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This is OC ("orange cat".)
He's getting his own thread now rather than complicating Krista's bridge thread.
OC is his stray name. I haven't decided on a more permanent name yet. Though I'm leaning towards Meatball because he's so muscular. Like a tiny orange pit bull.
He is a friendly, intact male who has been hanging around the apartment complex for over a month now. I used to see him before Krista passed. Krista just passed a month ago. Please don't tell me he's an angel kitty or that Krista sent him. Too soon. Too raw. I'm not ready to be a full-time cat guardian again. And given the last few messy years of Krista's life, I will not house a male until he's fixed.
That said, he needs someone to step up for him. He's been frequenting both this apartment complex and the one next door. He's been listed as a Found Cat on both Nextdoor and Pawboost and no-one has claimed him yet. I don't know if he has a chip yet. If I can catch up to him Friday morning, I will take him down to my vet for a chip scan, an exam, and lab work. If I can't catch up with him in the morning, I'll look to see if one of the low cost clinics that sometimes operate out of the pet food stores are still running right now. While I have snuggled the love out of him while he tried to bust my body barrier during meal prep and I have once lifted him off the counter and set him on the floor, I really don't know how he's going to react when I try to get him into a carrier (or box.) That's only the first step.
Because of Covid, the shelter has been pretty useless. Most of their services are still closed. They aren't answering their phone and their email has an auto-reply saying it can take "up to four days" to receive a reply. I'm just trying to find this guy a low-cost neuter and they're a black hole at the moment. I have one more low-cost lead. But that's probably not looking good either. I will likely have to get him snipped out of my own pocket. Even then, it sounds like a lot of vets are backed up because they only recently got the go-ahead to resume elective surgeries. And for some maddening reason, spay/neuter was deemed elective.
This is probably why he's homeless. I imagine he was an adorable kitten who came of age and started marking the apartment. The owner tried to find a neuter and learned those weren't happening during Covid and turned this sweet guy loose. That's how I think it went down.
He's getting his own thread now rather than complicating Krista's bridge thread.
OC is his stray name. I haven't decided on a more permanent name yet. Though I'm leaning towards Meatball because he's so muscular. Like a tiny orange pit bull.
He is a friendly, intact male who has been hanging around the apartment complex for over a month now. I used to see him before Krista passed. Krista just passed a month ago. Please don't tell me he's an angel kitty or that Krista sent him. Too soon. Too raw. I'm not ready to be a full-time cat guardian again. And given the last few messy years of Krista's life, I will not house a male until he's fixed.
That said, he needs someone to step up for him. He's been frequenting both this apartment complex and the one next door. He's been listed as a Found Cat on both Nextdoor and Pawboost and no-one has claimed him yet. I don't know if he has a chip yet. If I can catch up to him Friday morning, I will take him down to my vet for a chip scan, an exam, and lab work. If I can't catch up with him in the morning, I'll look to see if one of the low cost clinics that sometimes operate out of the pet food stores are still running right now. While I have snuggled the love out of him while he tried to bust my body barrier during meal prep and I have once lifted him off the counter and set him on the floor, I really don't know how he's going to react when I try to get him into a carrier (or box.) That's only the first step.
Because of Covid, the shelter has been pretty useless. Most of their services are still closed. They aren't answering their phone and their email has an auto-reply saying it can take "up to four days" to receive a reply. I'm just trying to find this guy a low-cost neuter and they're a black hole at the moment. I have one more low-cost lead. But that's probably not looking good either. I will likely have to get him snipped out of my own pocket. Even then, it sounds like a lot of vets are backed up because they only recently got the go-ahead to resume elective surgeries. And for some maddening reason, spay/neuter was deemed elective.
This is probably why he's homeless. I imagine he was an adorable kitten who came of age and started marking the apartment. The owner tried to find a neuter and learned those weren't happening during Covid and turned this sweet guy loose. That's how I think it went down.
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