I met a couple that were “between homes” in the Bi-Mart parking lot. Living out of a chevy pick up truck they had 2 toddlers, 2 dogs, an 11 year old calico kitty and two kittens! They asked me to please take the two kittens for “two weeks” until their home is “ready.” Been there done that too many times already, so told them the only way I would take these 6 week old (cute!)babies would be if they signed the owner surrender forms on them. I would “foster” them for 2 weeks but if I didn’t hear hide nor hair out of either owner, in four months the kittens will go to a new home. They agreed- signed the paperwork and drove away.
Cute babies living in a large open cage in the back of the truck! Two tuxedo boys. I ran them to the vet to be tested, de-wormed de-flead and I am sitting in the lobby waiting for the tests which take ten minutes and one of the vet techs comes out and she has a really strange look on her face and she is bearing down on me. I’m thinking oh no, they so friendly probably tested positive for FELV. I ask Diddi what’s up and she said “Well the tests were negative…”
” Ok I say, why the face?”
She tells me Jacob (my vets son) is having a hard time letting them go! LOL He wanted to know if he could adopt them. I told the situation and Jacob has agreed to foster these babies until the owners get back in touch and if not- he has two lovely new companions that are set for life with love and vet care! It couldn’t have worked out better.
That is awesome! Don’t you wish it could always work out that way?
Can you arrange for all potential adoptions to be like that?
Don’t I wish. I do get to the vet well ahead of time and if I have black kittens in the carrier, they are always on white blankets- calicos on red- grays on brown. I make sure the carriers are always facing out so people can see them. I’ve had some successful adoptions being sneaky like that! Plus my calendars are for sale on the counter and I try to push them as well. Sadly our vet bill is once again high $894.47-
sigh…I’ll get it under control slowly though-