Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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18 December 2010
18:0585319#1
I am thinking about getting another cat, as the house is a tad empty.
Anyone know the best place to get one?
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While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
18:4885324#2
usually see a lot of ads for kittens in newsagents windows ross.
times have changed, always used to be good home wanted now they charge about 40 quid each.
normally the local papers have pictures of adult cats that need a new home usually because the owner has died.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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18 December 2010
18:5685325#3
The "Lord Whiskey" animal sanctuary at Rhodes Minnis usually have a selection of cats. You don't have to pay for it, simply put a donation in the charity box.
They are also excellent for veterinary care, charging a fraction of the cost of other vets.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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18 December 2010
19:0185329#4
Cats protecton League,don't know who runs them locally but they are norally in the Dover Express page 16 call Lynn on 01303247540 or Lin on 01303237744.Purrr.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
19:0385331#5
that's the one john, they always have a good selection of all different ages and temperament.
Jan Higgins
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18 December 2010
19:1085334#6
Sometimes vets have a list of cats that need rehoming, I also thought of "Lord Whiskey".
I have an old cat I would like to get rid of but I wouldn't wish her on anyone. Do they make incontinence pads for cats?
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,709
18 December 2010
19:2485339#7
thanks all
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
18 December 2010
20:3485353#8
Jan - I had a real friend of a cat a few years ago - she died aged 21 after a lifetime of affection. She was also a bit of a pain in old age, with barely retracted claws (ouch) and a bit of a leakage in oh so many ways!!! I loved her to absolute bits but was tried quite majorly by the effects of her infirmity. But I am glad I kept her and nursed her at home - I would have felt a bit of a heel if she had gone elsewhere. I understand your dilemma and frustration, though - if she had lasted to 22 I might have weakened!!!
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
21:2185361#9
She is actually my daughter's cat that she rescued from someone else, we think she is about 16 or so, trouble is she is now getting a bit wobbly on her pins poor old thing. Sadly I don't think she will last that much longer but we thought this in the summer.
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18 December 2010
23:0085387#10
When our last cat died, said we would not have any more, however we soon had 1 stray cat appearing in the garden, after asking around no-one seemed to own it and it did looked like it had been living rough for a while. Now we have had another one turn up, no luck finding its owner either. What I would to know is how do the cats know that someone (us) will take them in, do they have some sort of messaging service!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
23:1085390#11
i said the same when i moved to dover pauline, no ties allowed.
no such luck, within 6 months my one decided to move in with me from next door.
once a cat has made up its mind we have no say in the matter.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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18 December 2010
23:2085391#12
Could not agree more Howard.
We once had a cat that 'moved out' when we moved to a new home, he just refused to live in the new house, in the end he went to live a few doors away.
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19 December 2010
09:2185404#13
Cats - love 'em!! They do their own thing and plough their own furrow. We had a vicious brute once - we loved him dearly but he was a true cyclepath. I have a vivid memory of him clinging, by his enormous and outstretched claws, to the arm of my friends leather jacket. It was simply luck that he had the jacket on - Isaac would have clung to whichever bit he had reached first!! But he loved us in his own special way, which usually involved blood somewhere along the line.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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19 December 2010
10:0285411#14
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