Happy Dance for Nosey--bet that little one is going to be one happy little
girl and that her mom is going to give her a good talking to about wandering
off!  And good for you for saving this little girl's life and getting her
home!

Christiane Biagi
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of glenda Goodman
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:43 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT: Success with Rescue Cat

Absolutely amazing! How absolutely cool! This is one
lucky cat to have gotten so much help! I loved this
story...Glenda
--- Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:


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Okay, since there's been lots of debate and dare I
say, controversy, over the Malnourished Rescue Cat my
mom and I took in and have been caring for, I wanted
everyone to know that she is GOING HOME and we have
successfully reunited her with her family.
 
Long story short, we pretty much took EVERYONE'S
advice and tried a variety of tactics (as I previously
mentioned-- signs posted, I posted on websites, etc.).
 As I had mentioned, from the Rabies tag, all we were
able to obtain is the telephone number and street name
(not number) of the "owner" and the name of the cat-
"Nosey."  My mom and I pretty much sat on it for a
while since by then, we'd already taken her to the Vet
and started her on Clavamox and she needed so much
rehabilitation anyway.  We tried to decide what to do
and we just hated the idea of totally cold call to
this number...not knowing ANYTHING about the person
and whether they were a good owner.
 
We are almost finished with the Clavamox and have
finished one tube of Terramycin and Nosey is still
exhibiting Upper Respiratory Infection symptoms, thus
my mom said we have to either: 1) take her back to the
vet this week, as needs more care, or 2) call the
owners and make sure they take her to the vet.
 
Since I had the owner phone number, I FINALLY
remembered that the Whitepages.com has this handy tab
where you can do a "reverse look-up"- using the phone
number...it will give you a name and address.  Bingo! 
I got the street address we'd been wanting, which also
provided me with the NAMES of the two people living
there!!!!  So, then I of course googled their
names...and low and behold, one of them is a Partner
at a law firm here and of course, my mouth dropped
open (I am a lawyer too- and although this is a big
city, it's a SMALL legal community), thus I knew I had
to contact her at that point.  I also knew she could
definitely afford the vet bill Nosey incurred (they
live on very "rich" street- I know that sounds weird,
but the property value of the houses on that street is
ridiculous).  Anyway, I feel like the ultimate pet
detective, seriously.  Sometimes I think all I need in
life is google and the white or yellowpages.com....!!!
 
 
My mom and I discussed it and I decided to send her an
email at her firm's email address from my work email,
so she would know where I work and that I am an
attorney too.  I took the initial vague route first
(as was discussed on this list serve)...to feel her
out, etc.  She replied and said it's their cat and
they looked for her for weeks and weeks, but didn't
check online sites (which she apologized for) and
asked when they could come get her.  After another
consult with my mom, my mom wanted me to send her
another email where I "socked it to her" with the
malnutrition, that she would have died if we hadn't
taken her in, she went to the vet and this and that
was done and the bill is this amount, we've been
feeding her this & that, she needs to go back to the
vet because the URI is still lingering, I advise she
go back and get this treatment (a  full blood panel to
check liver/kidney function, fecal for tapeworms,
etc.).  AND then I asked if she was outdoor/indoor cat
and said if so, I recommend she NOT be an outdoor cat
because she does not fair well outside, she has this
URI that won't go away, and she's deathly afraid of
storms and if she is out when one comes, she will run
and hide.  WHEW!  All that.  I also apologized for
hitting her with all this at once and at work and
admitted that I wanted to feel her out initially
before I admitted that we had the cat in our house and
have done intensive care/rehabbing.  
 
She responded really well!!!  She gave me info about
Nosey's background- they've had Nosey since birth and
she lives with her Mother and Brother cats.  They are
mostly outside cats because they live on a large piece
of property with a covered porch.  She said the cats
seldom go beyond the immediate neighbors (who love
them), but the mother cat became an indoor cat a few
years ago when she developed a URI!!!  So, hopefully,
now that poor Nosey has one that she can't seem to
shake, they will make her an indoor cat now (which I
did press upon her).  She said they will compensate us
for the care we did, thanked us, and said they will
continue with further vet care for Nosey.  
 
We are going to try to connect tonight to do the
hand-off.  My mom and I both really happy that we've
had a great result, but I have to admit that it took
some "detecting" on my part, as we weren't going to
turn this cat over to the great unknown!  I will never
know how Nosey got one mile away from her home, and in
so doing, she had to have crossed one of the busiest
state roads in Louisville (4 lanes of non-stop busy
traffic, 45 mph speed limit) to get to our
neighborhood???!!  
 
Thanks to everybody who provided insight into Nosey's
care/rehabilitation and ideas/suggestions for finding
her owners and making sure they weren't crazy
people!!!
 
This is such a relief for me now- I can finally get
home before 9-10 at night!  But I am sure as soon as
we hand-off Nosey, another one will show up on mine or
my mom's door-step...no rest for the weary you know? 
And now I really need to do some actual "work"....! 
 
-Caroline      




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