listen to your heart--i think that the cats who come to us CHOOSE us,
because they need things that only we can give them to complete their
journeys on this plane. i'd always wanted a flame-point himmie, and i
had the chance to adopt two, and everything was arranged--but it just
didn't feel right. by not taking them, the universe gave me my little
flamepoint baby a year or so later, an FIV that no one else wanted...
Cherie A Gabbert wrote:
I too not not imagine life without them, but I already promised
the two new ones a home here, I am just wondering about the third new
one, should I or not.....that is the million dollar question.
Some
members of my family are horrified. I have become what many women fear,
over 40, never married with 9 cats. I love it. I am happy as a clam.
Life
is good.
I do have the space for them. I have 10 acres but all of the kitties
spend
as much time as they want in the house. No one is positive yet. If one
should go positive, they will be restricted to inside.
The funny thing is that I can't really say that 9 is too many. It is
all I
can afford and won't be getting any more but I can't do without any of
the
ones I have. My bills get high sometimes but my mother once told me,
"my
mother raised 9 kids during the depression, I have faith that you can
raise
9 cats in better times." It has been true. By the grace of God and my
perpetual budgeting, they get what they need.
9 sounds like a lot but each one is so precious that I !
can't imagine life
without any one of them.
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>We've got 7 cats! I *attempted* to put my foot down at 2, then 4,
then
>when we found out our kittens had FeLV, we weren't going to let
them go
>anywhere (we had homes for 3 of the 5...the crazy thing is, as they
got
>closer and closer to the age where they could be adopted out, I was
wishing
>for some way that we could keep them all...I just couldn't part
with my
>babies! So when we found out they had Feleuk, we knew we couldn't
possibly
>jeopardize the health of the other cats in the homes that they were
going
>to...so, in a way, I got my wish and we kept them all...Fate has a
twisted
>sense of humor, sometimes! :) )...Anyway, with the kittens, the
number
>briefly went up to 7, then we lost their mom...so, we decided no
more than
>6...and it was like that for awhile until Mags came along! :)
>
>Now, we're back up to 7 cats, 2 dogs and one bearded dragon! :)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Cherie A Gabbert
>Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 9:39 am
>Subject: OT: What's you number?
>
> > Hi All,
> > I have 5 kitties right now, and I am debating on taking in 2
or 3
> > more, just out of curiosity what kind of numbers do you all
> > have...that would bring my count to 7 or 8, with a dog and a 5
> > year old son, just curious?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Cherie
> >
>
>
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