THat is horrible!!!!! Is she going to be rehomed? If I was in your shoes, I would of just taken her. Poor baby! She doesn't understand where mommy is!! Those heartless people!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

 

Okay, I am still angry :evil: :evil: :evil: All I can picture is that poor baby in a cage wondering what happened! I could really rant and rage, but I will get kicked off of this forum. Now I feel a tiny tiny bit better!

 

I was very close to taking her home, and if the vets and parents agree tomorow, that is what I'll be doing. It breaks my heart to think of her.

 

That's sickening! I teared up just reading that. Thank goodness the vets asked if she could be rehomed. I didn't know till a few years ago that vets could euthanize healthy pets and I was beyond shocked. I can't even begin to imagine how any one could thing that was ok. I can't for the life of me figure out why there isn't a law against it.

And how someone could do that to their very own pet of 16 years? I look at my 2 now, 4 and 7 years old, and I flat out start sobbing everytime I think of something happening to them.

 

I know how you feel, but in reality it may be more fair to the cat to be put to sleep. The only reason I say this, is because I've seen it sooooo many times.

We have tones of stray kittens all the time and they live with us for months before they finally find a home. Puppies usually stay longer, and adult dogs and cats usually stay at least six months, if not longer.

I know we take in animals because we're trying to save them and find them new homes, but I really hate to admit it - not many people want them.

We have an 8 or 9 year old kitty who was turned in to us recently. His original owners had moved and left him with family who turned out to have bad allergies, so he came to us. We did some bloodwork and found out he's diabetic. Now, he lives in a cage and is poked with needles twice a day, not to mention the weekly glucose curves we have to do to try to regulate him. he gets very stressed (understandably) and has nowhere to go. Is this any way for him to live out his last days?

I'm not saying he'll never find a home. But its possible. I've seen countless older or slightly sick animals put to sleep after many months of being bound to a cage, simply because there was nobody willing to take them in.

Its a tough decision to make. I'm glad it isn't my decision, but I hate having to see animals suffer that way.

 

This cat is 16 years old and they wanted her put down for "litter box issues"?! Jeez, what's wrong with these people? Did it not ever cross their mind that the cat is just old? Would they want Grama or Grampa killed for having a wetting accident? People like this should just NOT have pets. Ever. I see people every single day that want to get rid of a pet one way or another when there is the slightest problem or inconvenience to them. They don't want to bother with anything that might require some effort or commitment. It's a daily struggle with self-control for me as these people give me the urge to just throttle them to death. :evil:

My mother did this to her last cat. She said the cat bit her and scratched her when she wanted to sit in a certain chair or on the couch and my Mom tried to move her. I told her she simply needs to just move the cat when she wants to sit there and show her with her attitude that she won't put up with that behavior. I demonstrated this at her house when the cat was in the rocking chair that she'd bite or scratch Mom for trying to move her out of. I walked up to the cat while I made solid unblinking eye contact with her, said "Move" in a low voice and I put my hand on her back and gently pushed her toward the edge of the chair until she got up and jumped down out of the chair. She didn't bite, scratch or make a sound and my Mom was shocked. She said, "I get bit if I try that!"

A few months later she told me she took the cat and had her put down after getting bit one night for trying to sit on the couch. She told me, "I was tired of that cat acting that way!" I was so mad at her I didn't talk to her for a month. Now she's talking about getting a dog (from a backyard breeder selling puppies in the paper, no less!) and I cringe every time she mentions it. I hope she decides she doesn't need any more pets, because they really don't need a Mom like her.

 

thats strange, why would you want to kill your cat like that, **** wouldnt want to be related to those people, theyd probly try put me down if broke my leg...jeeze

hope she gets a nice new home, hopefully yours

 

People like that make me sick...there is a reason I like cats better than most people. Should be fun when they toilet-train the grandkid....I am sure she/he will have 'problems.'

My friend knows of a practice that refuses to put down animal UNLESS it is the animal's interest...not just the humans.

I heard a tale once of a vet who took a cat that was supposed to be put down, but rehomed it w/o letting the owner know. Perhaps this was wrong and unethical, but I say kudos. The cat was healthy, just old.

Now I am angry at people. I need to hug my cats ;-) =^..^=

 

I heard a tale once of a vet who took a cat that was supposed to be put down, but rehomed it w/o letting the owner know. Perhaps this was wrong and unethical, but I say kudos.

Ditto!
Wrong and unethical? What could be wrong and unethical about saving a pet that was about to die needlessly because the owner didn't give a crap about it? I realize you aren't the one thinking it was wrong to save that cat, I just can't understand anyone else who would think it was. I'd think that person would need to be hit upside the head with a 2x4.

 

My question is why is it ethical to NOT try and rehome the cat first? I don't get it. If the person's cat means so little to them that they'd euthanize them for no good reason, why would they care what happens to it?

 

Makes me so sick!! :x Just because a cat is litter box issues, it has to be put down. Hey, my kitten threw UP and has "gone" outside of the box, did we have her put down? No! My dad is sensitive to "smells", but he deals with it, he doesn't say "the cats have to be put to sleep". How can people be so cruel and mean?!?!? I'm glad you'll take this kitty if they agree.

I was very close to taking her home, and if the vets and parents agree tomorow, that is what I'll be doing. It breaks my heart to think of her.

*moans ooooh* I'm thinking of her now....

 

My question is why is it ethical to NOT try and rehome the cat first? I don't get it. If the person's cat means so little to them that they'd euthanize them for no good reason, why would they care what happens to it?

'cause people are like that. they are stupid. :evil: :x

 

This is so horrible . It sickens me to know that there are people like this in the world :x . This is why I like animals more . I hope someone takes good care of her .

 

I heard a tale once of a vet who took a cat that was supposed to be put down, but rehomed it w/o letting the owner know. Perhaps this was wrong and unethical, but I say kudos. The cat was healthy, just old.

I'd actually asked the head surgeon where I was working about doing something like this. She said that there was someone who had refused to put a healthy dog down, but he got into all sorts of trouble and seriously reprimanded. Also, the vet said that as the owners actually 'own' the cat, they have the right to decide what happens with it. I'm showing my mum Poppy today. I hope I can convince her to let me bring her home. Otherwise she may just have to stay at the vets for a very long time.

 

Ihope she lets you take the kitty home. DO all you can do to convince her!!

 

I have a hard time getting through some of the post on this forum. This is one of those times....

I have a 16 year old cat.....

 

Grrrrrrrrrr! People like that make me growl. Hopefully what goes around comes around for them. And, Belficat, I hope you can adopt Poppy...you have a great heart.

 

I have a hard time getting through some of the post on this forum. This is one of those times....

I have a 16 year old cat.....

...who has a much better Mommy than the one in the OP. But, the story has a happy ending, the selfish uncaring people who had that cat didn't get what they wanted and the cat gets a GOOD Mommy this time!

 

and the cat gets a GOOD Mommy this time!

hopefully!!

 

And, Belficat, I hope you can adopt Poppy...you have a great heart.

well, i asked the vets about her yesterday, saying I'm interested in taking her home, but the head vet told me that she had some diarrohea issues at the mo so no one could take her home and there were a lot more suitable rescue cats to adopt anyway yesterday was my last day there so I'm just sad I'll never see her again. I wish her all the best.

 

I would have said, "well, when she becomes adoptable, contact me asap as I am interested in adopting her. If I was interested in the other cats, I would have said so. I'm interested in POPPY!". But, hopefully she'll be ok and find a good home. Poor Poppy.

 

Well, i asked the vets about her yesterday, saying I'm interested in taking her home, but the head vet told me that she had some diarrohea issues at the mo so no one could take her home

It sounds like you did the best you could. Hopefully, once she's better, someone with a kind heart like you will take her home. :catmilk

 

aww, i hope she gets better soon, and hopefully gets a nice new home

 

I so hope Poppy can go home with you...or someone like you, Belficat!

 

Words just can't express how I feel about people who decide to have pets, then, just as easily, decide they don't want them any more. :twisted: I just took in a beautiful solid black male about 1 1/2 years old who had been abandoned. The poor thing hung around all summer until he finally trusted me enough to let me pet him (reluctantly). Then one day about a month ago, he just walked into the house. What a delightful animal! I immediately had him all checked out, shots, neutered, the works. He gets along wonderfully well with the other 3 (even though Mickey asserts himself at every chance!!) He is playful, comical, loving, happy and purrs like a Harley. He loves his new home. Thank God his former owners did NOT put him down, although they should be flogged for just throwing him away. I love him!