Shelters refusing adoption

Birdyblue

Well, we have found a boy and he's been home since Friday He's quite shy but slowly getting used to us and to the new places. He loves to play, is very gentle and quite chatty too, all kinds of mews for every kind of situation haha

The kind lady that brought it to us didn't actually make a "real" home check as she just brought the cat in and perhaps there was not much to complain about. She advised us on the windows issue, food, water and litter. She also noticed that there was not much space in our home. One thing she said and I found interesting was that since the beginning of the year, her association has rehomed 6 times more dogs than cats. I had this feeling that perhaps that was one reason she was so happy to give this cat to us. This cat has been in foster for 7 months, and we didn't really know much about his personality and we were quite curious why nobody had adopted him. I am SO glad we got him because he's everything I dreamed of and more.

What made me a bit sad is that she told us he likes to catch birds in the garden and told us that maybe we should take him out from time to time, in his carrier, just to sniff the grass or buy a harness and get him for a walk. After seeing him play it does feel like he's a proper hunter boy. He goes crazy chasing after dangling toys and ignores all and every other boring static toys. He loves his scratch posts and hasn't touched anything else except the carpet which he uses to claw at and crawl on around the house ) Still quite shy though, he doesn't quite like being picked up as of yet, so I don't dare take him out yet but maybe I will try what she suggested in a couple weeks.

Graces7

Birdyblue wrote: »

Well, we have found a boy and he's been home since Friday He's quite shy but slowly getting used to us and to the new places. He loves to play, is very gentle and quite chatty too, all kinds of mews for every kind of situation haha
The kind lady that brought it to us didn't actually make a "real" home check as she just brought the cat in and perhaps there was not much to complain about. She advised us on the windows issue, food, water and litter. She also noticed that there was not much space in our home. One thing she said and I found interesting was that since the beginning of the year, her association has rehomed 6 times more dogs than cats. I had this feeling that perhaps that was one reason
she was so happy to give this cat to us. This cat has been in foster for 7 months, and we didn't really know much about his personality and we were quite curious why nobody had adopted him. I am SO glad we got him because he's everything I dreamed of and more.
What made me a bit sad is that she told us he likes to catch birds in the garden and told us that maybe we should take him out from time to time, in his carrier, just to sniff the grass or buy a harness and get him for a walk. After seeing him play it does feel like he's a proper hunter boy. He goes crazy chasing after dangling toys and ignores all and every other boring static toys. He loves his scratch posts and hasn't touched anything else except the carpet which he uses to claw at and crawl on around the house ) Still quite shy though, he doesn't quite like being picked up as of yet, so I don't dare take him out yet but maybe I will try what she suggested in a couple weeks.

Sitting here smiling with joy for you; wonderful news and thank you so very much

metaoblivia

I'm so happy it worked out for you, OP! My father has experienced similar issues with adopting from a shelter. He's retired, rents in a pet friendly apartment complex, is in good health and has a long history of taking excellent care of his pets (his last dog, a dachsund, died about 10 months ago, at the age of 17) with vet references and everything. I advised him to go to the county animal rescue shelter instead of a private one. The one in his county (in Florida), euthanizes hundreds of dogs and cats every month, and they do have requirements and questionnaires, but they're not nearly as strict as privately run rescues.
And of course, failing that I told him he could always find a reputable breeder. Prior to trying a private rescue, he was already in contact with a breeder regarding puppies, but decided not to go through with it because he wanted an older dog. And he's still having trouble with the private rescues even though he's not looking for a puppy (but still a younger dog - like 1 or 2).