I Have Such Disappointing News

I think I'm having a bad dream.

We worked so hard on the outside kitties, and we finally got two of them adopted. We were so happy they went to what seemed like a great home together! Julius and Spooky.

Well - got a call. The one thing happened that none of us thought about. Apparently these people are renting their home - and the Landlord dropped by. NO CATS ALLOWED. It's a three bedroom home with a baby on the way - and no cats?

Apparently they're shy, but great. They're not destroying anything and use only the litterbox. They're incredibly loving and total purrbabies. Julius is easily spooked, but Spooky came out to meet guests!!!!

WE'RE SO BUMMED!!!!!!

NOW what are we going to do? Gary just keeps saying over and over...

"We can't put them back outside!" Then a minute or two later... "I can't think about this right now..." or "I can't deal with this right now."

I know EXACTLY how he feels!

What do we do?

Gary did tell them to tell the Landlord that they've made arrangements to "return" the cats, but we'll be out of town until the 6th.

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We're going to have to add that people need proof that they own their home or need to provide a lease that indicates they're allowed to have pets to the adoption agreement!

They should of known that the landlord wouldn't allow cats! Now these two cats will have to go through the stress of yet another home to live at- if you can find them one that is. How unfair for the cats and for you.

Oh that is such disappointing news, and upsetting too!

Can you put up fliers or an ad in the paper or in the local free paper that you use to advertise things like selling stuff - here in the mountains its called Iwanna, in NZ its called Buy Sell Exchange - thats how we got Peedoodle. I sure hope that you can find a home for those lovely furbabies!

Or as an alternative, can the owners try and negotiate with the landlord? Like explain to him how they are litter trained, not destructive, etc? And to appease him, mabye they could agree to put softclaws on the cats claws to make sure they dont scratch anything? (declawing shouldnt be an option, in my opinion).

Those kittys deserve a good home!

I will keep you in my thoughts and pray that all goes well for them.

Oh, Laurie,

I'm so sorry that you have to worry about this. I will be hoping for a positive outcome. We were all so very happy when we heard the news about Spooky and Julius being adopted. I'm a bit confused as to why these people decided to adopt the cats if they knew there were no pets allowed. Hmmmm. I wish I could help you - by adopting them myself, but as you already know, we've got our hands full right now. I'm glad the people called you and let you know. At least you'll be kept infomred of the situation. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers - Julius and Spooky, too, and wishing them a smooth transition into a new home (soon).

~Sandi

Could you talk to someone else who could help to place them while you are gone?

Poor babies!

Sorry about your cats. Here in Germany many of the military casernes have large cat populations. However, the local vets have spayed (or neutered) and provide vaccinations for the cats. Then we donate food to the “feral†cats. Many are reasonably tamed; some are even weekday pets. The cats seem pretty happy!!

Is there such a place near where you live??

Nippers, we're it around here. Gary and I already practice TNR (trap-neuter-release), and we already provide food, vaccinations, medical attention, water and shelter to the "outside" cats. We work at socializing them so that at least the kittens are adoptable. And they were! And they got adopted! And the poor, poor babies.

Hopefully there won't be any more kittens around here. At this point in time we see no new cats. There is one momma cat unspayed that we know of, and that's it. At least of the cats we see. We've had everyone else sterilized - even all the kittens at this point.

Re: Julius and Spooky. I think we're actually considering bringing them inside while we find them a home. She's already a lap kitty who loves getting her tummy rubbed, and Gary loves that kind of "feedback." But Shelly just turned into a lap kitty, and I'm sure Gary's really worried about making Shelly jealous.

...Some of you may not know, though, we live in an R.V., so we only have about 210 sq. ft. of living space, and we already have three cats. I'm afraid it would push Gary right over the edge. He's been so wonderful - I just don't know if he's THAT wonderful, and I don't know if I even want to ask him to be. It wouldn't be that nice for the cats, either, and it would certainly upset the entire house. We've FINALLY settled into a new routine, after having brought little Munchkin inside a little over a month ago.

It's been pretty cold here VERY early in the season, and though we've put shelters up, we still worry about the outside gang. And now, especially, having lived inside for several weeks... their poor little bodies will be confused, too, not just their minds!

Geez I'm just SO PISSED!!!!!

I'm already networked into the rescue groups around here, so out go the "posters" again. We'll put an ad in the paper, and I'll get their pics back up on petfinder.

I'm just so darn mad at me and Gary AND the idiots who adopted the cats. It's the kittens that suffer. And Julius was just starting to come out of his shell.

And of course, if we put them back outside, they'll have to go through all the scraps with the other three kittens to "get their territory back" and settle on the proper hierarchy again.

GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, the soft paws are a great idea, and I'm going to tell them about it. They can ask the Landlord and we'll see. It may be as simple as that.

PEOPLE ARE SOOOOO STUPID! People with NO brains should not be allowed to have pets let alone BREED. Yes, they should have KNOWN that there were NO CATS PERMITTED! Now they have put these animals in an unfair position. People like that make me so angry! HELLOOOO!! Get a FREAKIN' BRAIN!

I really do hope you are able to find them homes....I felt so bad when we weren at the Humane Society. I wanted to take them ALL home and love them all Unfortunatly the world just doesn't work that way.

Carrie, you echo my sentiments exactly. But I still blame myself for not asking. You know what they say: to ASSUME just makes an A$$ out of U and ME !

Well, we learned our lesson this time. The sad thing is it's the kitties that get hurt.

Could you speak to the landlord and educate him on the kitties? Good luck - I know that this is the last thing you thought you would have to deal with!

Laurie, reading that they can't keep Julius and Spooky brought tears to my eyes. How horrible for those two!

At least you can now say in the ads that they are litterbox trained and do not scratch where they aren't supposed to.

((((HUGS)))) and positive energy coming to you and Gary and Juluis and Spooky.

Oh Laurie!!! I am SO sorry to hear this!!!! I know how heartbreaking this must be for you when you thought you had found them such a good home!!!! I am sending up prayers that things will work out and that either the landlord will change his mind or you will find another person willing to take them in very soon!!! Keep us posted!!!!!!!!

Gary wants to bring Spooky home until we can find her a home. He wants to keep Julius at the Vets (they have a GREAT boarding facility there with really nice people in back with the animals) until we find him a home. Or until we find them a home together.

People ask the Vets for pets, and Gary's thinking is they can just show Julius to anyone interested.

But I don't want to "break them up." I think that's a really bad idea. Julius is a HUGE cat, and I mean big. He's already MUCH bigger than Booger, and she's a Maine Coon! That's what's bugging Gary about bringing Julius home too.

If Gary doesn't come around to thinking we shouldn't break up Spooky and Julius, is it better to go with his plan - or to put them back outside together?

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Just saw this post LDG! So sorry that it happened. I didn't get to read every response for this thread, but didn't the people ever consider the landlord before this?

Here in Toronto, that is always the first thing you think about if considering to bring in pets to a rental home.

Poor Spooky and Julius!! Such a horrible situation to be in.

How old are Spooky and Julius? We had to ferrals that we had to find homes for and in the end we had to separate them. If you saw them today, you wouldn't even know they ever had any problems.

I'm not really sure what to tell you...is it possible to keep Julius at the vets and then if someone says they want him, maybe you could talk to them and tell them about Spooky and how you really hate to break the pair up, and maybe they would agree to take both of them?

Debby, I think that's what we'll do.

Late last night, Gary and I talked about what to do. My "arguement" was that we should bring them both here until they're adopted. This morning, we were going to bring both of them back here!

It'll be crowded, but: a) we can take pictures of them inside, being petted, playing, etc., which helps get them adopted. b) They're together. c) Gary and Munchie don't really get along, so maybe Julius and Munchie'll take to each other and then we can keep Spooky and adopt out Julius and Munchie. ( ). d) We're on the waiting list for the no-kill shelter. As of just before Thanksgiving, it was about a four month wait. We "reserved" five spots. So - worst case, if it's five in here, the longest it would be is around three months. I know it would break our hearts to see them off to a shelter, but if we hadn't adopted them out by then, they have a much better chance of getting adopted from the Shelter, which does SO MUCH to get their animals homes. (It's Noah's Ark where we made the "reservation.") The five spots: Julius, Spooky, Magic, Thanksgiving and Tuxedo. Although we may consider keeping Tuxedo as an outdoor kitty. We'll see.

...but...by this afternoon, Gary had changed his mind again. And I can't blame him - it would be crowded, it would upset our guys, it is a lot of work to integrate new cats into a home - especially one as small as ours. And we haven't gotten proper sleep since we "got" cats to begin with. He's come a long way from cat-hating, and there is a point that is just "too far."

So. Since we lied about being away on vacation, Gary just this moment called to say we were back early. He just made arrangements to bring Spooky back here. They're going to call to let us know whether it'll be tonight or tomorrow night.

Well, well! - as I was writing this, Gary just "relented" a little bit again! Poor guy - he must be all torn up about this! He said - let's bring Spooky back and see how it goes. If it's not going to work out for all of us, we need to know now. If things go smoothly with Spooky, we'll consider bringing Julius back.

In the meantime, Julius is staying where he is, and not going to the Vet's! I guess if they get an ultimatum from the Landlord (and we haven't brought Julius back here by then), we'll either board him or bring him here. Who knows.

I don't like splitting them up, but who knows if we'd even be able to adopt them out together again?

And Kassandra, to answer your question, they're both about 7 1/2 months old. Lazlo, Sheldon, Julius, Spooky, and Tuxedo are all from the same litter.

We pick up Spooky at noon tomorrow.

Please let us know how it goes and I will be praying you find a home for both of them!!!!

I've been thinking about them (and you two) all week, praying to the higher power to find them good homes. Do you know if the people had talked to their landlord at all about a compromise? Perhaps they could keep just Julius with the condition that the landlord can check back in and make sure no damage is being done to his house, and with a pet deposit to cover the additional cleaning costs when they leave?