Aug 21 2008
I Had So Many Pets I Didn’t Know What to Do
At one point I owned 25 cats and three dogs. And yes, I had them at the same time. Of course there wasn’t much room for the animals since I lived in an apartment. The apt. didn’t know I had all of these animals otherwise I would have been kicked out. Well, that was more than 10 years ago. I do miss my pets, but I wasn’t able to take care of them properly anymore.
I miss all of them to say the least. My brother in law couldn’t believe I knew all of their names and could tell the difference between some. Yes, I was to tell them apart. I ended up being kicked out of my apartment since they didn find out. My pets were the absolute best and I know that they would have no problem finding a home if people were willing to adopt and get to know them.
I ended up with so many cats since I worked in a kennel. A lady came to me and offered me two persians with the agreement that I would give her 5 kittens. Like a dummy I agreed. In the meantime I had a person come to me and ask me to take his tabby female cat who wasn’t spayed since he would have to put her to sleep if I didn’t. Of course I did. Then before I knew it the male persian mated with both females. I had kittens everywhere. They were so cute! I tried to find homes for some while others I ended up keeping. I shared them with a friend who wanted to keep them all together. Bad idea.
Before I could get any of them “fixed” I ended up with about 15 cats. Craziness at its best. I think back on it now and realize how stupid I was. I didn’t realize that a cat could get pregnant every four months. She would deliver after two months and get pregnant again to only deliver another litter two months later.
We tried moving quickly in getting the females spayed and some of the males neutered but it wasn’t fast enough. Then I took all of the cats and my three dogs that I adopted from a kennel i worked in to an apartment. My friend became abusive to the animals and I felt I could handle of these pets. I was able to for one year and then everything went down from there. I miss them very much and I can’t help but think of them daily even though it has been more than 10 years.
