The Homeless Brothers

Originally Posted by Bella713

Nat, they are adorable and HUGE

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They finally stopped growing! That means that they're 6 months old & already as big as Uncle Dorian, though.

And I don't know why you've still got those OSHs, fostermomm! Good lord, anything with even a slight chance at being any type of breed goes fast here, except Siamese. We've got 2 purebred adults right now.

Awwww they are such handsome boys! If we had room I'd take them in a flash.

Could you approach any local store that gets foot traffic and have your own adoption event?

The only places we've got are like Wal Mart, ShopKo, Kmart, Fleet & Farm....nobody will allow us pets in there stores except Fleet. They don't get enough traffic to make it worth it. Let alone we couldn't find the volunteers to do it.

Just drop them overnight too auntie Jen in Idaho :L)

Originally Posted by sharky

Just drop them overnight too auntie Jen in Idaho :L)

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They'd probably eat their way outta the box & I wouldn't want to turn them loose on the world!

They are so beautiful

I really hope they find a good home soon. Are they listed on petfinder? If you can't do an adoption day type thing, could you at least have a flyer posted at the pet stores that are closest (even if an hour away), so that way you don't have to have someone stay there all day with them.

You could *try* craigslist. You'd have to be super careful screening, but you would have to be careful anyway right?

There's no local CragsList....I'm in the boonies. They are listed on Petfinder. I talked to someone in the pet store an hour away & they won't list specific kitties in shelters on their bulletin board. (Besides, there's a humane society in their town, they don't want us advertising & taking away adoptions) Petco's adoptable board sucks, an employee said they get virtually no one looking at it.

Originally Posted by white cat lover

And I don't know why you've still got those OSHs, fostermomm! Good lord, anything with even a slight chance at being any type of breed goes fast here, except Siamese. We've got 2 purebred adults right now.

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Siameses, Snowshoes and black cats are all that are getting adopted here lately. I really dont get it! We have literally about 30 different brown tabbies, 5 or 6 calicos, a couple torties, 20 red tabbies, a few black adults, the OSH mixes, a whole litter of polydactyl kittens and a 6 month old polydactyl pair of kittens. I dont get it. Last week we had 1 adoption! Im hoping things pick up soon or else we will be in big trouble. Money is leaving and no catss are.

Exactly. We've got a purebred...gorgeous...sweet...Siamese boy. Just a complete doll. He's been up for adoption for 4 weeks now? One of the most amazing kitties I've ever met. And a Munchkin kitty...no interest in her yet in over a week.

We had an extremely sweet SCOTTISH FOLD with papers. A 1 year old tortie girl and she was with us for 6 months. Everyone thought she was deformed! I thought she would be snatched up in seconds!

Originally Posted by white cat lover

There's no local CragsList....I'm in the boonies. They are listed on Petfinder. I talked to someone in the pet store an hour away & they won't list specific kitties in shelters on their bulletin board.

(Besides, there's a humane society in their town, they don't want us advertising & taking away adoptions) Petco's adoptable board sucks, an employee said they get virtually no one looking at it.

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That stinks. Maybe you can add some new pics on petfinder?

My Petco's board has just one ad on it (a lost ad). They have an adoption center there, I'm not sure if every Petco does that. The kitties are from the humane society and I think some are from animal control too.

Vet's offices maybe?

In my area's humane society, there is a gorgeous purebread declawed persian that I swore would be adopted in a day or two. Her owner had passed away. She is older (7), which I guess is why she's still there but I still don't get it. She would make a wonderful companion pet for an elderly person living alone.

When I saw Mattie and Chloe's profiles on petfinder and once I decided to bring them home, I became obsessed with nabbing them as soon as I could because I couldn't bear hte thought of them going home with someone else. I guess I am delusional about how many people are out there willing to adopt cats.

I've been trying to talk to family members about giving cats homes. I am bringing Chloe home over Thanksgiving with a secret ambition of trying to convert my non-cat-loving family into the idea of giving one a home. My dad & step-mom have a huge maine coone that is about 10 years old, there's definitely room for 1 more! My sister is not a cat person but does really like Bengal cats so I've been looking for Bengals on petfinder for her. Problem with that is that she doesn't know a lot about the breed and I don't think they are really compatable for her. We'll see....I would LOVE it if more people in my family warmed up to the idea of owning and caring for a cat, but I also don't want cats in homes where they aren't spoiled.

I did get their info./pics put up at the smaller pet store an hour from here. Whoever I talked to in store said it was OK. So, you never know if anyone will see them or not?