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Were you the subject of an intervention during holiday gatherings?

Dec 26, 2011 6:13 PM

Did someone take it upon themselves to attempt to correct some sort of behavior on your part they find unappealing? Give you unrequested life advice? In our case, it was about our cats.

Forty-eight hours later, I still want to punch my BIL in the nose.

lisaviolet lisaviolet

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No...not this year. Do you hoard cats? Are they pooping all over your house?

If so then yeah, you probably needed an intervention.

thegarageband thegarageband
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No, we don't hoard, we've just rescued a bunch of cats (mostly the kittens of feral cats, we get them spayed and neutered; since there haven't been any feral cats in the neighborhood for a couple of years, we haven't taken in any new cats in years - the population is now starting to age out and we aren't looking to replace any that have died). Oh, and we have gotten a few from our vet's office, they call here and tell us "we've got a cat that needs a home..." They only call as a last resort and it hasn't happened often and it hasn't happened in the last year. Our petsitter works at the vet's office.

Our youngest cats are around three years old, the oldest cats are eighteen.

And yes, they poop all over the house, that's where the litterboxes are And they poop in the backyard, which they can't leave to be nuisances to the neighbors.

http://www.catcam.us

lisaviolet lisaviolet
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@lisaviolet: Any more than 4 cats and they'll start calling you a "rancher."

lavikinga lavikinga
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Just wandered through your website and met most of your kitties. :-) Show your BIL the front door and explain to him (in small words) how it works... LOL

jimeezlady jimeezlady
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@lavikinga: Yeehaw!

lisaviolet lisaviolet
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@jimeezlady: Thanks. The thing that really threw me is we weren't at our house, we were at my MIL's. Our cats don't affect him in any way, shape or form. For me it was a major thing of WTF?

DH says "oh, he was just tired, crabby from working so much and has a lot on his mind". Well, he should take it out on his own wife and leave me alone. If it happens again, I'll let my Irish out. laughing

lisaviolet lisaviolet
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@lisaviolet: Thirty. You have thirty cats. OH.My.Friskies. We now have two (sympathy adoptions of an adult cat and an under-a-year kitten), and two dogs who like to herd the cats. Do you know how hard it is to herd cats? I am surprised our Christmas tree is still standing.

My hat is off to you. Knowing how much crap two cats can generate in 24 hours, I can't even imagine what the daily catbox cleaning capers must be like for you guys. Jeez!

lavikinga lavikinga
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@lavikinga: DH does the litterboxes in the garage, I do the ones in the house. And when I don't score a BOC on Woot!, I always say "well, I've got plenty right here at home" so I don't feel like such a loser.

If we knew how much work it would turn out to be way back when, I don't think we'd have done anything differently. But now the population is shrinking and we don't have a problem with that at all.

lisaviolet lisaviolet
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@lisaviolet: Ahh! Poor thing... (sarcasm :-P) Maybe if he spent less time worrying about other people's business he'd be less stressed out? ;-)

Make him a Kitty Litter Cake for his next birthday. LOL http://allrecipes.com/recipe/kitty-litter-cake/

I'm Irish AND evil hee hee

jimeezlady jimeezlady
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glad I don't have to spend the holidays in your stinky house.

anything more than 3-4 adult cats and you're officially, "one of those people". 30 in one home should be illegal. Your house probably stinks so bad people in the street could smell it. If my sibling were married to a nutjob with 30 cats, I'd try to get him/her out just as if they were in some psycho cult.

sorry for being harsh, but MY GOD, someone has to speak some sense here. Your in-law probably spoke up because you are nuts enough to PUBLICLY PROMOTE YOUR DISORDER ON A WEBSITE. Everyone who knows probably teases them about it. they're probably ashamed to be related to you.

kamikazeken kamikazeken
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@kamikazeken: FWIW, my husband is the reason we've got so many. Just sayin'.

lisaviolet lisaviolet

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