[blparent] Adopting a Pet
Amanda Winkler
awcactuscat1 at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 6 17:14:46 UTC 2011
If you decide to keep the cat and declaw it just that the cat will be
defenseless if it ever got outside even in your backyard
. It will no longer defend itself from other cats, dogs, and other wild
animals. It will no longer be able to climb a tree to get out of danger.
Amanda
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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:57 AM
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Subject: [blparent] Adopting a Pet
> Hello. Gerald and I are considering in taking a stray cat who needs a
> home. The cat is healthy, has had his shots, been checked for worms and
> leukemia. He's not fixed or de-clawed. I don't know much about cats, so
> I have a few questions.
>
> What do I need to know before trying to introduce the cat to my guide dog?
>
> I'd like to take the cat on a trial basis for a few days. How can I make
> it clear to my three-year-old that the kitty is going to stay through the
> weekend, and then we'll see from there? Would that idea be too hard on
> her?
>
> I know de-clawing is beyond the scope of this list, but is it something I
> should consider doing because of Sarah?
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant
> of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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