lydamorehouse | Cat Conundrum Continues! (Reply)

Image: Clover/Six checking out our front porch

If you also follow me on Facebook, you might have noticed that I just put out a call to see if anyone is interested in Clover/Six.

I think, understandably, people are put off by the expense and responsibility of the spay. It is the reason that C. bailed on us. For all her flakiness, she was self-aware enough to say that she was not up for all the aftercare of surgery. Unfortunately, we are running out of options. Shawn's brother Keven declined her rather sweetly since it is patently obvious that he's still heartbroken after the loss of his other cats. Plus, he's getting to at the age where being responsible for anyone other than himself is difficult. And, I honestly respect all that. I even respect that people feel very uncomfortable and overwhelmed (financially and emotionally) by the fact that she may be pregnant and requires a spay.

But, this means we're still in a conundrum ourselves.

I wish we'd known that Six's people were going to be completely AWOL. If we'd known, she'd already be spayed. We'd had an appointment for her on Monday. We cancelled in good faith under the assumption that Six's people would be contacting us. We even had preliminary blood drawn. This particular hurtle could have already been jumped, as it were.

Because she *might* be pregnant, I feel like a clock is ticking. We don't know for sure that she is (the vet found no evidence), but she has not gone back into heat since we fist picked her up. Magic Eight Ball says: Signs Seem Likely.

Shawn has started to look into surrendering her to the Humane Society. I had heard that they were full up, and they are to some extent. However, it turns out that, while they have a thirty day waiting period for your pets, there are apparently different rules for strays. So, technically, if there are no other options, we could try to take her there, after all.

I don't like it.

It would break my heart to see this sweet little thing shoved into a cage.

So, we're waffling.

The way Shawn and I see it, today kind of is our last ditch effort for a rehome. We are giving our friends a last chance to claim interest, and then after that, we're going to make the decision of should she stay or should she go. Shawn is also doing more research into how-to carefully introduce problematic cats into a household, so that we don't have to drop her off at the Humane Society. I really resist that option because we love her? She's so insanely sweet-tempered and likes to curl up, cheek-to-cheek with us. She's a warm, buzzy little purr engine. So, if we can figure out how to meld her better, we'll do it.

But, first things first, we will let her go if anyone is interested today. After that, I start trying to get her back in for that spay. She can't stay with us without that, so....wish us luck.

In other news, I had my first session with a new D&D group, which I will post about separately. The short of it is, it went well.

UPDATE: D&D write up posted AND, more importantly, we have someone coming to meet Clover!! Fingers crossed!