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Cats for Adoption: Southern Belle Queenie

Queenie
Queenie

In October 2018 Pittsburgh Aviation and Animal Rescue Team (PAART) did a 39-cat rescue from the Alachua County Humane Society in Gainesville, Florida where the shelter’s clinic had been destroyed and the building damaged, and the shelter needed space for animals being rescued after the hurricane. HCMT/Pittsburgh C.A.T. took four adult cats from this flight; a total of seven rescues in the Pittsburgh area found space for all 39 cats.

Queen
Queen

Queenie was one of those cats, and one of the four who came to Pittsburgh C.A.T. The cats who were taken from the shelter were chosen to open up space for cats who needed to be rescued from the hurricane and were often older cats who were difficult to adopt in the best of circumstances.

This beautiful calico is nine years old and had a little bit of adjustment when she arrived, a little anxious, and finally space opened up to foster her so she had the time from last October to now to relax and settle in. And settle in she did!

Queenie
Queenie

Here is what her foster has to say about this regal girl:

Flown out of harm’s way, this girl is truly a Queen! Queenie, originally from Florida, came to Pittsburgh in 2018 with a crew of other cats who sent here to help make space for other animals in need during Hurricane Michael. After all of the change, Queenie has been spending time in a foster home adjusting to her new life. Queenie is ready for a new kingdom and looking for a castle of her own!

Queenie is an independent lady who enjoys spending time on the couch with her servants… err… foster family. Although she may be a little reserved at first, once you have her trust, she will be your forever friend and show her affection with sweet little meows and endless purrs. Queenie is about 9 years old and still has a weakness for catnip toys! As the ruler of the house and lover of all attention, Queenie prefers to be the only cat. She has never been around dogs; however, with a mellow laid back one, she might allow it on her royal court.

Queenie is spayed, microchipped, tested negative for FIV and FeLV and up-to-date on all vaccinations. If you have a soft spot for older kitties and would like to have Queenie join your kingdom, we cordially invite you to apply here: http://tinyurl.com/pghcatapp

When you adopt an adult, there’s no wondering how they’ll be when they grow up. They may gain or lose weight or find a toy they really love or grow more affectionate as they get to know you, but you see a mature personality and physical build. You know the kitty you’ll be spending the next decade or more with.

Queenie
Queenie

If you have a soft spot for an older kitty like Queenie and you would love me forever and ever, please apply for her here: http://tinyurl.com/pghcatapp. You can also see Queenie on Pittsburgh C.A.T.’s Petfinder page and Facebook page.

Queenie
Queenie

Adopting from Pittsburgh C.A.T.

All Pittsburgh C.A.T. adoptions begin with our application. After it’s reviewed you’ll be contacted about meeting your cat or kitten. All cats have been fostered in homes and are healthy, spayed or neutered, up to date on vaccines.

Also look for more adoptable cats on Pittsburgh C.A.T.’s Petfinder page.


Help Pittsburgh C.A.T. with kitten season!

You know that Pittsburgh C.A.T. is the rescue I volunteer with, but even when I’m rescuing cats and kittens for others they still provide support to me in the form of traps and transport, fostering, food, kitten formula, and low-cost clinic and surgery appointments. I couldn’t help anyone without their support. Rescuing adult cats to foster and adopt to a forever home can be expensive depending on their condition, but rescuing kittens is always expensive because they need complete vetting, often they are orphaned and need formula and bottle feeding for weeks, they often develop illnesses or conditions specific to young kittens and they eat A LOT. We don’t adopt kitten out until they are spayed and neutered and have all age-appropriate vaccines, so we make a substantial investment in their future.

Here’s what you can do:

  • Donate Amazon gift cards to [email protected]. Because our cats are fostered in homes all around the Pittsburgh area, gift cards enable us to send supplies directly to fosters!
  • You can also buy supplies through our Amazon wishlist
  • Or donate cash through Paypal ([email protected]) or Venmo (Pittsburghcat).

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


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2 thoughts on “Cats for Adoption: Southern Belle Queenie

  • queenie; we haz just two werdz….ewe iz one gorgeouz gal N we hope ya find.. & iz IN…. yur for everz bye st patrickz day ♣♣♣♥♥♥

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