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NNadir

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22. Good point. Perhaps if we'd answered "yes" they might have discussed it with us further. As it is, we ended up...

Reply to tonekat (Reply #21)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 06:33 AM

Aug 14

...adopting a mother and her single kitten. The mother is sweet, affectionate and sedate, but that kitten, well, he's a wild one, fun, but wild.

He does his fair share of scratching and biting, nothing serious, but he's drawn a little blood on my wife's feet. We think we've broken him of that habit, but my wife wears clogs around the house.

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An interesting trap when applying to adopt cats. [View all] NNadir Aug 4 OP

Maybe not so much a trap as way to select for responsible, human cat people Wild blueberry Aug 4 #1

I think the shelter is absolutely doing the right thing to assure that the cats they have been responsible for... 3catwoman3 Aug 4 #2

Congrats on your newly adopted family members! SheltieLover Aug 4 #3

I'm okay with this Metaphorical Aug 4 #4

Calico, eh? piddyprints Aug 4 #7

Yup Metaphorical Aug 6 #20

I work w/a TNR/adopt group and we ask the same questions. It's standard. We do NOT want them outdoors CurtEastPoint Aug 4 #5

I found that out when I adopted my cats in 2011. MIButterfly Aug 4 #6

The shelter named the mother Keke and my wife is changing the spelling to Kiki. NNadir Aug 4 #9

Welcome Kiki and Harry! MIButterfly Aug 4 #11

I thought they were asking KT2000 Aug 4 #8

Our application was even more extensive. piddyprints Aug 4 #10

They had those questions too as well as the cats' vaccination... NNadir Aug 4 #12

The thing that really surprised me piddyprints Aug 4 #13

Our late cat, the one who died at 18, had that thyroid issue. NNadir Aug 4 #14

Exactly my point. piddyprints Aug 4 #15

So were you able to adopt? NNadir Aug 4 #17

Yes. piddyprints Aug 4 #18

That is very typical Nigrum Cattus Aug 4 #16

Search for "barn cat" or "working cat" if you want/need an outdoor cat. They are mostly non-housebroken ferals ... eppur_se_muova Aug 4 #19

I'd be worried that if they had declawed cats to adopt tonekat Aug 13 #21

Good point. Perhaps if we'd answered "yes" they might have discussed it with us further. As it is, we ended up... NNadir Aug 14 #22

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