Salem, the 8 month old kitten who was abandoned at 3 months old has a new, loving home. He has two floors to explore, a pomeranian puppy to learn to play with and two people who love and adore him (even if he is black!) I took a gamble on my ads for cats and started writing poems about them instead of just the bland write-up and the results are amazing! I have 6 families under consideration now for cats or kittens who are living here and that borders on unbelievable.
One caller told me my rhymes are “cute” and I just said “Blame Dr. Suess and James Whitcomb Riley” two of my favorite poets. My mother was a librarian when I was growing up and she used to take me to work and my sisters would read to me. Maybe that is why I like words so much and dislike texting and short-cut English. At any rate, Salem is about 20 minutes from my house and I am invited back at any time. I am still hesitant about adopting but thrilled that this new way to write ads seems to be working-
I think there is no bad way to interest people in cats available for adoption. After they show an interest then you can see if they are suitable. (Intelligence services call this ‘vetting’ a candidate, which I think is appropriate in this case.) But the good adopters have to be interested as much as the bad, and this is a good way to do it. Congratulations to Salem!
🙂 What a great idea. I often say that you need that “thing” to grab people’s attention. So long as you are careful about adoptions, then adopt them out you must….to make room for the next. You can’t ever have guarantees – just do the best you can and go with it.