Show us your pets!

[Trekhawk]

Great snap Sundial!
I would like to go walking down that trail, it looks beautiful.

[Rebecca19804]

It's been 4 months since Maddie died. If someone had asked me if I was ready for another cat, I'd have said No.

But then two weeks ago, a friend approached me quite gently and carefully to tell me about two black beauties needing a home. They are brother and sister, 4-1/2 years old, neutered and microchipped. Their owner developed allergies to them after having her baby... and then she moved to Israel and rented out her apartment with a clause in the rental agreement requiring the tenant to look after the cats. Then he moved away. The cats were left behind in the empty apartment. THREE MONTHS AGO!

Fortunately, the people in the Pilates Studio upstairs stepped in and have been looking after them. My friend is a client there, which is how she learned of their plight.

I met them last weekend and of course just fell in love. They came home today (with a detour first to my veterinarian who gave them a clean bill of health and updated their vaccinations).

They are soooo gorgeous with such lovely personalities! They're already making themselves totally at home.

I am enjoying their company so much and looking forward to being their family for the next 10-15 years.

In their old home:


Bailey today:


Sara today:


P.S. I've re-named them. They were called Mis and Tique.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Rebecca how wonderful that you adopted those two beautiful kitties who needed a home so much. I hope you have many happy loving years together!

[nancielle]

The cats were left behind in the empty apartment. THREE MONTHS AGO!

It never ceases to amaze me how callous people can be toward animals. My two cats were put out on the street to fend for themselves. Sheesh.

I have such a soft spot for black cats & dogs. Your two are very pretty. May you all have many happy, healthy years ahead.

[Catrin]

Rebecca - such a nice thing you did for those two kitties! I just do not understand how people can abandon pets the way they do

[Rebecca19804]

I just do not understand how people can abandon pets the way they do

Yes, WE all very clearly see it as abandonment (as do the Pilates people in the studio upstairs and their clients including my friend).

But it sounds like essentially the owner and her tenant each just assumed the other one would look after the cats. The tenant moved out, thinking "they're not mine, the owner will take care of things" and she was in Israel assuming her cats were being looked after (when really she should have properly re-homed them when she moved away). All my dealings have been with the Pilates people. This morning though I got an e-mail from the lady in Israel, thanking me profusely for taking them. But - I noticed - she made no hint of an apology for putting them in such a precarious situation to begin with. She also sounds like she just does not understand cats.

They are so much better off with me now!