Another kitty needs a home...
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jim_pTam just sent me this:
There’s a nice kitty who needs a new home right away or it will be put down on Sat Dec 18. The current owner is around 80, has mental health problems, didn’t raise the kitten to have manners, got nipped hard when the cat tried to play with her, and has convinced the staff of the program in charge of her care that the cat is vicious. I’ve played with this cat and found it to be a smart, sensitive, spunky young feline who simply needs more exercise and a home with consistent rules (currently she’s allowed onto the table to eat her food by the owner only to be shooed off the furniture by the owner’s room mate - it’s making the kitty confused). I convinced the staff to let me have until this coming Saturday to find the kitty a new home but they want her gone ASAP.
The kitten is a pretty girl, about 10 months old, has current shots, is fixed, is indoor only and appears healthy, has little lynx tufts on her ears, and is covered with black dashes aligned like stripes on her light grey body. She is friendly and playful and eager to interact (but maybe shouldn’t be around small children until she’s been taught to hold back the claws and not to nip when playing).
Seriously people, this is a nice kitty. I can’t stand the idea of her being destroyed simply because the local rescue shelter is full up and not accepting more cats at this time. Please help us find her a home.
There’s a nice kitty who needs a new home right away or it will be put down on Sat Dec 18. The current owner is around 80, has mental health problems, didn’t raise the kitten to have manners, got nipped hard when the cat tried to play with her, and has convinced the staff of the program in charge of her care that the cat is vicious. I’ve played with this cat and found it to be a smart, sensitive, spunky young feline who simply needs more exercise and a home with consistent rules (currently she’s allowed onto the table to eat her food by the owner only to be shooed off the furniture by the owner’s room mate - it’s making the kitty confused). I convinced the staff to let me have until this coming Saturday to find the kitty a new home but they want her gone ASAP.
The kitten is a pretty girl, about 10 months old, has current shots, is fixed, is indoor only and appears healthy, has little lynx tufts on her ears, and is covered with black dashes aligned like stripes on her light grey body. She is friendly and playful and eager to interact (but maybe shouldn’t be around small children until she’s been taught to hold back the claws and not to nip when playing).
Seriously people, this is a nice kitty. I can’t stand the idea of her being destroyed simply because the local rescue shelter is full up and not accepting more cats at this time. Please help us find her a home.
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Date: 2010-12-12 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-12 11:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-12 11:28 pm (UTC)Tam thinks she'd be fine with other cats, depending on how many and how aggressive they are. She has been the only cat since she was a kitten, so there might need to be an introductory period with other cats.
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Date: 2010-12-12 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-13 01:08 am (UTC)Try these guys. I met them over the weekend at the craft fair and made a donations to them. If you explain the situation, they may be able to help or have a suggestion for you.
Have you tried Pat Brody?
www.catsontheweb.org
we'll take her
Date: 2010-12-13 03:03 am (UTC)Re: we'll take her
Date: 2010-12-13 05:37 am (UTC)You just gained major kitty-karma :)
Re: we'll take her
Date: 2010-12-13 07:53 am (UTC)status update
Date: 2010-12-17 08:09 pm (UTC)A lot of the "clawing" behavior was really attempts to play -- she has learned quite quickly that we don't like claws. She is also, though, clearly very skittish -- I'm going to guess that she got hit and yelled at a lot -- moves very fast from "I love you" to a fearful hiss/hunker "don't hurt me or I'll make you bleed." The good news is that those are becoming less frequent and she gets over them fast.
We are taking care to spend a lot of time in the room just kinda doing our own thing, letting her set the pace of interaction, not making a lot of noise or sudden movements, stopping interacting if she oversteps, sometimes with a quick puff of air in her face if she scratches.
My sense of diagnosis (grin) is reactive attachment disorder (what PTSD looks like in children). In humans, the course of therapy tends to be very long and there are often permanent effects. However, many humans are also pretty resilient, and she seems to be on such a quick upward trajectory that I'm quite optimistic.
Re: status update
Date: 2010-12-27 12:37 am (UTC)