My mom was looking at the animal shelter site and she saw your note about Velcro. Thought I would give you a photo of him which took awhile for him to finally stay still while not being asleep. When I first came to the shelter to find a cat to bring home, he was sitting there in his cage just trying to get my attention. Stretching his hands paws out as far as he could go, getting a grip onto our shirts and not letting go. Sadly because he was unaltered, I was unable to bring him home with me for various reasons. When I came back a few days later and saw that He had been altered earlier that day and would be availiable to be brought home the next day, I had a feeling of joy go through me.I
came back the next day and waiting out front of the shelter at 12:30 for the sign to flip open and walked in to pick up Velcro.
He came home and seemed excited for a new location. As soon as I opened his carrier he ran out and started looking all around the apartment. Slowly he learned what things were and how to jump up into the couch for some attention. It took him awhile to learn how to run on tile because his nails weren't going to do him any good for grip. He's full of energy and is always willing to play a game if your ready to sit down for a good thirty minutes. My roomate just lost his cat as well so we decided to get Velcro a brother to play with and grow up with so we came back to the Shelter today after looking at the site and saw Runner was posted as availiable. He picked him up and decided almost instantly that he wanted Runner so we brought him home with his this afternoon. Velcro was curious on who the new kitten was, and after an intial introduction they ran off and started wrestling and playing with each other for most of the night.
After going to the shelter a few times, and looking at the site's updated adopted list, it does seem a good amount of cats are picked up by loving families, but at the same time it's sad seeing how Velcro was sitting at the shelter for two months before he was adopted and only because he had to wait to be altered before he could be given a loving home. Hopefully any other kittens who are too young to be altered will get picked up in the future, just seeing how Velcro and Runner were both just altered was a very well timed event for myself and my
roomate. I thank you for raising Velcro for the past two months while he was in the shelter, after reading your post it seems he was a little special around the shelter. He will be keeping his name as he stuck to me like glue at the shelter and even now with his nails cut he still has a firm hold over most things, while Runner will be given a new name but I dont believe that has been decided yet.
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