Sorry Kitty, I can't adopt you...

I have a friend who loves cats a lot also. But me...no, I have no desire to adopt or to take care not even one cat. I have 3 dogs, 5 doves, a turtle, and fishes in my aquarium and those I think are enough for me. I don't like cats ever since the die I was born.

It is difficult to ignore the cute furry things peeking through those big eyes. But one must be restrained. I have 5 already, and I simply cannot afford to take on another, though I really want to. There is a family of 5 running about and I feel so badly for them. Poor kitties!

I too would love to take in every stray dog and cat I find and it breaks my heart when I see so many homeless animals because people didn't want the responsibility..

I'm a big fan of dogs but I like cat as well. When I was in college, there is a stray kitten near our food canteen. I asked the canteen owner who owns the cat. They say that it was a kitten of their cat. I asked them if I can take the cat home and they agreed. I brought the kitten to my boyfriend's apartment and he is so happy. We call the cat "Meow meow" because we can't think of name yet. The cat is always sleeping on his bed and he feels that he is not alone if there's a cat in his apartment.

Hello Letran, I know the feeling. It happends to me every day but with dogs, not with cats. If I could, I would take home every poor stray that lives on street without a family. But where to keep them? We live in a small apartment and there is not enough place for more than two people and one dog. I try to help them as much as I can. I try to find good families for them but, unfortunately, there are not too many people eager to adopt an adult dog these days. You could try to do this with cats, too. Maybe you have a friend or relative who doesn't have a cat. It worth trying to find the little cat a good home.

I am sorry to learn about the cats who are homeless. I love cats. I have two she-cats I can say I inherited from my grandmother who is ill now and unfortunately cannot take care of anything. Two cats remained in the country house. It is alright during the summer, but in the winter no one lives in that house, and the cats have to be taken to the flat. There are some people in my grandmother's village who have about ten cats at home. The cats use to go to other houses at night and look if there is some food left for the cats of that house.

Hi! I think it was right that you did not take that kitty. You said it was hissing when you tried to pick it up. It might have bitten you and you would suffer from rabies! And yeah, you might turn into a hoarder if you just pick up every cats you find in the streets, just like the person featured on tv who have tons of cats, or was it dogs? She had a lot of them and she's problematic on where to get food for her pets! There's also this dog in the office who has puppies. I tried to adopt one of the puppies but it was so aloof so I couldn't. My co-worker warned me about rabies. But the puppy was really pitiable because it was still chubby when it was small but now it's growing to be skinny. Whenever I see it I always tell it "if you just had gone with home with me, you might still be chubby".

I am! present! Even if my father hated me because I have a dozen inside the house, I keep my ear deaf and pretend I did not heard him. I cannot stand on cats crying out for me, I even hearing them calling my nickname whenever they cry. There is something with the cat that they knows I am one of the adopter of stray cats and they come to me to be take home. I do not know and I do not understand why I cannot find peace whenever I neglect a cat crying. Sometimes I pretend I did not hear or see a cat, but inside me i am tearing a part. If a cat is there in the road and I am going home, not going out of the house, I will definitely grab it and I will bring it home but if I am going out, there is a battle inside my brain to adopt or not to adopt it because I have somethings to be taking care of. If I see the same cat towards home that I will bring it home. Just this morning I saw an orange cat. She was there crossing back and forth and all the tricycles were crossing the road. I carried her and put her on the side. She keeps on crying on me to take me home and I was crying inside because I am going somewhere. When I see her later today when I get home, I will bring her home.

It is still very kind of you even if you can't adopt this kitty. One day when I was on my way home, I saw an abandoned kitty in the road. I really loved this poor kitty, but I knew I couldn't adopt it. Since we both had to work in the daytime and my mom didn't have time to take care of it. You know adopting a cat needs to be very responsible. I didn't want to adopt it but then abandon it later due to any reasons. So I waited there and finally a woman passed by adopted it. At that time I thought if finally nobody wanted this kitty, perhaps I should call my mom and ask her permission to adopt this kitty. I was glad that finally this kitty had a home. I love China

I have 3 cats. I adopt cats when I find them and if I cant keep them I find someone who can. My daughter and I got a kitten she was in the yard this summer and she was very afraid she kept meowing but wouldnt come. it took a good 2 hours to get her but we did at first she was afraid of people and would only come to my daughter but now she loves everyone. Her name is diva because she is pretty and she acts like a diva.

hi letranoh I know what you mean.years back we lived close to this two bedroom home where the lady the neighbors called the cat lady. I found out why when Idelivered her phone book to her door . She aske me in. they has turned her electricity off and the the odor struck me. litter boxes everywhere she had 32 cats, and boxex and neespapers in bpiles and catse verywhre. she had made me some tea from a kerosens stove. the odor was overwhelming. I swear she had cats from every color of the rainbow even three Siamese cats but she herself was; ragged, and dirty. she did have running water but she told me the gas company had cut off her gas. I had enough money to pay her gas b ill so I called them to come turn on her gas so she could cook and have hot water for baths. i did not have enough for the electric bill. My husband got together with neighbor sa and they collected enough to pay the light bill. but then she got a su mmons to clean up her home and give her cats to people who wou ld give them a good ho me as she was only allowed five cats in our neighbor hood. our neighbors all got toether and cleaned her house an her y ard but she refused to give any of her cats away.My husband had fo und ou t she had a dau ghter living in Leisure World who was cerywealthy.So he prevailed on her to come see her mom. the daughet too k mom and four cats and moved them inoto her luxury home there. the other kids were taken to the animal shelter. we adopted two ourselves and ssome of the neighbors adopted five of them so only ten wen to the shelter. Just a week after the house w as empty someone to rched it and it burned to the ground.We figured it migth have been someone who did not know she had moved out. there had been several threats on her life as she was totally different and some disliked that. I think she was just a sick, frightened frail old lady who was a hoarder. living alon she might have beeen gong senile too. but to talk to her she seemed educated but weird too.

dear LK, I like that white kitten...where it is? Collecting cats?...uhmnn,i would rather have other collection than collecting cats (hehehe) I knew one who loves cat...and keep adopting cats

Awww,it is soooo adorable Maybe she is just afraid of people.My friend has a cat in his room and she is really afraid of people.She usually doesn't come out.I have been in his place for several times but I never knew he had a cat.Only several months ago,I was in his room playing Wii,and she came out of his bedroom(not really came out,just at the bedroom door),took a look at us and then went back to his bedroom again.I tried to find her several times later when I was in his room,but she usually just hid herself behind the curtains.Later he told me his Blacky(that's the name he gave her,haha) was adopted when she was hiding on his floor.The hotel manager kicked her before he adopted her.Maybe that's why she is afraid of people now.I hate that manager!!! I do know(not personally:P) an old lady who likes collecting cats.There are a lot of cats living with her.Haha. Well,hope the kitty will be fine.I once tried to adopt a kitty and my mom wouldn't let me.And then I saw two girls torturing her one day.:( I still feel sorry for that kitty.

well, that only means that I cannot ship the cat currently residing in 'our' compound to you. The tomcat has a very nasty habit of being picky in his food and always meowing like there' no tomorrow. We were trying for years to get rid of him with no success. My good-natured cousin and my father are notorious in our family in bringing home pets from God knows where. We understand the intention but of course, the responsibility should always fall on the perosn who brought home the pet, not the other occupants of the house. I like cat really but it's annoying at mealtimes. It meows loudly as if we're not going to feed it. When we feed him, he meows like he was never feed. We often wonder if that cat has unlimited storage space in his stomach. This made us realize that we're not taking in another cat, even if it's a pure bred. I think you made a good decision in not adopting the cat. I think you need to know your limitations even in things you love. Responsibilities are always associated with pets or cats. And sometimes you just need to let go. Just wish well for the kitty. Someone like you will find him (or her?) and take him home.

that cat on the photo looks mad. hehehe. but really, good thing you stopped chasing him because youll end up getting shots coz chances are he will bite you.. where are you from by the way? i feel sorry for that kitty, he is so scared. i cant adopt cats, i have a guinea pig at home, i dont want it to eye on my precious either.. i hope you will find someone who is willing to take care of it though..

hi LK

LOL typical for these furry friends first meow so we feel pity for them as they sit there all alone then hiss at us. I am a cat lover too but as the apartment renting cintract forbids kitties no kitty for us right now.