my wife and her friend when to an adoption event. She said she might come back with one. I told her to pick out the dog least likely to get adopted. She came back home with a 20 pound mutt that’s blind and deaf. He was rescued from a hoarder and had a bunch of open sores. Real pitiful. The before and after pics are crazy. He looks great now. Total asshole and fits right in with the family.
bro how you gonna NOT share pics?? :)
I adore pits, lets see that PUP!
My bad, you’re totally right. Here’s a before/after. He isn’t a pitty though. So I’ve also included a pic of our pitty for you too.
I love them 😍
My boy also sticks his tongue out in his sleep😂
No cats are immortal you can’t convince me otherwise
Reddit jokes about crying are the equivalent of a couple doing cutsy baby talk with each other in public.
What’s Reddit?
go back to reddit, toxicity is not a feature in Lemmy
