Portland, OR: CH Kitty NEEDS A HOME BY MID AUGUST OR WILL BE PTS

[Lizzie]

I wrote to Libby and she wrote back within the hour both with an email thanking me and saying how relieved they were to get an offer and with the following posting sent to another rescue which shows their desperation - an outside kennel was considered!

"We want you to know that we have tried for months now to network among our acquaintances to place this little guy. My sister supports (a LOT) the Columbia Humane Society in St. Helens, OR, which is semi-rural and out of reach of the financial support that the Oregon Humane Society, for example, commands in the Portland metro area. That's where she found Peanut. None of the shelter volunteers can take him. Oregon Foster Cat Association's sanctuary is full. Same with OHS, I believe. We've contacted several vet clinics to ask them to consider him a shelter cat, but the "cat box aim" problem is the barrier, I think.

Peanut displays the characteristic CH symptoms... wobbly, tremoring back-end, tremoring stance, lopsided run, etc. He can eat and drink from dishes alright, but often tremors as he does. An internal medicine specialty vet hasn't ruled out neurology as opposed to CH. The cat box issue is the problem. Sometimes he uses it effectively, and always seems to try. But dry bowel movements can be found wrapped up in toweling that he obviously tried to "dig" them in with, and he either sometimes misses the box or "dribbles" w/o knowing it.

If you could consider helping rehome him with us, we'd be so grateful, but don't want to mislead. We would be happy to bring him up to Olympia for a trial fostering sometime in the next few weeks if that's a good time frame. But when we market the house in August (our late mother's house) he will not be able to stay there, and we don't feel an outdoor kennel on the property is safe enough."

So, I think I need to write and just say I'll take him. He's been through enough, the poor little blighter.

I swear I'm not going to even let my eyes wander down to the cat rescue part of PetTalk or cruise Petfinder in my lunch hour or do anything that might introduce me to another handicapped cat that needs rescue!

But, really, what's wrong with a little pee over the side?! I work as a facilities manager to an academic library which sees 10,000-12,000 people enter per day and I can tell you that plenty of women "pee over the side" and men, quite frankly, pee all over.

[phesina]

Oh, God bless you, Lizzie. Thank you so VERY MUCH!!!!!

And you are already well experienced in dealing with pee over the side.. Excellent!!!

Love to you and to little Peanut. Please tell us all about him when you get him home!


Pat and cats (including 2 CHers)

[Lizzie]

A brief update for anyone following these rescue threads (always so heartbreaking). I have been in correspondence with the sisters who rescued Peanut from six months of being caged and found him a home in their mother's house. He is more disabled than having CH, he has some paralysis in the hind end which means his bladder doesn't fully empty and he does dribble on occasion. It's likely he will come to me and we are looking at a date later this month when they will drive up to Seattle with Peanut to see if my home will work for him.

[phesina]

Oh, again, thank you SO VERY MUCH, Lizzie.

Yes, the threads indeed are so heartbreaking, and what a gift of God it seems to me when one of these innocent, helpless babies is rescued!

Please keep us posted. If Peanut does dribble sometimes, you probably want to have some puppy pads on hand! I think Helene (lvpets2002) has some babies like this, and I'm sure she can give you lots of advice and suggestions!

Again, God bless, and loads of love to you and Peanut and all concerned,

,
Pat and cats

[emily_the_spoiled]

Thank you for taking him. Like you I am a soft touch with these CH guys and I currently have two (along with other "disabled" cats). I hope he has found his furever home with you