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"kate" wrote in message
om... Hi everyone! Also good advice about going over the volunteer's head for an adoption. I think she may have been the director, though. There was a volunteer I spoke with first and she look as baffled as I was about the refusal. Some things just aint meant to be... The likelihood of the director doing an adoption counselling is pretty low. There's enough to do every day to keep a director of any humane society far too busy to show animals to potential adopters. Of course, turnover at shelters is quite high, so you might have had a run-in with someone on their way out. -Especially- if it came to the office manager or director's attention that the person was denying perfectly good homes for the sake of her pride. I do keep looking at shelters, though. we may end up getting an older cat after the aby is settled. I kow many think its better to get the cats at the same time, and that may be true, but I would rather have areally strong bond with my kitty first, instead of having her bond with the other cat over me. Is a female/female mix with cats any better than a male/female? My two owned cats are both girls, mother and daughter, and would be considered a bonded pair. They were barn cats who were surrendered. Now they're inside cats. The mom, Pandora, sleeps on my pillow and monkeys on my shoulder all over the apartment. The daughter, Persephone, burrows under the blankets with me, and otherwise sleeps on my lap. A cat won't bond with you if it doesn't have any interest in human affection. If you go to a local shelter, try to get a hold of the people that work with the animals most closely. Let them know what you're looking for in a cat. If you want a mellow lap cat, or a playful, more distant, companion... if you want two, some places have social-cat rooms, or have pairs on display. Just let them know that you're having a baby soon, and someone who works with the cats could probably tell you pretty quick which cats would work and which ones absolutely would not. |
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"kate" wrote in message
om... Hi everyone! Also good advice about going over the volunteer's head for an adoption. I think she may have been the director, though. There was a volunteer I spoke with first and she look as baffled as I was about the refusal. Some things just aint meant to be... The likelihood of the director doing an adoption counselling is pretty low. There's enough to do every day to keep a director of any humane society far too busy to show animals to potential adopters. Of course, turnover at shelters is quite high, so you might have had a run-in with someone on their way out. -Especially- if it came to the office manager or director's attention that the person was denying perfectly good homes for the sake of her pride. I do keep looking at shelters, though. we may end up getting an older cat after the aby is settled. I kow many think its better to get the cats at the same time, and that may be true, but I would rather have areally strong bond with my kitty first, instead of having her bond with the other cat over me. Is a female/female mix with cats any better than a male/female? My two owned cats are both girls, mother and daughter, and would be considered a bonded pair. They were barn cats who were surrendered. Now they're inside cats. The mom, Pandora, sleeps on my pillow and monkeys on my shoulder all over the apartment. The daughter, Persephone, burrows under the blankets with me, and otherwise sleeps on my lap. A cat won't bond with you if it doesn't have any interest in human affection. If you go to a local shelter, try to get a hold of the people that work with the animals most closely. Let them know what you're looking for in a cat. If you want a mellow lap cat, or a playful, more distant, companion... if you want two, some places have social-cat rooms, or have pairs on display. Just let them know that you're having a baby soon, and someone who works with the cats could probably tell you pretty quick which cats would work and which ones absolutely would not. |
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