February 27, 2015
Michelle says: Benny was born to a cat who was "indoor only." Benny's mom's owner, thinking that her cat never went outside, said she "did not bother" to spend the money on getting her spayed; she felt it was expensive and uneccessary. However, when Benny's mom went into heat, she squeezed past her owner at the door to get outside and got pregnant! Her owner didn't realize anything was up until she gave birth. The owner's brother worked at a pet store and contacted our rescue to help them with their kitty situation. Our rescue agreed to help her rehome the kittens if she agreed to get the momma cat spayed so this wouldn't happen again. She agreed and also paid for the spay. Benny and his siblings all found wonderful homes and momma cat doesn't go into heat and try to bolt out... or contribute to an already out-of-control overpopulation situation. We fostered Benny at the same time as Cinderella and Mulan. That's Mulan in the photos with Benny.
All Photos Courtesy of and ©: Michelle Peters Spivack
Michelle volunteers for 13th St. Cat Rescue, IBOK Rescue and Paws for SJACS in San Jose, CA

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Smooch -
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He is such a handsome cat! Lovely story and glad to hear the mother cat was spayed. Lovely Benny and Mulan!
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Spunky and happy ! Thank you so much for all work you do on rescuing .
LindaG -
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Oh, my heart! How adorable and beautiful!!
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I want a time machine to go back in time and adopt Benny and Cinderella. Again, I'm so smitten with one of your kittens. Such a handsome and mellow looking little flame point. Glad mama kitty was fixed. All is well that ends well.
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Such a handsome boy!
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Such a handsome cattie with his light-colored fur and baby blue eyes. So happy that he found a great forever home.
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Benny is a beautiful boy ~ he looks like a flame tip Ragdoll!
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I am torn. Such beautiful kittens and yet we must spay the momma to save their lives. It's a constant Hobson's choice--if there are too many kittens, they will end up euthanized in "shelters."
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Cutie in the extreme
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What cuties and so happy looking! All your fosters are lucky to have you & your home for nurturing!
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what a gorgeous duo!
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B-E-AU-T-I-F-U-L!
A Walkaway -
I agree about the spay and neuter - the "don't want to waste the money"/"we must wait until after the first litter or they'll get fat and lazy"/"How dare you suggest I take away their manhood/womanhood!" excuses are well known here... and the reason why we have too many cats of our own (once pregnant, the people in this area like to drop them off in poorer neighborhoods and let us try to deal with the added expenses).

Regarding Benny and Mulan - two GORGEOUS cats. Benny is so pretty that he'd be a "collector's item"! (GRIN!)
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Lovely markings on Benny. Surprisingly he looks like a boy even with the delicate coloring.
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Handsome!!!
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I am so a crazy cat lady in the making! If I fostered two such adorable kittens, I would not be giving them up! Pretty babies!
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Guess I'm already a crazy cat lady. I have 5 rescue cats--3 from Friends of Gummi(had to give a shout-out),and 2 from a feral colony nearby. I wouldn't give up any of them, but wish they had not needed me in the first place. Please spay/neuter!



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