Adult cats at shelter

[Laura's Babies]

I would have taken Mama's Kitty Boo if Sis hadn't wanted her but she was already living with my sister so I wouldn't take her away from a home where she was loved and cared for.

I agree, people just do not GET that these wonderful companions DO have feelings, they love, grieve and fear, just like we do. I found this today and posted it in Pet General

"I think some people are in need of an attitude adjustment concerning our companion animals, particularly cats and dogs. Scientific studies have shown that these animals function on the intellectual and emotional level of a 3 year-old child, yet people do things to them that they would never consider doing to their small children.

For example, good parents would never:
Let their child wander the streets unattended with no identification.

Leave their child alone in the backyard, day and night.
Abandon their child in a strange neighborhood, hoping that some kind person would take the child in and care for it.

Allow their child to promiscuously have sex with whomever passes by and become pregnant.

Fail to teach their child proper manners.

Neglect to provide their child proper medical care.

Yet many people think it's perfectly fine to do all of these things to their pet dogs and cats. If these creatures are on the same emotional and intellectual level of a 3 year-old human child, then adopting a pet is a much more serious step than people realize. You are actually becoming the pet's parent and the pet is not something to be tossed aside like a stuffed toy if the family tires of theresponsibility.

Our pets want and deserve to be a part of our family circles. And for those who feel that the world cannot exist without Fifi or Tom's offspring, consider this: For every person born, 15 dogs and 45 cats are also born. So there is no danger we will be in short supply if they spay or neuter their pet. Spaying or neutering is your duty and obligation and there are many low-cost clinics to assist you. Give the gift of life, adopt a homeless cat or dog and learn and practice responsible pet ownership. You will get so much more than you give."

-TERRI KNIGHT

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I understand you very well, Debbie!! Although my house is "no vacancy's" now, I cannot stop myself from surfing to cat-shelters, and look at the adoptable cats . I always feel so sorry for those poor ones who stay behind.... . I feel so sorry for them
I sure hope that Fluffy will find a great loving family!!

[orangemm]

I ALWAYS stop and look there.

I remember when Jeff's mom died, she left behind a cat named Fred. She had adopted him from someone else; he was her first cat and apparently had been mistreated by his first owner (not the lady she got him from). Fred hid for the first month, but finally she won him over.

We had 4 cats at the time, so we couldn't take on another. We posted ads at her church and lo and behold, a lady came forward to adopt Fred. We had quite a time rounding him up, but she managed and took Fred home.

She called us frequently to let us know Fred had settled in with her and her dog. She absolutely adored him.

About a year and a half later, she called us, crying hysterically. Fred had passed away suddenly. The vet said it could have been his heart, but who knows? She was devastated. We kept telling her she couldn't have done more for him, that he was happy with her, and that's what mattered.

It can be done. If no one had offered, I'm sure we would have managed somehow. But I think Fred was happier with her than he would have been in a multi-cat household.

I'm sure Jeff's mom would have approved, and that's what is important.

[catmandu]

Theres Nothing Sadder Than A Loving Pet,whose Owner Has Passed On.
And Nobody Wants Them.
Not Only Have They Lost Thier Furr Ever Home And Thier Best Friend,and They Dont Have The Faintest Idea Of What Happened And Why They Are Suddenly In A Cage,with Thier Loved One No Longer There.
Mr Fluffy Angel Would Have Been Like That Except I Used To Board Him,and The One Good Daughter Brought Him To Me.
The Other Daughters Took His Food,dishes And Collar And Left Him Alone In An Empty House For Four Days Until Evangaline Brought Him To Me.
She Told Her Sisters That Mr Fluffy Had Been Taken To The Shelter.
I Hope That Fluffy Can Somehow,some Way Find Another Loving Furr Ever Home.

[Lizzie]

I'm another who always goes in to see the cats at PetsMart even though I can't take in any more. Although, that's what I thought this time last year when I stopped by and ended up adopting a senior Siamese cat whose owner had become too mentally ill to take care of her. She was very, very stressed out, thin from refusing to eat much at the shelter, and initially with me, and biting me whenever I stroked her. The chaotic turn of events in her life, removal from a home she'd known for over ten years to a cage in a noisy shelter, then a cage at PetsMart, all that was apparent in her behavior. Once she was established in my home, she blossomed rapidly. Fortunately, she was a cat who didn't need to be an only cat because I couldn't have taken her if that had been the case. So, for me also, it's the seniors who need "only cat" homes that depress me because their incarceration in a shelter is so much worse for them, and their chances of a home are less.