RAPS is short for Regional Animal Protection Society, a registered charity and operator of a sanctuary which houses and cares for nearly 500 homeless or abandoned cats in Richmond, BC, Canada. The Neko Files is a celebration of the sanctuary and all those who live and work there.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Moosha (aka Mooshie)

The RAPS website photo page describes Mooshie as energetic, talkative and personable. A nice, friendly, attractive cat with no strange quirks or behavioral oddities, Mooshie still had to wait for a good 6 years before being adopted.

photo provided by RAPS

Why? No good reason. I was told that for one reason or another, the younger Mooshie just kept getting passed over by potential adopters. Perhaps they were looking for a ginger cat that day, or a longhair,  a tabby... And then, as more years went by and Mooshie could be observed contentedly wandering around the laundry room or snoozing in the bathroom in the double wide, shelter staff started to wonder if this cat, now in the 8-9 year old range, could be happy if pulled out of this environment and placed in a strange new one.

And so, when friends of mine came around looking for a someone exactly like Mooshie, they wondered if they were going to have to convince people at the sanctuary to let them take Mooshie home. But home Mooshie went, and I'm pleased to report that this is one happy, well-adjusted cat.

photo provided by Lisa and Koh

There was a slight change of name - Mooshie is now Moosha - but that doesn't seem to be cramping the cat's style. Moosha plays well with their other cat, who is also in the 8-9 year old range, and has quite contentedly replaced the sanctuary bathroom with middle of the large, comfy human bed as the napping spot of choice.

 
photo provided by Lisa and Koh

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2 comments:

  1. Lisa & KohOctober 25, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    Just wanted say thank you to the RAPS staff for our beautiful new addition. Moosha has brought a lot of joy to our home already! She is very playful and always has her tail sticking straight up in the air! She and our other cat, Tora, are often found sharing the most comfortable locations in the home! Thanks again!

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  2. Barbara DodukOctober 25, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    That is a wonderful adoption story. Sure wish there were more. Congrats to Moosha and Lisa and Koh ;-)

    I adopted a kitty (I renamed her Maggie) from the sanctuary in April. Being a trapped feral kitten, and then living her last 3 or 4 years at the sanctuary I was worried too, if she would adjust.

    Seriously within a couple of days she was acting like she'd always lived with me, and as she and my "old man" Bear Cat adjusted to one another, it only took a couple weeks and they were cuddling, playing and generally acting like nothing was new.

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