I am looking for advice.
A little background on my girls who are all indoor cats, spayed but not declawed-no problems with scratching either:
Able Inchon 5 years (was found injured at the Inchon rifle range in Parris Island, South Carolina) She gets her name from being black and white like the Able shooting target.
Chaps Harley 4 years (we got her from the pound in Texas to be Able's companion) She gets her name because she is tiger striped but if you look at her from the back, she looks like she is wearing chaps and she purrs as loud as a Harley.
Charlie Bear 2 years (a few years ago we were putting up gutters on the house when we hear tiny meows from the woods behind us. Once I saw her, I asked to keep her but with two indoor cats already my husband said she'd have to be an outdoor cat. The next day Hurricane Charlie (Aug 2004) was headed our way and I convinced my husband she'd never survive if we left her outside. She's never been out since) She gets her name from the Hurricane and she is all black and big like a black bear.
My husband and I are both in the Marine Corps. A few years ago, we deployed to Iraq. His parents kept the three of them for the year that we were gone (in addition to two of their own). We are both getting ready to deploy again for another year. I do not want to burden my in-laws and ask them to watch them again and everyone we know is going too. I would like to place them somewhere for the year and get them back when we return. I would hate to, but if in their best interest, I would consider someone else keeping them, if they could stay together.
Questions:
Is there someone anyone knows of that takes 3 cats for a year and returns them?
Is there a place or organization that would allow me to give them but keep the three of them together? (I would hate to seperate them)
A little background on my girls who are all indoor cats, spayed but not declawed-no problems with scratching either:
Able Inchon 5 years (was found injured at the Inchon rifle range in Parris Island, South Carolina) She gets her name from being black and white like the Able shooting target.
Chaps Harley 4 years (we got her from the pound in Texas to be Able's companion) She gets her name because she is tiger striped but if you look at her from the back, she looks like she is wearing chaps and she purrs as loud as a Harley.
Charlie Bear 2 years (a few years ago we were putting up gutters on the house when we hear tiny meows from the woods behind us. Once I saw her, I asked to keep her but with two indoor cats already my husband said she'd have to be an outdoor cat. The next day Hurricane Charlie (Aug 2004) was headed our way and I convinced my husband she'd never survive if we left her outside. She's never been out since) She gets her name from the Hurricane and she is all black and big like a black bear.
My husband and I are both in the Marine Corps. A few years ago, we deployed to Iraq. His parents kept the three of them for the year that we were gone (in addition to two of their own). We are both getting ready to deploy again for another year. I do not want to burden my in-laws and ask them to watch them again and everyone we know is going too. I would like to place them somewhere for the year and get them back when we return. I would hate to, but if in their best interest, I would consider someone else keeping them, if they could stay together.
Questions:
Is there someone anyone knows of that takes 3 cats for a year and returns them?
Is there a place or organization that would allow me to give them but keep the three of them together? (I would hate to seperate them)
