"I couldn't believe someone took my cat and got him fixed. I don't know why they would do that," she said yesterday. "It really was quite bizarre. I mean, who just takes someone's cat and gets them neutered?"
Thanks to the cat burglar in question, all that now remains of Buddy's previous manhood is a pair of small slits from the surgery. Because Buddy was not plucked or shaven, Ms Curtis fears the unsanctioned snip was the work of a do-it-yourself surgeon.
Barkes Corner Vet Hospital veterinarian Martin Earles said if the job was done by a vet, there would have been at least some hair removed from around the cat's scrotum area. But he believed it would have been difficult for someone to neuter an adult cat by themselves. Although Buddy does not wear a collar, Ms Curtis believes his breed would have made it obvious why he wasn't neutered.
There's an audio interview with Michelle Curtis on this page.
8 comments:
rubbish. pedigree or no, he shouldn't be roaming outside making kittens. He should have had a collar with an ID or at least a microchip. This woman is irresponsible!
The neighbors were probably sick of her stupid cat spraying all over their stuff and pissing in their garden. Good for them. Besides, a cross-bred cat is not a pedigreed cat, that's bull.
Why did she allow her cat to roam freely? It's a wonder he wasn't mauled or run over. And she's worried about his balls? Jeesh!
Back when I had a better job making a lot more money I would pick up strays and have them checked for RFID tags, if it was registered the ASPCA would work to return the cat, if not I'd pay the $30 (at the time) to fix the cat and return it to it's neighborhood if I couldn't find an adopter.
While it is inexcusable for someone to neuter a cat THEMSELVES (poor cat if he was neutered without anesthesia), I was just saying to my boyfriend the other day that there ought to be a government program that allows you to grab any domestic animals running loose and have them fixed. When people allow their animals to run loose, they lose certain rights, like deciding whether or not they wish to allow their animals to breed. How irresponsible! (This is coming from someone who was enamored with the litter of kittens that appeared at work last year, and is now dealing with the fourth generation only one year later!)
I wholeheartedly agree with every comment labeling the owner Michelle Curtis as irresponsible.
You lose your right to whine about anything that befalls your pet when you knowingly let it out of the house to roam. If it's that important, KEEP IT INSIDE!
Not all pets should be kept inside and collars on cats have been known to choke them as they crawl through hedges etc. However it should at the very least have been chipped.
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