Humane Society

[Jasper's Mom]

Jasper, my precious kitty, has been missing for three weeks now. Vanished...no sign of him. Even followed tips from Sherlock Bones, for finding your lost pet. Had to stop checking the Humane Society...so many black kitties looking like him. One rushed to me when I called my kitty's name, but alas, a long tail, and Jasper's tail was injured and gone as a kitten. The sadness that filled me made me stop going there. He has an ID chip and they scan all animals four times in their processing. If he was able to come home, he would have...tomorrow I call the city d--- animal pick up again. I miss him. My two dogs give me lots of hugs and licking kisses.

[margaret]

Jasper's Mom:

I'm so, so sorry that your beloved Jasper is lost!! I know you must be feeling so desperate and sad. I will pray that you find him or that he'll come home soon. I'm glad your dogs are comforting you.



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]Margaret

[Gracy]

I'm really sorry that your cat Jasper is missing too. I know how it must feel. At home in Germany my father died. He was the closest to my cat. The day he died my cat Blacky took off. He didn't return for 5 weeks. My Mom looked everywhere for him. It was in such a hard time (having lost her husband that she had loved for 37 years) and now Blacky was gone. She looked everywhere, at the shelter, the neighbors..., she posted signes. Than after 5 weeks he was found skinny likes bones in the bushes of a neighbors' yard. Mom took him to he vet and he got a shot to give him some energie. She fed him well and gave him lots of love and he got all better again.
Lots of love and luck to your little one!!
Gabi

Originally posted by Smare:
Hi,
Did you rescue your cat? I did. We rescued Boogie, my cat from the Humane Society when he was a tiny kitten. He was the one crying the most there. He had parasites, and almost didn't escape the jaws of death, but luckily, he is fine now. Did you rescue your cat? If you are thinking of getting a cat, I reccomend rescuing one from your local animal shelter (Humane Society, etc.) instead of buying one.
Thank you,
*Smare*

I got both of my cats from rescue groups. Henry, (or Tank as he is known) was a from private group of people that rescued animals. He was very young (4 weeks) and almost did not make it. George was from a local privately funded no kill shelter. They are the best cats and I would always rescue! Cathy

[alexnell]

Hi. I'm a cat foster mom for my local humane society. We're having a cat adoption event this Saturday. I'd like to ask a favor. Can all you wonderful people keep the following kitties in your thoughts and prayers? Toby and Tubbs are striped tabby brothers. Smokey is a small gray guy. There are five kittens ready to leave their mother. I'm currently fostering a mom and 4 3-week-old kittens who will be ready in a little over a month. Any positive energy and luck you can send their way is greatly appreciated.

[Karen]

We will! We will hope they all get good homes, and grow up big and strong and safe. Warm purrrrrrs to all!

[wolflady]

alexnell, hugs to your foster babies! All of us will send good vibes and warm thoughts your way for the adoption of all the kitties! Let us know how it goes!
Karen

[4 feline house]

Alexnell-

My prayers have been said for all your little guys (and gals) - especially for Tubbs since that is one of the nicknames of my 20 lb tuxedo, Big Mac!

[alexnell]

Thanks for your support and encouragement. You brought up important points, Spencer. Our Humane Society has a fairly detailed adoption form. We've been told that getting a home loan or adopting a child would be easier. (It's really not THAT bad.) We also ask and reask the same questions verbally to make sure we don't get answers that don't jibe. When people call they are questioned by the person answering the phone, and then also by the foster parent. Part of our job as foster parents is to observe the potential adopters' interaction with the cats to see if their behavior is appropriate. We ask extensive questions about the type of cat personality the people are looking for and also try to guess what type of human the cats would like best. If the adopters have children, we will make sure we know how they interact with the cat. By having the cats in our homes, we get to their personalities well and can give a fairly accurate(I hope)picture of them to their new humans. Toby was almost adopted a few weeks ago, but the elderly couple wanted a cat who wouldn't jump on counters. Toby loooves jumping on anything. So, since he would drive them nuts counter-hopping and they would drive him nuts trying to stop him, we(they and I) decided to nix the deal. The right fit is vital. And we are very careful in placing kittens. The high-demand you mentioned enables us to be very choosy about who gets a little ball of fluff. Anytime adopters have questions or concerns they can call us. Most of the problems are easily fixed. Only a few aren't. Oftentimes we get calls from new "parents" who just want to let us know how great their cat is and brag about how much the cat likes them.

[4 feline house]

Alexnell-

Isn't it great that some of the adoptive parents call you to let you know how their babies are doing? My mom used to foster for N. Tx. Humane Society, and one of the adopters turned out to live a block away from her. They kept in such close touch that anytime he needed a pet sitter, he brought them to my mom's!

[alexnell]

The cat adoption went well. Three of the kittens who were weaned were adopted during the week. The other two were adopted today. One of my 24-day-old foster babies is on reserve. That leaves three mother cats, 3 24-day-olds, 6 17-day-olds, and 3 adult males.

Some people wanted to adopt Toby, but they were refused. If people let their child go for a week (my guess) without a bath, smelling like urine, covered in layers of dirt, we certainly aren't giving them a cat. Wish we could take the kid away. They seemed spaced out (like they were on drugs?).

Other people looked, but balked at our adoption fee, or they wanted a kitten to take home today.

Thanks for all the good wishes. I'll update later.

[4 feline house]

Congratulations on a good day!

[nsweezie]

It really is great to see the number of cats that have been rescued.
My current two were both "saved" from owners that didn't want them or weren't looking after them properly.
My cat Scooter was given to me at age 8 weeks. He was underweight because his mother had run out of milk, and his owner wasn't giving him or his brothers anything else to eat. It was very hard picking him knowing that his 3 brothers weren't coming with him, but I was only able to take 1 cat. 2 of his brothers went to good homes not long after, but sadly one had to go to the pound, and was eventually euthanized because no home could be found for him.
Scooter's mother had already had numerous litters, and was soon pregnant again. I actually offered to pay for her to get fixed, but the owner refused, which made me very angry. Last I had heard she has had 4 litters since Scooter, a tragedy, because no doubt many wound up like Scooter's unwanted brother.

[4 feline house]

I can't get inside these peoples' heads! My upstairs neighbors have two beautiful boys, almost a year old. Neither are neutered yet. I gave them SNYP coupons several months ago. In the meantime, she has received a hefty inheritance, has bought two $40,000 trucks, is about to close on a new home, and still the cats are running around, outside, loose, and unneutered (and I'm sure unvaccinated, too). I'm tempted to take them in my house and hide them until the neighbors are packed and gone, then have them neutered and adopt them out to a family who will put their cats' and society's interests ahead of new trucks.

[Jasper's Mom]

Today is day #39 that my kitty Jasper has been missing. Other than calls from other people missing their own cats, there has been no news. I hope I helped them in suggestions for searching, although it hasn't worked for me. He is missed.