Foster Cats - update
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:38 pm
Having not been around for a couple of months, I've just updated Buzz's thread about finding his forever home and thought I might as well do a general update too. After his false start, where his first 'new home' decided he wasn't settling and brought him back after about 24 hours (!!!) Buzz went back to the main cattery, where he stood more of a chance of being seen by potential adopters. That left my outdoor pen empty ...... but not for long.
Charlie was one of those stray 'stinky tom cats' that start to become a pest - breaking into people's houses and mugging their cats for their food. Some people liked him and left food out for him, he's a friendly sort, but others were keen to see him go, so he was trapped, brought into the rescue, had the snip, and came to live in my pen while his hormones wore off.
He's been doing OK for food and wasn't in too bad a condition, he's a small cat with a big tom cat's chops on him, but he's quite a handsome lad. He's a bit confused - he's obviously not quite sure of his reception, so he's actually hissing sometimes as he stands on his back legs to get an ear scritch from you, but at heart he's a very loving chap so I'm sure he'll settle down. And indeed someone has already fallen for him and he should be off to his new home with an experienced cat person with two older cats and a big house and garden in the next couple of weeks. He doesn't react at all to my gang, but we just want to make sure that his hormones have settled down to give him the best chance of a successful move.
And then a week ago a family took a 15 year old cat to be PTS at out local vets. The old lady she'd been living with was in hospital, had asthma issues and the doctor wouldn't let her go home to a cat in the house, so the family had tried to rehome, and failed, so felt they had no choice. The vet had other ideas, though, took her in and called us ..... so Twinkle moved in with me last weekend ...... and looks likely to stay! 
'Twinks' is very sweet, and seems quite happy in our stairwell, which was the only 'space' we had! The others all know she's there, but nobody's batted an eyelid and she doesn't seem like much fazes her. Except she hates being picked up - the one time I tried she rapped me VERY smartly with her paw "put me down this INSTANT you big oaf!!" like some grand old dowager!
Charlie was one of those stray 'stinky tom cats' that start to become a pest - breaking into people's houses and mugging their cats for their food. Some people liked him and left food out for him, he's a friendly sort, but others were keen to see him go, so he was trapped, brought into the rescue, had the snip, and came to live in my pen while his hormones wore off.
He's been doing OK for food and wasn't in too bad a condition, he's a small cat with a big tom cat's chops on him, but he's quite a handsome lad. He's a bit confused - he's obviously not quite sure of his reception, so he's actually hissing sometimes as he stands on his back legs to get an ear scritch from you, but at heart he's a very loving chap so I'm sure he'll settle down. And indeed someone has already fallen for him and he should be off to his new home with an experienced cat person with two older cats and a big house and garden in the next couple of weeks. He doesn't react at all to my gang, but we just want to make sure that his hormones have settled down to give him the best chance of a successful move.
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'Twinks' is very sweet, and seems quite happy in our stairwell, which was the only 'space' we had! The others all know she's there, but nobody's batted an eyelid and she doesn't seem like much fazes her. Except she hates being picked up - the one time I tried she rapped me VERY smartly with her paw "put me down this INSTANT you big oaf!!" like some grand old dowager!
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