100%. Don't support breeders.The National Council of SPCAs - We Prevent Cruelty to Animals
Our objective is to serve and protect ALL animals, to uplift their welfare and to ensure that the protection they have under South African law is upheld.nspca.co.za
Go to your nearest one, and adopt a little guy that needs a home. That is all.
All my animals have been from the SPCA and FORA, Never had a issue with either of them.You do not adopt at the SPCA, you pay and they are full of crap with all the rules they have. You will also not find a Maine Coon at the SPCA. Have a look at Cat club | Sacc, they have a list of registered breeders.
I mean it's not against the law to use hair dye to make this little kitty into a Wish.com Bengal tigerAs much as I've wanted a Bengal cat I've always ended up at a shelter.
This is Ozzy, destroyer of worlds looking befok:
Perhaps those that are that unwilling to wait a week or two don't have the patience to look after a kitten or puppy? maybe?Maybe more people would adopt if the admin didn't take weeks. Rather buy the cat you want from a breeder. No time wasted
You do not adopt at the SPCA, you pay and they are full of crap with all the rules they have. You will also not find a Maine Coon at the SPCA. Have a look at Cat club | Sacc, they have a list of registered breeders.
Maybe more people would adopt if the admin didn't take weeks. Rather buy the cat you want from a breeder. No time wasted
No no but you must remember, any inconvenience for any reason is unacceptable.As far as I know, the admin is to ensure those scummy peeps that will just take animals to sell off
1) sell off
2) animal fights
3) organ harvesting
they are put into place because of the bad apples, not just to cause random admin
My next dog is going to be called Papsak.Ek was n honde mens. No katte, mal oor my klein bliksems. Stout, maar fokkit dis my klein kinders.
Fair enough, but sometimes the guy who wants the Ferrari doesn't know all the headaches associated with owning a Ferrari, or that it won't make it 500m on SA roads. So you advise him to rather get a nice X3 that will handle the roads, look good and save him some money.Hey resident cat lover here, the brother wants to buy a Maine Coon and every body tells him to rather adopt not a Maine Coon.
Like telling someone that can afford a Ferrari to rather buy a 1973 Ford Cortina 3.0L bakkie, because that poor bakkie needs a loving home.
Yes it does. And yes it deserves it. But it isn't what he wants nor close to the same thing.
The looks is like "Do you think I (w)Osbourne yesterday?"
I strongly disagree. I've had 7 cats, six at the moment. All of them were obtained within hours of deciding it's time for another. When that feeling comes, tomorrow is too far away.Perhaps those that are that unwilling to wait a week or two don't have the patience to look after a kitten or puppy? maybe?
Well, that's a story and a half.I strongly disagree. I've had 7 cats, six at the moment. All of them were obtained within hours of deciding it's time for another. When that feeling comes, tomorrow is too far away.
I had a pregnant female that lost her entire litter. She was just too wild and after being several days late to give birth had to go for an emergency C-section. All were stillborn. I'd really been looking forward to kittens even though my wife said we're not keeping any.
The next day said female was home from the vet. That afternoon I'd gotten a newborn/1-day old at best (the umbilical cord only fell off on day 7, so he was likely born that day). My wife had spent the day trawling Facebook groups looking for a newborn for me, and eventually found a lady who found him alone in the back of a delivery truck.
I hand-reared him, and that included waking up several times per night to feed him. After a while, the female that lost her litter grabbed him from me and raised him as her own.
The point is I have the patience to raise a NEWBORN, but not to wait until tomorrow when I want another kitten NOW. I have all the time in the world for my cats - they're extremely well loved and know it. All six sleep on the bed at the moment, being a rather cold winter, and occasionally allow us some space in the bed as well.
BTW, everyone who knows me and has met the newborn (Mickey - cause he looked like a tiny mouse when I got him) says it's clear as daylight that I raised him, as he's now a 2 year old, 3 month old kitten. Zero intention of growing up, the naughtiest of the bunch, more energy at his age than any of the others had at 3-6 months, and loves life to the full
How do you consider something that hasn’t figured out how to use a litter box to be an upgrade?Cats are cool but have you considered upgrading to a dog?
Think I posted here that our Rottweiler discovered pissing in the litter box... now that was not pretty. That said its better than the other dogs that used it for grabbing poo snacks and then coming to lick your face.How do you consider something that hasn’t figured out how to use a litter box to be an upgrade?
either Bella has been in the catnip or she's considering someone's application to interact with her.This is Bella, she adopted us lol