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13 years ago
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Saw this posting on CL from someone who had given out a cat for "free" to a "good home".
"Shaggy" sweet adult longhaired tiger striped kitty, fixed with shots. Very very passive would be great for kids. He has a sad sad story. This cat came to us as a rescued from our local shelter that was just fixing to be put down. We went and rescued Shaggy and fixed and gave shots then found Shaggy what we THOUGHT was a good home. Six months later (yesterday) we got a phone call from an apartment complex in Irving that this cat was in one of my loaner cat carriers out by a dumpster! They reported that he had been there for two days thinking maybe someone was moving and didn't intend to leave him there, so the manager brought him in but was afraid to open the door. Luckily my phone number was on the carrier and he called the night before, but when he called he didn't mention that a CAT was IN it, he just mentioned the carrier, etc. So thinking it was just a carrier and Irving is a good hour one way from me, I decided that I would not make the trip just to recover a carrier. This morning the assistant manager called me and SHE told me a CAT was in there and had been in there with no food or water for going on THREE days. I told her I would be there immediately and asked if shed at least put some food in there. Upon arrival poor Shaggy I recognized immediately, I let him out to fee him but he had urine and feces all over him so I had to put him back into a carrier (I had brought a clean one thank God). He cried all the way home, but when I got him home I gave him a nice warm bath which he seemed to actually enjoy. . ..and then blow dried him which he just layed there as if at a beauty parlor, and then I placed him in a bed with food and water. He cried for awhile but then settled down for a long long nap. I can't believe how comeone can do that. It's so cruel. So I am looking for a loving FOREVER home that would never ever do that to him again! And if you call and adopt him please, if it don't work out CALL ME I will Take him BACK!!!
I'll likely be rescuing "Shaggy" later today and getting him some vet care. To all my watchers, repost, do what you can, spread the word. No animal needs to be treated like this so close to Christmas...or ever!
-Tymid
"Shaggy" sweet adult longhaired tiger striped kitty, fixed with shots. Very very passive would be great for kids. He has a sad sad story. This cat came to us as a rescued from our local shelter that was just fixing to be put down. We went and rescued Shaggy and fixed and gave shots then found Shaggy what we THOUGHT was a good home. Six months later (yesterday) we got a phone call from an apartment complex in Irving that this cat was in one of my loaner cat carriers out by a dumpster! They reported that he had been there for two days thinking maybe someone was moving and didn't intend to leave him there, so the manager brought him in but was afraid to open the door. Luckily my phone number was on the carrier and he called the night before, but when he called he didn't mention that a CAT was IN it, he just mentioned the carrier, etc. So thinking it was just a carrier and Irving is a good hour one way from me, I decided that I would not make the trip just to recover a carrier. This morning the assistant manager called me and SHE told me a CAT was in there and had been in there with no food or water for going on THREE days. I told her I would be there immediately and asked if shed at least put some food in there. Upon arrival poor Shaggy I recognized immediately, I let him out to fee him but he had urine and feces all over him so I had to put him back into a carrier (I had brought a clean one thank God). He cried all the way home, but when I got him home I gave him a nice warm bath which he seemed to actually enjoy. . ..and then blow dried him which he just layed there as if at a beauty parlor, and then I placed him in a bed with food and water. He cried for awhile but then settled down for a long long nap. I can't believe how comeone can do that. It's so cruel. So I am looking for a loving FOREVER home that would never ever do that to him again! And if you call and adopt him please, if it don't work out CALL ME I will Take him BACK!!!
I'll likely be rescuing "Shaggy" later today and getting him some vet care. To all my watchers, repost, do what you can, spread the word. No animal needs to be treated like this so close to Christmas...or ever!
-Tymid
XiaoMao
~xiaomao
...There is a reason when we rescued 3 kittens that my sister put them up on craigslist with an adoption fee...
Craigs-List-Rescue-Operation
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OP
Good for you! Still, Craig's List is a risky business with anything under $100, sadly. With research corporations that buy puppies and kittens, some people will still pay a small fee to make a profit. But at least your sister is doing it right. :)
XiaoMao
~xiaomao
They also have to visit, and provide pictures of their homes xD
