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Rescue can not take him.
Here is one no one is considering it yet, not even I was considering it until I spoke on the phone about this little guy to a person who has 30+ years of experience in rescuing cats (not in my state): This cat is probably not a stray - this is probably someone's cat who was not neutered, started spraying and was put outside when kitten season arrived and he started yowling and going nuts with all the females around the house.
This is too friendly of a cat to be a stray.... really.... It can also be a lost pet who escaped or something, but I highly doubt this is a stray...
I have never seen a cat this friendly - 3 of my 4 cats house cats are not that friendly with me! And that was out in the open!
He has not been around since I fed him, but I know he will come back - he's been around for the last week or so.... just never so close (to me).
Maybe he is the cat who has been screaming his head outside our windows for a while -I wrote another thread about it.
I live in a u-shaped building with a parking lot on the back, and a trail behind that parking lot. There is quite a space by the time you get to the street, and it is not that busy out here. The building is very VERY animal friendly (obviously); everyone has either cats and/or dogs.
It is definitely a relatively safe area - I need to think about this carefully.
I would love to have the space or the $$$ for him, but I don't, and there is a point you have to be responsible and know what you can deal with it. He broke my heart into a million pieces, but ALL my rooms are taken. Lucky has her own feeding station, and Gracie lives in separate quarters. I would never, ever risk their lives by bringing him in and not isolating him; and for now it is not possible.
My vet charges $$$ That I can't afford now. Low cost clinics? I checked the SPCA -not that low cost when you consider the tests you have to do if you want to get him into an adoptable shape. Oh, to release him to SPCA? $50, plus the cost of vaccinations, plus the cost of the tests - add it all up, pretty much $100. Then you have to bring him to your home (inside) for10 days (which I can't) so their cat's lives won't be in danger. This is the Dallas SPCA. Well...... My cats? Let alone that 'til the end of the year I will not be home for 10 straight days.
The problem here guys, is that right now my expenses with Bugsy are quite high, and I am traveling a LOT - and every day I travel costs me $50 to have the kids looked after. June alone I am traveling 4 times (so far), 2 days minimum each time... not a pretty math.
So, here is the deal: I can only do what I can, and right now, unfortunately, is not much
I will try my hardest to find a place for this boy and to do the best for him - but I will not take from my own to make this happen and I hope you all understand that this is the reality I am dealing with.
So, put all that and the fear I have with all I have heard about the Shelters around here, vs knowing that he is pretty much ok outside..... I am really on a bind here.
It is ok to be judged I guess... this is the cat site after all, and I understand that reading this must be frustrating... But believe me.... My heart breaks ten-folded what yours do to write this.... But unfortunately this is the situation at hand.
I will continue to do whatever I can for him
, physically, financially and emotionally.
Here is one no one is considering it yet, not even I was considering it until I spoke on the phone about this little guy to a person who has 30+ years of experience in rescuing cats (not in my state): This cat is probably not a stray - this is probably someone's cat who was not neutered, started spraying and was put outside when kitten season arrived and he started yowling and going nuts with all the females around the house.
This is too friendly of a cat to be a stray.... really.... It can also be a lost pet who escaped or something, but I highly doubt this is a stray...
I have never seen a cat this friendly - 3 of my 4 cats house cats are not that friendly with me! And that was out in the open!
He has not been around since I fed him, but I know he will come back - he's been around for the last week or so.... just never so close (to me).
Maybe he is the cat who has been screaming his head outside our windows for a while -I wrote another thread about it.
I live in a u-shaped building with a parking lot on the back, and a trail behind that parking lot. There is quite a space by the time you get to the street, and it is not that busy out here. The building is very VERY animal friendly (obviously); everyone has either cats and/or dogs.
It is definitely a relatively safe area - I need to think about this carefully.
I would love to have the space or the $$$ for him, but I don't, and there is a point you have to be responsible and know what you can deal with it. He broke my heart into a million pieces, but ALL my rooms are taken. Lucky has her own feeding station, and Gracie lives in separate quarters. I would never, ever risk their lives by bringing him in and not isolating him; and for now it is not possible.
My vet charges $$$ That I can't afford now. Low cost clinics? I checked the SPCA -not that low cost when you consider the tests you have to do if you want to get him into an adoptable shape. Oh, to release him to SPCA? $50, plus the cost of vaccinations, plus the cost of the tests - add it all up, pretty much $100. Then you have to bring him to your home (inside) for10 days (which I can't) so their cat's lives won't be in danger. This is the Dallas SPCA. Well...... My cats? Let alone that 'til the end of the year I will not be home for 10 straight days.
The problem here guys, is that right now my expenses with Bugsy are quite high, and I am traveling a LOT - and every day I travel costs me $50 to have the kids looked after. June alone I am traveling 4 times (so far), 2 days minimum each time... not a pretty math.
So, here is the deal: I can only do what I can, and right now, unfortunately, is not much
I will try my hardest to find a place for this boy and to do the best for him - but I will not take from my own to make this happen and I hope you all understand that this is the reality I am dealing with.
So, put all that and the fear I have with all I have heard about the Shelters around here, vs knowing that he is pretty much ok outside..... I am really on a bind here.
It is ok to be judged I guess... this is the cat site after all, and I understand that reading this must be frustrating... But believe me.... My heart breaks ten-folded what yours do to write this.... But unfortunately this is the situation at hand.
I will continue to do whatever I can for him
