Apr 2 2009, 05:20 AM
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Updating on this post.
My Grandfather passed away on 17 January 2009. His toes on his right foot turned gangrenous due to diabetes and had his foot amputated. He died soon after the operation, which shocked us as after he woke from the operation, he was scolding my father and his siblings as he did not agree to his foot being amputated in the first place. May he rest in peace.
I know this is a very late update but I had to deal with my life and family pressure/stress so updating this post didn't come to mind. Now my dad is still trying to make me rid the pets from the room to make way for renovation (which will never happen, knowing him).
As many people are questioning why I asked for an adoption fee and why were the rules changed, I will explain some. I have put things up for adoption before without asking for any fee. I have adopted off a number of animals as well as Peanut, one of my purebred red toy poodles for free. Now I currently have another red male toy poodle, which is the brother of Peanut, which is also up for adoption without any fee. Why are they up for adoption? That you would have to ask my mum as she is a pack rat regardless materials or animals. She can't bring herself to give up her precious poodles (personally I don't like poodles), so poor Cocoa and Peanut were locked up in the kitchen 24/7 as my mongrel will kill them if he gets the chance. So everytime I mention to my mom, 'There's someone interested to adopt Cocoa.' I will have to go through arguing/verbally fighting with her in order to get her to agree, which is VERY stressful.
Ok, back to the point. Many Malaysians take free things for granted. When I posted a pet for adoption, I usually didn't ask for anything in return. And if it was an exotic pet, I kept getting nonsense smses and calls that expected me to just hand the animal over like I was giving out flyers. This was difficult to filter and organize and I was getting too many smses to remember who was who. Furthermore, as exotic pets are usually costly and hard to get free, a LOT of ppl would not miss the opportunity as they have nothing to lose. My inbox and PM box was full in less than 3 days.
Firstly, setting conditions and an adoption fee was to filter out the serious adopters from the impulse adopters. Actually the fee depends a lot on the adopter, that's the reason why it's only stated adoption fee, as it's not fixed. If you show you are a responsible person and you will keep your word, it might even be free. Even if there is a fee, it usually won't be much as I do have to feed my pets and I'm still studying. Frankly the effort I gave and the cost of the food I fed them costs hecks more than what I'm asking for.
As for the rules, the reason why it was strictly free was due to ppl trying to sell and advertise their pets for sale. The mods had to keep cleaning and got fed up, so they put strictly free unless with receipt to claim for vet fees. Ppl selling the pets weren't those who were selling purebreds or things like that. They were trying to sell animals that are usually supposed to be free. Like a family of cats from the street for RM500. A mongrel for RM50. etc... As the saying goes, 'Give an inch and you take a foot.' The rules were slightly changed due to complaints. But well, I didn't explain my situation and what the fee was actually for earlier, so who could blame them.
As for anyone who is curious to know more, or having any doubts, you are welcomed to contact or PM me and I will see to it the best I can. As for those who seem to have problems with me and my adoption, I'm not trying to force or make you believe me. I have explained what I can and it's your choice to take it or not.
Have a nice morning/day.
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