Urgent: looking for a home!
This is Buddy.
He’s a cat that my parents have had since he was a kitten. Eleven years now.
He is a gigantic cuddle bug, and likes to spend his nights laying next to you, keeping you warm (and stealing your warms). He likes drinking water from the faucet, so when you brush your teeth, you might need to push him out of the way. If you don’t close the door before your shower, you also might end up with him in the shower with you. It’s okay, he just likes water, as long as it’s his choice.
Unfortunately, he and his littermate are, for some reason, no longer getting along. After 11 years, they have decided that they suddenly hate one another. This has lead to almost five months of visits to vets, treatments, rearranging lives and household furniture.
His littermater was sick and was peeing all over the house. The good news is that they both have clean bills of health now. The bad news is that, because Buddy still SMELLS it, he’s still going to the bathroom all over my parent’s house. Despite the almost five months of working to rehabilitate these two, it hasn’t worked.
My parents have contacted rescues and no kill shelters. They are either full, or don’t take owner surrenders.
The truth of the matter is this:
Unless we are able to find a foster home, and hopefully a new forever home, Buddy is going to have to be put to sleep. He can’t keep living in my family’s bathroom. My family can’t follow him around his every moment that he is let outside of the bathroom to keep him from using the bathroom all over the house instead of his box.
This old, cuddly man needs a new place to live. And it needs to be a place where he will be appreciated for who he is, and will give him the love that we still have. It’s that love that is making us try to exhaust every possibility for him.
He is scared of dogs, and with the issues he has been having with his brother, I’m not sure how he would do with another cat in the household. Buddy would likely do the best if he was an only child in the house.
That being said, he was fine for 11 years before. If you have the patience and heart to work with him, life with other pets might be possible.
My family lives in south eastern Wisconsin. I’m more than willing to drive into Illinois or towards Minnesota too, for the right home for him. All over Wisconsin too.
I promise you a clean bill of health for him, and a kitty that won’t hide from humans. A litter box and a healthy appetite comes with him, as does a fondness for fuzzy blankets on the laps of “his human” to snore away on.
If you can’t take him in, that’s okay. Just pass the word along, help me get the message out. If you think you have a spot in your life for this fur-kid, let me know. Message me here, or send me a message on Ao3. Whatever works best for you.
I’m happy to meet you halfway, if you’re from further away than the Midwest states. If it means finding him a good home, it’s worth it.
ETA: UPDATE: WE HAVE FOUND BUDDY A HOME! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REACHED OUT, WHO SIGNAL BOOSTED, WHO SEND ME HELPFUL MESSAGES AND SUGGESTIONS. WE HAVE FOUND A LOVING FAMILY FOR HIM (JUST WORKING FINAL LOGISTICS) WHERE HE CAN BE A SPOILED ONLY CHILD AGAIN EVERYONE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING MY FAMILY, BUDDY, AND BREAKING OUT THE SUPERHERO CAPES IN HIS MOMENT OF NEED!
WE FOUND HIM A HOME!!!!
Thank you, all of you, who helped to reblog, signal boost, mention shelters and friends and ideas and things to try!
We have found him a home where he will be a spoiled only child, snuggles galore, and all the blankets to sit on while the new parents pet him. We are working out final logistics now, and the hope is he can have a life outside the bathroom before the end of the year.
All 1300 of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. My family is crying right now, both in sadness and relief, and it’s such an odd place to feel.
BUDDY HAS A NEW HOME!!!!!
Thank you to every one of you kind souls who helped to spread word of this incredibly sweet boy to help this heartbroken family out of an impossible predicament. Less than 24 hours and Buddy had competing suitors for a new family! Tumblr has many issues, but when y’all come through, you really come through.
You are every one of you a superhero.
And to the rude, the cruel, and the vicious: both fuck you, and may you somehow grow a heart and a conscience lest you ever find yourself in such dire straits and faced with the judgemental maligning of complete strangers into the bargain.
Tonight, we celebrate! To Buddy!!
