Any informational videos about cat care?

R.D. aka MR.D

Much to my dismay I have an in-law with two cats that seems clueless about proper animal care.

I'm not much of a cat person but I know the basics on good care.

She is only a teenager but has a brother and sister cat. Girl cat is now pregnant. She told me the boy cat is constantly getting in fights with the other cats in the area.

She has no idea who the kitty daddy is for these kittens and seemed to totally deny any possibility that it was the brother cat. It was like she didn't believe it could be possible.

So what I'm wondering is if any of you knowledgable cat people know of any hip videos that might explain the importance of neutering cats and controlling the cat population. She is only a teenager as I said and I think she thinks I'm a boring old woman. I even offered to pay to have the cats neutered (boy immediately and girl after the kittens are born) but she didn't take me up on it. She lives in another country but if she lived here, I'd drive to her and take them myself which my mother had to do with her niece a few years back who 'didn't believe' in neutering dogs.

So basically I'm looking for something that will speak to her on a level she will respond too. In my mind I'm thinking something like that tea video about sexual consent that everyone thinks is very clever. She'd respond to something like that.

Nody

Jackson Galaxy is always a good starting point; Cole and Marmalade also have several instructive videos.

For the neutering specifically use these video from Jackson:

And have her take the female to the vet to get an abortion if possible because kittens are a ton of work who then needs a home, neutering etc.

kathleen37

I love Jackson Galaxy. His work in relation to aggressive cats is excellent.

Bunnyslippers

Also tell her the kittens father is definitely the tom - happens in feral colonies and it quite often means the kittens have lots of expensive problems! When you mention money that usually pricks even the most stupid ears!!

R.D. aka MR.D

Nody wrote: »

And have her take the female to the vet to get an abortion if possible because kittens are a ton of work who then needs a home, neutering etc.

Thank you very much for this! It looks good, i'll send it on to her.

Unfortunately, it is too late for an abortion as the kittens were born today.

R.D. aka MR.D

Bunnyslippers wrote: »

Also tell her the kittens father is definitely the tom - happens in feral colonies and it quite often means the kittens have lots of expensive problems! When you mention money that usually pricks even the most stupid ears!!

Yeah, the kittens were born today and I'm too much of a baby to ask her if they are healthy.

I've seen some seriously deformed kittens in my day.

I'm hoping they are okay. She claims she has homes for all of them but I imagine it's all her teenage friends who might change their tune.