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November 15, 2006, 9:26 am PST
11/15 When Too Much is ... Too Much
Quote From: onawhimdotcomRe: The Cat Lady-
I am surprised that Doctor Phil said he admired this behavior, as it is a form of mental illness. She needs serious psychiatric care. I worked as a vet tech for a time and one thing is for certain. All 200 cats cannot be healthy. There's just no way, either physically or socially. How can she possibly take them all to the vet for yearly checkups? Provide vet care for illnesses, especially URIs or conjunctivitis, which can speed through a group of cats like wildfire? Animal Planet does shows on this all the time. Animal Cops, etc...the ASPCA seems to always be dealing with collectors. Dr. Phil should have asked a rep from the humane association to appear so they could talk to this woman. They would explain what she is doing to those cats in the end, and it's not admirable. It's actually a form of cruelty, although not intentional. In some cases they will even prosecute collectors and have a court order against the collector to never own another pet.
I normally agree with Dr. Phil, but in this case, I just can't. Well...having 200 cats in not an inherent sign of mental illness. It can be a sign of mental illness. I'm sure Dr Phil is qualified to tell the difference.
She has 10 acres and seems to take care of each cat. Cats are not dependant on human contact to be healthy, so it's not like she's failing them that way.
I think her intentions are good, but I would hate to live near her.
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