We adopted two fur-babies Thursday.
After we got the cats home I wanted to read the humane societies description of each to see if the really knew their cats.
The one for Freddy said
Hi! My name is Freddy Mercury. As you can see, I’m devilishly handsome at first glance and, when you look a little deeper, you’ll see that I’m also such a sweet boy. I’m a people pleaser, and all I want is to be snuggled, loved, and played with. The best type of home for me will be with someone who has had cat experience in their past. I was tested for FIV, and unfortunately, I am positive for it. This doesn’t affect too much of my life, but you should ask for more details if you’d like to learn more about it! I’m really just a big lug who would love a forever home. Maybe with another cat to play with?! Could you see me fitting into your life? Come meet me to find out!
This is spot on. The minute Freddy saw me, he ran up and started rubbing up to my legs. I sat down on the floor; he climbed up onto me. He started rubbing his head against me and basically did not want me to move on to other cats. I didn’t.
This cat is so affectionate we’ve nick named him “Friendly Freddy, the love kitty from hell!” He purrs so loudly I swear you can hear him in the other room!!
Meanwhile, Jim walked to the center of the room. He saw an big fat orange cat whose side was stamped with cinnamon bun swirls. He asked, “Which cat is that?” Well…. it was the same cat he’d seen weeks ago on the humane society web site and said: “He look like a good cat! We should get him!”
I told Jim… no. He has FIV. He’ll get sick. Jim was very disappointed that I had put my foot down about such a cute cat.
We looked further and made pre-selections from the web site. We scheduled our visit with the intention of meeting our pre-selections.
Well… people don’t pick cats. Cats pick people.
Anyway, the ad for Toby said
It was the luckiest day of Toby’s life when a WSHS supporter called the shelter about an injured cat she found. He was an unneutered male stray, trying to make it through outdoor life without being attacked by other males.
Some of his tail was missing and what he did have was raw and painful. We immediately took him to our vet where he got the royal treatment. His wounds were cleaned up and he was neutered, vaccinated and had blood and stool tests. Everything turned out okay EXCEPT that Toby had been bitten badly by a cat that was infected with FIV. Bite wounds are the most common way FIV spreads so free-roaming, aggressive male cats are the most frequently infected and unfortunately, Toby got in the path of one of those. Toby loves to play. He will play with a laser pointer or chase a feather wand. He likes catnip too. He gets a little wary if you are petting him and you go too far down his back near his tail, but if you suffered trauma there, you would be too. He just needs to build trust with people.
If Toby ever had trust issues, they are gone. He specializes in being the first of the two to check out every corner. Freddy follows him more cautiously.
As you can see, the two get along great with each other.
