Zuchini's story:
Wednesday May 01, 2013 11:33 PM
We have rescued a gorgeous little cat who apparently was abandoned a few houses down from where we live by people who allegedly were foreclosed on. Just moved away and left this cat behind. We think this started in or around oct/nov 2012 as it started to appear in our backyard sporatically at that time. We have tropical forests all around and with my Wife having a giant heart for all G-ds little creatures, ( she's been feeding them all ) we have quite the regiment of everything from abandoned house cats like this one to actual Bobcats ( search youtube for Port Charlotte Fl Bobcat attacks housecat, etc and see what we have lurking in our backyards early in the wee hours ) Somewhere along the line the cat walked into a trap, for food most likely and was neutered by a trap and release team, hence the notch in the poor cats ear. That signifies to animal control that the cat was neutered and in most cases they'll just let them be as there and no no kill shelters left available for these cats. They get caught and it's all over for them.
Zuchini the cat kept appearing thru the winter and before anybody laughs we do get a hard freeze in the zip code we live in and have gotten our landscape wiped out twice in the last few years. It gets cold out there and there and different creatures here making survival of a housecat in the wilds quite the challenge. We found out Zuchini ( wife named him zuchini ) was indeed abandoned and we decided finally to see if this cat was adoptable and let me tell you, this little sweetheart is so friendly even the vet today cradled him upside down in his arms like a baby and the cat laid in his arms like a baby and purred. Our mission after getting this cat to the vet was and is a mission to find this cat a good home. We considered introducing this cat to ours and adopting him ourselves when the phone rang, it was the vet, it was not good news, the cat has been exposed to FIV . That means this loving little cat will do best in an fiv cat house or just be a strict indoor cat and he can provide someone loving companionship like a normal cat. If you are in Fla and would like to adopt a really cute and now desperately friendly and loving housecat who has had quite the story, please contact me and if I have to fly him to you I'll consider it. Just need to help save this little zuchini cat. I will pay all initial expenses for a good home.
Zuchini
More Pictures of Zuchini the Cat and 1 of the 2 cat houses I paid an unemployed contractor to build. They have real roofing shingles and a way to open the top to let it cool off a little in the summer without letting the rain in and smaller entrance holes in 2 places so they can get the heck outta there fast if they have to or lounge comfortably.
http://vietventures.com/cats.htm
UPDATE 5/2/2013 Approx 5:30PM EST, I received a call from the Veterinarians assistant in reply to my request that the cat be put on display in the lobby for adoption with a disclosure about the fiv. They have accepted Zuchini and will be moving him into the lobby tomorrow. Cats usually last a couple of weeks before getting adopted there. This is almost like hitting the lottery for this cat, at least getting a winning lottery ticket. How much of a win will be determined by who adopts him and how soon however I just recieved a note to please call someone back who was referred to me by the only no-kill shelter in charlotte/sarasota and the message is to call her at home. Hopefully a prospective rescuer. Stay tuned.
I posted that on a message board that caters to people who are in my profession or who dabble in it. It was approx. 4 weeks after the cat was in the lobby of the animal hospital that that wonderful man entered, heartbroken that his feline friend had to say goodbye, but then left with a new lifelong friend, one who needs him and who will make that man feel like a hero for saving him, while the man in turn makes this little cat feel like he won the lottery. Win win.
There's a few more of them out there and now I'm as involved as the wife is. This county has over 100,000+ feral and abandoned cats in it and that population grows every day. We're doing what we can to help these little cuties. That's all.
We like raccoons and as such we don't want to hurt them. Just make them not like it here, if at all possible.
Wednesday May 01, 2013 11:33 PM
We have rescued a gorgeous little cat who apparently was abandoned a few houses down from where we live by people who allegedly were foreclosed on. Just moved away and left this cat behind. We think this started in or around oct/nov 2012 as it started to appear in our backyard sporatically at that time. We have tropical forests all around and with my Wife having a giant heart for all G-ds little creatures, ( she's been feeding them all ) we have quite the regiment of everything from abandoned house cats like this one to actual Bobcats ( search youtube for Port Charlotte Fl Bobcat attacks housecat, etc and see what we have lurking in our backyards early in the wee hours ) Somewhere along the line the cat walked into a trap, for food most likely and was neutered by a trap and release team, hence the notch in the poor cats ear. That signifies to animal control that the cat was neutered and in most cases they'll just let them be as there and no no kill shelters left available for these cats. They get caught and it's all over for them.
Zuchini the cat kept appearing thru the winter and before anybody laughs we do get a hard freeze in the zip code we live in and have gotten our landscape wiped out twice in the last few years. It gets cold out there and there and different creatures here making survival of a housecat in the wilds quite the challenge. We found out Zuchini ( wife named him zuchini ) was indeed abandoned and we decided finally to see if this cat was adoptable and let me tell you, this little sweetheart is so friendly even the vet today cradled him upside down in his arms like a baby and the cat laid in his arms like a baby and purred. Our mission after getting this cat to the vet was and is a mission to find this cat a good home. We considered introducing this cat to ours and adopting him ourselves when the phone rang, it was the vet, it was not good news, the cat has been exposed to FIV . That means this loving little cat will do best in an fiv cat house or just be a strict indoor cat and he can provide someone loving companionship like a normal cat. If you are in Fla and would like to adopt a really cute and now desperately friendly and loving housecat who has had quite the story, please contact me and if I have to fly him to you I'll consider it. Just need to help save this little zuchini cat. I will pay all initial expenses for a good home.
Zuchini
More Pictures of Zuchini the Cat and 1 of the 2 cat houses I paid an unemployed contractor to build. They have real roofing shingles and a way to open the top to let it cool off a little in the summer without letting the rain in and smaller entrance holes in 2 places so they can get the heck outta there fast if they have to or lounge comfortably.
http://vietventures.com/cats.htm
UPDATE 5/2/2013 Approx 5:30PM EST, I received a call from the Veterinarians assistant in reply to my request that the cat be put on display in the lobby for adoption with a disclosure about the fiv. They have accepted Zuchini and will be moving him into the lobby tomorrow. Cats usually last a couple of weeks before getting adopted there. This is almost like hitting the lottery for this cat, at least getting a winning lottery ticket. How much of a win will be determined by who adopts him and how soon however I just recieved a note to please call someone back who was referred to me by the only no-kill shelter in charlotte/sarasota and the message is to call her at home. Hopefully a prospective rescuer. Stay tuned.
I posted that on a message board that caters to people who are in my profession or who dabble in it. It was approx. 4 weeks after the cat was in the lobby of the animal hospital that that wonderful man entered, heartbroken that his feline friend had to say goodbye, but then left with a new lifelong friend, one who needs him and who will make that man feel like a hero for saving him, while the man in turn makes this little cat feel like he won the lottery. Win win.
There's a few more of them out there and now I'm as involved as the wife is. This county has over 100,000+ feral and abandoned cats in it and that population grows every day. We're doing what we can to help these little cuties. That's all.
We like raccoons and as such we don't want to hurt them. Just make them not like it here, if at all possible.
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