"Ugly" cat at high kill shelter, no hope :(

[adopttoday]

I am a volunteer at a high kill shelter here in central Arkansas. I was at
the shelter yesterday and saw the cutest ugly cat ever. She is a beautiful
gray & white DMH. When she turned around though I noticed she had a deformed
upper lip (it looks like the lip never fully grew in).

I petted her for a while and noticed she was wearing a green collar. There
was a tag on it for a local vet & it was her rabies tag. I turned it over
and engraved on the back it had written "Baby" and a local phone number. The
lady who runs the cat room came in a few minutes later. I asked her the
story on the cat, hoping that the owner had been contacted and was on their
way to pick the cat up.

She told me the cat had a very loving owner who sadly passed away. The
owner's son got the cat, but the son was also caring for his grandmother
(Baby's owner's mom) who was senile and he just couldnt handle having the
cat too so Baby got surrendered. My heart breaks for this cat since she IS
"ugly" and probably wont find a home, but she is a sweet cat and deserves to
live her life in a nice home, I know that is what her owner expected to
happen to her and it breaks my heart that this poor cat has not only
suffered the loss of someone who truly cares about her but is now stuck in a
high kill shelter with very little time. She also has a kink in the end of
her tail.

I dont have any pictures of her, although I am going to beg someone to go
down there tomorrow and get some.

It seems like there are groups who specifically take animals whose caring
owners have died and they dont have anyone else to care for the animal but I
couldnt find them today. If you know of one, please let me know.

To be perfectly honest, if a rescue were to take Baby in, she most likely wont
find a home because of her apperance but she will love whoever has her
unconditionally and maybe her owner will rest in peace knowing her "Baby" is
in a good home and being taken care of.



Thanks, I should have pics by next Monday.
Anne
Little Rock, AR

You can email me at adoptarkansas@hotmail.com . Please crosspost.

[tilly]

I volunteer for the cinnamon trust and they care for the elderly and there pets but I don't think they opperate in the US.
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/
Sally


Hope she gets a home

[adopttoday]

I just wanted to let you know, a lady who does dog resuce (the person I asked to get pics of Baby) pulled her last Friday. She is now safe at the rescuer's house and I *think* she might have found her forever home there

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...s/100_2630.jpg

The lip thing was a "rat abscess" I believe it was called, it is very treatable, and she is giving Baby antibiotics which should clear it up. My guess is that she will always have the deformity. I am including pictures of her safe in her clothes basket as well.

Thanks
Anne

[yola]

Bless her! I do hope she has found herself a permenant home

[John]

that mouth looks very very sore,,I hope it heals soon ,and she has found a good home and looked after for the rest of her life..

john

[Mags]

I hope she has found her forever home and has happy years ahead

[tilly]

Thanks for letting us know. I hope she find her forever home very soon.

Sally

[dandysmom]

Thanksd for the news; I do hope she's found a home; and thank you for caring!!!

[Fran]

I do hope she has managed to find that forever home she so deserves x

[Moli]

Bless her, hope she gets the new home she deserves....I don't thik she is ugly at all....