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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 638349" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Cedar, Thomas gets the kneading thing going and drools like crazy, but doesn't actually nurse on me. It still gets rather soggy, though.</p><p></p><p>CB, our shelter only puts down unadoptable cats(Illness or temperament), but is small and absolutely full-up right now between Oct. 1 moving dates and older cats being dumped, and fall kittens.</p><p></p><p>My taking Thomas home not only got him out of there, but freed up space for another cat to be taken in.</p><p></p><p>The number of senior cats in the shelter is appalling. Thomas is 11. There are cats of 15 years in there who will likely spend the rest of their lives at the shelter.</p><p></p><p>They were concerned about getting Thomas adopted out at his age and in his condition.</p><p></p><p>The shelter runs on donations and a small amount of money from the county. They do spay and neuter and virus test/give vaccines, but that's about it.</p><p></p><p>Thomas was already neutered and front-paw declawed when he came in. He is the first declawed cat I've ever had.</p><p></p><p>He has bone spurs and calluses where the claws/ends of his toes were and he can claw just fine. Even when you don't see temperament problems as a result of declawing, you still see physical problems.</p><p></p><p>At some point he had a decent home (other than the declawing) as he couldn't have survived for 11 years in the condition he was in. I estimate that it took a year or so outside for him to get that bad. Longer for the dental issues.</p><p></p><p>He is currently in lion clip. The only fur he has is on his ruff, his head/face, his lower legs, and the end of his tail. He let me comb out his ruff today (full of saliva, blech!) and I don't anticipate any problems grooming him.</p><p></p><p>He seems to like any attention he can get, and other than chewing on the comb some at first, seemed to cope just fine.</p><p></p><p>He had some irritation around his genitals/anus from the waste buildup there. He let me put some salve on that today. I figure if he allows me to touch him there, he'll be fine with any other handling.</p><p></p><p>I was able to pick him up today and put him back on the floor without him panicking. I had no choice as he jumped in my lap and promptly tried to SIT on my SHOULDER.</p><p></p><p>I was like, "Hellooo! You weigh 20lbs! You are NOT a shoulder kitty!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 638349, member: 1963"] Cedar, Thomas gets the kneading thing going and drools like crazy, but doesn't actually nurse on me. It still gets rather soggy, though. CB, our shelter only puts down unadoptable cats(Illness or temperament), but is small and absolutely full-up right now between Oct. 1 moving dates and older cats being dumped, and fall kittens. My taking Thomas home not only got him out of there, but freed up space for another cat to be taken in. The number of senior cats in the shelter is appalling. Thomas is 11. There are cats of 15 years in there who will likely spend the rest of their lives at the shelter. They were concerned about getting Thomas adopted out at his age and in his condition. The shelter runs on donations and a small amount of money from the county. They do spay and neuter and virus test/give vaccines, but that's about it. Thomas was already neutered and front-paw declawed when he came in. He is the first declawed cat I've ever had. He has bone spurs and calluses where the claws/ends of his toes were and he can claw just fine. Even when you don't see temperament problems as a result of declawing, you still see physical problems. At some point he had a decent home (other than the declawing) as he couldn't have survived for 11 years in the condition he was in. I estimate that it took a year or so outside for him to get that bad. Longer for the dental issues. He is currently in lion clip. The only fur he has is on his ruff, his head/face, his lower legs, and the end of his tail. He let me comb out his ruff today (full of saliva, blech!) and I don't anticipate any problems grooming him. He seems to like any attention he can get, and other than chewing on the comb some at first, seemed to cope just fine. He had some irritation around his genitals/anus from the waste buildup there. He let me put some salve on that today. I figure if he allows me to touch him there, he'll be fine with any other handling. I was able to pick him up today and put him back on the floor without him panicking. I had no choice as he jumped in my lap and promptly tried to SIT on my SHOULDER. I was like, "Hellooo! You weigh 20lbs! You are NOT a shoulder kitty!" [/QUOTE]
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