Blanche was surrendered by her owners whose patience was stressed to the limit by her howling to be let out, starting at 4:30 in the morning and continuing throughout the day. The only time she didn’t deafen them with her cries was when she was allowed outside. There was obviously nothing physically wrong with Blanche because she was happy and active (and silent!) when she was outside but her owners weren’t in a position to allow her out as much as she wanted. Their local SPCA indicated that, if Blanche were surrendered to them, she would be considered “unadoptable” and probably ….. well, you know what. Her family loved Blanche and weren’t willing to allow any such sad ending for this sweet little cat. Fortunately, they discovered RAPS and Blanche now has a forever home at the cat sanctuary, where she can be outside just as much as she desires. But that’s not how things started out for Blanche.
photo by Michele Wright |
She seemed very content out there and happy to have some petting from me but still not quite willing to share any of her space, not even the great outdoors, with those other cats.
Does she still howl at 4:30 a.m.? I’m not sure, but if she wants to get outside now, she can do so at any time of the day or night. And as for all those other cats around? Well, there’s lots of room out there for everyone, as the rest of them have found out, and she will too. Another happy ending for a cat with “issues”, and one more unusual orange female cat for us to admire and love!
Blog and photos by Marianne Moore
she is such a sweet little cat, I love spending time with her.
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