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?

[jennielynn1970]

Ok, if you really don't want to hear negative news, please do not read. I was really hoping for some kind of better update for the reading, but geez.... it just sounds like she's even worse

This is directly from Nancy:
first, i want to say that i remember you and ally very well because of the situation. if i remember, the owners live across the world and were moving and you offered to take ally for a short amount of time. at the time, i had the feeling they were never taking her back and i am sorry that that was correct.

i remember ally as being nasty nasty nasty. she is one of the nastiest cats i have ever read. she feels exactly the same and no better.

she has a very deep rooted anger. i am not sure if she came this way into the world (it feels like she has) or if this has developed over time(i feel she came this way).

sometimes, when things are this bad i have suggested medication. i do not see medication touching this. is is very very deep rooted. might put her in a stupor for awhile but the anger is still there.

i feel as though she hates everyone. an evil hatred. as i told you before i would not have this cat in my house. she is poison to your other animals and to you and the energy in the house.

i do not say these things lightly. i run a boxer rescue, have 8 pets and work with animals daily. this is a cat that would be better off put to sleep. i do not just mean that you and your cats would be better off but SHE would be better off. it is hard to go through the days with such deep rooted hatred.
you would not be doing a bad thing. this would be the only way she can find some peace AND the others (including yourself) can find some peace.

animal rescue is not just about saving animals, it is also about not sacrificing others as well. i have learned this lesson the hard way.

she is not adoptable. she is angry, unhappy and vicious. she is not workable.

i really think you need to think long and hard about this. like i said, i do not take this lightly and have maybe said this two or three times to clients out of hundreds and hundreds.

this really is not as hard as a decision as you might think if you look at it openly and from all angles.

[Grace]

This makes me cry - poor Ally. Nancy has seemed to be spot on with her other readings, so is most likely correct this time.

Perhaps it would be kinder, for Ally, to go to The Bridge and be happy finally?

[pitc9]

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

I'm so sorry Jenn.

[orangemm]

What a sad situation. For Ally, for Jenn, for her other animals.

((((hugs)))) to Jenn.

[shais_mom]

I'm sorry to hear this but can't say I'm surprised.
I've thought this for a long time.
May God Bless you in WHATEVER you decide to do.

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi Jenn, Wow, that was hard to read. I'm definitely a believer in the possibility of people being able to do these readings and have used Dr. Monica Diederich a few times but have never used Nancy. I know from reading other posts that Nancy is well respected. Do you think a second reading from someone else could be an option? Dr. Monica has a website and can do it all by email. I think it's 65.00. I know that is alot of money but it could be one last option. I'm not saying that she would come up with a different reading than Nancy, but perhaps some added information that might provide a final clue or possibility.
Also, I'm hoping that despite the reading you just got, that you'll give the meds a try and see if a miracle happens. But I know your plate is really full right now with all of your rescues and with the Woodster on his way so this is more than one person can or should have to take. I'm just so sad for Ally and you. It's hard.

[Barbara]

While I can understand how difficult it is to live with Ally I have to say that I feel irritated- to put it mildly- by someone who attributes to a cat characteristics like "nastiness" and "evil hatred".

I am absolutely convinced that I would attribute these words to very few humans in the world and definitely not to an animal. It is an anthropomorphism of the worst kind.

Frankly: if you feel overwhelmed by this poor cat that has been sent over the world like a parcel, has lost all her life several times and is like most cats not happy with living in a big group then bring her to a shelter- even if the risk is there that she may be euthanized. But do not take this b...s...(edited for cussing but still felt exactly that way) reading as a rationalization for it.

People who know me here for years will know that never in all my ten thousand posts I was using words like in that last phrase. I rather will not speak. But to kill Ally for her being evil- that is medieval! And if that should happen on this board while I just stand by I could no longer look in the mirror.

[Kirsten]

Oh no, I'm really really sorry to read this!! That's devastating news, even if it's not really "news" as Nancy said something like that before. Would be easier if Ally had revealed to Nancy whether she wants to live, or be delivered from her pain, and her hatred.

I feel so sad for Ally's poor little soul, because there must have been a reason why she is like that. And I feel bad for you as you're the one who has to deal with the situation.

I'm looking at my girls and see two lovable and sweet little souls, and I wonder what's necessary to destroy a kitty soul like the way Ally's was destroyed. (Strange that Nancy says she came like this into this world, maybe it's some kind of karma?)

OMG, I really wouldn't want to make this decision now...

Kirsten