Getting a new cat - Page 3

NAES1 · ‎09-02-2011

@MyBoyRusty wrote:
When I adopted Rusty last June his shelter name was Tuna and I changed it to Rusty right off I don't if the people that owned him before me named him that or the shelter but I certainly going to leave his name Tuna. He's such a sweetheart his former owners were moving and couldn't take him with them.

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@MyBoyRusty,

I'm so happy for you, finding this little sweetheart. Yes indeed, I received this Same Song and Dance excuse, also- ' moving and can't take pet'.

This has to be the *BEST* of all new excuses- YET, and apparently IT really works for a greater majority!

VERY grateful that it was Y O U that adopted Rusty.

I appreciated your story very much. Thank you for sharing~

Been here on the boards almost 5 years and found just about every EXCUSE created per person one on one, for everything! ! ! !

RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

Congrats on the new addition to the family! Tuxedo kitties are so cute. I wouldn't change his name because I think Zeb is cute.

jaxs mom · ‎04-18-2012

Congratulations. I tend to let the cat live with me for awhile so I can see it's personality before choosing a name.

Don't Change Your Authenticity for Approval

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@chessylady wrote:
I had to put down my sweet Buster in early February. Next weekend I will be getting a new cat that is about 1 year old. He is a tuxedo cat rescue. The lady I am getting him from has been nursing him through a respiratory illness. She is calling him Zeb as in Zebra. I may stay with that. Do you have any suggestions for a name?

@chessylady

I have shared this before, but the sentiment is spot on with rescues .... and how we literally save their lives.

ANewHue · ‎11-21-2011

Just wanted to stop by and offer my condolences on losing Buster. It's so hard losing a fur friend but I'm glad you have it in your heart to bring someone new into your home, especially a rescue. After my first one passed I never thought I would be able to get another. It took three years but I did. Now almost five years later, I have three rescues. Wishing you all the best with your new friend, many happy healthy years together.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

I'm so sorry you had to lose your precious Buster. But congratulations on your new little bundle.

We have a tuxedo cat whose name has nothing to do with what he looks like. He's named after another cat, a tuxedo also, that we had years ago and whose personality he resembles. Like most people we started calling him many different things--cute little nicknames--after we got to know him.

Why don't you wait until you have your Little Man (one of our cat's nicknames) around a bit to see what his personality is like? You might know the perfect name for him once he comes into your life.

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

@Venezia i love your story and your devotion to your furry one. i feel the same way about my Punkin and Izzy. they are both Siamese mixes - gorgeous and loving. warning to all: don't come between me and my babies! attack Cat Mama on board!

@Venezia wrote:
@ms traditional wrote:
why Tux, of course! good for you for rescuing the rescue cat. all my cats are rescues and i wonder how people could have been so harsh/cruel to abandon or mistreat these little sweeties. they bring so much love and joy.
@ms traditional - I think the same thing. One of our rescues is a sealpoint Siamese. I support a local shelter and she'd been with them for a year and I'd never seen her when I visited. They put her on display at a Petco store, but the manager of the shelter wasn't keen on the idea because - in her words - this kitty was "so timid, no one will adopt her".

Well...the day they put her on display, I happened to walk by the store on my lunch break. The clerk in the store saw me and waved me over. The rest is history. I went back to work, made the call and picked her up a few days later. She wasn't just timid, she was almost feral.

She has had major dental problems (about $2000 worth) but, she's "our cat" and a member of the family and I'm glad I found her because we will always do what we have to to take care of her.

I wish you could see her - she's not the same cat we adopted. She's pure joy; loving and affectionate and happy now. It took quite a while. I still laugh that the manager of the shelter warned me that I wouldn't be getting "a lap cat", if I adopted her. Ha! I have pictures to prove her wrong; sit down and Bella is in your lap! She just needed to feel safe.

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@NAES1 - Thank you for the kind words and the same back at you! I have loved cats from the time I was a little child - by the time I was a teen everyone called me "the cat lady".

I will never understand how someone can have a cat (or any animal) as part of their family for any length of time, then surrender it, when it becomes inconvenient. I brought my two elderly cats with me, when I moved back here from England 16 years ago. If I can get them documented, crated, on a plane for a seven-plus hour trip, transported from the airport to a temporary apartment and finally to my new home.......then I see few excuses for anyone else.

They both lived to 19 years old. Once I lost them, I "acquired" four more cats - one at a time, of course! I also sponsor an elderly cat at the shelter, who is considered "unadoptable" and is happiest where she is.

The only thing I will say is that it's better at least for someone to do the responsible thing and take an animal to a shelter, rather than just abandoning it.

Thank you, too, for the care you give to your own furbaby.

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

ms traditional wrote:

@Venezia i love your story and your devotion to your furry one. i feel the same way about my Punkin and Izzy. they are both Siamese mixes - gorgeous and loving. warning to all: don't come between me and my babies! attack Cat Mama on board!

@ms traditional - LOL. Yep, I know that feeling!