Awhile back I posted how we were thinking of getting Sylvester's sister Charlotte out of the house from the same woman that took Sylvester in, she (the cat) is not very social but it also is a very small row home, the woman seems to be a hoarder, I was never in her house but looked in 1 time and all I saw were boxes of stuff and she said "I have a problem", the cat lives with Rains who is her and Sylvester's father cat, and another cat Milo. I did see the two males and they were in very good shape, but she said Charlotte doesn't come out much, isn't as friendly as Sylvester is, and we were wondering months ago if we should take her too, but then all hell broke loose when Sugar almost died from that terrible allergic reaction to anesthesia months ago so this was put on the back burner, but I talked to Virginia the other day and she told me that "the grey cat" she took in after I took Sylvester died, and her daughter had moved out and a cat showed up but her landlord said they couldn't keep it so she gave it to Virginia, she took it to Peaceable Kingdom a local shelter to have it checked out but 2 days later they called and told her it died but wouldn't tell her from what? I wonder since it was a Persian and was declawed it was someone's cat if someone there decided to keep it but that is not the point, the point is she has cats that have fleas and worms, is trying to help them but doesn't have the means to do so properly and said " I don't want to call you and tell you Charlotte died too", so this is very upsetting to me, she has a heart of gold and takes these cats in, without her I would have never gotten Sylvester, but she really has to get a handle on these issues or they will get sick and die, I feel like I wish I could help with money but hesitate to start that, I did tell her to call and make arrangements to take her to No Nonsense neutering, she is not spayed so that is part of the problem too, I called today and left a message asking if she did that as I hadn't talked to her in about 10 days, I hope that she did so they also could deworm her and treat the fleas. Deb and I talked about if we should take her in or not, it would be a BIG project to get her accustomed to us here, she would probably hide for months but like Deb said "it still would be better than where she's at", but Deb also said what if she is already weakend (her heart) from the worms, what if we would take her and spend much money on her and she would die on us? We also are expecting some new furniture next month, and you know when a new one comes in they pee all over the place until they get used to each other, and on top of this Deb's 85 year old father is dealing with some health issues that are not quite clear what they are yet so now is not the best time to try to pull this off....
So there you have it, part II....I think since it is my baby boy's little sister I feel more for her, plus I am wondering if by telling me this it was Virginia's backwards way of asking for help? She has said "I wouldn't give her to anyone but you", so I don't know. Again, she means well by taking them off the streets of Allentown, PA., but can't by her own admission take care of them properly and I do understand. I and Deb, but mostly me, am going back and forth with this for the above reasons, please feel free to weigh in with your thoughts.
Thank you,
Les
So there you have it, part II....I think since it is my baby boy's little sister I feel more for her, plus I am wondering if by telling me this it was Virginia's backwards way of asking for help? She has said "I wouldn't give her to anyone but you", so I don't know. Again, she means well by taking them off the streets of Allentown, PA., but can't by her own admission take care of them properly and I do understand. I and Deb, but mostly me, am going back and forth with this for the above reasons, please feel free to weigh in with your thoughts.
Thank you,
Les