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This thread upsets me too, but I am of the
belief that if a family member has a problem, we don't put them
to sleep, do we?
I heard someone at work telling a water cooler
story, and it was just horrifying to me, I just can't ever forget it. The
guy said that he and his wife and kids left for several days
at a relative's house, and they forgotten that they had let the
outside cat in the house. The cat's food and water were outside
on the patio. The poor cat had no food or water for 5 days.
While the family was gone, the kitty got so
hungry, she had jumped up on the counter and found bread. She chewed
through the bag and ate the only thing she could find, which was the
bread. Since cats don't eat bread, of course it upset her
tummy. She had diarrhea all over the house.
When this family got home and his wife saw the
mess that the kitty made, she dropped her bags, went straight for the kitty,
grabbed her up, stuffed her in a pet carrier and took her straight to the humane
society. The guy said the kids were crying, "NO!, Momma, don't! We love
her!" but to no avail. The cat was punished because this selfish
woman got angry because she had to clean up cat poo. I was so angry when I
heard this story. Well, no one likes to clean up cat poo, but can you
imagine how very hungry the poor kitty must have been first of all to eat
bread. And second of all, how anxious she must have felt, being locked in
the house while her family was gone when she was used to being outside? I
don't even know the cat's name, but my heart breaks every time I think about
her.
Both of my dogs are not
100% on their housebreaking, and I've known few dogs who are.
But while it is a pain to clean after the
dogs all the time, I understand that they are both old, and are relatively
anxious dogs. Our old beagle Bailey is a rescue after being
abandoned, and she looked so sad for so long even after we adopted
her, I know someone broke her heart. She's brightened up a bit, but
someone has crushed her self esteem, and she is very sensitive.
Any change in routine, and she creates a lake in the den (that now has
tile in it!) Same with other old dog. If the beagle pees, he
pees, too. If we stay gone too long, we worry about them. But they
are our family. We have just been slowly
converting all the flooring in my house to tile. We clean the
furniture regularly, and have to wipe everything down in piddle
range...
Sandy
--- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:43
PM
Subject: RE: euthanizing kitties for
bathroom habits
I can't even stand reading this string of emails because
it's so upsetting.. but I also know that it's common... I have a friend who is
a vet tech and she tells me that it happens all the time.. she so far adopted
about 6 of kitties who were brought to the clinic and one dog because they are
otherwise perfectly healthy... it makes me soooooooooooo sad and
mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and am afraid to find out
how often this happens.
I have many cats at home who have a same problem... and
yes it's frustrating and I get mad at them..but I can't imagine putting them
sleep for it... I have a co-worker who did that.. he got rabies vaccinations
and it damgaed his brain and started urinating out side of litter box and she
killed him.. how awful is that.. if she had told me, I would have adopted him
in a heart beat.. this was a couple of years ago and still makes me cry
thinking about him. he was a very shy and timid sweet boy.. he did not do
anythign wrong.. he was a victim of vaccine....
What
sort of vet agrees to it, anyway? Hmmm, I must ask my vet what his experience
in this respect is.....
This makes me sick. I hate people that do this.
I have a female that is bad about missing the box. She is physically
okay. I think her problem is that she is the lowest in the hierarchy and
just gets nervous about using the more dominant kitties' boxes (I do have
multiple boxes.). Now, I will eventually get ceramic tile
flooring. In the mean time, I will spend a small fortune on cleaning
products for the carpet. I WOULD NEVER EUTHANIZE HER. That is just the
most sickening concept to me. wendy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I
didn't know that the number one reason cats are
euthanized is because of
their lack of litter habits;
that is SO sad. I believe it though. My
husband's
brother and his wife decided to put their cat to sleep
this
past spring because it was urinating in! their new
home in the dining
room. I was SICK when I found out.
If I had known beforehand, I would
have taken her
myself. My husband just told me that they had to
put
their cat to sleep, which meant to me that she was
very ill. But
the next time I went over there, I
asked what was wrong with Angel, and
adorable kitty
(she looked like a Ragamuffin), so sweet and
loveable,
and they told me she was urinating in the dining room.
So I
said, "So you just killed her?!" I was so
angry. Then they have the nerve
to get another kitten
for their little girl, I guess a more
"well-behaved"
cat, and then decide they didn't want it either,
and
when they were talking about it, I just asked them to
not talk
about it anymore because I didn't want to
know what they did with that
kitten. We had
Thanksgiving dinner there this past week, and I
really
just have to pretend none of that ever happened or I
would not
be very pleasant to be around. I catch
myself wishing bad things on them
when I think about
Angel, like 1000 cats converging on their home
at
night while they are sleeping and peeing and pooing
EVERYWHERE, so
that they house is NEVER the same, or
even worse things. And then I
chastise myself for
wishing ill on others. Life is so not fair. I
think
that should be SO illegal. But we allow abortion in
the U.S.,
and since animals are lower on the totem
pole than humans in society, I
guess there's not much
chance of it becoming
illegal.
:)
Wendy
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