# It's Kitten Season! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029 "2003-05-28T15:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/41 "2003-05-29T16:21:02Z")
**Magayuk** , you rock. I am in awe of your coolness. šŸ†’ **Kalhoun** , do get two! Two kittens are actually less work than one, in my opinion - the only thing that can keep up with a kitten is another kitten. When youā€™ve got a pair to entertain each other, they seem far less likely to entertain themselves by shredding the sofa or pulling used tampons out of the trash (ā€œlook what I found, Mom!ā€). Plus, itā€™s even more entertainment. Iā€™m not sure we even turned on the television between six weeks and nine months - it was way more fun to just sit in the living room and play ā€œchase the crumpled up magazine reply cardā€. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/42 "2003-05-29T17:49:11Z")
ENugent, we already have two cats, and one is an insane 2 1/2 year old, so there will definitely be lots of action! Weā€™d like four, but I also like to keep that last slot open for strays in need. We really canā€™t be good parents if we have more than four. I donā€™t think Iā€™m going to be able to sleep tonight! ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/43 "2003-05-29T18:58:22Z")
My adopted kitten is Spike (former stray as a tiny kitten- had to be fostered until old enough for adoption). He is a riot, and the most pampered and catered to cat ever. Feel free to use the name. Nice job with the kitten rescue! ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/44 "2003-05-29T21:08:24Z")
Excellent save, thank you! And for those in need, this site has low cost and even free spay and neuter clinics for cats. listed by state: [http://www.lovethatcat.com/spayneuter.html](http://www.lovethatcat.com/spayneuter.html) ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/45 "2003-05-29T22:04:14Z")
**Magayuk** I want to have your child. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/46 "2003-05-29T22:17:37Z")
Very well done, **Magayuk**. Stories like that tell me that there really is such a thing as human altruism. To echo (echo echo) **Jeff Olsen** and **missbunny** , though, and to add a level of doubt, is it not only possible that ā€œEvil Guyā€ did not throw the kittens in there (thus making his ā€œThen they gonna git drownedā€ statement not a threat but a statement of inevitability,) but also that perhaps he was unwilling to risk his own neck to do it, but felt bad enough about the kittens that he called someone who he felt might be more qualified to rescue the kittens without killing himself? Iā€™m just not convinced that ā€œEvil Guyā€ was evil at all. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/47 "2003-05-29T22:35:34Z")
Magayuk, you are totally amazing. That was an awesome thing for you to do. Animal cruelty just makes no sense. Every animal has the right to be treated decently. Some people see any creature that is not human as being inferior, but they arenā€™t. Every animal is a living, breathing life that needs to be treaded with kindness and respect. You did a very good thing. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/48 "2003-05-29T23:50:35Z")
This little exchange: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Magayuk \* > **Me(about to explode): Fine, where do you live, I will come and ā€˜gitā€™ them. > Evil incarnate: I donā€™t got them at home no more, you know the shoe factory?** leads _me_ to believe he did have something to do with the kittensā€™ location. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/49 "2003-05-30T05:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublight \* > \*\*Maybe itā€™s just me, but from your description of the phone call, **Magayuk** , it sounds like the guy called you more for the thrill of jerking your chain than out of hope you would rescue the cats in time. He may have been hiding somewhere nearby watching to see if youā€™d make in time. > > Iā€™m glad the kittens are ok, but even more so, Iā€™m glad **youā€™re** ok. If Iā€™d gotten that call, I would have suspected it was a trick to lure me out somewhere where I could be easily robbed, beaten up, or killed. > > Youā€™re one of the good ones, man, but be careful. \*\* **Magayuk** , I agree with what all the posters have said, youā€™re wonderful! The guy on the phone sounded pretty dumb. I was going to say maybe he was just some poor old drunk, not too terribly articulate and trying to explain that the kittens were already in the water and needed rescuing, til I got to the part about ā€œI donā€™t got them at home no moreā€. What an idiot, and YAY you! ---
**Author:** ![bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/50 "2003-05-30T06:18:44Z")
ok, I must be the most cynical/paranoid bastard posting hereā€¦ when first reading the OP all I could think was, ā€œThis poster is getting setup for a mugging/beatingā€ While Iā€™m also an animal lover (I definately would have been on my way to try to save those little purring mewing cuties), I would have also have had a few large friends on the way also, just in case. All paranoia asideā€¦ Good work man, Iā€™m glad there are people like you in the world. (Iā€™d include some misc animal rescue stories from my past, but that might detract from what the original poster did.) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/51 "2003-05-30T07:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Misery Loves Co. \* > **no, itā€™s _wabbit_ season!** Youā€™re both wrong; itā€™s baseball season! Youā€™re a good person, **Magayuk**. ---
**Author:** ![byter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@byter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/byter)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029/52 "2003-05-30T12:45:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bobo \* > **ok, I must be the most cynical/paranoid bastard posting hereā€¦ when first reading the OP all I could think was, "This poster is getting setup for a mugging/beating"** Iā€™m going to second that thought too. Youā€™ve got some big balls my man. I sure as hell wouldnā€™t go up to a 250+ pound guy and tell him he has a problem with his dogs!! You are quite a unique individual. Well done. My best wishes to you and your litter! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-kitten-season/178029.md?page=2)