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Inevitably,
\n the Great Experiment has yet to begin and we are already in crisis mode.\n <\/p>\n
All three of our failsafe offers to care for our two lovely
\n cats while we are out of the country have fallen through at the last
\n minute. One
\n has gotten a new job in another city, another’s mother has just had
\n a nasty fall and needs constant care, and the third says her roommate
\n has
\n threatened to kick her out if she brings home two cats, now matter
\n how smart and well-behaved they are.<\/p>\n
Poor Norma Yvonne has been crying all night. Two of the three retracted
\n offers were from her students. Today is moving day, we are off to rent
\n a U-Haul, and the poor cats are wandering around the boxes and bags
\n wide-eyed and anxious. They know something is up, and its not looking
\n good. <\/p>\n
We can’t afford professional boarding. Besides, it might be an option
\n for two weeks, but for the two months we are going to be gone our cats
\n need human contact and companionship. That’s too long to be in a cage.
\n We have purchased a mountain of cat food and kitty litter for the woman
\n we thought was our savior, and now they are piled by the back door.<\/p>\n
Our options at this point seem to be a) cancel the trip, b) leave them
\n in the back yard to fend for themselves, or c) Angel Memorial, the ASCPA shelter where unadopted cats get sent to swim with the fishies. There is a no-kill shelter on the North Shore, but they have a tow month waiting list.<\/p>\n
Our first plan was to take them with us, and we went so far as to buy the carriers, advised the Airline, got their physicals, shots and get the US papers they would need to travel. However, there were requirements of the Ecuadorian government we couldn’t complete without being there.<\/p>\n
We have been to the ASPCA (they run Angel Memorial) and had signs up at the Unviersity where I work and at 2 vets, although we took down the vet signs when we “thought” we had a committed caregiver.<\/p>\n
These
\n are the sweetest and calmest cats we have ever had, and we are at our wits end. Why does love have to be so sad? <\/p>\n
Honey, the svelte female, looks over at me reproachfully, then turns
\n back to stare out the bare window at the rain-soaked back yard. If
\n we ever needed to believe in the power of miracles, now is the time.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inevitably, the Great Experiment has yet to begin and we are already in crisis mode. All three of our failsafe offers to care for our two lovely cats while we are out of the country have fallen through at the … Continue reading