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conulyThe woman is trying to care for a colony cat situation.
Frankly, she could probably use help trapping some to be neutered, but unless you know for a fact that you can line somebody up to do that (in Babylon on Long Island, NY), there's no use mentioning it. I'm sure she already knows.
She only wants cat food, so, as Ginmar pointed out, it's probably safe. That stuff doesn't have much of a value on the black market.
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I was going to post this on the New Yorkers comm, but then I realized half those people suck. The other half are awesome, but I'm feeling like the odds are I'd get the sucky half replying, and since the update says you can mail food in it seems no longer necessary to post just on a regional community.
Frankly, she could probably use help trapping some to be neutered, but unless you know for a fact that you can line somebody up to do that (in Babylon on Long Island, NY), there's no use mentioning it. I'm sure she already knows.
She only wants cat food, so, as Ginmar pointed out, it's probably safe. That stuff doesn't have much of a value on the black market.
http://ginmar.livejournal.com/2287822.html
http://ginmar.livejournal.com/2288266.html
I was going to post this on the New Yorkers comm, but then I realized half those people suck. The other half are awesome, but I'm feeling like the odds are I'd get the sucky half replying, and since the update says you can mail food in it seems no longer necessary to post just on a regional community.
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Date: 2012-06-20 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-21 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-21 12:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-21 02:10 am (UTC)Otherwise, surgery on the males is a waste of money, because if there is even one male missed, soon all the females will be pregnant and the one male will be tired and happy.
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Date: 2012-06-21 02:27 am (UTC)At any rate, I would assume that the most sensible thing to do is spay the queens, and handle the toms only if they're particularly territorial or amenable to being put in a box.
I mean, if she's in the general NY area she should be able to get them fixed via the ASPCA, and I know for a fact that it's only $10 if you're on any sort of assistance. And you yourself don't need to show up so long as you have a card. (For that matter, I suspect they have even greater discounts for trap and release programs, but I haven't looked into it.)
If somebody is willing to take the cats in, most nearly any volunteer to help her can donate $10 at a time to get a cat a month done.
Edit: Actually, she probably knows exactly what it costs in her area. Right now, I concur that the greater need is to keep them fed. If I could help her get them fixed, I'd email her and offer in a heartbeat, but it's a long trip back and forth for me.
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Date: 2012-06-21 12:26 pm (UTC)For our own pet females, we did 'spay but leave the ovaries' so that they could continue mating. In summer they would go in heat every two or three months, seldom in winter. If a male is there to keep them happy (vasectomied or not) they mate for a couple of days, then come out of heat.
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Date: 2012-06-24 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-24 10:49 pm (UTC)In studies that find a correlation between normal hormone status and cancer, I suspect a lifestyle factor: ours were free range indoor-outdoor cats with plenty of exercise, no crowding, no need for tranquilizers, no other chronic health problems.