Posted on 08/20/2014 10:39:50 AM PDT by jespasinthru
Vanity
I can’t tell you what to do...but I know what I would do. If I could (and there have been times when I haven’t had a spare dollar), I would take him to an understanding vet, one with a soft heart who wouldn’t try to charge top dollar to help save a life. The right vet won’t charge a fortune. You could get recommendations for such a vet from locals, who might know the right place.
If this little guy has adopted you, you might be bringing the best cat ever into your life. Perhaps enlist a member of a local trap, neuter, and release crew in your neighborhood? If you can manage to trap him, don’t use the same cat carriers you’d use for your other kitties; no telling what other diseases the little stray has. I’d feel as though I’d have to help, if I could - if I can make life better for others, including the four-footed ones, I will try.
All my pets are either found treasures or second generation found treasures. Oh, and all are now effectively ‘its’. The best pets are the ones that find you. They know they have it good and express their gratitude every day.
Compassion? Dominion over animals? The God-given capability and responsibility of humans to neuter animals?
Forego the Hennessy and use the money saved to take him to the vet to have him evaluated. Orange cats are special.
I’ve spent thousands on stray cats ...and the $$$ are small compared to my conscience.
Wow, name calling for feeding stray cats. I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing there is a hungry cat out there that asked me for food and I slammed the door on it. I don't care what people call me....my conscience and heart is all that matters to me.
How did your heat become so black....evil.
Most people who are indifferent to cats would ignore the thread...it's the sick bitter dangerous ignorant cruel people that comment.
Careful. If you do anything with this cat, isolate him from your other cat until it is tested for FIV (Feline AIDS). This is highly communicable and not curable.
I am a stray cat magnet by the way. Every cat I have had in Atlanta came up to me and demanded I adopt them.
I agree.*
Prop your .22 on the ledge and put the filthy critter down.
I disagree.
* I routinely solve both those problems. I fix cats up and bring them indoors.
If you have a heart, you will give them medicine in their food. All the ferals I feed —look great—and don’t kill birds. Don’t believe the bird brained people and their distorted made up charts.
Drop them off in my neighborhood. Everyone else seems to. Along with groundhogs squirrels, raccoons, you name it.
Apparently, my cooking tastes better after it’s been in the trash bin overnight.
Heat becomes black when you burn too much coal in your furnace.
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, "What are you doing?" The youth replied, "Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them back, they'll die."
"Son," the man said, "Don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds and millions of starfish? You can't make a difference!"
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, "I made a difference for that one."
I've made a difference for three of them.
Glad you at least save some. I feed a bunch and will treat them with medicine in their food to keep them healthy.
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