Hi Everyone,
On friday my brother found a young cat on our front porch and told me about it (We provide shelter, food and so on for feral cats...or "barn" cats that live in and around our rural property). I thought this cat would be feral but when I went outside (sans jacket!) this little cat came over to me crying her heart out. I noticed that her ears looked frostbitten and from the way she was trying to keep her paws off the snow it looked as if her paws were frostbitten too. She also had a very dirty nose to go along with it. Anyway, I brought out a tin of catfood and fed her and then went in and called the local cat rescue and humane society who told me to catch her and bring her in immediately (obviously!). I got one of our cat carriers, put towels in it and covered the exterior with towels as well. Using some more food I managed to get her to go right into the carrier without a problem. We kept the carrier in our warm hall with the door closed so that our other cats and dog wouldnt harass her (my cats are very territorial) until we left for the humane society about half an hour later. She was/is only about 6 months old, very social and obviously had been someone's pet at one time.
The shelter named her "Butterscotch" because of her coloring (fawn and white) and determined that she did have frostbite and probably an upper respiratory infection to along with it. They said that she would definitely be adopted because of her young age and her wonderful friendliness. I, of course, got all teary eyed having to leave her there because I would have liked to have kept her but being that our cats are very territorial...she wouldnt have faired well in our household and it was better for her to find a less populated home. I also felt so sorry for her...god knows how long she had been out there in 20- weather...trying to stay warm and probably with nothing to eat (she was extremely hungry when I approached her). The animal shelter we took her to is excellent and I have no worries about her being there but what I want to know is...is it okay for me to inquiry about her progress? I've been thinking about her all weekend and I really want to know how shes doing. I had to sign papers when we dropped her off and they gave us a "receipt" that told us her shelter name, id and all the particulars of how she can to be at the shelter. Could I visit and see how shes doing myself? I rescued another cat (who now has a home!) over a year ago but he was taken through a friend of my mother's to another cat rescue (not the humane society) so I had direct connections to finding out how the cat was doing. I'm just not sure what common practice is for those who can't adopt the cat but still want to know how the cat is doing. Anyone have any suggestions?
On friday my brother found a young cat on our front porch and told me about it (We provide shelter, food and so on for feral cats...or "barn" cats that live in and around our rural property). I thought this cat would be feral but when I went outside (sans jacket!) this little cat came over to me crying her heart out. I noticed that her ears looked frostbitten and from the way she was trying to keep her paws off the snow it looked as if her paws were frostbitten too. She also had a very dirty nose to go along with it. Anyway, I brought out a tin of catfood and fed her and then went in and called the local cat rescue and humane society who told me to catch her and bring her in immediately (obviously!). I got one of our cat carriers, put towels in it and covered the exterior with towels as well. Using some more food I managed to get her to go right into the carrier without a problem. We kept the carrier in our warm hall with the door closed so that our other cats and dog wouldnt harass her (my cats are very territorial) until we left for the humane society about half an hour later. She was/is only about 6 months old, very social and obviously had been someone's pet at one time.
The shelter named her "Butterscotch" because of her coloring (fawn and white) and determined that she did have frostbite and probably an upper respiratory infection to along with it. They said that she would definitely be adopted because of her young age and her wonderful friendliness. I, of course, got all teary eyed having to leave her there because I would have liked to have kept her but being that our cats are very territorial...she wouldnt have faired well in our household and it was better for her to find a less populated home. I also felt so sorry for her...god knows how long she had been out there in 20- weather...trying to stay warm and probably with nothing to eat (she was extremely hungry when I approached her). The animal shelter we took her to is excellent and I have no worries about her being there but what I want to know is...is it okay for me to inquiry about her progress? I've been thinking about her all weekend and I really want to know how shes doing. I had to sign papers when we dropped her off and they gave us a "receipt" that told us her shelter name, id and all the particulars of how she can to be at the shelter. Could I visit and see how shes doing myself? I rescued another cat (who now has a home!) over a year ago but he was taken through a friend of my mother's to another cat rescue (not the humane society) so I had direct connections to finding out how the cat was doing. I'm just not sure what common practice is for those who can't adopt the cat but still want to know how the cat is doing. Anyone have any suggestions?