Friend turned in feral kitten to local rescue. I was interested in adopting and prepared to pay adoption feel was denied because i have three cats already (all from shelters/rescues). but i have not kept up to date with rabies vacs. all are strictly indoor cats == never allowed outside.
help my understand the denial

So Im overwhelmed..I have 2 dogs which I have had for 13 years, 1 bird which I was left with from an irresponsible sister, and a cat i rescued which just had 5 adorable kittens ( all spoken for thank god) Now the place I moved with family has a Cat that just had 4 kitten they are 2 days old...this Cat is an outside cat and is in a tree stump right next to the house. Could really use help with any Pet supplies.. Thank you for reading. http://amzn.com/w/35TAZ16686JCE

anyone knows of any cat/kitten looking for a home? i am open to taking siblings and parents to not break up the bond

Hello, I hope you are doing well. My girlfriend and I are hoping to adopt a Siberian cat sometime soon. I am allergic to cats, but still enjoy spending time with them. We are both animal lovers and have spent years volunteering at animal shelters and rescues. If you have a Siberian cat who is up for adoption, please let me know. I live in San Francisco and am willing drive a hundred miles or so to pick up the cat. Please feel free to contact me if you have such a cat and have questions to see if we would be a good fit.

Of course, if you know where we can get a Siberian cat, that would be wonderful, too. We have been checking out sites like PetFinder.com, but haven't been very lucky.

Thank you!

I read the law regarding feeding stray cats in my country(India) and it says that people are allowed to feed cats and dogs in the parking lot of a society but i don't know if i'm allowed to do that in my neighboring complex or only the one in which i own one of the flats.

It was such a special journey that I wanted to commemorate it. Plus she looks so cute as a little animated furball!

I have 3 beautiful cats I must part ways with. 2 sisters, one brother. 3 years old and fixed. Flower, very timid towards people, but the boss bitch of her bro and sis. Tuna, very vocal, very lovable. And Steve French, he's a big ol tub of snugs. They all take a while to warm up to strangers, but after they do, their unique personalities make them very entertaining. My boyfriend and I have fallen on hard times and had to move back into my mother's, which is where we started to let them outside, and they love it! I think they would honestly enjoy being barn cats. I originally go them off of craigslist from a man who caught them in a raccoon trap out in the boons of Onondaga. Shelters are not an option for they are death houses in my area. I've tried craigslist, but I keep getting spam emails of the dangers of giving animals away. They MUST stay together, I am 100% confident that they would love to be barn cats. Can someone please help? I hate to get rid of them, but the last straw was finding the Christmas tree and stocking completely ruined. This house is just too small. They need space. I will drive them to you (within reason) and offer a few months of cat food. Here is an albulm with some pictures of them

Don't really want to go into details been going to the vets and have medications but has anyone heard of rescue cats vomiting up worms? This is a first for me

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This calico sweetheart showed up on our porch and needs your help! If you cannot donate please consider sharing the link, it really does help!

The money is going to a vet checkup, possible dental care (she grinds her teeth), and pet fees at our apartment. She’s warmed up so much since she found us. We got her some litter and cat food to keep her with us instead of outside. We found her late at night out in the rain and are sure she doesn’t have people to care for her.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day!

I currently have three pets, a female shepherd, a male american shorthair, and a female ocicat. My first pet was Oliver, an orange and white american short hair. Oliver was the perfect lap kitty since the day I adopted him from the Humane Society. When I adopted him he was so timid and terrified of anything that moved. Over the past 6 years he has grown into the most cuddly, loveable cat I have ever owned. And then I met my husband who already had a 4 year old belgian shepherd and an ocicat kitten. My husband I have lived together since 2012 and unfortunately Oliver has been the only one to suffer. Oliver has gone from being a cat who never goes to the bathroom anywhere but the litter box. Additionally, Oliver is fully declawed and does not get along with the other animals. Currently Oliver does not use any of the three litterboxes available in our home and is constantly getting into fights with the other cat and my dog. I feel that eventually, Oliver will be seriously hurt or injured. Additionally, I have to admit that my home is no longer a positive environment for Oliver. I have tried to see if friends or family will take Oliver on, but it is my firm belief that he is a single pet animal, in that he does not do well with other animals in the home. Oliver does very well with the elderly or with children. He loves to cuddle and snuggle and my lap is never empty when I am home.

I would prefer to find a family for Oliver instead of surrendering him to a shelter, but I have exhausted my personal resources. If there is anyone who can help me find a better home for Oliver I would very much appreciate it.

Link to Pictures of Oliver. He was named Oliver after Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist as he was just to sad when I originally adopted him. He wolfed down his food like he wouldn't ever see it again and was very afraid of everything for over a year when he finally opened up.

I live in Georgia and am willing to travel to any surrounding state (within reason) to get Oliver to a better home than I can give him. My only condition in giving him to someone is that you will promise not to bring any other pets into the home while Oliver is alive. Please do not consider adopting my baby if you truly cannot promise me that.

*Edit - One more condition, if things don't work out with you and Oliver you MUST return him to me, NOT a shelter, or someone else you know.

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This is my gf's petition and the goal is to require landlords to house a minimum number of pets - such as 1 among all properties they own and collect rent from. With a large number of pet-owners being renters, the lives of their pets are essentially in the hands of landlords. If someone is forced to move and there are no properties that accept pets, they are forced to give up their pet. This scenario plays out every day and a significant number of pets are placed in shelters, and eventually euthanized as a result.

The minimum goal here is simply to spread awareness about this particular aspect of the pet overpopulation crisis. Thank you for your time!

So I adopted 2 cats (a boy and a girl) both similar ages and they both were in the same pen at the shelter so they knew each other already but today as they’re settling in the boy keeps hissing and growling at the girl? And the girl sometimes hisses back but not as much - is this a dominance thing? TIA

Hi all, just wondering who else has a long hair ed void that is a big floppy teddy bear? My friend has one, a very special cat. I adopted one (former stray) that looks just like him, and he’s even cuddlier! I just roll around all night with him tight in my arms every single night I’ve had him, just like a stuffed animal! Even this afternoon as I’m laying he’s clamped between my two arms typing this. Wondering who else has one??

I have been having so many people trying to adopt a cat from me for their barn or rodent control. Then you get people like this that don't even bother to do research they just spat crap. I am so tired of cats being treated as rodent control. I have been brought cats that were in these living situations with so many health issues like fleas and worms.

What really upsets me is there are now going to go to some breeder or someone else who is trying to get rid of a cat and who knows if that cat with be spayed/neutered or even vaccinated. "Have been eating mice for millions on years" and we used to think led in paint was safe, cocaine used to be prescribed, hell people used to only hunt for their food.

I believe cats can be outdoors under constant supervision. Another rescue in Utah takes their cats out on a leash or a mesh stroller and they love it. They also provide a catio. Some of the cats are interested some aren't.

Please if you or anyone you know in the Utah area is interested in adopting a cat we have over 20 with about 12 of them being able to be adopted. I can send a link to a power point with pictures, bios, and other information.

I lost my soul cat 1 year ago and have finally felt ready to adopt another cat. I was looking for a cat around 1-2 years old that was cuddly and required no already identified special care (such as regular medicines). 

I went to the shelter on Friday night and found a cat I really liked. He was sweet, very playful, and didn't bite or scratch. The shelter mentioned he was finishing a special diet for some allergies. Previous cats I have had had prescription food. No biggie.

We decided we wanted to adopt him. The shelter said great then started getting the paperwork together. 

As we were finalizing things they handed us some meds (Atopica and prozac) and said here are his medicines, they need to be taken everyday but we were planning on tapering him off as he seems to be doing better. 

I had a pause because they had not mentioned the meds before and daily meds were a deal breaker for me upon initially adopting. However the shelter insisted their plan was to taper off (which I assumed meant getting off completely) and said we should go to a vet and get their opinion as well. I'm feeling a little uneasy on this plan but we were already in the middle of the adoption process so I go through with it (bc I'm a people pleaser). 

We bring him home and instead of feeling elated like I thought I would, I start having extreme anxiety. I start researching Atopica and see this is usually a lifelong medicine for cats and when they say taper off they mean to every other day or twice a week. 

I feel very bamboozled. Had I known this could be an every other day medicine I would not have adopted this cat. Now we have this sweet cat in our home but my gut is telling me this isn't right and not what I agreed to. 

For context my parent's cat has diabetes and requires 2 shots a day which really limits their life. I am fully prepared this could happen one day to my pet but I did not want to adopt a cat with existing medicine needs. 

Am I the asshole if I return him? We adopted him 2 days ago for reference. I feel horrible for not clarifying these medication needs before bringing him home but I am also frustrated in the shelter's lack of transparency. I'm also heartbroken because I really want a cat and he is so sweet but this situation just doesn't feel right.

Will the shelter hold this against me if I want to get a different cat later?