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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

3617.0. "Mother and son need homes" by REGENT::HUNTINGTON () Mon May 21 1990 16:24

I am moving, and can't take these two!

Mel is an 8 months old male yellow tabby.  He is extremely friendly - a real
lap cat.  "Mel" is short for "Mellow Yellow".  He does not have the usual
8-month-old's fixations with curtains, upholstered furniture and the like. 
He has huge double front paws that look like mittens, a white chest and a tiny
(barely noticeable) touch of grey at the tip of each ear. 

He is fixed and extremely well behaved. He has had all his shots, including
feline leukemia. He's good about taking medicine and things like that (though
he's healthy as a horse). He is also one of the few cats I have ever known who
isn't really afraid of the car. 

If you have a place "in town", he is fairly comfortable staying inside.  If he
can, he likes to go out for short times, but he's not the type to beg
insistently at the door. 

				***

His mother, Molly Brown, is an unusually subtle grey/brown/tan calico color.
Her eyes are the usual cat-green near the center, but around the edges they
change to a deep clear bluish color.  She is about 2 years old. She loves to
be held and cuddled. She will bury her head in the hollow under your chin and
purr. 

She likes to go outside, so a country home would be best for her.  When I take
my dog for a walk, she comes with me.  Molly really takes things in stride - I
suspect she would be great with kids.  She is about 2 years old.

Molly had a hard start on life - when I got her she was malnourished and
pregnant.  But she came through it with flying colors.  She is sleek and
healthy now.  She has been spayed and has had all her shots, including
feline leukemia.

				***

Both mother and son are free to good homes. If you'd like some real loving
companionship, let me know.  I will bring one or both to meet you, or whatever
arrangements you would like to make. 

			Lisa Huntington
			DTN 235-8610
			MS DSG1-1/F8
			ENET  REGENT::HUNTINGTON

			Home:  Ashburnham, MA (Near Fitchburg)
			Work:  Westford, MA

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3617.1	Good news/bad news on Mel & Molly	REGENT::HUNTINGTON		`Tue May 22 1990 18:02`	27
	OK, here's an update on Mel and Molly: I did not expect such an instant response! Thank you for this notes file! I got a call last night from someone wanting BOTH cats. I went to take them over for a "look see", only to find that Molly had some sort of injury! (coincidence or what). I didn't think she was up to a car ride, so I took only Mel. Anyway, to make a long story short, Molly has an abscessed bite of some sort, and needs 10 days or so of antibiotics & salve. Mel is fine, of course. I'm going to ask the potential owners if they can wait until Molly is better -- Keeping them together would be wonderful. If not, I got another call about Mel today. I'll keep this note up to date -- could be Molly will still need a home. One detail I forgot about Mel - because of the double paws he has 6 claws on each front foot. The extra claw needs to be clipped or removed, the vet recommends clipping for the cat's sake, (apparently these extra claws sometimes have a very deep root) but I'll declaw if the new owner wants. Clipping isn't that hard on cats, because the claw is clear and you can see what you are doing. Understand we are talking about a total of 2 claws here, not all the front claws. BTW, in response to a question: Of the two I think Molly is much more of a mouser.
3617.2	Sending best wishes...	NATASH::ANDERSON		`Tue May 22 1990 18:41`	16
	Sorry to hear that Molly has an injury, but sounds as though you got it under control and she is on the road to recovery. Hopefully the potential parents will wait until Molly is 100% so that Molly and Mel can be adopted together...that would be ideal! I am so happy (so far) that you found homes for them. I would LOVE to have taken them - but for now it just wouldn't have been the appropriate thing to do (on my end). Here's hoping it all works out and I feel a little better knowing that some loving and caring people have come to your rescue. Hugs to all... Marilyn, Tracey and Otis
3617.3		CRUISE::NDC	Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313	`Wed May 23 1990 12:00`	3
	I had Bob's "inner claws" removed when he was spayed. He still has five left on each foot and it didn't even seem to hurt him. Nancy DC
3617.4	Molly still looking for a home...	REGENT::HUNTINGTON		`Tue Jul 31 1990 16:36`	32
	Another update - the trials and tribulations of owning too many cats... The couple that was thinking about taking Molly and Mel decided to get two kittens instead. I wasn't too concerned, because I thought there would be other people who might want a mixed pair... Then Mel decided it was time to leave the fold, or else he decided since I was looking for another home for him he would try to pick out his own. No sooner was his claw better than he took off. I let him out one night and he never came back. I have looked and asked around -- no luck. Meanwhile I got several calls for him or him and Molly, and I had to tell them that he was gone. Anyway, Molly still needs a home, and time is getting short. I keep thinking how good she'd be for someone who wants a cat with a purrsonality that is already developed and known. With a kitten it's a gamble whether they'll be friendly or not. With Molly it's a given. Many thanks for all the good words, though. If anyone knows someone out in the country who needs a good mouser and friend, let me know. Thanks, Lisa (P.S., in answer to some questions I had, Molly is an inside/outside cat, not a barn cat. Although she could probably survive the "rough life", I think she really needs someone to cuddle now and then.)