After Judy put up fliers in the vicinity where Charlotte was trapped, a family came forward to claim her! They said she had been missing three weeks (about as long as she had been at the PHS and then at my house) and surmised that a neighbor had trapped her and taken her to the pound, without telling them. (Methinks they should move.) I was thrilled to see her go, though concerned that that the family needs to exercise a little more control over their pets and not let them wander unduly. (See what a cranky cat rescuer I’m becoming? Something I swore I’d never be. 😉
And then – wonder of wonders – Pokey got a home!! I have not even written too much about darling Pokey, who has been living here for 18 months now since I plucked him from the colony and had him neutered, thus ending a succession of litters of kittens in the area. When I learned he was FIV+, and also walked with a limp (the result, the vet said, of probably being hit by a car when he was young), I could not return him to the wild, and set about socializing the 7-year-old. It took a while, but he has been my bedroom companion for a year now – to the chagrin of the other kitties who are shut out – and has become a total love. A couple that is part of my extended family will take him into their gorgeous Russian Hill home in SF on Saturday, and I can promise you I shall cry buckets. He is like my own kitty now!
Meanwhile, Mickey Blue Eyes has ‘tamed up’ nicely – he didn’t have far to go to remember his manners! He is still skittish, but very adorable and very needy. I’m starting to look for his forever home as well, as no one has responded to the ads saying I’d found him. Not surprising; I imagine his owner gave up hope – he had been out there quite a long time, as the way-too-small collar would attest. He’ll make someone a darling, rambunctious pet.
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