Fidget
Senior Member
Ok, how do you say no to any kid in need if you can help? You can't.
Defence #1 you don't go where you see kids in need that you could help. The bulk of you seem to be in Ontario, hence the most kids-in-need-of-help post being there. I'm in BC. Honestly, if Goliath had come up in Victoria I'd have gone nuts, I don't even drive in frost let alone snow. I'd have had to get off the site and take a bunch of ativan to sleep thru it or get a cab to get him.
Defense #2 How big is my vet fund? And how much can I add per month? For each kid estimate the cost of 1 exam and meds. Add those together. Add $100 for if some kid has a complicated thing. That's the least you need for now (you might have to take from the other's money for one kid but at least it's there when you need it, you have to make it up tho). I know you're a better option than the spca even with no money because not much chance anyone adopting will give it vet care let alone as good as the rest you have to offer, but you don't want to be the one to deny it more and give it less. If you don't have it NOW you can't afford the kid but could put your love & concern into finding it another home so you can know it's ok.
Defense # 3 - Every life saved is worth it. But look at your schedule, add up your time available to them each week. Subtract cage cleaning time. Divide time left between groups of kids that live together and share out time. From each group's time deduct 5 minutes for each kid that you actually spend at least 10 minutes with one-to-one.
Better they should be with you than dead when they have a life to live for sure. But what about rescuing them then calling a rescue group and maybe fostering til they can find a forever home so the ones you have really have good lives with you?
Every hoarder started out wanting to save individuals that didn't have a better option. And ended up too overwhelmed to give them the best. You know to not let them breed tho! But it's when our factual idea that we can do better than their other alternatives blinds us to the fact that we are not doing better anymore cause we can't afford the vet for that many that we get blind to their needs and ours take precedence.
How's that?
Defence #1 you don't go where you see kids in need that you could help. The bulk of you seem to be in Ontario, hence the most kids-in-need-of-help post being there. I'm in BC. Honestly, if Goliath had come up in Victoria I'd have gone nuts, I don't even drive in frost let alone snow. I'd have had to get off the site and take a bunch of ativan to sleep thru it or get a cab to get him.
Defense #2 How big is my vet fund? And how much can I add per month? For each kid estimate the cost of 1 exam and meds. Add those together. Add $100 for if some kid has a complicated thing. That's the least you need for now (you might have to take from the other's money for one kid but at least it's there when you need it, you have to make it up tho). I know you're a better option than the spca even with no money because not much chance anyone adopting will give it vet care let alone as good as the rest you have to offer, but you don't want to be the one to deny it more and give it less. If you don't have it NOW you can't afford the kid but could put your love & concern into finding it another home so you can know it's ok.
Defense # 3 - Every life saved is worth it. But look at your schedule, add up your time available to them each week. Subtract cage cleaning time. Divide time left between groups of kids that live together and share out time. From each group's time deduct 5 minutes for each kid that you actually spend at least 10 minutes with one-to-one.
Better they should be with you than dead when they have a life to live for sure. But what about rescuing them then calling a rescue group and maybe fostering til they can find a forever home so the ones you have really have good lives with you?
Every hoarder started out wanting to save individuals that didn't have a better option. And ended up too overwhelmed to give them the best. You know to not let them breed tho! But it's when our factual idea that we can do better than their other alternatives blinds us to the fact that we are not doing better anymore cause we can't afford the vet for that many that we get blind to their needs and ours take precedence.
How's that?
