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Hi Everyone,
Figured I'd share pics of the two rescues we took in this week...
These girls are five years old, sisters, and are spayed/declawed (all four paws- yeesh ) and supposedly, they were a kid's cat and when the kid moved off to college, the parents got tired of taking care of them and dropped them off at a kill shelter.
The shelter housed them in between two cages full of barking dogs- the girls were petrified and luckily, a rescue was called- because the shelter workers wouldn't even TOUCH the girls because they were hissing and growling (yes, my gosh- four paw declawed hissing and growling cats are FEROCIOUS! Wouldn't you be stressed out being pulled from the only home you knew and dropped off at a shelter in between dogs???).
The rescue lady contacted me because she had never handled this breed before and she felt she was a bit in over her head. I drove out and picked them up and now they are going through the process of being dewormed and evaluated before they go to a wonderful new home- whomever that will be
I am calling the one girl Banshee because she is very vocal about her likes and dislikes and the quieter girl is Ghost. They are soooo pretty in person- photos do NOT do them justice!
But it always amazes me how easily people will shell out a LARGE amount of cash and then dump their animals years later... A local cat rescue, a no-kill shelter, etc, would have taken in these girls- I have no doubt- but by the time they were dumped at the kill shelter, they had very limited options and I think they were pretty luck to be pulled!
I KNOW there have been homes in Utah, California, and Southern Nevada looking here for rescues- so these two girls are just waiting for the right home to come along!
Figured I'd share pics of the two rescues we took in this week...
These girls are five years old, sisters, and are spayed/declawed (all four paws- yeesh ) and supposedly, they were a kid's cat and when the kid moved off to college, the parents got tired of taking care of them and dropped them off at a kill shelter.
The shelter housed them in between two cages full of barking dogs- the girls were petrified and luckily, a rescue was called- because the shelter workers wouldn't even TOUCH the girls because they were hissing and growling (yes, my gosh- four paw declawed hissing and growling cats are FEROCIOUS! Wouldn't you be stressed out being pulled from the only home you knew and dropped off at a shelter in between dogs???).
The rescue lady contacted me because she had never handled this breed before and she felt she was a bit in over her head. I drove out and picked them up and now they are going through the process of being dewormed and evaluated before they go to a wonderful new home- whomever that will be
I am calling the one girl Banshee because she is very vocal about her likes and dislikes and the quieter girl is Ghost. They are soooo pretty in person- photos do NOT do them justice!
But it always amazes me how easily people will shell out a LARGE amount of cash and then dump their animals years later... A local cat rescue, a no-kill shelter, etc, would have taken in these girls- I have no doubt- but by the time they were dumped at the kill shelter, they had very limited options and I think they were pretty luck to be pulled!
I KNOW there have been homes in Utah, California, and Southern Nevada looking here for rescues- so these two girls are just waiting for the right home to come along!