So the other day one of my mom's cats got sick. She didn't take it to the vet... she left it to die. So I had a talk with her about her money situation.
She is so **** attached to these animals that sit outside and never get attention that she's making up excuses... "They won't take Padfoot because of his eye problem." "They're too old." "He doesn't come when called." "I already paid to have them spayed/neutered." Stuff like that. Yet they sit outside, and she even forgets to feed them sometimes. She's insisting that if the animals got hurt she'd take them to the vet, yet I know it's a load of ****. She may still take Padfoot and Baby and some of the cats to a no kill shelter, and it'll hurt. But what she doesn't understand is that it needs to be done.
And yet she continues to get new animals. In the past month she has acquired two kittens WHILE my cat was nursing a litter, and a puppy. Her total is 2 outside dogs, an inside puppy, 4 outside cats plus a kitten that someone dumped in our yard, and an inside cat. Why doesn't she see the problem? I would LOVE to keep Padfoot, but what if he got bloat? What if he got something worse? Would she take him to the vet? No, she wouldn't! I don't know what to do with her, it's driving me nuts! Can anyone please, please help?
She is so **** attached to these animals that sit outside and never get attention that she's making up excuses... "They won't take Padfoot because of his eye problem." "They're too old." "He doesn't come when called." "I already paid to have them spayed/neutered." Stuff like that. Yet they sit outside, and she even forgets to feed them sometimes. She's insisting that if the animals got hurt she'd take them to the vet, yet I know it's a load of ****. She may still take Padfoot and Baby and some of the cats to a no kill shelter, and it'll hurt. But what she doesn't understand is that it needs to be done.
And yet she continues to get new animals. In the past month she has acquired two kittens WHILE my cat was nursing a litter, and a puppy. Her total is 2 outside dogs, an inside puppy, 4 outside cats plus a kitten that someone dumped in our yard, and an inside cat. Why doesn't she see the problem? I would LOVE to keep Padfoot, but what if he got bloat? What if he got something worse? Would she take him to the vet? No, she wouldn't! I don't know what to do with her, it's driving me nuts! Can anyone please, please help?
