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My cat Christy used to be a foster cat from a shelter I worked at before I moved. I adopted her because we couldn't find any forever home for her, because she is a seven-year-old special needs cat.
I've been thinking about them a lot lately, because I think that even as of a year ago, when I was last there, they were just completely overrun with cats. The rescue is run by one woman, who uses her house for the rescue; and she doesn't know exactly how many cats she has. Around last year, I think she was pushing 80 cats, a half-dozen dogs, some horses...
I keep wondering how she is doing, because last time I was there, the house smelled so very strongly of cat pee, and the carpet was either ruined or had been torn out, and there weren't enough litter boxes to go around. The cats get enough food, and they get basic vet care (she does the vet care herself, gets the vaccines from the vet and administers them), but there was an URI making the rounds last I knew of it, and Christy came home with a stuffed nose and a few fleas on her. Last time I was there the smell was so strong I had to leave after a little while because I was getting overloaded. And she can't seem to say "no" to new cats; last I heard she wasn't having visitors anymore...
It worries me. I don't have the transportation to help out there anymore because I don't have a car and the bus system doesn't reach, but every time I look at Christy I wonder how all those other cats are doing, and whether they're still so badly crowded. Every time I hear of a rescue where they have been so overwhelmed that the cats are starving and sick, I worry that that's going to happen to her and those eighty-some cats.
I dunno what I'm looking for. Maybe advice of some sort, maybe just a place to vent. I'm just plain worried, that's all.
I've been thinking about them a lot lately, because I think that even as of a year ago, when I was last there, they were just completely overrun with cats. The rescue is run by one woman, who uses her house for the rescue; and she doesn't know exactly how many cats she has. Around last year, I think she was pushing 80 cats, a half-dozen dogs, some horses...
I keep wondering how she is doing, because last time I was there, the house smelled so very strongly of cat pee, and the carpet was either ruined or had been torn out, and there weren't enough litter boxes to go around. The cats get enough food, and they get basic vet care (she does the vet care herself, gets the vaccines from the vet and administers them), but there was an URI making the rounds last I knew of it, and Christy came home with a stuffed nose and a few fleas on her. Last time I was there the smell was so strong I had to leave after a little while because I was getting overloaded. And she can't seem to say "no" to new cats; last I heard she wasn't having visitors anymore...
It worries me. I don't have the transportation to help out there anymore because I don't have a car and the bus system doesn't reach, but every time I look at Christy I wonder how all those other cats are doing, and whether they're still so badly crowded. Every time I hear of a rescue where they have been so overwhelmed that the cats are starving and sick, I worry that that's going to happen to her and those eighty-some cats.
I dunno what I'm looking for. Maybe advice of some sort, maybe just a place to vent. I'm just plain worried, that's all.