I just lost it heavily on the phone a few moments ago. I don’t generally tell people off who call here looking for help with kittens, but this woman pushed all my buttons hard. She had a small kitty walk in her kitchen last night- he stayed the night on some pillows in her laundry room and he was dripping blood out of his rectum and his eyes are discharging. I told her that it sounded like something pretty severe going on and he needed a vet and she screamed at me:
“Do you know how much it costs for a vet visit? I can’t afford that!”
I told her I was sorry, but I couldn’t help her out and she just exploded about how she has called “all you people” and they all tell her the same things- they are full, they can’t help her and why do we even bother saying we rescue when we don’t help people?”
I am ashamed to say that I got a bit testy with her so much so she hung up the phone on me. Her final words were: “Well I don’t know what we are going to do with this kitty- but it won’t be pretty!” GRRRRR
Do I wish I had behaved better? I sure do. I know better and getting mad at her because she is what she is shouldn’t have happened.
Then I went into the bedroom and this was the sight that welcomed me and I knew that yes, I do help people- WHEN I can. And then, I smiled.
What a gorgeous bundle of kittens! They are lucky to have you.
I’d smile too! Exactly how many are in that picture?
12 in that bundle 🙂
Lovely kittens! They always brighten up the day.
Hope the crazy lady doesn’t do anything bad with the kitten.
I would explode at people like that more often than you, so you’re doing all right. And I counted thirteen in the group. There’s an orange-and-white one just visible, next to a tortoiseshell one; you can see them just in the left background. There’s a head and ears in the middle background to the right… In any case, that’s a load of cuteness.