Meet Starla
Posted: Sat September 15th, 2012, 12:17 am
Hi all, there's something I haven't mentioned here yet. About two weeks ago Misfit the kitteh cat was having a lot of trouble breathing and I took her into the vet. They found fluid building on her lungs, which they say is typically a sign of heart trouble. They gave her oxygen and drew a lot of the fluid off and she responded very well. The test results on the fluid didn't come back with anything and her recheck a few days later went very well and we hoped for the best, but she started relapsing a week ago, and by Sunday she wasn't doing very well at all and we went back in and she didn't come home.
This is the first time in many, many years that I've not had another kitty waiting at home to help with the grieving process and I started looking at shelters on Tuesday. I found Starla at the Petsmart adotion center (Petsmart is kind enough to give some retail space to the local shelters). She's eight, and about six of those eight years has been in shelters, and the last year or so in the shelter at Petsmart. For reference, in the photo you'll see directly left of her is the window looking out at the store. Behind her is the door to the shelter's area and immediately right of her and the door are the double rows of cages. It's pretty small, and so her only excercise has been hopping from her cage in the upper row to the top of the cat tree and back.
I brought her home Tuesday afternoon and she's been doing very well. I think she's finally realized she's not going to wake up and realize it was all a wonderful dream and she's back in the shelter. She's a happy, happy kitty. She needs to lose some weight off her belly, but we're working on that, plus some areas on her back that need some grooming attention and perhaps the dreaded shampoo. I wasn't able to take time off this week after bringing her home, so looking forward to some quality time this weekend getting to know each other better.
This is the first time in many, many years that I've not had another kitty waiting at home to help with the grieving process and I started looking at shelters on Tuesday. I found Starla at the Petsmart adotion center (Petsmart is kind enough to give some retail space to the local shelters). She's eight, and about six of those eight years has been in shelters, and the last year or so in the shelter at Petsmart. For reference, in the photo you'll see directly left of her is the window looking out at the store. Behind her is the door to the shelter's area and immediately right of her and the door are the double rows of cages. It's pretty small, and so her only excercise has been hopping from her cage in the upper row to the top of the cat tree and back.
I brought her home Tuesday afternoon and she's been doing very well. I think she's finally realized she's not going to wake up and realize it was all a wonderful dream and she's back in the shelter. She's a happy, happy kitty. She needs to lose some weight off her belly, but we're working on that, plus some areas on her back that need some grooming attention and perhaps the dreaded shampoo. I wasn't able to take time off this week after bringing her home, so looking forward to some quality time this weekend getting to know each other better.