So, just put out the request for more info on...
 

[...two shelter cats.]

Losing our calico in September and then our tabby three weeks ago...the house is too quiet.

Meet Picasso and DaVinci. They are a bonded pair of polydactyl males. They are litter mates. They are in foster care now, rescued from a shelter that was not a no-kill shelter.

I’ve been staring at their pics for a week now, not sure I was ready to have more kitties. I finally bit the bullet and sent the email to get more info and (hopefully) the adoption process going.

Crossing fingers they’re still available. 🤞🏻

New bedding for 'em too? :D


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:Jeff '79: Check out the thousand yard stare on the one in the back.
These guys haven't even met you yet and they're already planning your demise. :Jeff '79:

That’s at their foster home. I’ll make the recommendation. :leaving:

:D

Cute kitties. Love the double paws! Hope you get 'em :cert:

Awww. Cute kittie cats.

Good luck, I hope they work out for you. :cert: It's been many years since we had a cat; they're good company.

Becka is talking about getting another cat since our older cat Nala (13 yrs) is not an active enough companion for Tig (1&1/2 yrs). Tig wants to play but Nala just wants to sleep and hang out.
Becka and Tig

Congrats on the potential new putty tats!

Had my share of rescues over they years as well. :angel:
Scott

Not a bad idea. Lots of loveable cats in shelters just waiting for a home. ❤️

I can mail you Tommy and Tammy. They look just like those cats. They came from a shelter too. I won't hqve you do any paperwork, nor charge you a rehoming fee. Or postage. PM for details.

Years ago we had an orange one like that. He was very affectionate with us but out in the hood he was a bad ass. I got a knock on the door once, it was a neighbor with a ball of fur in his hand and not happy. He told me if he caught him he would BBQ him. Apparently "Bud" went in his house, upstairs, and kicked the sh*t out of his cat...

I miss Bud... :sadangel:

Good looking Cats. Hope they get a forever home with you Sandy!

My nickname for double paws is " 4 wheel drive Kitty". I've had a few over the years! :seasix:

I remember some 40+ years ago, her ex slipped some poison meat under the ex/kids mom's apartment door....took out the Golden retriever, so a few weeks later she wanted a orange cat.....so looked around and without any .gov crap, picked up a kitten.....I was holding him in my bare arms, standing in the apt....and of course the older cat spooked him...he took off, two patches on each arm, bleeding....so we named him Four Wheel Drive....4 wheel for short.....we had the posi traction removed in front.....

strangely enough, after the divorce, they both ran out into the typical suburban street out front, and got killed by cars....and years ago, down here in Florida, same ending for other cats....weird......

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Get them neutered if they are not already and rescue them for real. You are fortunate they are already paired up... I think single cats get depressed hanging out alone all day.

The shelters here only adopt out animals that are spayed or neutered. If they are too young for them to spay/neuter before adoption, you have to give them a deposit that is returned only after you have had them fixed (and bring back the medical records with proof of such).

They also come with all their vaccines and are microchipped. Most are FIV/FeLV tested, as well, depending on the shelter.

I found these guys thru https://www.adoptapet.com/. They work in collaboration with shelters nationwide. It was not hard to find a bonded pair, as the site allows you to specify whether or not you want an animal that is part of a bonded pair.

I also looked using https://www.petfinder.com/. They will tell you when an animal is part of a bonded pair, but they don’t have it as one of their search criteria. You basically have to look at each description to determine if they are.

Haven’t heard anything back on these two. It is mother’s day weekend, though. These two are in a foster home, run by a non-profit organization that pulls animals out of shelters that euthanize.

I’ll follow up Tuesday morning if I don’t hear from them tomorrow. 🐈

Hope it works out :yesnod:

Good luck, Sandy!

Good luck :seasix:

opposable thumbs + murder mittens = :ohnoes:

I can have Tommy and Tammy boxed up and ready to ship Tuesday, if you don't hear from them. :yesnod: They're a bonded pair...

All of our kitties are rescues from shelters or ones we found as strays along busy roads.

You do NOT want to know how many we have. LOL

Your better half will beat your azz if you ship off those kitties. :spank: :funny:

If cats had opposable thumbs...we would all be in deep dodoo :funnier:

Update: The boys are both still available. Application for adoption was approved. Picasso is on antibiotics for a few more weeks for a respiratory infection. While we wait for him to heal up, we will do a meet and greet and in-home inspection.

We should have these boys with us in 2-3 weeks, which will allow this foster home to rescue additional special needs animals from euthanasia at the county/city shelters.

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Congrats
I am sure your new feline overlords will be gentile training you :lol:

But what if they're Jewish? Ooy!


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Congrats Sandy and Nox. I'm sure the cats are already planning your demise :lol:

https://d188rgcu4zozwl.cloudfront.ne...ces/2080833241

Spence has a copy you can borrow.




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Wow. Our local shelters require you to have a verifiable relationship with a vet, and proof of residence. That's it. The animals are up to date on shots, but neutering is an adopter's responsibility available at a discount from the shelter. Your local regulations are onerous, but fair to the critters as they seem to sift casual parents out of the mix.:seasix:

I think Spence has the companion book...
“Drinking With Your Cat, A Feline Guide to Gin”

The city/county run shelters are not as strict. These foster homes (that rescue animals from euthanasia) usually carry a lot of costs on their own. Many of the animals are special needs and/or rehabilitated. They want to make sure that they animals are going to a good home. :angel:

So do you do or do you ain't got cats now? This here is a lot a-talkin' and a-writin' but I ain't seen no cats sittin' on y'all's laps or tearin' up your stuff as they do when they get riled.

We ain’t...yet. :funny:

They’ll stay at their foster home until the respiratory infection is gone. The stress of relocating to a new home could be detrimental to the healing process. That’ll be a few weeks and then we can bring them home. In the meantime, we’ll visit them at the foster home.

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Congrats on the new home addition!

Looking forward to pics of them in their new fur-ever home.

Charlie approves!

Linda and I do too....so does Tinker, Bo, and Diddly.....:seasix::cert:

That is a beautiful cat.

And he looks just like me!

We got one of our dogs from a rescue group like that. They drove all the way down to Orange County from Northern California to rescue her. She was at death's door, weighed 9 lbs (20 lbs is her normal weight) was completely flea bitten and her hair was almost all gone. No one would have adopted her in that condition and she would have been put down.

The rescue group spayed her, microchipped her and groomed her. I paid $300 for that mutt that no one wanted, but that money helped some other dogs, too.
At least she was tax deductible.:D

Having met Dennis last week, I can confirm that he looks exactly like a *****. Er, his cat. :yesnod:










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Cats are cool.

We are going to meet them this Saturday. :dance:

Take pics!!

I will. :cheers:

I’m going to take the laser pointer with me, just in case they’re on the shy side.

And maybe some catnip. :leaving:

https://goo.gl/images/X4UPFq
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here's what you tried to post

Just met the kitties. Didn’t take pics because they’re in someone’s private home (foster home) and that seemed intrusive. But we spend about an hour with them and they are adorable!!

The orange one is a little shy, but started to come around after about 30 minutes. :angel: He’s super chill and just flops down on the floor. The grey one needed exactly zero minutes to warm up to us. He was demanding love as soon as he saw us. In fact, if I stopped petting him for a minute, he’d tap me so I would continue. :funny:

They are about 8-9 months old and are already big boys...but you can tell by their ears and paws that they still have a lot of growing to do. They are going to be big guys once they are full grown.

They seem to finally be on the correct antibiotics for their respiratory infections, so we are setting up the home inspection in the coming week. (I guess they were in very bad shape when they were pulled from the shelter.) Once they get the all clear (after a final chest X-ray) from the vet, we should have them home with us.

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Glad to hear they are taking care of the health issues before releasing the kittens to you. A number of years ago we adopted two kittens through a Pet Smart adoption day. Turned out not only did both have respiratory infections, they both had ringworm also. Had to keep them quarantined from our other two cats for over a month while treating.
Do you know what it’s like trying to keep existing resident cats separated from new arrivals for that long?:lol: