Critters!
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@packrat This cat looks like a marbled chocolate cheesecake.
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Meet our puppy club. Harley, Beelsa and Honey.
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We adopted a third cat recently. We like having three cats in particular and there has been a hole in me since losing my old man baby.
So we adopted another old man. I've thought that it's easier for kittens to get adopted than adult cats, and harder for senior cats. This old man is 14, but a big lump of love. He's so damn sweet. Obviously there's going to be some separation with the others while we introduce them to each other, but he's great.
Don't have a name for him yet. Those come organically.
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Bless you for adopting an older cat.
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I love him he is beautiful and I'm so happy he has a good home.
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@silverfox said in Critters!:
Bless you for adopting an older cat.
He came from a non profit and while they took great care of the cats there, all I could think about was "no pet should spend their last twilight years in a pen like that"
I know I will likely have just a few years with him. But if he gets a good home for those years, I'm quite alright with it.
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@testament I feel the same way. All of my adopts are senior cats. It feels wrong to let a cat linger in a cage for their last years, or worse, get put down because they're older and nobody wants to adopt a pet that's likely to pass within 5-6 years. My current two are 13 and 17 respectively, and I love having them in the household. The younger one is still quite bright-eyed and loves to play. The older one is less inclined to play but will follow you around the house for affection. The elder of the two actually came from a pair of siblings, but the sibling sadly passed a few years ago due to a heart complication that was missed on his general exams. I still miss Val, he was a great cat. But I will continue to adopt senior cats so they can spend their last years in comfort, knowing they are loved.
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@too-old-for-this I admit I get far more emotional thinking about the number of older, senior pets locked up and forced to live what's left of their lives within a cage, only to be put down eventually because nobody wanted them. I'm not taking anything away from non-profit shelters, the one I went to yesterday was really nice with a ton of play areas for the pets, both cats and dogs. And the one I adopt from will put many with foster families so a good many do get to live in a home, which I really appreciate. Trust me, if I had a house, I would already be fostering cats.
Still don't have a name for this old baby, as I was talking about it with my boss, saying "The name will manifest when it appears, you can't force a name.", my boss said "What if you named him Fester? 'Manifest'? Fester?"
I am tempted to name him that.
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@testament Yeah, I tend to adopt directly from the humane society since they tend to be the more overcrowded, less funded, and they are the ones more likely to have to put down their seniors for non-adoption. I can't save them all, but I can save as many as possible! Right now, that means two at a time. And I still fee bad, because I would love to have like... four more. XD
Fester is an awesome name! And he seems to suit it.
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That's something I love about the shelter I work for, even though it's also something that makes it have terrible reviews online.
With the exception of cats in quarantine or isolation (mostly ferals they're trying to rehab) all of the cats are allowed free range of the building. Some have specific rooms they stay in, but even within that room they're welcome to move about freely and choose where they want to sleep on any given day. A LOT of the cats are there for hospice care though, for one reason or another (typically medical) they're not adoptable and they keep them until they travel the rainbow bridge.
This pisses people off because they can't tell easily which cats are adoptable and which aren't. (This place won't put collars on the cats the reason for which I haven't quite learned yet.)
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We officially give these four back to the shelter on Sunday and I am going to miss them like mad. We have had them eight weeks (basically all summer vacation for me). They were less than 1 pound when we got them, and now they range from 3lb 4oz to 3lbs 15oz. They've had four different antibiotics to get healthy and have gone through two scratches.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ADORABLE FLUFFS!
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I feel like I should make a thread but that also seems super self indulgent so until I change my mind...
Meet our newest fosters. Juno and her 5 week old babies. Not the best pic, but she was stressed out so I snapped it so I could show they were home and safe then got out so she could settle.
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The white one! I want the white one!
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
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Her name is Princess Meow Meow
(We didn't name this group, or it might be like.. Lilith or something.)
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@silverfox I will take the adorable derp staring at the wall please.
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I am pprreeety sure that is Meowster.
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@silverfox Perfect name. I want him!
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I've been in love with the singleton kitten, Calypso, we've had for a few weeks. She loves our Senior cat and our younger cat has reached a semi-peace agreement. Moreover, she adores me and follows me around the house like a puppy. The other day my husband texted saying he couldn't find her, but when I came home and said her name once she came stumbling down the stairs at sleepy full speed.
But my husband wasn't as sold. Caly is a but jumpy, and isn't as found of men. So I've been crossing my fingers and doing my best not to press. There wasn't room in the shelter for her ANYWAY, so there wasn't a rush.
Today husband watched her fall asleep veerrryyy slowly by our senior cat, and then wake up every time Kiva moved to see if she needed to move too. Out of the blue husband announced, "She's home forever."
So as soon as I get into the shelter to fill out the forms and pay the fee, this fluffball will officially be ours forever.
Welcome home Calypso.
