When I went in to the shelter yesterday I found that Jax has been returned. I posted about him here before.
Jax and Milo were originally surrendered because they had allergies and apparently their owner couldn't deal with that. They had settled in to the shelter fairly well but were really stressed when we were inundated with kittens. They were adopted together about six weeks ago and we thought their new family was willing work with them through their allergy and stress issues.
Apparently Milo started pulling out his fur again, and when they took him to the vet they chose to have him PTS.
He was only 7 years old.
We didn't hear about it until after the fact. I'm not sure if they returned Jax voluntarily or if the shelter manager made them bring him back.
He was still in the isolation cage when I saw him. (All cats are quarantined for at least 3 days when they come in to the shelter). Poor baby looked so lonely. He came to the front of the cage and begged me to get him out of there.
At the moment we have a lot of kittens, 3-4 months old, so I know Jax is going to be stressed once he's out in the cat room. He doesn't hurt the kittens, just spends all his time trying to hide from them. I'm thinking about offering to foster him once he's out of isolation. My girls are pretty calm--except for the occasional nighttime crazies--so it should be a better environment for him.
Jax and Milo were originally surrendered because they had allergies and apparently their owner couldn't deal with that. They had settled in to the shelter fairly well but were really stressed when we were inundated with kittens. They were adopted together about six weeks ago and we thought their new family was willing work with them through their allergy and stress issues.
Apparently Milo started pulling out his fur again, and when they took him to the vet they chose to have him PTS.
He was still in the isolation cage when I saw him. (All cats are quarantined for at least 3 days when they come in to the shelter). Poor baby looked so lonely. He came to the front of the cage and begged me to get him out of there.
At the moment we have a lot of kittens, 3-4 months old, so I know Jax is going to be stressed once he's out in the cat room. He doesn't hurt the kittens, just spends all his time trying to hide from them. I'm thinking about offering to foster him once he's out of isolation. My girls are pretty calm--except for the occasional nighttime crazies--so it should be a better environment for him.