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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

142.0. "TEN WEEK KITTEN NEEDS HOME" by LYRA::IORIO () Wed Sep 04 1985 18:33

	ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO SOMEONE AT WORK BROUGHT A KITTEN IN THAT THEY HAD
FOUND ABANDONED.  I TOOK IT TO THE VET. FOUND OUT IT WAS A HEALTHY, MALE
4 WEEK OLD.  I KEPT IT BECAUSE I LOVE CATS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT GREW
STRONGER (I DIDN'T KNOW IF PET STORES OR HUMANE SOCIETIES CARE INDIVIDUALLY
FOR SUCH YOUNG KITTENS).  IT IS NOW A STRONG, FRISKY, ADORABLE BROWN TIGER
WITH GREEN EYES.  HE IS AFFECTION AND PRECIOUS BUT NEEDS A LARGE PLACE TO
LIVE. (I LIVE IN A SMALL APT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW PETS.) MY LANDLORD HAS
BECOME INTOLERANT AND I HAVE TO GIVE HIM AWAY QUICKLY.  HE COMES WITH THE
TWO MANY BAGS OF KITTEN CHOW I BOUGHT, HOW TO CARE FOR KITTEN BOOKS, TOYS,
ETC. SO YOU'D HAVE THINGS TO CARE FOR HIM RIGHT AWAY.  HE'S ALSO HOUSE
BROKEN.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WANTS A KITTEN.

			THANKS,

			AMY
			LTN2-2/H14
			229-6667
			YODA, KHOTEK
			(HOME PHONE) 497-6877

	I LIVE IN BOSTON BUT WILL BRING THE KITTEN ANYWHERE FOR A GOOD HOME.
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142.1PEN::KALLISThu Sep 12 1985 17:5114
If you'd really _like_ to keep the kitcat, and your landlord has "become"
intolerant, it probably means that you might be able to make an arrangements
such as a deposit against any damage (perhaps $100 wpould be enough).  You
haven't said whether the place you stay is rented furnished or un-.  Normally,
since cats are rather clean animals, any landlord is concerned with two things:
damage and disturbance (in the case of a crowded apartment).

Also, if you have your little tom neutered, it'll work better (less odor).

You might want to try these.

Steve
"Daddy" to five...

142.2RAVEN1::HEFFELFINGERFri Sep 13 1985 12:4726
   Speaking as one who has talked her landlady into 6 cats...

   Do try the offer of a deposit.  WHen I move in almost 2 years ago, the
fact that my 3 were litter-box trained and neutered made her let me have them
with no deposit.  There was however a clause in the lease specifying that I
couldn't get any more.  When Gary and I got engaged 6 months later we called 
her up and told her and asked her if we could add Gary's 2 cats on (making sure
that she knew that we'd move before we gave up the cats) and told her we'd be
happy to pay "a hundred or two pet deposit", she chose to take only 1 hundred.
Another 9 mnoths went by and a kitten was dumped on our doorstep.  Another
call.  Jane's great!  We told her were trying to find a home for him but if
we can't find one,....  "What's one more at this point?" she said.

   Seriously, landpeople will often be more flexible than you expect,
especially if you appear to care about the state of the property and are 
willing to take responsibilty for the cat's actions and prove it with the 
offer of money.  

   I have at home the names of several organizations that deal with getting 
landpeople to accept pets on their property.  Tonight or tomorrow, I'll try
to remember to type in some info about them and the tatics they use to talk
them into it.  (Don't worry, nothing drastic, just things like deposits and 
information about the cleanliness of cats.)

tlh