considering a cat

http://i.imgur.com/9CbQ6.jpg

~why?~

might as well put them back in the alley

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/kitten-climbs-cop-111709

if the dumpster is below yr window u may as well just drop them into it from there

i still have them :(

yay!

kittehs!!!!!!

look how happy they are. if you put them up on craigslist someone might separate them! they need each other! <3

after awhile these guys will take care of themselves. the cat we have was pretty much homeless before it was taken in, and she's just totally mellow, friendly, and i think eternally grateful (if cats can be grateful)

yeah what omar said except just know that your entire life will be covered with fur

i wouldn't put them up on craigslist. waiting to hear back from people who have foster homes for homeless cats. i wish i could take them but i don't have a car to take them to the vet to get them checked for parasites and stuff, need more furniture so i can store things they'd like to eat, don't wanna pay landlord's absurd pet deposit and higher rent at the moment, have nowhere to put them during thanksgiving, etc. also can u guys stop making me feel guilty thx

oh yeah xpost also i have no vacuum yet

~i'll~ take them

i feel like if harbl ditches these cats she should not be allowed a cat in future times.

karmic punishment or something.

don't wanna pay landlord's absurd pet deposit and higher rent at the moment,

o that sucks

i feel like if harbl ditches these cats she should not be allowed a cat in future times.
--tehresa

now that is just mean

tough love, man

i'm a hardass.

all that hikin huh

a nutrition nazi *and* a feline fascist

lol

wish i could take them but i don't have a car to take them to the vet to get them checked for parasites and stuff

ZIPCAR

they are tiny put em in a basket on yr. bike

i think since harbl started this thread and she found two (2) dumpster cats yesterday, this is proof that a) God reads ILX and b) God sent her dumpster kitties

^^^

srsly if after all this you are getting rid of the cats, maybe you are not really a cat person.

can you guys read

God can read

j/k that really sucks about your situation, though

listen, people have babies all the time and don't think of the expense. just keep the kittens.

like if i was ready to get a cat i would have gotten one a couple months ago. an adult cat. not two manic kittens.

it's not just the expense geez

i might get a kitten in january suggest names here

― horrible (harbl), Monday, November 10, 2008 10:35 PM

stop standing in the way of your own cat happiness.

that was when we thought my friend's cat was pregnant

catppiness

gettin catty in here

oh guys lay off :-/

these poor kittens were already abandoned once.
do it again, and they'll be scarred.

yeah no they won't

just playin devil's catvocate here.

Somebody has to.

Oh for pete's sake. Harbl, I'm with you, I don't think anyone is obligated to rescue animals they didn't abandon -- congrats for you if you do, but you don't have to re-make your life for a cat. Of all things. And people who don't think about how much babies cost are a) stupid and b) in big trouble. Here's a newsflash for you: LOTS OF PEOPLE WAIT TO HAVE BABIES B/C THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM. If you have one, you make do. But cost is an excellent reason to wait, imo.

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8093/picture1st7.png

Also FYI you people who say that ultimately the cats will "take care of themselves" are the same people who say things like, "Muffy threw up in my shoes again because she's mad at me, but that's just how cats are. You have to love them. They pee in the house, they yak up hairballs, that's just all part of being a cat! Awww aren't they so cute???"

ftr i don't even really like cats.

no one is obligated to rescue cats, but when you choose to do so then you accept responsibility for them and it's kinda crappy to back out? anyway obviously harbl isn't gonna keep the cats so it's a moot point and hopefully they find a nice home.

Okay actually I think it was roxy and latebloomer and I don't remember who else who said, "This is the reality of cat ownership. You have to love them." But my point stands, at no time do they ACTUALLY "take care of themselves".

i think someone can provide care/companionship in dire and acute situations w/o taking lifetime responsibility!

xp

Well, she took them out of an alley. If they go to a shelter now, at least they'll be fed and heated until someone takes them, or they're humanely put to sleep. That's a better life than freezing in the street and becoming feral and hungry all the time, and starting to reproduce MORE litters of unwanted kittens as soon as they hit 6-8 months and come into heat. Even just the part she has already done is a net benefit to cats in general, and these two kittehs in particular.

i dunno if i saw the cats by the dumpster i would probably say 'aw, poor cats' and then go home because there are just too many strays and i figure they usually do alright and i don't worry about them too much. or they get hit by a car, but it's that or dying in a shelter if not adopted, right?

maybe they're busker cats, one plays guitar, one sings/warbles Dylan tunes, and they'd be fine on the streets

Maybe you should make them into busker cats, so they can earn their keep!