Even cats who have “done time” in cages at the shelter can come out of them to be enjoyable, adorable, cats.
What about cats with extra strikes against them? They can do fine, too.
Sensory challenges. One of our valued commenters has a deaf cat who understands the sign language his person created. I’ve known many blind [...]
Posts under ‘rescue/rehoming’
Adopting the Challenged Cat
The cat who comes in from the cold
Sometimes, we choose the cat. Sometimes, the cat chooses us.
There is something very powerful about the cat who seeks us out because they desperately need us.
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So it’s very difficult to say no to a stray who starts hanging around, trying to catch our eye, eating the open cans we leave [...]
Shelter Survivor Finds a Home
Of course, we think our kitten, Olwyn, is magic. But she is! Turns out, she got another cat a home.
I felt so much for Olwyn’s littermate; the tortoiseshell kitten who was the other survivor of that litter. She was in better shape than Olwyn, and I knew she would be a charming addition to any [...]
Dear Pammy, Where is the cat I chose in the shelter?
I get a lot of emails like this:
Abernathy was the cutest cat in the shelter. Well, I thought so. When he put his paw on my knee and looked into my eyes, I couldn’t leave him there. The shelter people told me how funny and active he was, and I saw that, too. But now [...]
