The couple who are interested in adopting Glacie stopped by today to visit with her. They questioned why the calico girls were still here and I shared a bit of the story (leaving out my editorial comments). They played with all three kittens and even Pumpkin came out of her funk and came over to investigate the two new humans in her room. Pumpkin is doing so much better today. I gave her 1/4 tab of Benedryl to fight off the effects of the vaccine and she is almost back to her normal self again.
Okay, so the couple leave and a bit later my phone rings. They want to adopt all THREE of the kittens- the calicos and Glacie! I couldn’t be more thrilled as all the kittens are so close and bonded. They were especially attracted to London and Paris, because they are such outgoing kittens. All they want to do is get in your business and stay there. And Glacie, her best trick which she revealed to her future parents today- is to hop on my back and settle down and wrap her paws around my neck and fall asleep! She does this when I am kneeling down and scooping litter pans. I have to crawl across the room and lightly bump the cat condo to wake her up so she can hop off my back without her or I coming to harm.
So this leaves Autumn and Pumpkin still available and they will probably just be signed over to the shelter where the other kittens have found homes. I can’t do it until the ringworm is completely gone- so hopefully in a few weeks they can leave here and find their new forever home.
This is great news!
That couple sound more promising than the previous ones. Do you keep records of the people who adopt or who ask to adopt from you? A couple who fostered for the rescue-group I’m involved with wanted to adopt a cat from us. But they had previously fostered for us and took care of Renn (now my cat). They were not abusive toward him, but they were not nice to him because they didn’t like his behaviour. Now, they wanted to adopt someone else. We said no.
We have application forms (3 pages) they must fill out. Those that complain about the 3 pages don’t get the chance to adopt. I also have a list of people that other rescues warn me about not to adopt to. I try to screen these people the best I can. I call references and vets and landlords, but sometimes they fool you. At least this time- the kittens didn’t have to deal with anything bad happening to them.
I had a lady call here yesterday wanting to adopt one of my older black kittens. We talked for awhile, but it wasn’t going to be a good fit for Ash to go to. She had a fairly large home, but she wouldn’t even think about putting a litterpan in the house! Instead, they had built a run out the back of the house and the one litterpan was back there already being used by another resident cat. She said she just didn’t know what she would do if Ash peed in her home! When I told her it would be best to add another litterpan in the house she wouldn’t hear of it! I had a feeling so I told her I didn’t think my cat was a good fit for her needs. She got huffy with me and hung up. Oh well- IMO when you adopt a kitten or a cat, you accept all of their behaviors. Most are instinctive anyway. You don’t expect them to mold their actions after what you want. I told her it would be like her buying a new home and the realtor telling her that the home was perfect in every way except there was no bathroom, If she had to go the bathroom she would have to walk across the street and use the gas station at the corner! 🙂 She didn’t care for that analogy.
Every pet comes with inconveniences. Every friend does, too. We accept them, as they accept us, because friends – of both two and four legs – are worth it.