View Single Post
  #10  
Old November 17th 06, 04:08 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Lynne
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,297
Default Adopting another cat

on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:35:30 GMT, "Buddy's Mom"
wrote:

These stories are absolutely beautiful!

After our 20 year + kitty passed away a couple of years ago, I thought
I wanted a kitten like I always have had and raise them from the
start.
So I went to the local cat shelter and looked and went back and
looked
- and this went on for a few weeks. One day I went and a new adult
was in a cage and came right over to the door and said "hello". Well
I was quite smitten with him, but thought - no I want a kitten - he is
too big! So, I went home and he was all I thought about for two days
until the shelter opened again.

I went in and looked in his cage and - HE WAS GONE! My heart skipped
a beat! Then, there he was - they were cleaning cages and he was on a
shelf - looking like he really didn't belong there. He saw me too and
it was love.......................

He is the best kitty I have ever had and I have had some wonderful
kitties! He is so appreciateive and loving. Now he is a Maine Coon,
so that may be part of it. But he was 3 years old when we got him and
he is purrrrrrrfect!

Good luck - wishing you a great adoption!

Roby wrote:
T wrote:

Of course if we adopt another cat it'll be the traditional way.
Surfing petfinder.com is one thing, but going and meeting the cats
is the best way. Friendly cats are the ones trying to jump out of
the cage. That's how Cosimo came into our lives.


Having a vacancy in my home and in my heart, I drove to the local
shelter to interview candidates. As I walked across the parking lot,
I saw another visitor push open the door as he exited the building.
A gray cat ran out of the open door and headed into the shrubs. I
chased after ... he gave up rather quickly. I scooped him up, handed
him over to a staffer in hot pursuit. I recall thinking that this
was a really nice cat. He wasn't wearing a collar, so apparently he
had just arrived and wasn't up for adoption. I went inside, saw a
lot of nice cats, but not THE ONE. It always takes me a couple of
visits: this is an important decision. I went home catless that day,
returned two weeks later. Well, guess who was now up for adoption?
That gray escape-cat! I swung open the cage door to give him a
scratch behind the ear ... and in an instant he leapt onto my
shoulder and started nuzzling my ear. Who can resist a good ear
nuzzle?? I adopted him on this our second meeting. Clawde hasn't
tried to escape from his new home even once!

Roby





--
Lynne


"Every once in a while, the tables are turned and we get to share our
lives with an animal who takes care of their human." - Tara, rpdb