All cats are special,
and mine are particularly special in my eyes. Many of my
rescues are cats that have been neglected and abandoned,
though not actually abused, and for the most part they have
no severe trauma to overcome. Quite a few cats have come
to me directly from their owners’ homes, for a variety
of reasons (allergy, no money, no time to give them, leaving
the country, etc.), while others are cats about whose pasts
I know nothing. In the latter case, I have to guess at their
ages (my vet’s assessments are quite accurate, however)
and will never know what experiences they have had. In all
cases, I am generally in possession of the cats long enough
to have a good idea of their temperaments, likes, dislikes
and health issues.
I am seeking adopters who will care for their animals through
thick and thin, and who understand that this can involve
inconvenience, hair on the sofa, stains on the carpet, broken
vases and considerable financial outlay. In exchange for
all this mess and money, you get a warm fuzzy feeling when
a warm fuzzy creature sticks its paw into your sleeping
face to wake you up and tell you he loves you and it’s
time for his breakfast. You get someone who thinks your
potbelly and love handles are designed for her personal
feline comfort. You get someone to whom such things as morning
breath, bed head, boring conversation and varicose veins
are unimportant, and who thinks you are the bee’s
knees every day of the week. Think of the money you can
save on therapy with your own personal furry morale booster
on duty 24/7!
If you are interested in considering an adoption,
here’s what I would like to know about you:
- Your experience with pets past or present (feel free
to provide ample details, I am not bored by other people’s
cat stories);
- Which of my cats you are interested in as well as anything
else you might consider relevant (if you are a tenant,
your landlord’s attitude to pets is important, for
example).
The next stage involves a meeting with me and the animals
at the veterinary hospital where the cats are boarded pending
their adoption. This meeting doesn't commit you to an adoption,
nor does it commit me to letting you have one of my animals,
it is just to allow us to get to know one another and see
whether I have the right match for you.
I charge an adoption fee of one hundred dollars.
All the cats are in as good a state of health as I and
my veterinarians can ensure; they are of course vaccinated,
neutered and treated for parasites, and any other obvious
problems are dealt with (very often in the older cats this
means teeth cleaning, but it can involve more invasive things
like, in the case of one Siamese, the amputation of one
badly fractured hind leg, and in the case of a Persian,
a nose job to enlarge his nostrils, as he had difficulty
breathing and sounded like a bulldog, poor thing).
I always take back my animals if the adoption is not fully
satisfactory for all concerned, and provide pre and post
adoption advice. 
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