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Any help or ideas?
I usually postin the Dog forums but have a situation to discuss. Long story but will try to explain.
Had a friendin the San Diego/Chula Vusta that passed a few weeks ago. He had two house cats he loved dearly but,unfortunately, made no arrangements for them.
Hey are still at his house and a friend is driving 35 mikes 5-6 days a week to care for them and cannot find a place to take them. One "rescue" wants $5,000 per cat! They do not have a good reputation either. This friend is unable to take them, is an animal lover and does not want to take them to a shelter.
Unfortunately, they are about 17 years old, have been Vet checked and are in good shape. One gets meds daily.
Wondering if anyone here might know if someone who might give them a good home (indoor cats) or knows a no kill rescue that might. I am in Nirthern Calif and not much help.
Thanks!!
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Had a friendin the San Diego/Chula Vusta that passed a few weeks ago. He had two house cats he loved dearly but,unfortunately, made no arrangements for them.
Hey are still at his house and a friend is driving 35 mikes 5-6 days a week to care for them and cannot find a place to take them. One "rescue" wants $5,000 per cat! They do not have a good reputation either. This friend is unable to take them, is an animal lover and does not want to take them to a shelter.
Unfortunately, they are about 17 years old, have been Vet checked and are in good shape. One gets meds daily.
Wondering if anyone here might know if someone who might give them a good home (indoor cats) or knows a no kill rescue that might. I am in Nirthern Calif and not much help.
Thanks!!
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And thank you for the support and suggestions.
I just pray the cats will get along and live happily together.
I will let you know if/when I hear anything.
I can see the "cat" lovers are just as helpful and compassionate as the "dog" lovers. All of us are God's creatures.
I just pray the cats will get along and live happily together.
I will let you know if/when I hear anything.
I can see the "cat" lovers are just as helpful and compassionate as the "dog" lovers. All of us are God's creatures.
Please keep us updated on this situation. I don't live in California and don't know anyone there unfortunately. I hope the kitties end up with someone nice and kind who does not mind caring for older pets.
oh that is a sad story.....yes what a wonderful friend she is and I do sure pray this works out for them, not easy taking an older pet.
we do need to all stop and do as you say, they are family too and we need to think of them in the event of something suddenly happening to us..they are so dependent on us for their very survival...
I think of this very thing often, since I live alone and have no family or friends that would want or be able to take my boys...they are both 10ish and would be 'unadoptable' besides I would NOT want to see either of them have to live in a cage in any shelter..they've been much too spoiled for that and would stop eating as many cats(and dogs) do..
I have made arrangements that if something should happen that I too(like CML) want them euthanized and their ashes buried with mine. I feel to live their last years in a cage is something worse than death....
thanks for posting this Margo, please update us on this story okay....and tell her we are all praying for a good ending here:))
we do need to all stop and do as you say, they are family too and we need to think of them in the event of something suddenly happening to us..they are so dependent on us for their very survival...
I think of this very thing often, since I live alone and have no family or friends that would want or be able to take my boys...they are both 10ish and would be 'unadoptable' besides I would NOT want to see either of them have to live in a cage in any shelter..they've been much too spoiled for that and would stop eating as many cats(and dogs) do..
I have made arrangements that if something should happen that I too(like CML) want them euthanized and their ashes buried with mine. I feel to live their last years in a cage is something worse than death....
thanks for posting this Margo, please update us on this story okay....and tell her we are all praying for a good ending here:))
Thank you for that suggestion. She did check with her Vet and the cat's Vet.
Since I posted, I received a sad e-mail from her. She went to feed the cats and one could not get up so she rushed it to the Vet who said probable brain tumor or stroke and she had to euthanize him.
She is going to try to take the one left to her home and see if her cat, who is not very tolerant of other cats, will accept him. That is the reason she didn't take them before. I pray it works out.
What a wonderful woman and friend to do this!
We all need to make arrangements for our animals, you just never know.
Thanks again!!
Since I posted, I received a sad e-mail from her. She went to feed the cats and one could not get up so she rushed it to the Vet who said probable brain tumor or stroke and she had to euthanize him.
She is going to try to take the one left to her home and see if her cat, who is not very tolerant of other cats, will accept him. That is the reason she didn't take them before. I pray it works out.
What a wonderful woman and friend to do this!
We all need to make arrangements for our animals, you just never know.
Thanks again!!
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I will tell you this from Rescue Shelter experience. They will not thrive in that atmosphere. They are trying to get over the shock of losing their one and only and believe or not they will need time to grieve. Too many times people drop these elderly cats off and they sit in a corner day after day just waiting to die, As I write this it brings tears to my eyes.
First your friend driving that distance is an angel and I am sure he does not want to see him in any ole rescue.
Soo I am going to suggest he do what I did with elderly cats. I went to various Senior citizen homes and asked--begged them to give these gys a chance there. After all the cats only problem is they have outlived their human and just want a place to be loved until their time comes, They are senior citizens too. Oh I went with tears in my eyes--but it wasn't an act.
Every one of our elderly widowed cats got a home either at a senior home, a rehab center or a Vet. I started with my their vet, then went to mine if no success. Most of the times if they were well taken care of by the vet--they took them in.
This is only my suggestion and you are going to have to hoof around a bit, but you will feel so much better knowing they are in a place with other seniors or just people who have empathy. Cats can be good therapy cats. Especially after being loved for that many years. They are usually very happy going from one lap to another.
I would always go back to check where we placed our cats, and when I visited them in these establishments they were contented and sleeping like the rest of the seniors.
Please have him try alternative places--even librarys, little bookstores, and other places off the beaten track. Our Gym took one of these cats in. Ya just never know, so you have to try.
I will say this is a situation that needs to be addressed. You must make arrangements for you baby's in the event you die before them. If you love them you will do this.
Thank you for being so concerned and your friend for doing the leg work. You have a good heart.
Sincerely,
CML