Radosti
08-21-2007, 07:57 AM
I have been dealing with a colony of cats at a local farm. I pulled 13 kittens out of the colony. Actually 14, but one was not tameable, so I had her fixed and let her back out. So, my colony contains a couple of cats that are pure maine coon by the looks of them. They are now all fixed. But they aren't tame since they never come near me. I trapped them, had the fixed and released them. Now, the last litter of kittens I picked up there were two super fluffy kittens that were clearly maine coon mixes. One looked purebred in that tabby coloration that all maine coons come in, and one looked the same, but was all black. And when I say purebred, I mean PUREBRED looking, so stinkin cute, you could eat him right up. And on top of the cuteness, he has a stellar personality. Very purry, people oriented, gentle, loves kids, is not shy, is not afraid of dogs... the list goes on. And the little black sister is a perfect match for him. Same adorable fluffiness, same personality, same everything.
OK, I get it. Maine Coon baby kittens are extremely rare in shelters or rescues. And these guys are 6-7 weeks old, so brand new so to speak. They held out a while too, the mom was caught on tuesday and went to get fixed, while the kittens were caught on Thursday and Saturday. However, they weren't any worse for the wear and were extremely happy to see me.
Needless to say, hours after I posted them online, I had 15 applications with people telling me it was love at first sight and meant to be. I can only pick one person per kitten... and of course I am picking the person who just had to put their 18 year old cat down, and wanted both of these kittens so they can keep company. She paid the adoption fee for the kittens and will come back when they are fixed/tested/vaccinated (two weeks) to pick them up. She was sooooo in love with them... as anyone would be as they are picture perfect.
So, after she left, I went online and replied to the rest saying that these two kittens were adopted, but we still have two long haired 6 week old kittens who are also very adorable.
The dramatic replies I received ranged from people offering me $400 per kitten because it was incomprehensible to them that money won't reverse my decision to place the kittens with this lady. Other people were clearly in tears as they replied... you'd think I just refused to give them back their long lost brother. Someone else had to recover from the loss of the kitten they thought was rightfully theirs.
Oy people... these were two kittens from a stinkin farm down the street. Yes, they were extremely cute... but for Pete's sake... I don't need the drama. I've been trapping at that farm for a while and quite frankly, I was very glad to pull these two kittens from the website. Now, Belle and Sadie can get some of the same spotlight. They are gorgeous, but no-one saw them with the two MAine coons listed. Oy...
OK, I get it. Maine Coon baby kittens are extremely rare in shelters or rescues. And these guys are 6-7 weeks old, so brand new so to speak. They held out a while too, the mom was caught on tuesday and went to get fixed, while the kittens were caught on Thursday and Saturday. However, they weren't any worse for the wear and were extremely happy to see me.
Needless to say, hours after I posted them online, I had 15 applications with people telling me it was love at first sight and meant to be. I can only pick one person per kitten... and of course I am picking the person who just had to put their 18 year old cat down, and wanted both of these kittens so they can keep company. She paid the adoption fee for the kittens and will come back when they are fixed/tested/vaccinated (two weeks) to pick them up. She was sooooo in love with them... as anyone would be as they are picture perfect.
So, after she left, I went online and replied to the rest saying that these two kittens were adopted, but we still have two long haired 6 week old kittens who are also very adorable.
The dramatic replies I received ranged from people offering me $400 per kitten because it was incomprehensible to them that money won't reverse my decision to place the kittens with this lady. Other people were clearly in tears as they replied... you'd think I just refused to give them back their long lost brother. Someone else had to recover from the loss of the kitten they thought was rightfully theirs.
Oy people... these were two kittens from a stinkin farm down the street. Yes, they were extremely cute... but for Pete's sake... I don't need the drama. I've been trapping at that farm for a while and quite frankly, I was very glad to pull these two kittens from the website. Now, Belle and Sadie can get some of the same spotlight. They are gorgeous, but no-one saw them with the two MAine coons listed. Oy...