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Good News and Bad News (a foster update).
The good news: Malcolm went back to the humane society, into the multiple
cat room. He's in hog heaven. Chowing down, loving the other kitties. What's amusing is that he's a big solid boy with huge paws and not an ounce of chub on him but he's so easily intimidated by the black and white female in there who's only half his size. Last minute good news: A few of our ringworm cats have begun to come back negative on their cultures. The pair that's been undergoing treatment since September finally had three negatives, went to the adoptable floor, and found a home within days. Two others are currently on the adoptable floor. There was a pair of sleek black young adults in quarantine because they were petrified; at one point, they were on the euthanasia list, but I begged and pleaded. Jackson and Jillian went to foster to get over considerable URI, and they're back and on the adoptable floor. Jill is still the shy girl, and I've never seen a sleeker pair of kitties. The bad news: Elmo is spraying. Marking. Four times in the last month or so. He's a very handsome white w/ orange, a little under 7 years, front declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. He's had a urinalysis and the vet said it seems to be stress-related, the marking, as there's nothing in his urine to explain it. Interestingly enough, it started after my cat went to the vet for conjunctivitis in one eye, and after we got back, he peed on the carrier. Considering our space situation at work, I don't know what's going to happen to him when he goes back tomorrow. I'm hoping he'll be given a cage to see if he can find a perfect home... but the perfect home for him is no other cats, no dogs, no kids (he bites - not often, but when he does, it's a hard bite), someone with behavioral experience to work on manners with him. It may be that with his history, he just won't be deemed adoptable. So. Here's hoping that I get back from work tomorrow with good news instead of bad. |
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Feliway might be the answer;
http://www.felinecrf.com/ "Kalyahna" wrote in message ... The good news: Malcolm went back to the humane society, into the multiple cat room. He's in hog heaven. Chowing down, loving the other kitties. What's amusing is that he's a big solid boy with huge paws and not an ounce of chub on him but he's so easily intimidated by the black and white female in there who's only half his size. Last minute good news: A few of our ringworm cats have begun to come back negative on their cultures. The pair that's been undergoing treatment since September finally had three negatives, went to the adoptable floor, and found a home within days. Two others are currently on the adoptable floor. There was a pair of sleek black young adults in quarantine because they were petrified; at one point, they were on the euthanasia list, but I begged and pleaded. Jackson and Jillian went to foster to get over considerable URI, and they're back and on the adoptable floor. Jill is still the shy girl, and I've never seen a sleeker pair of kitties. The bad news: Elmo is spraying. Marking. Four times in the last month or so. He's a very handsome white w/ orange, a little under 7 years, front declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. He's had a urinalysis and the vet said it seems to be stress-related, the marking, as there's nothing in his urine to explain it. Interestingly enough, it started after my cat went to the vet for conjunctivitis in one eye, and after we got back, he peed on the carrier. Considering our space situation at work, I don't know what's going to happen to him when he goes back tomorrow. I'm hoping he'll be given a cage to see if he can find a perfect home... but the perfect home for him is no other cats, no dogs, no kids (he bites - not often, but when he does, it's a hard bite), someone with behavioral experience to work on manners with him. It may be that with his history, he just won't be deemed adoptable. So. Here's hoping that I get back from work tomorrow with good news instead of bad. |
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Feliway might be the answer;
http://www.felinecrf.com/ "Kalyahna" wrote in message ... The good news: Malcolm went back to the humane society, into the multiple cat room. He's in hog heaven. Chowing down, loving the other kitties. What's amusing is that he's a big solid boy with huge paws and not an ounce of chub on him but he's so easily intimidated by the black and white female in there who's only half his size. Last minute good news: A few of our ringworm cats have begun to come back negative on their cultures. The pair that's been undergoing treatment since September finally had three negatives, went to the adoptable floor, and found a home within days. Two others are currently on the adoptable floor. There was a pair of sleek black young adults in quarantine because they were petrified; at one point, they were on the euthanasia list, but I begged and pleaded. Jackson and Jillian went to foster to get over considerable URI, and they're back and on the adoptable floor. Jill is still the shy girl, and I've never seen a sleeker pair of kitties. The bad news: Elmo is spraying. Marking. Four times in the last month or so. He's a very handsome white w/ orange, a little under 7 years, front declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. He's had a urinalysis and the vet said it seems to be stress-related, the marking, as there's nothing in his urine to explain it. Interestingly enough, it started after my cat went to the vet for conjunctivitis in one eye, and after we got back, he peed on the carrier. Considering our space situation at work, I don't know what's going to happen to him when he goes back tomorrow. I'm hoping he'll be given a cage to see if he can find a perfect home... but the perfect home for him is no other cats, no dogs, no kids (he bites - not often, but when he does, it's a hard bite), someone with behavioral experience to work on manners with him. It may be that with his history, he just won't be deemed adoptable. So. Here's hoping that I get back from work tomorrow with good news instead of bad. |
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hmm...food for thought?
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, onebyone wrote: The bad news: Elmo is spraying. Marking. Four times in the last month or so. He's a very handsome white w/ orange, a little under 7 years, front declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. He's had a urinalysis and the vet said it seems to be stress-related, the marking, as there's nothing in his urine to explain it. *** declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. *** the vet said it seems to be stress-related ***** declawed |
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hmm...food for thought?
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, onebyone wrote: The bad news: Elmo is spraying. Marking. Four times in the last month or so. He's a very handsome white w/ orange, a little under 7 years, front declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. He's had a urinalysis and the vet said it seems to be stress-related, the marking, as there's nothing in his urine to explain it. *** declawed, surrendered for (surprise!) improper elimination problems. *** the vet said it seems to be stress-related ***** declawed |
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