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Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

Here's the drill:

I got a friend of mine a kitten for her birthday.

Unfortunately, she can't afford it.

So...

Anyone up for a road trip to Baton Rouge for a cat?
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Specifics:

It's well fed--well, it looks that way
8 week old male
Two shots--needs two more, with a shot record and vetrinarian card to call
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Please guys, any help will do. I'm also willing to make road trips if I need to.

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

If she doesn't have any luck finding a home for it, check in the net for no-kill shelters in the area. I'm sure there's at least one. Good luck!

space opera

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
Anyone up for a road trip to Baton Rouge for a cat?

How much does it cost to Fed Ex a kitten?

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

you might have been joking, but my neighbor once had a puppy UPSed. If this kitten were closer I would be interested, not that I need a kitten or anything but...

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

This is kitten season, unfortunately. A friend of mine at work is trying to find homes for a litter of kittens whose mother gave birth to them in his neighbor's shed. The neighbor dislikes cats, and my friend's pleading, along with his efforts to find them a home as soon as they can be taken from their mother (they're a month old, so probably in about another month or so) have kept her from trying to kill them with rat poison. [Mad]

Luckily, he's actually having some luck in finding takers. If he can't find others to take them, my wife and I will be adopting some more cats, I'm afraid. Our current cat isn't going to like that too much.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Heh - pay for the gas and I'll be happy to drive from Atlanta to Baton Rouge and then on to wherever to hand-deliver the kitten.

A road trip might not be a bad way to waste a couple of days.

-Trevor

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

Hehe. No, I will not FedEx the cat, sorry Dag.

If you really really want to drive that far, sure.

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NOW INCLUDED:

1 Medium Size Pet Taxi
1 Flea Collar
1 Small Bag of Kitten Chow
1 Jug of Kitty Litter
1 Plastic Litter Box
1 Food/Water Bowl
2 Catnip Toys

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Snicker - let me know where the kitten is going and I'll check my calender of events.

-Trevor

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

Tops, by this weekend.

Or we COULD FedEx it... Overnight mail... [Evil Laugh]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Or I could feed it to a dog, because dogs rock.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Why y'all gotta hate on the small varmints? First my duck, now this poor, little kitty cat. [Cry]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Actually, Storm, my prejudice is only against cats.

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

Unfortunately, I already have a cat that I will probably have to have back-declawed soon. She's already front-declawed, but the apartment complex I've applied for requires complete declawing. (Sorry Comet.)

I even considered finding a home for her so I wouldn't have to do this to her, but my daughter Cayla wants so bad to keep her. I'm torn.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Keep the cat. Do what you have to do.

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

Hehe. I might give it to a friend's mother. We'll see, we'll see.

Too bad I'm alergic, I could keep it. I'll bet he'd get along great with my huge weimaraner Grace.

Posted by jacama (Member # 6291) on :

Didn't the pups in "Where the Red Fern Grows" arrive via USPO?

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

And the little bundle of fur and trouble is going where?

-Trevor

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Oh, I wish I could help out with that!

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Re: "Red Fern":

I don't know how the pups got to the station, but I know Billy walked there on barefoot to pick them up, and carried them home in a gunny sack with two holes cut in it.

Maybe they did...if I remember correctly (ha ha) they were playing around a wooden crate when he picked them up?

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

quote:
(the scene - The Tick and Arthur sneak into an Evil hideout)

The Forehead wonders, "Wait a second - something smells fishy here. I don't think you guys are villains!"

The Tick responds, "Oh no, We're - we're bad."

Arthur: "Oh yeah, the worst!"

"OK, if you guys are so evil, why don't you just... EAT THIS KITTEN!" Forehead yells, pulling a cat out of nowhere.

Tick: "What? No way, Mister! That's just wrong!"

The Tick, picking up the kitten by the scruff of it's neck in his teeth, says, "We'll take that kitten, you wretch! How dare you! I knew evil was bad, but eating kitten is just plain, plain wrong! And NO ONE should do it, EVER!

Sorry, it seemed appropriate.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

You can ship animals. I mean, you can't just drop them in the slot at the post office, but you can certainly ship them. Ask AJ - I know that breeders often do that, because top breeders may have buyers for their pups from all over the world.

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

Sorry, Trevor, but my roommate snatched the cat up. She's keeping it at her boyfriend's house.

Lesson learned: Don't take free stuff without talking to people first. [No No]

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Snicker - I didn't take any free stuff. I was just volunteering to play chauffer. [Big Grin]

I'm glad the kitten has a good home.

-Trevor

Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :

somehow I see a scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer where they're playing Kitten Poker...

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Not the kind of kitten I care to poker, but to each their own.

-Trevor