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> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:51:11 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>John J wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>> >I don't think it's common (or natural) for any animal mother to kill
>>> >her babies. I have read somewhere in the past that they will do this
>>> >if there is a problem with the offspring. Like a genetic defect or
>>> >something. Only humans will keep birth defective babies, but then we
>>> >have hospitals and animals don't.
>>>
>>> And we have Republicans.
>>
>>The pubs lost me years ago when they got in bed with the "religious
>>right."
>>
>>G.
>
> Years ago our cat had kittens and she would push one of the kittens
> away constantly and not allow it to feed. I would sit there and make
> sure it fed. Couple of weeks later I could see the kitten really
> could not move readily so I took it to the vet to see what was wrong.
> The vet laughed at me and said, 'You've been making sure this kitten
> fed, the mother cat would never do that she knows it's hips are
> completely malformed and it can never walk' -

When my cat's vet laughed at me when my pal was dying and I was grasping at
anything to save him I grabbed him by the collar, shoved him against a wall
and told him mayb he should get another career.

I got a new vet, needless to say.