"Gandalf" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:53:35 GMT, "Phil P." wrote:
"Matthew" wrote in message
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I remember this It only confirms they are more than they let on
Ps How are the colonies doing
The colonies are doing a lot better than many shelter cats- Its kitten
season, which means many shelters are killing a lot of cats older than
6-12
months to free up cages for kittens-- which are easier to adopt. Kittens
are easy money for some shelters- fast turnover.
We've stepped up shelter rescues to try to save as many older cats as we
can- but we're rapidly running out of space and fosterers. You've got to
see
some of the cats we took that those slaughterhouses were going to kill. I
haven't had time to upload all the pictures- be here are a few:
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Joseph-1y-6m--PP.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Johnny-7-mo-PPM.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Gigi-1yo-PP.jpg (She has "tortitude")
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Eta_Carina.jpg (I've got a feeling this
one
will be Number 12!)
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/maple-4yoM-PV.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Candy--1yr-PPM-.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Peaches-2yr-PPM.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/BigBen-4%20yo-PV.jpg
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/cookie2-8mos-PV.jpg They say calicos have
the "demon gene"- look in her eyes!
Phil
Those are beautiful cats! Thank you for saving their lives!
Some of them didn't look so when we got them. Peaches for example, weighed
about 5 pounds- you could just about see her ribs, and her eyes were dull
and cloudy. . Now she's about 9-10 lbs and her eyes sparkle. All you have to
do is put your hand near her- she does the rest! lol
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Peaches-2yr-PPM.jpg
And there's Big Ben-he's about 7 yr.
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/BigBen-4%20yo-PV.jpg His owners moved out in
the middle of the night and left him behind in the apartment. We don't know
how long he was alone with no food- the landlord guessed about two weeks. It
a miracle he didn't develop HL. We can't figure out what he did for water-
the 2 toilet bowls only held about a gallon each in the bowl- unless he
figured out how to flush... . He's a big ole mush- hard to understand how
someone would just leave him alone to die.
Here's a handsome fella- Kiro, about 2 years old
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/kiro_m_2yo_.jpg He's another mush. Owner
surrender. We can't understand how or why someone would dump him. Owner
surrender's are at the greatest risk of being killed because there are no
minimum holding requirements for them. We got there just in time- another
hour and he would have been dead and the world would have been a worse
place. Look in his eyes:
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/kiro_m_2yo_PPM.jpg
"Cat eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know" (Lynn Hollyn)
But I must take exception to calicos having the 'demon gene'.
I adopted a 3-4 year old calico in 1999, and she's just the biggest
sweetheart you could ever possibly imagine.
Not a bit of 'cattitude' in her. She's independent, but she also just
loves attention. I love her to bits, of course.
Sadly, she was declawed before I got her, so she sometimes bites when I
get her a little 'worked up'. But she has never once broken my skin, not
even a scratch, even though she bites *hard* sometimes. So she knows not
to really hurt me.
I have a Tortie- she definitely has tortitude!
I must say that Johnny, the young silver tabby, is a very, very sweet
looking cat! I simply can't imagine a shelter murdering him to 'make
room' for another, younger kitten.
But I know it happens every day :-(
Thank you for saving him! I hope he find a good home, soon. He looks
like such a sweetie!
We try our best to make a perfect match. But no matter how much we grill and
screen the adoptives- you still never know. I'm more worried than happy
when they're adopted. I've already found a few of our adopted cats in
shelters that were surrendered by the adoptives. Even though our contract
states the cats must be returned to us if the adoptives no longer want them,
its impossible to enforce- just like our no declaw clause. We try our best
to make the right calls, but after all I've seen, I have about .000001%
faith in human nature.
He might be a real hooligan, but the photo just shows a little angel!
He's a character alright- but a mush too.
I have saved his picture, as I have with so many other cats I wish I
could adopt :-(
Here's another one of him:
http://maxshouse.com/Adoptions/Johnny--7-mo-PPM.jpg
Phil