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(Long) Question About Older Spayed Stray
I'm posting on this subject for the first time and want to thank
anyone who takes the time to read and respond to me. Someone I know and love is currently in an untenable domestic situation and needs to leave the home. This person lives with several troubled family members, one of whom found and brought home a stray fourteen years ago. That person's prolonged absences from the home now, and the fact that the only other regular habitant (beside my friend) suffers from either depression or dementia, or a combination of both, has made my friend the little one's sole caretaker. This cat was found wild, then raised in two mountain suburbs where she was able, in warm weather, to roam free. During the summer in particular, she still enjoys her "nights out" but always returns. The family situation is deteriorating so rapidly and alarmingly that my friend may seek out emergency shelter. From that point, finances dictate that a subsidized apartment is all that can be afforded. My friend has rejected one housing complex where the management insists on declawing, but the major concern and heartache is whether taking the fourteen year-old into such a foreign environment will probably spell doom for her. The cat allows my friend to pick her up, but not cuddle or hold her, and the question of how the cat would be sufficiently tranquilized as to even get her out of the house is another source of deep concern. My friend has a pet carrier and is *deeply* devoted to this animal's health, welfare, and happiness; and if the misery of removing it from such a geographically lovely but intrinsically negligent setting doesn't kill my *friend,*, this good human being needs to know everything possible about changing an old, relatively healthy--and precious--feline's way of life. Thank you again for reading this, and God bless to anyone who responds via post or email. |
The cat is getting on in years and I think would adjust to an apartment. She
would be safer inside, also, especially as she grows older. I think declawing her, however, would be not be good. There are ways of making sure she does not claw any furniture including soft paws or something that can be placed over her nails, or keeping the nails cut and providing her with scratching pads or posts. Gail "tioga 0630" wrote in message om... I'm posting on this subject for the first time and want to thank anyone who takes the time to read and respond to me. Someone I know and love is currently in an untenable domestic situation and needs to leave the home. This person lives with several troubled family members, one of whom found and brought home a stray fourteen years ago. That person's prolonged absences from the home now, and the fact that the only other regular habitant (beside my friend) suffers from either depression or dementia, or a combination of both, has made my friend the little one's sole caretaker. This cat was found wild, then raised in two mountain suburbs where she was able, in warm weather, to roam free. During the summer in particular, she still enjoys her "nights out" but always returns. The family situation is deteriorating so rapidly and alarmingly that my friend may seek out emergency shelter. From that point, finances dictate that a subsidized apartment is all that can be afforded. My friend has rejected one housing complex where the management insists on declawing, but the major concern and heartache is whether taking the fourteen year-old into such a foreign environment will probably spell doom for her. The cat allows my friend to pick her up, but not cuddle or hold her, and the question of how the cat would be sufficiently tranquilized as to even get her out of the house is another source of deep concern. My friend has a pet carrier and is *deeply* devoted to this animal's health, welfare, and happiness; and if the misery of removing it from such a geographically lovely but intrinsically negligent setting doesn't kill my *friend,*, this good human being needs to know everything possible about changing an old, relatively healthy--and precious--feline's way of life. Thank you again for reading this, and God bless to anyone who responds via post or email. |
The cat is getting on in years and I think would adjust to an apartment. She
would be safer inside, also, especially as she grows older. I think declawing her, however, would be not be good. There are ways of making sure she does not claw any furniture including soft paws or something that can be placed over her nails, or keeping the nails cut and providing her with scratching pads or posts. Gail "tioga 0630" wrote in message om... I'm posting on this subject for the first time and want to thank anyone who takes the time to read and respond to me. Someone I know and love is currently in an untenable domestic situation and needs to leave the home. This person lives with several troubled family members, one of whom found and brought home a stray fourteen years ago. That person's prolonged absences from the home now, and the fact that the only other regular habitant (beside my friend) suffers from either depression or dementia, or a combination of both, has made my friend the little one's sole caretaker. This cat was found wild, then raised in two mountain suburbs where she was able, in warm weather, to roam free. During the summer in particular, she still enjoys her "nights out" but always returns. The family situation is deteriorating so rapidly and alarmingly that my friend may seek out emergency shelter. From that point, finances dictate that a subsidized apartment is all that can be afforded. My friend has rejected one housing complex where the management insists on declawing, but the major concern and heartache is whether taking the fourteen year-old into such a foreign environment will probably spell doom for her. The cat allows my friend to pick her up, but not cuddle or hold her, and the question of how the cat would be sufficiently tranquilized as to even get her out of the house is another source of deep concern. My friend has a pet carrier and is *deeply* devoted to this animal's health, welfare, and happiness; and if the misery of removing it from such a geographically lovely but intrinsically negligent setting doesn't kill my *friend,*, this good human being needs to know everything possible about changing an old, relatively healthy--and precious--feline's way of life. Thank you again for reading this, and God bless to anyone who responds via post or email. |
"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
Do not post an address, but could you please let us know the general geographic area? It's possible that someone may be in that area and know of some resources that can provide help for your friend and the cat. Thanks so much, Annie (and everyone else who posted reassurances). This person is in Northeastern Pennsylvania. One other question: Is it normal to be bothered by thinking of a cat becoming "depressed" if she can no longer go outdoors? I volunteer at a nursing home, and frankly, most of the (mentally competent) women there don't seem to mind too much. But then again, these women never had fun rolling in the grass and pretending they were queens of the jungle in their glory days. |
"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
Do not post an address, but could you please let us know the general geographic area? It's possible that someone may be in that area and know of some resources that can provide help for your friend and the cat. Thanks so much, Annie (and everyone else who posted reassurances). This person is in Northeastern Pennsylvania. One other question: Is it normal to be bothered by thinking of a cat becoming "depressed" if she can no longer go outdoors? I volunteer at a nursing home, and frankly, most of the (mentally competent) women there don't seem to mind too much. But then again, these women never had fun rolling in the grass and pretending they were queens of the jungle in their glory days. |
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