October wasn’t so scary this year, thanks to having 29 cats find loving homes! That included 10 bonded pairs, 7 senior cats, 10 scared kittens, as well as 7 cats stressed by their shelter cages and 5 who came to us as urgent requests from our shelter partners. We even had 9 cats with above and beyond medical needs find adopters — including two with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).
As always, we worked closely with our friends at the shelter to identify who needed the most support, and our volunteers — especially our incredible network of fosters! — contributed plenty of love and care, so these adoptions are true examples of teamwork making the dream work.
All in all, it was a great month — made better by seeing so many families find joy and love by taking our little cats under their wings. Thank you for making the month full of treats. Here are just a few of our favorite adoptions from October!
Parsley and Thyme were part of a litter of 4 under-socialized kittens who were exposed to panleukopenia and needed to be quarantined. We enrolled them in Summer School to help them become brave, and transferred them to a foster home — where their foster took above and beyond care of them! These sweet sisters got adopted and quickly settled into their new home. They’re still learning, but the help they got along the way paved their road to success.
Princess Carolyn came to us at 12 years old with stage 2 kidney disease. We got her examined by our veterinary partners, and learned that she also had a urinary tract infection and a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Her best prognosis was to give her hospice care, so we enrolled her in our In It for Life program. As soon as her fosters learned that she may not have long to live, they told us, “She's just been the sweetest cat ever, and we want to make sure she has a happy end of life. We would love to adopt her — she's just become so much a part of our life and our home.”
Bacardi started life on the streets as part of a colony of outdoor cats, when someone noticed he was having trouble eating. They took him to the shelter, where he was diagnosed with FIV and stomatitis. After moving him into foster care and removing the rest of his painful teeth so he could eat again, his lovebug personality began to shine, and he got adopted. His adopter calls him a delight!
Pancake and Poptart were stressed in their shelter cage, hissing and swatting when shelter volunteers approached. We brought them into our foster program to help them feel safe, and treated Pancake’s spooky goopy eyes. Once they started feeling better and could let their guards down, Poptart proved to be a lap cat, and Pancake became his foster’s friendly shadow! These siblings got adopted to a family with lots of experience with animals, ready to give them tons of love.
After being found living under a house, Reese and Shailene came to us as sweet older kittens with calicivirus. Shailene also had chronic respiratory infections and nosebleeds. After lots of diagnostic work — a CT scan and nasal scope just to start — we determined that the bleeding was due to a congenital hole in her hard palate that couldn’t be fixed with surgery. However, over the course of their medical journey, Shailene and Reese’s foster had grown used to Shailene’s drippy nose — and better yet, fallen in love! They told us, “Shailene is an absolute saint about taking her meds, and may be part tornado. They are both so sweet, and follow me around, always hoping it is playtime.” We’re so glad they found the perfect person, and the perfect home.
Whether they came to us scared, sick, or simply overlooked due to their looks or age — you helped these vulnerable cats thrive! Thank you for believing in them, and helping us give them a second chance.
All of our OctoBER Adoptions
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