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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

2664.0. "Whiskers needs a home" by LAGUNA::RACINE_CH () Mon Jul 10 1989 17:55

    
    
    I am making another attempt to find a good, loving home for Whiskers.
    A note was entered in her behalf about a week ago, but I got no
    replies and since I've never given up on anything easily I thought
    I'd appeal to you all once more.
    
    My sister found Whiskers a few years ago and started feeding her
    and taking care of her.  She is a good cat, but unfortunately my
    brother-in-law is far from a cat lover and after Whiskers got pregnant
    he gave my sister the ultimatum:  find a home for the cat or she's
    going for a long ride.  (This infuriates me, but since I live 3,000
    miles away from them there wasn't a whole lot I could do to help.)
    So, my mother took Whiskers in, with the understanding that my sister
    will continue to look for a home for her.  Well, two litters of
    kittens later, Mom still has Whiskers.  She still wants to find
    a home for her.  Whiskers is a good, affectionate cat.  She loves
    to roam almost as much as she loves to find a warm lap to plop herself
    in.  Mom will be getting her fixed, so kittens will no longer be
    a problem.  If I lived near them I'd take Whiskers in a heartbeat,
    but it's just not possible and Mom already has two cats of her own.
    
    If any of you know of someone who'd like to adopt a nice cat, please
    contact me.  If worse comes to worse, Whiskers will have to go to
    a humane society.  If anyone knows of one in the Leominster, MA
    area that will not destroy the animal, please let me know so I
    can pass the info on to my mother.                                 
    
    Thanks,
    Cherie

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2664.1	maybe if you get her spayed first?	IOWAIT::WILDE	Ask yourself..am I a happy cow?	`Mon Jul 10 1989 20:08`	6
	Cherie - I cannot help find whiskers a home, but, if you get a low-cost spay certificate and get her spayed, maybe it will help you to find a home sooner? Someone was mentioning the certificates just recently.... Good luck!
2664.2		CRUISE::NDC		`Tue Jul 11 1989 08:59`	27
	re: low cost spay applications - that's me. Just send me your mail stop and they'll be on their way. Cherie - you'll have to be patient. It took me 2 1/2 months to find a home for Tymothee. Adult cats are VERY hard to place to begin with and right now is kitten season so you've got some tough competition. I have a couple of suggestions: 1. Have your mother put signs up at the local grocery stores. That's how I found a home for Tym. 2. Have someone in this area talk to Kitty Angels. 508-649-4681 They currently have no room, however, when I talked to Joan there about Tymothee she said that they would be doing a cat show at the end of August and I was welcome to bring Tymothee and try to get him adopted at the show. They do seem to have good luck at those shows. 3. Put an ad in your church newsletter - kitties are God's creatures after all. My church was very helpful in that respect. Good luck. I KNOW how tough it is right now. And when you get to the point of calling shelters, I might be able to recommend a few that are no-kill shelters. Nancy DC
2664.3	Maybe this will help...	CRUISE::NDC		`Tue Jul 11 1989 11:10`	15
	Cherie: I can make the following offer. If you still have the cat when I do my next cat show, I'll take her in with me and put a sign on the cage saying she's up for adoption. You just pay for the space. It would also be very helpful if you provide me with some information about her and also have her checked for FLV. Chances are anyone adopting at a cat show will know enough to ask if she's been tested. I am not currently signed up for a cat show but they should be starting up again soon. I'm even going to check that one in Connecticut at the end of August. I think its a TICA, but if I have this added motivation I may very well start showing Dundee in TICA shows. Feel free to give me a ring. DTN: 297-2313 Nancy DC
2664.4		LAGUNA::RACINE_CH		`Tue Jul 11 1989 12:36`	23
	Nancy - I'm at mailstop ZBO, but if you're located back east maybe you could send the low-cost certificate to my mom directly?? I'm on the west coast and it seems kinda redundant to send it all the way out here. If you want to send it directly to my mother, please send me mail and I'll give you her address. Thanks for the cat show offer. Unfortunately I know very little about Whiskers seeing as she's a stray. My sister and mother have been feeding her but really haven't done anything for her veterinarian-wise. I am paying for her spaying so now it's just a matter of getting her to the vets. By the way, what's the scoop on the spaying certificate? Will any vet accept it? How much is it with the certificate?? If it's cheap enough, maybe my mother can have her other two cats fixed at the same time... Regards, Cherie
2664.5		STOR06::DALEY		`Tue Jul 11 1989 17:19`	13
	another avenue to try - is to tell your vet that she needs to be placed in a good home. I got two of my cats thru my vet. The first was a stray + her kittens which were brought to his office by one of his clients who found them (I took the mother), the other was a Siamese who needed a home as her owner went into a nursing home. One cat was fairly young, the other was rather old. The vet knows his clients- i.e. who takes routine care of his/her pets. It's worth a try. I got two wonderful cats that way. Pat
2664.6	Is Someone Going to The West Coast on Business?	RETORT::BREDA		`Thu Jul 13 1989 14:23`	10
	Anyone going on business to the west coast? You mentioned that you are 3000 miles away, but you would take the kitty if you could. A suggestion would be to try and get someone going to west coast on business to take Whiskers with them. I've seen that kind of thing happen in this file before. Best of Luck! Kathy and her herd of cat (Mr. Kitten, Cleo, Lillie and Molly)
2664.7		CRUISE::NDC		`Fri Jul 14 1989 08:16`	1
	re: .6 What a GREAT idea!