Agreed. Would that it were so easy to find homes, and solve the problem
of homeless cats. One day, hopefully, but that sure ain't the case now.
Thanks for everything you do Beth. If there were more like you the world
would be a better place. (And that goes for Phaewryn too.) Kerry
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gussies mom
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 4:29 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: any other catfood suggestions
This is ridiculous. I come to this list because I have a sick baby that
I love very much. A cat that is not even "mine", though I wouldn't give
him up for the world. I'm looking for help and support. Now I'm being
told I feed my cats CRAP because I feed Science Diet because that is
what the shelter gives me. Now I'm being told I should give up my cats
to someone who can feed them better. My cats are all from the streets.
They are problem cats that nobody else wanted. Who would you suggest
take them? I do rescue. There are thousands of people trying to give up
their animals. Should the shelter I work with, that took in 700 animals
last year, not take in unwanted animals or pull them from death row
because, after all, we will be feeding them Science Diet CRAP? Should we
not have taken in the cats with the broken legs, the one that needed
heart surgery, the one that was lit on fire, the ones who's teeth are
bad and have to be pulled, the ones who were kept in chicken coops their
whole lives, the ones who are so neglected they are afraid of human
touch, the ones who were sent by their wonderful owners to live out
their last days awaitng the gas chamber because they grew old or became
to much work; because we would have to feed them Science Diet?
I guess we should have told them we couldn't spend all that money on
medical care for them because we needed to feed them more expensive
food. I'm sure they would have understood. Perhaps we should have left
Stamp crying in the bushes at the Post Office. I'm sure someone in that
run down neighborhood would have come along and given him a much better
home with better food. I'm sure there were people just lined up!
My cats are taken care of. They go to the vet when they are sick. They
are loved. That's probably more than most cats in this world have.
I buy my clothes at thrift shops - yes, you can find nice things there.
I just sold an 11 year old car with 200,000 miles and bought a care with
91,000 miles. I struggle to pay $425 per month for health insurance
with a 2,500 deductible. I don't go out to eat a lot. I ususally eat
yogurt for dinner. I struggle to fund a 401K every month so I will have
money in my old age. . The last vacation I took (first in about 10
years) was driving a paid for rental car (someone had hit my car, so I
got a free rental) to Florida to stay for free with a friend who lives
by the beach. We all struggle to make choices. I believe in personal
responsibility. If have to take care of myself. Yes, that comes first.
Because if I cannot do that, then I surely cannot take care of another
living thing.
Beth
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm of the very controversial opinion that no matter how many
cats you have, there's no excuse to feed BAD food. If you can't afford
to feed decent food, then you can't afford to have that many cats. Get
less cats, not less expensive food. There isn't any excuse for anyone to
ever feed a food that doesn't have meat as the first ingredient... if
you can't afford to feed a meat-based diet, then you need to give up
your cats to someone that can afford to take proper care of them. That
being said...
Healthwise is the "cheap" food I feed to my feral cats here. I
would not consider anything cheaper than that (it does have corn, but
it's pretty far down the ingredient list). My ferals are OBESE
creatures, mind you - something you generally don't see, LOL! They live
the life of luxury though, and lay around and sleep all day and night
(except for food time). Here's the link to the website for Healthwise,
and Natura (the company that makes it) is very good at getting it to
most areas:
http://naturapet.com/display.php?d=product-detail&pxsl=%2F%2Fproduct%5B@
id%3D%27544%27%5D
Phaewryn
http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
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