Green with Envy

Now this is my idea of a good time:

I mentioned earlier today that we might get two foster kitties.  We thought they’d be arriving today, but the vet’s office is keeping them for a few days because they think they have a client who might be interested in adopting them.  They’re 4 year old Siamese-mix siblings, who were surrendered by an elderly man who’s in poor health and unable to care for them any longer.  The man’s wife just passed away, and perhaps she was the one who took care of the cats, so now the cats needed to find a new place to live.  We’d be quite happy to take them—in fact, we were kind of excited about it—but we have to wait a few days to see how it pans out.  It would be best for the cats to be adopted, of course.  Our current foster cat, Kevin aka Cody is hopefully going to his new home in Seattle on Monday, so we’ll be down one cat and the house will feel practically empty!!!  Seriously, Kevin is a sweet, chatty guy, and I’ll be sad to see him go, but he’s going to the most amazing owners and he’s one incredibly lucky cat.  He went from living in a feral colony at our local bird sanctuary to living in an old car in our neighbour’s yard to living in our laundry room to being flown on an airplane to a fabulous home in the Pacific Northwest.  His adopters plan to install cat fencing for him, so he’ll be able to indulge his love of the outdoors without leaving the yard.  I posted on Craigslist and found a nice woman from Seattle who’s visiting this weekend for a reunion of her military unit, and she offered to take Kevin back on the plane with her.  It saves me a trip (I was going to go up and back on the same day), and it saves the adopters a ton of money.

I had another offer to move Kevin to Seattle, but this person was driving up from Arizona, and I didn’t want Kevin to have to spend so much time crated in a car.  I was also afraid he’d yell the entire way and drive everyone crazy.  The driver was a professional mover, and he and his wife move antique cars, boats, etc. all over the country.  While making these moves, they also try to deliver rescued animals to their new homes, which is amazing, because they move the animals for free.  I found out about free pet moving for charity by using a service called uShip.com, and I’d definitely use the service again.  The movers are generally experienced and user ratings are provided.  There’s a specific section for pets from charities.  Pet breeders also move animals using this service, although then it isn’t free.  It’s great to know there are so many options starting to become available to move pets, because in the next few months we might need to employ them.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 06/10 at 06:39 AM

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