Saturday, July 31, 2010

Bad Break For Belle

Sadly, Belle was brought back to the shelter in less than forty-eight hours. I am so sad for her. She went home Wednesday night. Thursday night the couple who adopted her tried to bring her back to the store. By this time the cages had been filled and the store manager told them to call us in the morning. In the meantime she left me a phone message and I immediately called the people. It seems Belle hid under the bed initially which I tried to assure them was totally to be expected. She later told me that Belle also urinated on their bed and they immediately decided they would not keep her. Poor old Belle.

Patch went home Wednesday night also. His family seems very nice and very excited to get him. He was a surprise for one of the kids.

On Thursday Tigger and Boots arrived. They are just over a year old. If adopted together their fee is $35. Tigger is a brown and gray tabby and Boots is an orange tiger. Their story is one we have heard too often lately... Their owners were evicted and had many animals and could not keep all of them when they moved out. They relinquished four cats and a nine year old Rottwieller to the Shelter. Among the cats was Boots and Tigger, a kitten, and a nine-year old full bred male Maine Coon cat named Huey. He is beautiful! The kitten and the Rottie have been adopted. Huey is at the Shelter. I would really like to see these two leave together however they can be adopted apart as well. Both are very friendly.

At the Shelter we have decided to offer microchipping to Cape May County residents on a regular basis. Please read the press release under Shelter In The News to the right.

Kittens from the Shelter will again be brought to PetSmart over this weekend by volunteers from Animal Outreach. This program has been a huge help to us! Special thanks to Anne!!

No takers for tomorrow morning yet... Don't forget...you can sleep in a bit as the store does not open until 10am. I do not have a taker for Thursday morning either....