Anyone in the Nashville area who’d like to adopt the second cutest kitty in the entire world? [sub](Second cutest only because the lovely Miss Z would puke on my bedsheets if I didn’t reserve first place for her)[/sub]
Mystery Kitty showed up at my doorstep a couple weeks ago, peering through my screen door. I followed it around for a bit while it looked through other doors, obviously hungry. It was looking pretty skinny, so I figured it was a stray, but I put a note up in the apartment laundry room just to make sure it didn’t belong to someone nearby. I’ve left food and water for it every night, as have a few other neighbors. It appears to be part Siamese, and has the most beautiful blue eyes.
Well, it turns out some cruel, heartless jerk in my apartment complex grew tired of her and just let it out to fend for itself. This information comes from some of my neighbors. :mad:
Tonight, kitty gained enough trust to allow itself to be picked up a neighbor, who brought it to me. As cute as it is, I don’t want to let it in because I don’t know it’s medical history - I don’t want it anywhere near Z until I’m sure it’s clean. (I’ve seen a whole neighborhood of cats nearly wiped out by feline leukemia. Not good.) Besides, in this little apartment and this little budget, one cat is plenty.
Another neighbor, who tells me the kitty’s name is Eris (goddess of discord? I like it!), has taken her in for the night, but she won’t be able to keep her. She wanted to take her to the shelter tomorrow, but another neighbor and I convinced her otherwise. Eris wouldn’t last long there. We want to give her a chance at a good home, but we don’t have very long to look.
So, Nashvillians… she’s declawed, and so probably fixed as well. Anybody? Anybody you know?
[sub]Did I mention she’s cute? Though not as cute as Z.[/sub]
She sure is cute, but I’m nowhere near Nashville. You know, your very cute cat Z really looks like she wants a playmate.
You could take the new kitty to the vet, leukemia testing only takes a few minutes. I kept Hanna separate from my other two for two weeks after I got her, I just kept her in a bedroom.
The only thing better than a cute cat is two cute cats!
I would adopt the kitty in a hot second if I were anywhere near Nashville. She has the dark tabby pointed thing going on, which I think is the absolute cutest thing ever on a cat. I’m in northern Indiana, though :sad:
I’m sending good vibes to Eris, though. Give her a can of tuna for me?
SCOTTinWLA, I think Einmon lives in Munich, Germany.
drewbert, have you or your friends turned anything up yet? I already have two, or I’d seriously consider driving to Nashville and getting MK.
People like her former owner oughta be made to live homeless for a while, just to see what it feels like. :mad: Especially since, as a declawed cat, MK can’t defend herself. Or fend for herself, either.
I’m checking with a friend of mine to see if she wants another. She has two already and I fear in danger of becoming “that crazy cat lady down the street” but who knows. I’ll report back if she agrees.
Damn, I’ve been looking for a cat now for awhile and would take her in a heartbeat, but I live near DC. I had my eye on one just like her but someone else got to her. I’ve got everything a little cat needs, toys, beds, things to climb on, birds at the windows, everything but the cat.
That could work, some people on a Pet MB I post to do that. Someone drives the cat 50 miles, someone else meets them and takes the cat 50 more miles - I wish I was in the area, I’d love to see the Kitty get a good home.
You could always send Eris on a plane. They’ll put her in cargo where it’s temperature and pressure controlled. One of my gals is a native of Los Angeles and we live in Boston. She was really freaked out for a couple of days, but she’s over the whole airplane thing now, although she misses the avacado trees and lizards.
Just a thought . . .
(By the way, good thinking with the pictures of kitty flipping. Nobody can resist a kitty doing flips!)
I spent about a week of asking nearly everyone I could think of, getting the following response nearly every time:
The kitty made a new appearance outside a few days ago - I guessed that my neighbor didn’t want to keep it inside anymore. Not totally unexpected, since he only agreed to keep it for “a couple days”. But I didn’t see it again after that.
My neighbor just told me that it’s been taken to the shelter, and it’s pregnant! My assumption that since it was declawed, it was probably also fixed, was wrong! And since it’s declawed (more likely to be adopted) and pregnant, the shelter will let it live for at least six months. So with luck, it may yet find a good home. Here’s hoping!
I’m sorry drewbert, I didn’t see this thread again until now. I would have assumed the same thing in regards to the spaying/declawing issue - why would someone pay to have the cat put under and declawed if they weren’t going to spay it at the same time? And why would a vet agree? Oh well. I hope she finds a good home, out on the streets is no place for a pregnant cat. And the board I visit is Pet of the Day Pet Talk, they have a forum specifically for cat rescue.
That cat is the spitting image of my first cat that I grew up with. A lynx-point siamese cross that lived to be 24.
I think she has a great chance of being adopted due to her looks and [ugh]declawing[/ugh]. Does this shelter post their animals on Petfinder?
And for anyone who’s interested, I belong to an animal rescue group that does transport in the Pacific Northwest. If you do a search on Yahoo, I’m sure that you will find some in your area. Since I can’t foster right now, I thought that would be the next best thing. It’s a fulfilling experience to be able to help an animal just by having it in your car for an hour.
I had my eye on one just like her but someone else got to her. I’ve got everything a little cat needs, toys, beds, things to climb on, birds at the windows, everything but the cat.
