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[VIC] Half Price Adult Cat Adoptions - $80 @ Cheltenham Cat Rescue

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[VIC] Half Price Adult Cat Adoptions - $80 @ Cheltenham Cat Rescue
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ameebaro on 01/06/2019 - 15:36 facebook.com (4258 clicks)
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From Cheltenham Cat Rescue: "Gear up for our Winter Warmer Half Price Adult Adoption special.

For the months of Winter, you can adopt a gorgeous adult cat for $80. Desexed, chipped, vaccinated and flea/worm treated, our adult adoption special is a win-win for everyone.
Adopt! And Save a Life!! "

Here are all the available cats for adoption. Because Cheltenham Cat Rescue is a foster network, the cats are all located at various foster homes around Melbourne, so be sure to check all the pages for a cat near you! :D

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  • King Steuart on 01/06/2019 - 16:00

    What do we do with the cat after winter?

  • Bellpop on 01/06/2019 - 16:19
    -2

    Cheaper to just start feeding neighbour’s cat. Next.

    • evie on 01/06/2019 - 17:57
      +1

      Desexing around $150, chip around $50. $120 SAVED!

    • payton on 01/06/2019 - 18:18

      lol yes I did this while living in an apartment in the city.
      Several nice (fat) cats around the building during the daytime when their owners are out @ work.

  • parsimonious one on 01/06/2019 - 17:04
    -3

    Very surprised it costs so much to adopt a rescued cat.

    If anything it seems like the person adopting the cat is doing the shelter a favour by taking the cat off their hands

    • PAZMAT on 01/06/2019 - 17:31
      +4

      Desexing, microchipping and vaccinations isn't free though. The adoption fee helps cover these costs for the rescue groups.

      • team teri on 01/06/2019 - 21:37
        -3

        Why do they need to be 'rescued' though? Someone caused the problem in the first place and gets off for free…

        • calcium on 01/06/2019 - 23:06

          FYI, over 50% of animals in the RSPCA are put down. Don't know about numbers here but would use that as a guide. Some shelters do say that they don't put down unadoptable animals.

          • team teri on 01/06/2019 - 23:15
            -2

            @calcium: That sadly might be the most cost effective solution. And an animal that doesn't have any chance of being adopted might be better off that way than spending the rest of its life in a shelter.

            But the problem was caused by irresponsible people in the first place. People who didn't desex their pets, or people who get rid of their pets when they aren't convenient for them any more. Bit of a shame those people can't be held to account.

        • PAZMAT on 01/06/2019 - 23:09

          Someone caused the problem in the first place

          You know stray cats are a thing right?

          • team teri on 01/06/2019 - 23:17
            -1

            @PAZMAT: I don't think feral cats have any chance of being adopted out, for them going to sleep for ever is the best solution in order to protect native wildlife.

            • PAZMAT on 02/06/2019 - 01:28
              +1

              @team teri: Ok but stray doesn't necessarily mean feral though. But yes feral cats that can't be tamed are usually not able to be adopted out and are therefore put down.

              • team teri on 02/06/2019 - 01:55
                -1

                @PAZMAT: If with stray you mean it has recently run away from its owner, then the owner should perhaps have chipped it.

                Missing that is not as irresponsible as failing to desex, but still places an unnecessary burden on shelters.

                • PAZMAT on 02/06/2019 - 18:55

                  @team teri: Wait but you understand cats can be stray and not have had an owner right? There isn't always people involved with stray cats.

                  • team teri on 03/06/2019 - 03:06

                    @PAZMAT: I think you are trying to create a category that in my mind does not exist. I see the following possibilities:
                    1) A cat living with its owner. It should always be chipped and unless the owner is a breeder it should be desexed.
                    2) A cat that ran away from its owner. Should be chipped and therefore easy to return.
                    3) A cat that was born in the wild - for me that is a feral cat. Even if you want to split hairs in how you define feral, it does not make a difference in how it should be treated in my view: it should be put down.

                    • PAZMAT on 03/06/2019 - 07:34

                      @team teri: Wow so you're happy to put down a cat that could easily be rescued, desexed and given a good home?
                      Just so you know most of the cats in rescue shelters would fall under the 3rd scenario. Literally almost all of them are born in the wild.

                      • team teri on 03/06/2019 - 09:18

                        @PAZMAT: Totally. Cats born in Australia in the wild are a pest that needs to be eradicated, I fully support the 1080 baiting program.

                        Odds of any of them making a pet that does not continue to threaten the survival of native species are slim.

                        I also can't confirm your assessment what is found in shelters. When I went to Cat Haven all the cats I had time to read the signs on the cages for were from people who had gotten rid of their pets for various circumstances.

                    • IVI on 29/06/2019 - 03:19

                      @team teri: Some cats can accommodate
                      wearing a -lead- outside

                      A good-fitting harness saves
                      wear & tear on a ferel cat's
                      neck, while on-lead

                      If there's even a -chance- a
                      cat may "suspend" its ferel
                      ways, it deserves to Live.

                      (I assume its adopter takes
                      all reasonable measures to
                      keep the "once-ferel" cat
                      safe, well-fed, happy, indoors
                      OR on-lead OR in a good size
                      enclosure, with ample petting-
                      times, across its waking hours)

                      It a cat gets enough to eat,
                      why would it need to be ferel
                      ie, while it has comfortable
                      home as shelter?

                      If you haven't noticed, cats
                      are lazy, IMO.

                      • team teri on 29/06/2019 - 10:50

                        @IVI: That's an awful lot of trouble to go through to spare a cat's life.
                        I don't value a cat's life higher than that of other species. If odds are high that it ever gets away and kills even one other native marsupial or bird, I'd rather see that cat gone. Unless it's locked up in a cage that's where I place the odds, even if owners make the best effort as you describe.

    • Laziofogna on 01/06/2019 - 21:12

      Agreed.

    • IVI on 29/06/2019 - 03:06

      Comparative price: RSPCA (SA):

      • Cats Over 6 months: $50
      • Kittens: $195
  • [Deactivated] on 01/06/2019 - 19:48

    I need a cat in my life.

    • kahn on 01/06/2019 - 20:04

      That's not what "cat rescue" means. You are supposed to be doing the rescuing.

      • IVI on 29/06/2019 - 03:09

        No, the Shelter's doing that,

        Adopters provide a Warm Safe Home

        Anyway, what's wrong with Win-Win…?

    • IVI on 29/06/2019 - 03:35

      +1

      Compared to a friend's hassle
      with a new GSD "puppy," I find
      my (unique? & particular) cat
      a source of peace in a noisy,
      troubled World.

      I prefer to watch my cat over
      commercial TV or even ad-free
      but noisy or movies.

      My cat's soft, quick "Meow"
      let's me know she's hungry or
      needs to go outside & "natural
      toilet" (saving us -heaps- in
      "kitty litter") OR to enjoy a
      bit of sun & fresh-air.

      (After a gruelingly busy day,
      I managed to fall asleep at
      my desk… until one of those
      little "meows" woke me…)

      She announces herself, just B4
      entering a room, where we're
      working, eating or conversing.

      One happy, polite, exFerel cat :~)

      (She has - at least twice -
      lived out on her own, but now
      enjoys her "retirement" (altho,
      even converting cat-years to
      human 1's, she's Not that old)

      Gotta -Love- such exFerel cats!

      EXCEPTION: I'm usually happy to
      feed our cat the usual mix of
      "dry food" + "Ferel-food" (ie,
      what she knows as "Tuna-Tuna" ;~)

      Only 1 dry food makes me hate
      to feed it do her:

      • Optimum "Dental" (in small,
        costly bags)

      The smell is too near "dog poo"
      for me, & it makes me wonder if
      giving it to her could make her
      "sample" (or worse) some "real"
      "dog poo" someday…?

  • team teri on 02/06/2019 - 02:18
    -1

    How to wash a cat: https://imgur.com/gHsKiie

  • AussieZed on 02/06/2019 - 04:44
    -3

    What's the point of rescuing a cat? Unlike dogs, cats don't need humans. They're perfectly capable of surviving on their own, as they're natural predators.

    • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2019 - 19:57
      +1

      Having rescued a crazy cat, its the companionship.
      Some shelter animals need a lot of patience but have a heart of gold
      If you think that dogs are the only animals that can show affection to humans/appreciate affection, then you should spend some at a shelter

      I'm an animal person 1st, before I'm a dog person. We have 2x Greyhounds and 2x cats and I get swarmed by the cats as much as the pups but I put the time in

      • AussieZed on 02/06/2019 - 20:33
        -1

        Cats don't need companionship, but that's not to say they don't like it now and then. I think cat owners are also more neglectful than dog owners as far as keeping their pets secure and making sure they don't go wandering.

        • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2019 - 23:19
          -2

          I live in the suburbs and over the holidays I saw two starved, neglected Irish wolf hounds escape and kill a pet cat. I don’t really give a sh1t about whether you like cats or dogs or cat or if you like cat people or dog people, because that’s what it is at the end of the day. You are all a bunch of exclusive, judgemental, self righteous dbags.

          It’s not dog owners or cat owners. It’s neglectful a$$holes. Not black, white, rich, poor, young, old, male, female. Just people of different colour, gender and backgrounds who could do better but don’t.

          • AussieZed on 02/06/2019 - 23:23

            @[Deactivated]: How did they kill the pet cat if it was on someone's property? Are you suggesting these hounds jumped the fence? Sounds like another instance of a neglectful cat owner not making sure their pet is secure and safe.

            • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2019 - 23:27
              -2

              @AussieZed: They jumped the fence. They were in the street. There were small children because it was in near the primary school.

              I said they escaped
              You sound like a spastic

              • AussieZed on 02/06/2019 - 23:31

                @[Deactivated]: Why leave a cat outside, though? If a dog could jump the fence to get at the cat, then that means that the cat could almost certainly jump the fence to escape. If you own a cat, keep it inside or make sure the fence is high enough that it can't jump it.

                • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2019 - 23:44
                  -2

                  @AussieZed: The issue is neglect. Not cats getting outside. Two beautiful dogs starved and going feral from hunger you idiot. Why do you care about cats so much???

                  Edit. (profanity) I’m being trolled aren’t I?

                  • AussieZed on 03/06/2019 - 00:58

                    @[Deactivated]: I don't care about cats, I'm simply saying that more cat owners seem to neglect their pets than dog owners, judging by how many cats you see roaming around the streets vs dogs. You giving an example of two neglected dogs doesn't disprove my point.

                    • [Deactivated] on 03/06/2019 - 01:39
                      -1

                      @AussieZed: You are crazy m8
                      Ok abandoned statistics then?
                      In 2016 (latest) 7% more cats were taken in by the rspca. Based on this you are correct.

                      56% of cats were re-homed. 37% of dogs were re-homed. Based on this, dog owners are buying rather than adopting.

                      My example was not meant to disprove your point because your point is not a fact and it’s not an opinion formed from a wide experience or research. I don’t need to disprove your point and for you to disregard any of the information I have given you is completely ignorant.

                      • MementoMori on 03/06/2019 - 16:32
                        -1

                        @[Deactivated]:

                        You are all a bunch of exclusive, judgemental, self righteous dbags

                        you idiot.

                        for you to disregard any of the information I have given you is completely ignorant.

                        There is one thing that is feral around here and that is your language!

  • DarwinBoy on 02/06/2019 - 08:08

    Great way of getting rid of the annoying native wildlife around the house.
    They can clean up at a rate of 5 to 30 native animals a night so very fast workers.
    And when you move it's not like you have to take the cat with you because they don't care about you that much.

    • psychojimmy on 02/06/2019 - 12:21
      +8

      I don’t think I’d care about you very much either, and I’m not even a cat…

    • [Deactivated] on 02/06/2019 - 20:01
      -1

      you have a point but you made a mess of it

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