Early this past spring, we had a young cat, barely older than a kitten, come wandering by. He was really scrawny and scraggly and since then we've been feeding him a couple times a day. He's now quite healthy looking and not at all mean or viscous and we suspect he was abandoned, maybe by some people who moved out recently?
Stray Kitty can't stay with us (we already have two cats and my father said "Hell no") so I'm trying to find him a home before the snow comes. I really don't want to take him to a shelter where he probably won't be adopted.
Stray Kitty is very, very sweet and curious with the sweetest, softest little meow. He seems to be a calico, I think. He's white and his back and tail are a combo of brown and gray with leopard spots on his back and stripes on his tail. On the back of each leg is a dark gray/brown smudge of color. He has a sweet, sad face and a bit of a hurt ear (we think he was in a fight). He doesn't have mites and isn't shedding.
I'm hoping to find him a warm, loving home and he seems to be perfectly okay with other cats (albeit hesitant and timid). I will pay for his shots and everything.
If you or anyone you know are interested, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! It's cold at night and I really don't want him to have to suffer through the snow.
Thanks.
Nat
(xphoenixrising @ gmail.com)
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Oct 25, 2009 - 15 57
I will also pay for his shots.
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Oct 25, 2009 - 17 08
Hey Nat,
I'm so glad you were able to help the kitty get through the summer. I'm a volunteer at the Akron Humane Society, and I'm fostering four shelter cats (plus the five I have). I really hope someone can take your kitty and give them a good home. If you can't find kitty a home soon and you are worried about whether he can survive the weather, the Humane Society is a no-kill shelter and they take good care of the animals. No cat should live in a cage, but its better than freezing.
Please keep us posted. And tell your Dad that three cats are really no more effort to own than two ;-).
Shannon
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Oct 26, 2009 - 03 39
Hi!
We were also looking at the Forever Friends Foundation as well.
I just got done feeding him his breakfast and let him wander around for awhile. He waits at the backdoor in the morning and comes on in. I felt so terrible for guiding him back outside with more food because he turned right back around and looked up at me rather sadly :(
I just want to try find him a home before we resort to a shelter. I was really taking a close look at him and he really can't be that much older than two.
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Oct 26, 2009 - 04 26
If the cat really is male and a calico, it's a very rare cat indeed. Calicos can only be females or males with an XXY chromosome makeup. If male, he is likely to be sterile.