CinnamonGirl: Yes youre right they can. Scarey isn't it?
Maybe by us discussing it here we can spread the word a bit. I know there are vets in every city around here that will fix a cat if a person has absolutely no money at all. My vet also takes a payment plan if you really need to get your animal spayed or neutered and are low on cash. There is no reason to NOT get it done.

CinnamonGirl: wow..I never knew the numbers..that's incredible!

anastasia: I've always said if I ever won the lotto and had a lot of money I would pay all the vets in my province to have one day a month to advertise spaying and neutering cats (cats run wild here not dogs so I want to concentrate on lowering the feral cat population). I would foot the bill. It would help a little bit. It drives me mad when I see cats outside in my neighbourhood and then see them preggo every year. I am also a firm believer that cats in cities and urban areas do not belong outdoors. Too many things to harm them like disease, cars, people, not to mention fleas. If you love your cats keep them in doors and get them fixed! I have 11 cats and each one was fixed as soon as they were old enough.

CinnamonGirl: yeah..it's abandonment!! I don't understand the way people think! Oh,it's to expensive to get ONE fixed...you get ONE fixed and you can literally save dozens if not hundreds of lives of animals! If people did nothing but CONTROLLED bredding,overpopulation wouldn't be a problem,but unfortanatly,you have people like our families,you have back yard breeders...shame really.My parents had like 5 cats at one time...you know all outside "mousers" as people call them.Not one of them they had fixed and they started to multiply,FAST..well,after so long,they got overwhelmed and took them and dumped them all at some farms,still unfixed.Stupid!!

anastasia: OMG!!

Tuesday: OMG! me too! It IS embarrassing!! they said,oh,we will just take them out and dump them at the farm,they always need cats....uh,NO THEY DON'T...that angered me!!

Tuesday: They told me if I fixed Patch he wouldn't be as aggresive...WRONG! He was meaner!!! I just believe in fixing so they can't reproduce irresponsibly and to reduce the risk of certain cancers.

heavenlyemma: I'm sorry he didn't make it :( It would be cool if you could keep them.DEFINATLY get them all fixed though,interbreeding would just be asking for trouble.Congats and PLEASE post some pics asap!!!

heavenlyemma: Awwwww, sorry the little one didn't make it. Baby kittens are sooooo cute!

There was a 4th kitten born, but he didn't make it we tried to bring him back but just died.

heavenlyemma: Yep, give em time to feed and settle then we can take a pic for all to see.

And yes, I shouldn't be looking every ten minutes... but, but.. Awwwwwwwwwwwww

Jules: Gross I had to do it again, but they are sooooooooo beautiful and cute i'll have to take a pic to show everyone on here

heavenlyemma: Oh no, no, no.

You're the expert

Jules: Yeaaaaaaah that's my girl i'm very proud of her but if she doesn't eat the placenter this time you can cut the cord lol

Jules: Tell me about it lol it's been quite a few years since i've had to do that.

anastasia: Cheers me dear, My mum was soft with me growing up when it came to animals and always let me alot of the time keep the kittens i'll probably do the same lol .. well maybe.

Looks like they are both boys, so no we will not be keeping them. ..... Well, Emma doesn't want the spraying but I'm sure my daughter will worm her way around her mum.. Just we'll have to neuter the kept one quickly before it gets used to spraying.

anastasia: Emma's mum had to suffer that problem lol .. Star's had 2 so far, she's only a small cat. It's her first litter.

Emma's grossed out a bit as she had to remove the half eaten placenters (sp) Star didn't want anymore.

I'm glad I missed that job

heavenlyemma: Congrats,Grandma!!!!! are you keeping the babies? That's why I could never breed a female,I couldn't give any babies up!!

anastasia: She's having her babies 1 little black one with little white front legs so far and mum is doing fine

Funny thing is she has decided to have them inside at the top of Jules's wardrobe on one of his good coats LOL it's Stars now eheheh

Toofer: german shepard....scroll down a few posts and you can click a link to see pics of him.

It's pink!

anastasia: What kind of dog do you have?

Tuesday: thanks...actually,his ears had another growth spurt,LOL!!! Now they are bigger then him again.He just went to vet today and got his last parvo booster,nails clipped and microchipped.He is up to 81.7 pounds!! Hims is a big boy!!

http://damiensroom.snapfish.com

Hello all...here is where you can now see the pics of the puppy.Hope you all take a peek!!

I'm sorry he's gone too! He's brought a lot of joy and entertainment to many. And he's done so much to promote Australia and animal conservation.

anastasia: Amen and couldn't have said it better myself. :) He will be greatly missed by many.

Many of you know that Steve Erwin was killed today during a diving accident off of the coral reef.A stingray stuck him through the heart,he was 44 and leaves behind his wife and 2 kids.I know there is a post of this on the main chat board but I wanted a speacial post for him here,on our board.
Steve was dedicated to helping animals of all kinds and educating people on animals...he was a great man and and endless worker in the protection of animals..he will be sadly missed.The only silver lining is that he died doing what he loved to do,and that was being with the animals.May your God take care of you in your passing and help your family through this difficult times...our thoughts are with them all.

Tuesday: I have his pics at snapfish.com...just have to figure out how to get you guys the address..He did well today,tested on everything and passed!!!

Tomorrow from intermidiate training!!!!!

Toofer: thank you for sharing that with us!! Sorry about your doggy too.I had to put Patch down (the one in my pic) this past March,and I still get very sad thinking of it.

Having lost my Toy Poodle a year ago and no the hurt i felt.I thought i'd share this site with you.For $25.00 you can put a memorial for your pet.
http://rainbowbridge.com

heavenlyemma: OMG - absolutely priceless - was it because the dog thought he was a cat OR the cat thought she was a dog? You could've won "Stupid Pet Tricks" hands-down with that one

Jules: I remember that

srnity: At least I hope that's dog trying to hump dog. Few years back our eldest cat was willing to be humped by a dog, just the dog couldn't get that low

Jules: Then why do I have to keep telling my friend's five-month-old male puppy to stop trying to hump my 8 y/o (guessing here, she's from a shelter) fixed female before she snaps one day EVERY time I doggie-sit him?

srnity: Oh yeah LOL cheers mate

srnity: lol Animals don't need that talk.

heavenlyemma: LOL - I wish "Star" good health and an easy delivery, but it's beyond that time for the birds & bees talk, don't you think?

srnity: So true, so very true.

srnity: Hey my cat Star is getting very big now she's started looking for place's to pop

anastasia: 2 years ago i opened my front door and found my ickle mtisy-moo in a box, just left on my dorr step, to be honest i was reluctant at first, having 2 boys already i wasnt too sure how they would react, but Jessica (my daughter) slowly introduced her to them and they were fine. Mitsy was riddled with fleas and was quite poorly, took her to the vets, and a quick drenching of flea sparay, and anti-biotic injection and she is wonderful. I am so glad i kept her and not taken her to the Cats Protection League.