Could You Sell Your Pet

[marval]

This story made me feel sad, how can you claim to have a beloved pet and then sell it?

http://news.sky.com/story/1352537/family-home-with-cat-sells-by-a-whisker

[SeaJayPea]

Especially as it was their son's, not theirs to sell.

[marval]

I agree SeaJayPea, they had no right.

[Psybbo]

No but looking at that house, the cat may well have decided to stay there anyway - it is her house!

[Baldric]

NO way!

[pastafreak]

That's just so wrong...on so many levels.

[wolf63]

IF they thought, genuinely thought, that the cat would be unhappy in a new home and would prefer to stay put then it is a sensible thing to do.

My two kitties and my previous furry friends mean way too much to me for me to give them away/sell them.

My two are, to me, not cats but friends (manipulators and bullies) with little furry coats.

[chaptazbru2]

never, Never, NEVER !!!!

[wolf63]

If I were the son I would never forgive them for doing this. Maybe he should stay with the cat. His parents might decide to get rid of him next.

[boxtops]

My first thought is no, I couldn't - but there is a thought at the back of my mind that tells me that two out of my three cats have never lived anywhere else, this is their home, it smells of them. They wouldn't want to move.....

[Baldric]

And I include our Cat in that ^^^ !

[gness]

I couldn't have done it, Marval......though cats sometimes are more attached to their surroundings than people.....I once had a cat come back to my cattery the day after the owners had collected it....I didn't charge it.....☺

The other side.....living in Calgary I had the most animal loving friend.... driving in the wilds she saw an empty house with a very neglected horse in the field.
She found out the owners had cleared off leaving the horse behind....she visited every day to look after it til she persuaded her husband they should buy the house.
I spent may happy days there with a variety of rescued animals....the pot bellied pig that got drunk while we were out one night.....and the duck that fell out of the sky and landed at her feet....and the cat that had its legs on back to front.....
Hmmmmm....wonder why she took me under her wing when I moved to Canada.....☺

[wolf63]

Baldric - you really mean that?

I think that dogs and cats see the world, their humans and their territory differently so I can accept that with a fleabag cat leaving it behind might be a good idea.

But I don't think that I could ever give them away. Throttle them perhaps, but never inflict them on others.

Better go as Frankie wants his dinner and he wants it NOW!

[marval]

That is lovely gness, I can't comment on why they took you under their wing. It was nice that they did though.

[gness]

It was nice of them, Marval....but I did get cheesed off with all the Felix...:-(

[Baldric]

Course I mean it,
he's a 14 year old Grumpy Bu99er, but he's our grumpy bu99er!

[chaptazbru2]

Well said Baldric !

[marval]

What no Whiskers gness?

[gness]

Nope...Felix....the odd biscuit.....and as for the blasted flea spray!!!!!

[mrs.chappie]

I like this story. Puss gets to stay in his home with a new owner who clearly wants him very much, meanwhile a shelter pet gets a new home.

I'm not sure that I could've given up my much-loved puss, but I would hope that I could under those circumstances, as realistically, as long as her new human slave treated her right, I'm sure she would've been happy.

[corylus]

I would NEVER abandon one of our pets ungrateful as they have been over many years.