[blparent] Adopting a Pet

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Just tell Sarah the cat's coming to visit. Then if the adults in the family decide to keep him/her you can tell Sarah.
And if she cries should the cat live somebody else, just help her cry. She'll be okay so long as she knows you are tking her seriously.

I have no clue about declawing, I probably wouldn't do it based on Amanda's post. Sarah and the cat will need to work it out. I would say that if you are *that* worried, maybe a cat isn't right for you guys, at least not right now.



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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:57 PM
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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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