Hi All,

As many of you know I volunteer with a non-profit rescue that's ran by 1 women. I just received this e-mail this afternoon and I wanted to know if anyone had any advice as to what I might be able to offer this women. I'd love to take it but as you all know I have 8 cats right now and I can't.

I'm going to mention some more sites to this women and most likely Shirley will allow her to put the cat on her petfinder site as a courtesy so any other information would be great.

Thanks,
Melissa


Here is the e-mail I got from Jessica.


Hello,

I was refered to you from Shirley Fonda, hoping that you can help me out, or give me some advice. We have a 1-year-old kitty that we are trying to find a good home for and are not having much luck. His name is Whitey, and he has Feline Leukemia. We have gotten a few e-mails, but as soon as we mention Feline Leukemia, this is where we are having trouble. People don't understand that just because he has FeLv, doesn't mean that he won't make a great pet. They automatically think that he is sick. We had him to the vet for all of his vaccines, which he is up to date on. He was neutered on 12/31/2007. He is so loveable and loves attention. He loves to have his belly rubbed, and he loves to be brushed.

We originally had a family lined up to adopt him ahead of time, but at the very last minute, they called to say that they could no longer adopt him because their landlord wants to sell their home and they have to be out by the end of the next month. They wanted him really bad, but they didn't want to have to try to find a new home for him if they couldn't find another "pet friendly" place to live by the end of the next month. So, I am kind of glad that they didn't take him. But now, we are stuck and having a difficult time finding him a new home.

She told me to ask you about Chat Lines for Cats. I don't really know much about it, but she said it might help us out in finding the little guy a new (GOOD) home. I have tried listing him on Craigslist, searching for people who are looking to adopt a cat. I also tried PetFinder.Org, but apparently I cannot make a listing of him being up for adoption, unless an Organization does it for me.

Any advice, opinions, or help that you could give me, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time,

Jessica