carole
08-17-2006, 04:12 PM
For those who have been interested in my ongoing saga with my bad neighbours kitties, I have some good news I re-homed Toby last night.
I had him advertised online and in the local free paper, and checking my ad had over five hundred views , but not one response until yesterday I ended up getting two phone calls.
I explained i might have trouble getting Toby in for him to see him, so he rang back in the evening,(i honestly thought yeah he won't) but yes he did, and I had put Toby in the laundry, this time we fixed the window as he was trying to escape again.
Anyhow Ralph came and picked Toby up last night, he will be living on a farm in a place about half an hours drive from where i live, Ralph has a partner and two children 2 and five, he said his old cat just up and disappeared one day so they thought he may have gone away to die as some cats do when sick.
He arrived cat cage in hand, and told me he would keep Toby in laundry for a couple of days and then in the garage, i was pleased to hear that, i grilled him pretty much to see the situation asking him if he would keep him deflead and wormed and of course wanted to make sure he was going to be a pet not just a mouser on the farm, he assured me he would, so i have to take him on face value, i instantly liked the guy though and felt good vibes, i was very honest about Toby telling him he was timid but i thought he would make a good pet given time, not sure if he was any good with kids though, he did not seem to be worried either way.
And yes i have his phone number and asked if i could ring to see how he was, no problem, i also gave him the option to return him if it did not work out, obviously i am hoping that does not happen, as he and Ash were really starting to fight more and more, many times i had stopped them , yesterday being another episode about to happen.
Of course i have mixed emotions, i am happy but sad and had a cry thinking about how scared he was, and that he had just begun to trust hubby and i and then we give him away, that part feels stink, but i think he has a better chance of being happy in his new home hopefully, it is a big relief in some ways too as the cost of keeping him was really making it a struggle , he was just one cat too many for us to manage financially really.
So folks just thought you would all like to know, that maybe my story finally has a happy ending, all three kitties in good homes with love and care. :)
I had him advertised online and in the local free paper, and checking my ad had over five hundred views , but not one response until yesterday I ended up getting two phone calls.
I explained i might have trouble getting Toby in for him to see him, so he rang back in the evening,(i honestly thought yeah he won't) but yes he did, and I had put Toby in the laundry, this time we fixed the window as he was trying to escape again.
Anyhow Ralph came and picked Toby up last night, he will be living on a farm in a place about half an hours drive from where i live, Ralph has a partner and two children 2 and five, he said his old cat just up and disappeared one day so they thought he may have gone away to die as some cats do when sick.
He arrived cat cage in hand, and told me he would keep Toby in laundry for a couple of days and then in the garage, i was pleased to hear that, i grilled him pretty much to see the situation asking him if he would keep him deflead and wormed and of course wanted to make sure he was going to be a pet not just a mouser on the farm, he assured me he would, so i have to take him on face value, i instantly liked the guy though and felt good vibes, i was very honest about Toby telling him he was timid but i thought he would make a good pet given time, not sure if he was any good with kids though, he did not seem to be worried either way.
And yes i have his phone number and asked if i could ring to see how he was, no problem, i also gave him the option to return him if it did not work out, obviously i am hoping that does not happen, as he and Ash were really starting to fight more and more, many times i had stopped them , yesterday being another episode about to happen.
Of course i have mixed emotions, i am happy but sad and had a cry thinking about how scared he was, and that he had just begun to trust hubby and i and then we give him away, that part feels stink, but i think he has a better chance of being happy in his new home hopefully, it is a big relief in some ways too as the cost of keeping him was really making it a struggle , he was just one cat too many for us to manage financially really.
So folks just thought you would all like to know, that maybe my story finally has a happy ending, all three kitties in good homes with love and care. :)