I run a rescue too. I bought a 2,000 sq foot building in an older section of town and made it into a cageless no kill shelter. There are 28 cats there, and they have cat trees, second hand furniture, and all the comforts of home. I also have a large FelV room. It's a lot of work and expense, but it's my calling in life.
However I seem to accumulate more cats than I adopt..... Everyone in our small town seems to have a reason they can't adopt or foster! Lorrie in WV On 08-13, Susan Hoffman wrote: It feels like it sometimes but no. I > run a small rescue. We average around 150 adoptions a year and > have the cats in various foster homes. Here's our petfinder site: > http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/CA1136.html > > I usually take older kittens, teenagers and adults at my house. > Some seniors and special needs types too. The foster homes are > usually more into the tiny kittens. > > I do wind up sanctuarying some of the harder to place cats, or at > the very least fostering them for a long time till the right home > is found. I've had some for 12-18 months before they were adopted. > I also have a weakness for Siamese and will take more risks with > older feral or undersocialized Siamese. May take a year to tame > them for adoption but, hey, they're gorgous and eventually I do > manage to place them. > > Our senior girl who just passed away from a grey and white tuxedo > who had been with us 9 years. She showed up 9 years ago, starving > and hugely pregnant. We took her in and kept her. She was at > least 15 on Monday when she went to the bridge, possibly older. I > know we did right by her all the years that she was with us and I'm > glad she was here so long. Gave her plenty of time to forget her > former life that had left her in such bad straits by the time she > found us. > > > > --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Reyna Castano <rcpin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Do you work at a sanctuary? _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
