Wednesday 11 April 2012

Cat dilemma

The thing is this cat came to my home (more like dibuang by her previous owner I supposed as she's in a very good condition when we found her) when she was just more or less like 2 months old kitten. Mum pitied her and she said that we'll just take care of her till she's good enough to survive on her own then we buang her at some nice eating place (not a 5 star eating place. Just at some hawker centre where she can get food easily). But I grew fond of her - I have a very soft spot for animals - and decided to adopt her, somehow.

And then the dilemma..

I never actually adopt a cat before. I mean before this I do have a cat and he was absolutely an outdoor cat. We never let any cats to enter the house as my sister has athma and thus it's bad for her. Before this we only feed him. Just that. No sangkar, no shampooing, no neutering.

This cat however is different. She loves jumping around! So, I bought her a sangkar just to put her inside when I want to go to work so that I won't ran her with the car accidentally.

Then she gets pregnant. She's so gatal! =) And she gets smelly. I make some research on the internet on how to care for a pregnant cat, how to bathe her, when to get her spayed etc. Then suddenly, the realisation that I am adopting a cat and caring her for real, came rushing into me. Part of me really want to give her all that. I mean bathing her, getting her spayed and buy her a new sangkar - an expensive one at that, RM 200!! - because the current one is quite small and I foreseeing her to be in the sangkar with her babies for about 2 - 3 months before I spayed her, treats and all that. But another part of me was like, you know just treat her like any normal cat. Just feed and nothing else.

What to do?

9 comments:

  1. RM200!!???didnt u say u are in a tight budget right now??huhu

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    1. not yet lah. wait till she gives birth first which maybe in june or sth..

      if she gives birth earlier, then the small snagkar will just have to do then =) besides i'm pretty sure my mum will throw a fit when she knows that i'm buying a new sangkar.

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    2. just find a big box and that will do..she wont be too active after giving birth..haha

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    3. at first i wanted to do that but i'm afraid that she will get gatal again after she gives birth. so i thought of kurung her all the time up till the time i spayed her. if not nanti she gets pregant again. die lo!

      if put in a box she can jump and then mate with male cats

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  2. As much as I love animals, I try to stay away from having a pet at home.

    :)

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    1. a little bit too late for that now..huhuhuh

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  3. i definitely cannot take care of any pet or plants.. sure die in my hand one..
    btw, i just accidentally 'kill' a kitty without me knowing it :(

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    1. alah! pity the kitty.... but if she's a stray cat better die earlier than kene hentam with all those bad people out there..

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