Kitty story time
Time for a cat story.
A sweet, fluffy kitty was adopted a few months ago from a shelter in Spokane. The adopters wanted a mousing cat; derrr, it didn't work out. An aside: if you want to get a mouser; don't. It's an outdated concept that is really unhealthy for you and your cat. Shoot, letting your cat outside is unhealthy for your cat. Coyotes, antifreeze, cars, anyone? If you have mice, set traps with the help of an exterminator. Trust me; I'm happy to elaborate about toddlers with tapeworms in another post. Back to the cat story. What in this cat's face says lean, mean, mouse-killing machine?
No surprise, a few weeks later kitty was returned to the shelter because he didn't want to go outside; he wanted to chill inside with his food bowl. Kitty was slated for euthanasia. Before his 48 hours were up, kitty was picked to go instead to a local rescue. Woo hoo, kitty was outta there!
Kitty went to the rescue, where he was adopted. Unfortunately, the adopter wasn't honest on the application and didn't know much about taking care of cats. More than once, kitty was let outside, where he was promptly picked up as stray by animal control. At the control shelter, kitty peed all over his cage. When adopter came to pick him up, the vet noted that kitty had a urinary tract infection and should receive treatment. Adopter said that kitty would get treatment but never did. Two months later adopter returned kitty to the rescue.
Kitty ended up getting six weeks of antibiotics to finally kick the infection, along with other medication for a herpes infection, an upper respiratory infection, untreated allergies, and stomatitis. Kitty also had glass in his foot from being outside along with part of a wheel rim, causing a big hole that closed only after the glass and dirt were removed. Now kitty is great and finally is acting like a normal cat, playing with other cats, grooming himself, and sleeping in the sunshine.
I've been fretting over what to do with kitty, aka Butterball. The deciding conversation went like this:
Scott: Even if we find a good adopter, will you always worry about what's happened to him?
Cara: Yes, I will. He's been through enough. And if he ever gets dumped anywhere, with these health problems he'll be put down.
Scott: Then we have to adopt him.
That was that. As of today, Butterball has officially joined the pack.
Now the brood is comprised of Sampson James, Casper Leopold, and Butters Benjamin, and I'm a cat mom three times over in time for Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day, y'all. Here's a happy story in honor of the day in today's SF Chronicle. Snuggle your kids, furkids, or both, and give the moms and like-a-moms some love today.
A sweet, fluffy kitty was adopted a few months ago from a shelter in Spokane. The adopters wanted a mousing cat; derrr, it didn't work out. An aside: if you want to get a mouser; don't. It's an outdated concept that is really unhealthy for you and your cat. Shoot, letting your cat outside is unhealthy for your cat. Coyotes, antifreeze, cars, anyone? If you have mice, set traps with the help of an exterminator. Trust me; I'm happy to elaborate about toddlers with tapeworms in another post. Back to the cat story. What in this cat's face says lean, mean, mouse-killing machine?
No surprise, a few weeks later kitty was returned to the shelter because he didn't want to go outside; he wanted to chill inside with his food bowl. Kitty was slated for euthanasia. Before his 48 hours were up, kitty was picked to go instead to a local rescue. Woo hoo, kitty was outta there!
Kitty went to the rescue, where he was adopted. Unfortunately, the adopter wasn't honest on the application and didn't know much about taking care of cats. More than once, kitty was let outside, where he was promptly picked up as stray by animal control. At the control shelter, kitty peed all over his cage. When adopter came to pick him up, the vet noted that kitty had a urinary tract infection and should receive treatment. Adopter said that kitty would get treatment but never did. Two months later adopter returned kitty to the rescue.
Kitty ended up getting six weeks of antibiotics to finally kick the infection, along with other medication for a herpes infection, an upper respiratory infection, untreated allergies, and stomatitis. Kitty also had glass in his foot from being outside along with part of a wheel rim, causing a big hole that closed only after the glass and dirt were removed. Now kitty is great and finally is acting like a normal cat, playing with other cats, grooming himself, and sleeping in the sunshine.
I've been fretting over what to do with kitty, aka Butterball. The deciding conversation went like this:
Scott: Even if we find a good adopter, will you always worry about what's happened to him?
Cara: Yes, I will. He's been through enough. And if he ever gets dumped anywhere, with these health problems he'll be put down.
Scott: Then we have to adopt him.
That was that. As of today, Butterball has officially joined the pack.
Now the brood is comprised of Sampson James, Casper Leopold, and Butters Benjamin, and I'm a cat mom three times over in time for Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day, y'all. Here's a happy story in honor of the day in today's SF Chronicle. Snuggle your kids, furkids, or both, and give the moms and like-a-moms some love today.
5 Comments:
I confess, I was already mentally composing a "Oh, hell, I'll take him!" comment by the third paragraph.
Congrats on the latest addition to your family.
Keep an eye on Scott. He used to berate Samantha for being such a chubb but, all the while, he was shovelling kibbles into her bowl. Senor Butterball looks like he could use some weight management.
cara...WTF?????
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=27696
indeed, i'm lazy and in my quest to google your names to find your wedding page, i found quite a few other "cara and scott" weddings. A smattering:
In Manhattan:
http://www.caraandscott.com/home.asp
Awww…they met at Starbucks (barf!):
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/fashion/weddings/21vows.html?ex=1305864000en=f4865ba1f0cba8ecei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss
Yet another...
http://bbsphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1612134/1
just thought i'd share.
Thanks, Angie! I will keep you in mind for my hard-to-place kitties (evil cat lady cackle).
Carl, Mr. Butters could use a LOT of weight management. :-) Unfortunately kitty has a lot of allergies, so we have him on hypoallergenic Catkins. Here's hoping it works.
J-Ma, didn't you know that I write a sex advice column on the side? Very popular. Then my boss found it and absolutely loved it. After nearly dying from the shock, I was totally dumbfounded. But thanks for the links, I had a good laugh!
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