A stray I can't keep

Tonight while my boyfriend and I were walking to the laundry room at our apartment complex, we spotted a kitty limping around the grounds. We slowly approached him and he started to meow at us. He limped right over and started cuddling on us. I dashed back to our apartment and got a carrier and we boxed him up and brought him in. Now he is is our guest bathroom, gobbling down food and loving all over us when we check on him.

He's rather boney and has a sore on his right back foot and had a couple mats. We cut the mats out carefully and sprayed some cat wound spray on his foot.

As much as I would love to keep him (and I would, he's a total doll) we are at our apartment limit for cats and can not have any more. Money is a bit tight too and I don't think right now is a time for us to add a 4th cat.

I just could not leave him out there though but now I don't know where to go from here. Could anyone offer any advice on where to go from here? I wanna help this little fella but money is tight around here too. Any tips on maybe finding a rescue to take him?

Thank you for your time. I've never done his before!

He is surely dumped or astray, no semiferal who must be fostered before even thinking about adoption.
Thus, it shouldnt be too difficult to find a home for him.

The best is probably, you yourself find a good adopter. Ask your relatives, coworkers, friends, neighbours etc... Describe his cuddliness and they are doing a good praiseworthy deed too, not even mentioning them doing a favor to you too.

If this dont work out, put him on message tables in your neighborood.
(By the way - put him on message boards anyway - IF he went astray, there MAY be owners who do lack him and are weeping after him!)

If you find an adopter in spe, do an intervju. Dont forget to let them pay - perhaps not to you if you dont feel, but let them donate some sum, at least 20 dollars, to some good cause they themselves accept. Say Doctors without boundaries, some Homeless Young Mother home, Red Cross, or some church group. Semi-anonymously, In the CATS name, not their own name...
Do also write a contract, where the adopter promises a vet check up, etc etc.

There are also shelters, but most are full anyway. So although it is called cat home, the are not homes, they are short term places...

Do write down which state and town you are in. Difficult to advise you shelters nearby of you dont do it...


tx a lot for caring!

Good luck!

My boyfriend's family is considering him right now. They have a 10 year old and a 6 year old who never stop talking about a cat they had a few years ago and miss having a cat to play with.

We're hashing things out with his mother and in the mean time getting him into the vet. He is going on Tuesday.

I hope his mother says yes and then this will be a lot easier then expected. The kids have already been over to see him and the cat did very well with them. He doesn't seem to be afraid of rambunctious children.

He has a sore on his foot that needs to be checked out first though. I called around to all our area vets and the soonest I could get him in was Tuesday.

In the mean time we are treating his sore with a cat wound spray.

We are in the high desert of California. I've searched for rescues in the area and sent out emails to most of them but have not heard anything back yet.

Our area has little resources for animals in need. We have one no kill in the area and I use to volunteer there. Sadly though, I learned from working behind the scenes there that this "no kill" was doing some pretty shady stuff and was making careless choices that was endangering the animals in a big way. That's a whole other story but I absolutely will not let this cat go to them.

that your boyfriends family can take this cat. He sounds like a very kind, sweet boy and it is wonderful you have taken him off the streets. I am sure you can find him a home. Spread the word to everyone everywhere you go and make a flyer with his picture. Post that flyer at the vets office when you go too. Much luck and you are very kind to be helping thus kitty