Man says he ended up in ‘a crazy situation’ after he began taking in cats abandoned during Covid pandemic

Man says he ended up in ‘a crazy situation’ after he began taking in cats abandoned during Covid pandemic

  • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    8 months ago

    I feel for him, that’s gotta be tough. I took in 10 strays, I can’t even imagine having nearly three hundred of them.

    I wonder why he didn’t do something earlier? I know getting them fixed is expensive (it’s going to be around $200 each for the 10 I have) but neither is 28kg a day for food. At least in my case I can keep the girls separated in the house as we slowly afford to get them done.

      • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        There’s a few places Here in Canada that can do them fairly cheap, but nowhere close to where I live, and they usually have a limit of one cat per year.

        • Sizzler@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4·
          8 months ago

          I just had a quick look and yeah seems like you know your local situation. That’s really stupid for the local environment but someone’s gotta get paid.

          • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            Ya, looked into a while back when I was still trying to make friends with these strays… the best deal I can find in my area is $150 plus tax for males, and $210 plus tax for females.

            I don’t have much coin to spare but there’s just no way I was leaving those strays to fend for themselves and make things worse, so I’m squirreling money away to get them done in batches. My neighbor is chipping in $200 so that’ll help too.

            Bonus is now the neighbors are calling me the cat whisperer because the strays all come running when I’m around lol

    • nocturneEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Last year we lost two cats, and somehow gained three. It would have been more off it could have been.