Starving Kitten: AKA...What the Hell Is Wrong With People?

07-21-2010, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

There's a kitten season?

Yes. It's when the outside temperature is warm enough that newborn kittens won't freeze to death. That is when the shelters also get flooded with them, because they didn't freeze to death as the mother's previous litter, born in (for example) early January would have.

**Lynn Bodoni** · 07-21-2010, 11:23 AM

And as for taking it to the Humane Society...during kitten season that's pretty much a not-so-funny joke. Every shelter I contacted was at capacity.

My local Humane Society used to have Mother's Day specials in May...adopt one feline, get a second one at no additional cost. The last time we adopted a cat there, we found two that we liked, and I jokingly asked if they were having a buy one get one free sale. To my surprise, they were ready to make a deal. I guess this was because they were overflowing, and also because I wanted to adopt an adult cat as well as a kitten. But yes, it was springtime, and they had plenty of kittens as well as adult cats.

I've done my share of taking cats to the Humane Society, and I hope I never have to do so again...but if I have to, I have to. It's better than letting an animal die of thirst/starvation/getting run over.