I'M NOT FAT! I'M JUST PREGNANT!!!!

I sure hope your family is planning on getting you spayed after this. There's way too may kittens out there already, people need to be more responsible and not allow their cats to make any more. It's only $20 for spaying at FACE!

Please spay your cat ASAP after she delivers. There are so many cats/kittens without homes in Indy. I'm sure your cat is adorable and all but we don't need any more felines in the city. Please charge an adoption fee for the kittens along with a spay/neuter agreement. If you don't believe me about the feline excess, visit Petfinder and search cats or just go to a local shelters. There are always plenty of cats available and the majority of them won't live to see tomorrow.

okay, just so you guys know, this IS my cousin's cat. I was at her house when she wrote this. They are being a little bit stuborn. I gave her the "spaying" speach already. She didn't even take it into recoginition. It's amazing we're cousins and yet so different on this matter. She doesn't find it as much as a big deal as I do. *sigh* Will she EVER learn? But I know something clicked, because she messaged me!!!

Keep on her Ali!

Yeah, I am a big advocate of spaying. When I was a kid we found a stray cat who was pregnant and we decided to keep her. I am glad I was able to witness such an event, but after she had those babies, we got her spayed. In fact, I was only a fifth grader and I managed to save my allowance money to pay for it all by myself. That was the only way I could keep her. I think she had six kittens and luckily we were able to find them all good homes. Everyone is right though, there are plenty of homeless cats out there. If you go to the Humane Society the number of cats available always out numbers the dogs.

Get her spayed right after!

Over 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in the United States every day. There are simply not enough people to take care of them. Over 10 million dogs and cats in the United States are put to death (euthanized) each year in animal shelters because no one wants them. The vast majority of animals being destroyed are young, attractive, healthy, friendly, and playful. Some appear to be purebred. No figures exist for the number of animals who die each year due to abandonment, neglect, abuse, starvation, or cruelty because they are unwanted!

have you looked at what you are going to do with the kittens onces they are old to go a way from there mom?
are you going to give them to a animal shelters
where they will might get put to sleep?

take a look!
oh for this one don't have the sound on!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1307303739085831260&q=puppies+and+kittens+die+each+year&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

please be a good owner and spay!!

wasn't planning on having a cry session before bed, but I sure just did after that video...so sad, I could never do that job.

Good job Nemo. You know what helps too. Backing the No Kill movement. Nobody wants to think of all the animals that are murdered each year by shelters but it happens. Please check out the No Kill advocacy center or Move to Act for more info on ways we can help prevent our pets from being killed in shelters.

Yeah for everyone getting on the spay wagon!

I've found a great answer to people who say the want their pet to have a litter so their children can experience the miracle of birth (not necessarily the case here, but thought I'd share).

I encourage them that if they really are set on their kids having that experience, that they also go down to their local shelter for the flip side- euthanasia, the tragedy of too many unwanted pets in this world.

Or if they'd rather take the easy route, go to a large no-kill shelter and see all the great pets living their lives in kennels. Nothing like seeing 100 plus cats living in crates to put an image of the staggering numbers we are talking about!

Great idea, Pepper!! Just to comment on the miracle of birth, my parents bred my cocker spaniel when I was young. Spay/neuter wasn't as common as it is now. We're talking 25 to 30 years ago. Anyway, I saw the pups be born. It didn't leave me with some romantic view of the birthing process. It was gross. I still think giving birth is gross. I know that doesn't have anything to do with Lilly's post, but Pepper's comment made me think of it. Lilly you should listen to Ali because she is very smart! If you can, you should have your cat spayed. I volunteer at FACE, and they're very nice to all the animals. The surgery isn't hard on them. Most are up and moving around before they even go home. Last night, one of them was trying to get out of her carrier! That surgery didn't phase her!

You're right, Pepper. Another idea is to foster a pregnant animal. There are a lot of pregnant cats and dogs that enter animal shelters, and often times they are placed in foster homes to give birth and raise their kittens/puppies. If seeing a birth is such a big deal, why not foster? Then you can also teach your children about spaying and neutering the babies and finding homes for them.