I received a call from my computer repairman saying that he needed my help. A friend of his will be selling an office building and the previous tenants vacated and left two cats there,both big yellow tiger cats. Gorgeous! He had been feeding them, etc. but once the building is sold, the cats have to go. So I talked to the man and he told me that he was going to keep one of them and when asked why he couldn't keep both, he said that he has a 5 year history w/one and only a 5 month history w/the other. Makes no sense to me but he was adamant that the second one had to go. So I agreed to take him off his hands to a rescue organization here in Akron.
When I walked in the office, Curtis the cat ran right over to me, purring away as I petted him. He let me hold him, he put his head on my shoulder, just a lovebug in every way. The man did not want to part w/him. He held him close, told him how much he was going to miss him, had tears in his eyes; it was heartwrenching. On the way to the rescue place, Curtis only let out a few pathetic mews, gave me no problems whatsoever, even transferring him from the carrier to a cage. He must be so confused right now, having had the freedom to roam that office building and now he's caged and I'm sure missing the guys who took care of him. He looks so much like Buddy, the yellow cat that I almost adopted last year but had to be PTS, same personality, too. I wish I could take him but I can't. I know how my cats, especially Specs, would react and there would be chaos in this house. And I sure don't need pee wars. Most importantly, I'm just too old to adopt a young cat now and my vet bills are always staggering b/c of having so many special needs cats.
I'm sorry to rant. I just feel so bad. I couldn't sleep all night; Curtis was always in my mind. I hope someone will fall in love w/him as I did. How could they not? He's the sweetest boy and just wants love.
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