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My dream is to be a stay at home cat mum

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Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:27

I’ll drink wine all day, travel the world extensively, shop, watch films, read books, walk, exercise, lunch with friends

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Discombobble · 01/04/2025 17:30

I am retired and this is me! However, travelling the world as a cat mum gets expensive in cat-sitting fees

Bogginsthe3rd · 01/04/2025 17:30

You'll get toxoplasmosis though.

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:31

You’re going to stay at home with your cat while travelling the world extensively?

Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:34

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:31

You’re going to stay at home with your cat while travelling the world extensively?

I’ll hire a pet sitter or get a friend to cat sit

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Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:34

Bogginsthe3rd · 01/04/2025 17:30

You'll get toxoplasmosis though.

Why would I ?

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EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:45

Get a bonded pair and you’ll feel less guilty when you’re away. Although they’ll gang up on you once you’re back.

CheesePlantBoxes · 01/04/2025 17:46

Foster cats instead. All the flexibility, none of the fees, plus you're helping animals find new homes.

Where are you going first? X

Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:48

CheesePlantBoxes · 01/04/2025 17:46

Foster cats instead. All the flexibility, none of the fees, plus you're helping animals find new homes.

Where are you going first? X

Where ? Like on my travels? Hmmm
perhaps start with Australia

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EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:48

CheesePlantBoxes · 01/04/2025 17:46

Foster cats instead. All the flexibility, none of the fees, plus you're helping animals find new homes.

Where are you going first? X

Kind of flexibility but you never know how long the cats are going to stay for. My fosters ranged between 2 months and 8.

Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:48

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:45

Get a bonded pair and you’ll feel less guilty when you’re away. Although they’ll gang up on you once you’re back.

Getting two at once is a great idea

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Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:49

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:48

Kind of flexibility but you never know how long the cats are going to stay for. My fosters ranged between 2 months and 8.

One of my formers been doing this for years
she’s rehomed so many now at least 10

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CheesePlantBoxes · 01/04/2025 17:52

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:48

Kind of flexibility but you never know how long the cats are going to stay for. My fosters ranged between 2 months and 8.

You can send them back for a holiday though, espwcially if they stay a while. Ours let us. We had some for over a year. We don't usually foster when we plan to go away.

CheesePlantBoxes · 01/04/2025 17:53

Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 17:48

Where ? Like on my travels? Hmmm
perhaps start with Australia

Great choice! 👍

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:59

I rehomed 8 over 2 years. The 9th has moved in permanently.

shellyleppard · 01/04/2025 18:00

@Mycatisanevilgenius from all the cat poo you will have to clean up

Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 19:05

shellyleppard · 01/04/2025 18:00

@Mycatisanevilgenius from all the cat poo you will have to clean up

I’m only having one or two
I’m not going to be surrounded by them !!

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Mycatisanevilgenius · 01/04/2025 19:05

EmpressaurusKitty · 01/04/2025 17:59

I rehomed 8 over 2 years. The 9th has moved in permanently.

That’s brilliant 👏👏👏

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