Quita
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Quita is a sweet, steady, relaxed cat who is very socialized. She was found heavily pregnant in a small community in Cape Breton and brought to Halifax where she had four kittens at the end of May. She was a great mother. Her kids are now grown and gone to their new homes and Quita now needs a home. She is a young cat, maybe two years old, and still playful, battling it out with her toys and running after a laser light. She is fine with being picked up. She doesn't love the sound of the vacuum cleaner, but she doesn't freak out either: she just watches it carefully in case anything surprising happens.
Quita needs a home as an only pet. We did a bit of a trial with another kitty and she was pretty stressed out- enough that we'd like to have her as an only cat in her forever home so she isn't uncomfortable.
She's a Hemingway Cat, meaning extra toes abound on her feet. She keeps herself perfectly clean. Quita has been spayed and had two rounds of needles. She also tested negative for disease.
--------Update on Quita and the unique way she helped her foster mum---------------
Some of our followers may recall that Quita was available for adoption last year and disappeared off our adoption site for the past several months. While we did have interest in her from good prospective adopters, Quita had been taken into foster care by a kind and generous woman who had only recently received a diagnosis of cancer. We knew that this woman was absolutely enjoying Quita's company while she was undergoing chemotherapy, and in the end, rather than take Quita away at such a difficult time, we thought to just leave her where she was; in a home where she was already loved and absolutely well cared for. Mere months later, we learned that this wonderful woman was not going to survive and only days later, found out that she had succumbed to this terrible disease. Her mother had been in her apartment in the late stages of her illness, caring for Quita, so it turns out that Quita was offering solace and warmth to both of these women during this troubling time. It seems she became a kind of therapy animal. And when we needed to take her back, Quita's original foster mom had just returned from a winter stay in Florida and was more than happy to take her back. The Fates seemed to have a hand in how things played out. Rest in peace, lovely lady.
We ask for a minimum $140 donation for each of our rescued cats. A charitable tax receipt will be issued.
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Quita needs a home as an only pet. We did a bit of a trial with another kitty and she was pretty stressed out- enough that we'd like to have her as an only cat in her forever home so she isn't uncomfortable.
She's a Hemingway Cat, meaning extra toes abound on her feet. She keeps herself perfectly clean. Quita has been spayed and had two rounds of needles. She also tested negative for disease.
--------Update on Quita and the unique way she helped her foster mum---------------
Some of our followers may recall that Quita was available for adoption last year and disappeared off our adoption site for the past several months. While we did have interest in her from good prospective adopters, Quita had been taken into foster care by a kind and generous woman who had only recently received a diagnosis of cancer. We knew that this woman was absolutely enjoying Quita's company while she was undergoing chemotherapy, and in the end, rather than take Quita away at such a difficult time, we thought to just leave her where she was; in a home where she was already loved and absolutely well cared for. Mere months later, we learned that this wonderful woman was not going to survive and only days later, found out that she had succumbed to this terrible disease. Her mother had been in her apartment in the late stages of her illness, caring for Quita, so it turns out that Quita was offering solace and warmth to both of these women during this troubling time. It seems she became a kind of therapy animal. And when we needed to take her back, Quita's original foster mom had just returned from a winter stay in Florida and was more than happy to take her back. The Fates seemed to have a hand in how things played out. Rest in peace, lovely lady.
We ask for a minimum $140 donation for each of our rescued cats. A charitable tax receipt will be issued.
ADOPTION APPLICATION
Back to Adopt page
