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Rescue kittens: how it started, how it's going. (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 27 points 3 months ago (12 children)

It feels like every other day I see a post of someone finding lost kittens outside somewhere. How? How does that even happen? I never see tiny lost fluffballs outside! Only ever bigger fluffballs who act like they own the place...

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    The last time I had kittens their mom (a neighborhood stray) stashed them under my car. Getting the sharp, squirming lil tykes out of the engine block in Texas summer heat was a memorable experience.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It is rare! These rescues came to us through a friend of a friend in the southern USA (Los Angeles, i think), and wended their way over here in BC Canada. I think in warmer climates you'll see it more.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Just gotta live close to a cat colony.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Sometimes your house turns into a cat colony. We had five.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    my neighbors had 3. who they were desperately trying to fix, but they had a vet that didn't do kitty abortions. i get it. but like, it was first their cat and two strays. momma was pregnant. vet said bring her and the kittens back 2 months after she gives birth. neighbor brought all 7 cats in now. momma and one of the littles were pregnant (by an outside cat. i don't know why they didn't keep them inside. maybe she did?). so they got working on finding homes but now momma and her daughter gave another couple litters. We took one of those to try to help out but at that point four of the cats were pregnant when she took them in. The doctor just gave her a really serious look and did the spayings.

    i know she said she was trying. but she had 19 kittens. that's toooooo many kittens to be able to think. and she started the year with 3.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I've never paid a penny for a cat. They just show up, and won't leave. It doesn't matter if you feed them, give them a name, a box to sleep in, with a blanket, and some toys, then you let them in your house, and they start sleeping on your lap and purring, then they're sleeping in your bed and purring, etc.

    No matter what you do, they just won't leave.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Does your area have catch, spay/neuter, and release programs for strays?

    Usually you get surprise kittens when either someone's unfixed animal gets out and gets pregnant/gets another cat pregnant, or when kittens are dumped because some people aren't good, or unfixed strays get pregnant and have babies.

    Some areas may have predators that would deter cats (humans, coyotes, large snakes, alligators, crocodiles, puma/mountain lions etc). Some areas aren't hospitable (weather wise) to strays.

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