Cats for Adoption: Noah Navigating His Ark
And here’s another house panther to consider for your collection! A long-time rescuer friend has been working on a number of cats at a house in her neighborhood who live indoor/outdoor, mostly outdoor, and are not spayed or neutered nor receive much veterinary care. The owners feed them but tell her they don’t care one way or the other, but she communicates with them about what she’s doing nonetheless. Most of the time she provides neuter/spay and vaccinations and returns them—you’ll notice he is missing the tip of his left ear, the universal designation for a community cat who has been spayed/neutered as he was originally going to be released back to the neighborhood—but if she can find a foster home she’ll foster and socialize them and find a new home. This sounds very familiar to me and possibly many other people rescuing cats, and I remember the days of finding homes for those cats, so I also try to help my friends who are still working on projects like this.
Noah has been in a foster home for a couple of months and is ready to go to a new home! She writes:
Beautiful boy, named Noah, needs home!
He is 5 months, neutered, healthy, tested for any health problems, had 2 sets of shots. He is playful, loving, initially shy. He is all black, even whiskers. Needs to be in-doors.
Has survived numerous changes, severe weather, and now needs to steer his Ark into a permanent, loving home.
Noah is located south of Pittsburgh. If you are interested in this sweet guy, please contact me and I will put you in touch.
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Photos courtesy the foster home.
And read about other kittens and adult cats who are looking for homes.
Amazon Wish Lists
I’ve lost count of the number of kittens in foster among our volunteers, and August is usually the month with the highest surrender numbers at Pittsburgh shelters. Part of the mission with TNR is to not return the kittens—once we’ve rescued them we socialize them and put them up for adoptiont.
Many rescuers pay out of pocket for veterinary care and food but the costs of raising even the average litter of four healthy kittens is more than many people have, and many rescues have greater needs, like Auntie. If you can help with just one purchase from the kitten wish list on Amazon.com you’d make some kittens and a rescuer very happy.
We have two wish lists at the moment, the one hosted by Margo which several of you have donated through already and a new one hosted by Tarra that includes items for adult cats.
Can’t adopt? Foster! Can’t foster? Donate or volunteer.
There are so many ways you can help cats who need homes and care. You may not have room to adopt another cat, but can foster a cat or kitten for a few weeks. If not that, you can volunteer at a shelter or with a rescue, or donate. You do this because you love your cat, and by doing so you help all cats. No matter which of these actions you take, you help to save a life, and make life better for all cats.
- Adopt one of the cats I’ve posted here, or from any shelter or rescue near you, or from Petfinder, to open up a space for another cat to be rescued and fostered.
- Offer to foster cats or kittens for a shelter or rescue near you.
- Volunteer at a shelter or rescue.
- Find a group of volunteers who work with homeless cats and help them with their efforts.
- Donate to a shelter or rescue near you.
If you can foster kittens or adults cats to help prepare them for a forever home, please run to your nearest shelter and find a cat who needs you! Anyone can help with this effort at any level, even if all you do is donate to a shelter or rescue so they can help to pay for the food or medications needed for their foster, or the spay/neuter/veterinary care during a clinic.
Need to know more? Read Fostering for Your Shelter and Fostering Saves Lives
Browse some rescued cats and kittens—browse here or visit PittsburghCAT!
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wee small dood…heerz hopin de ark sets sail for ….N comes ta shore at …..yur forever home…. by months end ♥