Skippy the challenging cat

Skippy is an incredibly sweet young male cat who was heartlessly dumped out at some cottages over the summer. A caring family found him, scraping by, and brought him into the city with them this fall. As much as they loved Skippy, the couldn't keep him, as the entire family was allergic. We were able to place Skippy in foster care, his rescuers generously covered the cost of his neuter, and the Lumsden vet clinic donated the cost of his vaccinations. We thought Skippy had it made, and expected that we would be able to find him a loving home in short order.

However, Skippy had other ideas. He "forgot" how to use a litter box! His foster mom took him to the vet, and eliminated any physical reasons for this smelly issue. The vet suggested that Skippy was reacting to the other animals in his foster home, or missed going outside, or needed to be re-litter-trained. We didn't quite know what to do with this well-loved boy... until I remembered Sandy. Sandy is a wonderful friend to PFA who adopted one of our rescued cats several months ago to be a housecat. However, I knew that Sandy also had an outdoor cat on her rural property, and that she was a very caring animal lover. I contacted her, and she immediately agreed to adopt Skippy and offer him an outdoor home with warm shelter and lots of good food and water.

Sandy picked Skippy up on Sunday, and I have already had an update from her: "Just thought I'd let you know Skippy is settling in just fine. He followed me around the yard all day yesterday and he comes when you call his name. He is a very affectionate cat. He was having big adventures with all my animals as he's not quite sure what to make of it all. The horses made him a bit nervous. Skippy got cornered with my ducks and guinea hens. They were checking him out. He had to make a run for it. It was funny to watch. Skippy and the new stray black and white cat ( we call him number 5 as he is my 5th cat) seems to have become buddies. That is good."

We agree :)

-Sarah

Ps The photos above are of Skippy at his new home.