Hi! I'm new here. I joined a while back, but forgot to activate my registration when my comp was down.
I needed some help/advice in regards to PetSmart and their adoption services. We have four cats @ the moment and during a trip to PetSmart last Thursday to Xmas shop for our animals I looked over @ the cats that were up for adoption. I've seen one or two cats before I had interest in, but since we have four cats now my Mom and I knew the cats would be given to good homes.
Well, Thursday I noticed a beautiful 3 month old orange male kitten. Sadly he was found in my town Grand Terrace, which made it especially hard to deal with. I always keep a look out for any kittens to help out and I'm often found outside feeding our local stray cats. For the longest time since getting my first cat 13 years ago I've wanted an orange cat. When I saw him, our eyes met and I knew he was for me. The thing is I've never adopted with PetSmart before. My Mom told me it was a tedious process and we were quite nervous over this.
We wrote down a number and when we got home my Mom called. A lady answered from the agency. My Mom said she wasn't too nice about adopting the kitten, which made me more nervous and that we'd have to have our papers on all of the cats. Shot records, etc and we do. My Mom handles all of that. She has a huge booklet with their records from not only the vet, but from her cat Tommy that had to goto the emergency vet up the street. We got him @ a really bad pound last summer. He got sick from lack of care and now has weak lungs, so my Mom watches him and gives him a lot of vitamins.
Anyway (I ramble a lot. I apologize for that!), the lady said if we had all the documents that we'd probably be accepted, but then she said that we'd need to fill out applications and that it could take 3 months until he gets neutered by their vet.
I really want him home here for us during the holidays, so I'm not sure what to do. We're going in Monday to see the agent @ the store to show her all our papers and I'm going to take some photos of our cats, their toys and their little Xmas corner we have for them.
Ever since I was a kid I have adored cats more than dogs, though I take in either and I'm against any sort of animal cruelty. I know PetSmart is good in a sense that they want their animals to go to good homes. I've had friends tell me how much they adored cats, having a couple themselves, but then when a stray comes along they brush it off and to me that doesn't make me believe their 'cat' lovers.
I want to prove to her that we are loving pet owners and treat our animals greatly, but I'm afraid she'll still deny us of the cat until their vet treats him. My Mom said we probably couldn't get him then becuz we have our own vet. We're going to bring it up to her as well. We'd rather have our vet neuter him instead. We have two males already and both are neutered.
Is there any advice or help from exerience anyone has had on here in regards to PetSmart and their adoption service? Especially if it involves a kitten. I read on PetSmart some stores let you take the kitten to your vets, others don't. I'm sure all the stores are different in every way, but any information or advice to a newbie in this style of adoption would greatly help me out.
My biggest concern is that he will not have a home for the holidays. To me I want him to have his first christmas, even if not with me, but to have a home for the holidays. I think waiting would be a shame as well, becuz as tiny as he is, being in a home would help him overcome what has happened and to get used to seeing his new owner(s).
Our two kittens we got 5 months ago we got from an ad online. A couple lived in highland and they claimed that both kittens were female 6-8 weeks old. They turned out to be only 3-4 weeks old and one was a male. I was so furious, but after seeing how bad they were (Lapping up cat milk like crazy, sucking on pillows, blankets, etc. PetSmart was out of cat bottles @ the time too) we knew they were meant for us. They used to cry and run to us whenever they woke up. We think it was becuz they were taken too young from their Mom, but now being here with us they don't do that anymore and when they do cry when they wake up it's becuz they wanna see us, which makes us happy to know we were able to give them a chance to grow up and get strong.
Thanks for reading my rambles, haha.
I really hope I get this little guy. I can't get him out of my head. I keep seeing his face. I really wanna see him again.
Kristina.
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I needed some help/advice in regards to PetSmart and their adoption services. We have four cats @ the moment and during a trip to PetSmart last Thursday to Xmas shop for our animals I looked over @ the cats that were up for adoption. I've seen one or two cats before I had interest in, but since we have four cats now my Mom and I knew the cats would be given to good homes.
Well, Thursday I noticed a beautiful 3 month old orange male kitten. Sadly he was found in my town Grand Terrace, which made it especially hard to deal with. I always keep a look out for any kittens to help out and I'm often found outside feeding our local stray cats. For the longest time since getting my first cat 13 years ago I've wanted an orange cat. When I saw him, our eyes met and I knew he was for me. The thing is I've never adopted with PetSmart before. My Mom told me it was a tedious process and we were quite nervous over this.
We wrote down a number and when we got home my Mom called. A lady answered from the agency. My Mom said she wasn't too nice about adopting the kitten, which made me more nervous and that we'd have to have our papers on all of the cats. Shot records, etc and we do. My Mom handles all of that. She has a huge booklet with their records from not only the vet, but from her cat Tommy that had to goto the emergency vet up the street. We got him @ a really bad pound last summer. He got sick from lack of care and now has weak lungs, so my Mom watches him and gives him a lot of vitamins.
Anyway (I ramble a lot. I apologize for that!), the lady said if we had all the documents that we'd probably be accepted, but then she said that we'd need to fill out applications and that it could take 3 months until he gets neutered by their vet.
I really want him home here for us during the holidays, so I'm not sure what to do. We're going in Monday to see the agent @ the store to show her all our papers and I'm going to take some photos of our cats, their toys and their little Xmas corner we have for them.
Ever since I was a kid I have adored cats more than dogs, though I take in either and I'm against any sort of animal cruelty. I know PetSmart is good in a sense that they want their animals to go to good homes. I've had friends tell me how much they adored cats, having a couple themselves, but then when a stray comes along they brush it off and to me that doesn't make me believe their 'cat' lovers.
I want to prove to her that we are loving pet owners and treat our animals greatly, but I'm afraid she'll still deny us of the cat until their vet treats him. My Mom said we probably couldn't get him then becuz we have our own vet. We're going to bring it up to her as well. We'd rather have our vet neuter him instead. We have two males already and both are neutered.
Is there any advice or help from exerience anyone has had on here in regards to PetSmart and their adoption service? Especially if it involves a kitten. I read on PetSmart some stores let you take the kitten to your vets, others don't. I'm sure all the stores are different in every way, but any information or advice to a newbie in this style of adoption would greatly help me out.
My biggest concern is that he will not have a home for the holidays. To me I want him to have his first christmas, even if not with me, but to have a home for the holidays. I think waiting would be a shame as well, becuz as tiny as he is, being in a home would help him overcome what has happened and to get used to seeing his new owner(s).
Our two kittens we got 5 months ago we got from an ad online. A couple lived in highland and they claimed that both kittens were female 6-8 weeks old. They turned out to be only 3-4 weeks old and one was a male. I was so furious, but after seeing how bad they were (Lapping up cat milk like crazy, sucking on pillows, blankets, etc. PetSmart was out of cat bottles @ the time too) we knew they were meant for us. They used to cry and run to us whenever they woke up. We think it was becuz they were taken too young from their Mom, but now being here with us they don't do that anymore and when they do cry when they wake up it's becuz they wanna see us, which makes us happy to know we were able to give them a chance to grow up and get strong.
Thanks for reading my rambles, haha.
Kristina.
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