Ally Cat Updates

[jennielynn1970]

Will be updating with this thread....

[Lizzie]

Jenn- what happened with Allie? Did you manage to find her a temp home?

[Catty1]

Lizzie - I think Ally is going to a nearby shelter. Jenn has also been trying to connect with Best Friends PA, but her computer has been really fussy!

The Best Friends folks in Utah (the main sanctuary) have a spot for pets that will never be adoptable for one reason or another - on the other hand, they have worked with 'impossible' cases and accomplished amazing things!

Jenn has done TONS for Ally. Thing is, she has other cats, and like many of us, has this thing called a job! Best Friends has staff that can work with the animals much more intensively than any of us are able to, because of our schedules.

Hey, Jenn - send them a resume! You never know!

[jennielynn1970]

Ally is still here. I have the one room totally cleaned out and my friend has stuff that's he's already unloaded waiting for me to scrub down the floors and the walls. We want to paint it yet (the people who were here before painted it pink, and it's ugly). He's also looking for a carpet remnant. I've had the HEPA filter going in there 24/7, and it feels more breathable to me. I'm hoping to get a few more days so that I can get Ally to the best possible place. For some reason, I cannot access Best Friends from here at home, it just keeps spinning and the page doesn't load. I can get to their store, or the Guardian Angel pages, but not the main page. Figures. Will try more at school today. Am up early anyway, and can't sleep so I figured I'd get there early while it was quiet and get things done.

Will keep you posted.

[Catty1]

Jenn - I PM'd you an email address for BF in Utah. Hope you can get through on the links today at work.

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi Jenn, I've been reading all of the posts in this thread and though I am not able to take in another cat at this time, I'm hoping an idea I have might help. I'm wondering if you think some Clomicalm might help Ally? I have two bottles of 5mg Clomicalm (60tabs) per bottle that were prescribed for my cat Paddy in mid October for aggression. Things have settled down here without needing the meds and I'm not sure if it's something I'll need to try with Paddy in the future but for now, the bottles are just sitting here gathering dust. One bottle has never been opened and the other is only missing one tablet. I know that it may not be ethical giving meds that were prescribed for one cat to another cat but in this case maybe it would be okay because Ally's options are so limited. I would be more than happy to mail them to you and who knows, maybe it will soften her personality enough to at least make her temporary situation with you more tolerable and her potential future living arrangements, wherever that may be, more comfortable for her. It sounds like she is dealing with issues that stem from once being feral and maybe she is angry for being 'abandoned' and this might not be an answer but it might take the edge off and make things easier.
Anyway, if you would like to give it a try, just let me know and I will send them in the mail tomorrow. I wish I could do more to help. Hope things get better for both you and Ally.

[phesina]

Another possibility: Heaven's Gift Animal Rescue and Sanctuary. More in this post in Other/General:

Another possible place for Ally?

[Felicia's Mom]

I am sorry you are having problems with Ally. If I could help I would get back my own cats.

Wishing you the best of luck.

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi Jenn, got home late today and just got your message. I'll send them off tomorrow. Hope it helps.

[jennielynn1970]

I just emailed Julie and asked for a bio of Ally to give the people at Best Friends of her history from when she got her.... hopefully that will give them some insight and get her some help.

[Karen]

Her biography as such appears on her Cat of the Day page!

Yes, Ally was Cat of the Day. back in 2003:
http://catoftheday.com/archive/2003/August/14.html

[Emeraldgreen]

After reading Ally's 'Cat of the Day' bio it makes the situation all the more sad. Sounds like she was quite a different cat at one time. Here's hoping the 'old' Ally will find herself again through various measures (i.e. continued care, possible new location, meds and maybe one day a new family). Prayers going out for Jenn and Ally. Hang in there.

[Catty1]

I looked up past posts, and sent the relevant bits to Jenn.

Ally was fine til they got Connor.

And Julie's husband, Warren, is the one person she has never bitten.

I posted some of this in General.

[lizbud]

Her biography as such appears on her Cat of the Day page!

Yes, Ally was Cat of the Day. back in 2003:
http://catoftheday.com/archive/2003/August/14.html

Thanks for the link Karen. If Julie found & brought her inside at 4 weeks,
I would hardly call her a feral cat. My two boys, Red & Mikey were brought
into my house at 12 weeks & they became tame & super friendly.(They were
born outside to a feral cat Momma Kitty )

I do hope something can be worked out for Ally.

[Emeraldgreen]

Catty1, good detective work! Maybe down the road a home with a male owner and no other cats might be just what Ally needs to become happy and less aggressive again.