I hope the boys find a foster hom son. I would volunteer but am no way near 215 area code. I can offer my prayers for them and you. Bless you for caring for them and finding homes for them.
---- dana giordano <giordano.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, This came across a rescue list I am on, and I wanted to pass it on. > The lady had a fire, and is waiting for her house to be rebuilt. It took > longer than expected, and two of her foster volunteers could not extend. > > If you or anyone you know might be interested, please don't hesitate to > contact Susan at susani...@msn.com or 215-435-5273. Thanks so much! > > > *From: *Susan Finkelstein <susani...@msn.com> > *Date: *November 30, 2011 10:54:31 PM EST > *Subject: **[UCNeighbors] Fire Cats in need of short-term fostering* > > Hi, all! A couple of months ago, some friends had posted a note for me on > this list after we suffered a terrible house fire over at Springfield and > St. Bernard. It was a call for help placing my cats who had survived the > fire (sadly, we lost a third recently due to complications from the event) > in temporary foster homes. The response was wonderful: I managed to place 8 > cats in 8 separate foster homes: a minor miracle for anyone who has ever > tried to find foster homes for animals. It was a huge relief for me, amid > all the chaos and grief and stress surrounding the fire and the ensuing > issues. > > Needless to say, our house is nowhere near on the schedule for > reconstruction originally given to us by the contractors (wrangling with > the insurance and mortgage companies mostly to blame). As a result, I am > now faced with needing to find new foster homes for two cats within the > next week or so (of course, our house is nowhere near the completion date > that the contractors originally gave us), and was wondering if you might > know of any folks who would be willing to take a cat in for something like > 4-6 weeks. > > Habib, a 13-year-old neutered fat "creamsicle" cat (I call him that because > he is orange and white), is very funny, friendly, and talkative, and his > current foster parents love him, but have obligations to be away come > mid-December and cannot continue to care for him. Martini is an orange > tabby, neutered, about 6 years old, but FeLV positive. He has NEVER > exhibited any signs of illness (he was minutes away from euthanasia as a > tiny kitten in the ER at the Penn Vet Hospital, where I worked, when I > whisked him home), so he appears to be a carrier of the virus, but it would > be best for him to be in a home without other cats, or maybe with other > cats who also have tested positive. Currently, he is sequestered in one > room in a neighbor's house (due to another resident cat), and cries a lot, > and is very lonely. It breaks my heart. He is a true people cat and seems > very depressed without human companionship. > > If you or anyone you know might be interested, please don't hesitate to > contact me at susani...@msn.com or 215-435-5273. Thanks so much! _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
