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How many cats are too many?
Comments (55)There are many factors that will determine how many cats become "too many." For some people, the answer is 1 - because they do not have the space or time or resources to dedicate to the wellbeing of their furry friend. I started with one cat (an adult rescue) and felt he would benefit from having a buddy. I got a kitten and they became inseperable. Only down side is the adult is a mellow, low-energy cat and the kitten was a hyper-active ball of energy. After much discussion, I got another kitten to balance things off... This sounded crazy to me but once cat #3 settled in, a perfect harmony existed between all three cats. Fast forward to today, I now have an additional rescue who is estimated to be about 15 years old. This was meant to be a temporary arrangement but it turns out that nobody wants to adopt a 15-year old toothless cat with all kinds of health issues (go figure!)... The addition of cat #4 has been a painful one and has thrown everything out of whack. This old cat is the nicest little ball of purrs when it comes to humans, but she terrorises the crap out of my other cats. Fights have broken out between my other cats as they are on edge and stressed. My youngest male (neutered) has begun to use the bathtub/shower/sinks to pee in despite having 5 litterboxes to choose from throughout the house. The old cat has brought with her fleas, which were a nightmare to treat and het rid of. Her vet bills have been enormous and she has made 1 of my other cats sick as well... She is on a special meat/pate diet that is a whole lot of fun because the other cats have an automatic food-dispenser that she cannot use (so going on holidays is never going to be as easy as it once was). I could go on. After a long, hard struggle of about 18 months, the last cat has finally mellowed out and now tolerates my 3 other cats. However I doubt that the average pet owner would have had the patience and understanding to allow this to happen. Moral of the story? Most people would have brought the first cat back to the shelter and not kept going (because he started off as a "problem cat"). You can have 1 or 2 or 3 or 7 cats... It all depends on how prepared you are to deal with inevitable problems that come with multiple pet ownership. In my case, there was an excellent balance with the first 3. A different 4th addition might have gone more smoothly, but then again the second cat could have been a disaster!...See MoreHow many breaks are too many?
Comments (2)It depends on the project at hand. If they are awaiting a trade to complete something before their job can begin, then you may not see them work for hours. Or, if they are in the middle of doing something that is constrained by the physical properties of the material (thinset only has a certain "open" time before it begins to go bad) then you may not see them take any breaks at all and work straight through. On the whole, most construction is "hurry up and wait" with the jobs needing to proceed in a certain order, and that's usually why it may seem that more "breaks" are occurring than you'd expect....See MoreMeyer Lemon tree producing so many (too many?!) flowers!
Comments (22)What John said about you only need to pollinate if you want seeds is true enough to be a general rule. One exception is minneola tangelo. Those trees don't like to produce reliably without pollenation. Even with it they still sometimes don't want to produce reliably. It's such a commercial problem that universities have done studies trying to understand why it's an exception to the rule....See MoreWest Jet Christmas Miracle Commercial
Comments (20)We always fly WestJet to the Turks and Caicos Islands. In 2009 and 2010 they proved to me what a caring airline they are. In December 2009, my son was in intensive care following complications from spinal surgery. My daughter and family were in the Turks and were flown out to Toronto ahead of schedule with no penalty so that they could be here with us to support us and our son. He died a few days later. Then in 2010, my husband and I were in the Turks and I got a call from the nursing home my mother was in that she had died overnight. I called WestJet and again they came through. I was told to get to the airport ASAP and I could fly out on the next flight. Again, no penalty, no paperwork and though I had an hour to get to the airport I was able fly out on that flight. In my opinion, WestJet is the most customer friendly and compassionate airline of any that I have flown. They have earned my loyalty....See More
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