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Welcome To Our
Pets Available
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Shown here are needy animals currently residing in our Indianapolis
rescue facility and awaiting their
forever homes. They've had regular vet care, eat only the best
veterinary-quality foods and drink purified water. We have a great
facility for them, but it's nothing like the sense of belonging they'd
get from living in a real home. We and our part-time caretakers
are only in the facility in the morning and evening, so these deserving
cats don't get nearly the degree of human interaction they'd prefer.
Please consider adopting one of these needy animals.
To receive
an adoption application by fax or e-mail, please e-mail
eric@doodoovoodoo.com
or call 317-356-6733.
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This is Rudy, a fellow
with a few years on him, but with a lot of love left to give.
Rudy had been adopted by an elderly woman, but when she fell ill,
and he needed expensive radiation treatment for a thyroid disease,
he came back to us. Now that he's had the thyroid treatment,
he's happy and healthy, but would rather live with you than in our
rescue facility with a bunch of other cats. He's a quiet kitty
who doesn't get into mischief. Could you provide his forever
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This awesome picture is
of a mom and her 4 offspring we rescued from a marina near the
reservoir we live by. The picture was shot when we first
brought the cats home and before they loosened up...a bit.
They're still not lapcats by any means, but they aren't clinging to
each other like they used to, and they'll come around for brushing
and petting. They might not "show" as well as we'd like, but
they're nice kitties who would warm up in a real home. All are
healthy. There are 4 girls (Abby, Carmen, Daphne and Eileen)
and one boy (Benny). Could you adopt one or two...or the whole
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JimBob
is an insulin-dependent diabetic, large fellow who would do best as an only
pet or with one of our other (submissive) cats he is familiar with.
(His good buddy is Zorra, shown below.) He enjoys lapsitting and definitely never turns down an
opportunity to be brushed. He was found alongside a busy road and
was friendly from the get-go. He had a home for a short time, but
the husband got jealous of all the time JimBob was spending with the wife,
so JimBob's back with us. He wants & deserves a good home again.
Here's
another picture
of JimBob. |
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This is Harley, a very
large, long-haired male who came to us after being thrown out of an
alcoholic's rented apartment when the alcoholic's two boa
constrictors opted not to eat Harley. Honest. He was
living outside and was in sorry condition. A good grooming and
some vet care, including neutering, put him back into tip-top shape
and he's ready for his forever home. Harley is unbelievably
friendly, loves human interaction and is currently so large he gets
stuck in the pet door going out the the screened porch. He
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Sally
(top, when she was a kitten, and
here
3-6-04) & Zorra (bottom, when she was a kitten) are 4 year-old sisters with tortoise-shell
markings who were found eating out of a dumpster. Both can be quite timid
until they get to know you---and perhaps even then!---and would do well in
quiet homes
without small children or other pets. They really like to be brushed and
are very pretty girls. If you have a quiet home and a big heart and are in
the market to help a couple of needy kitties, Sally and/or Zorra might just
be purrfect for you. See another, more recent, pic of Sally
here.
See extra Zorra pics
here &
here.
Update:
Sally & Zorra have become a lot more receptive to petting
lately. Sally
&
Zorra
have
both
been
arching
their
backs while we pet
them
and often will
raise
their
chins to facilitate our
scratching
'em, so we're encouraged that these two are
showing
signs
of
coming around, human interaction-wise. Sally often "flops around like a
fish" while getting brushed.
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This is Phoebe (top) and
Zoe (bottom), a two-sister team we rescued. They're never far
from each other and would do well in a home together. They
will sometimes beat up on submissive cats, so they'd likely not do
well being introduced to a home where there are existing pets.
They love petting and brushing and are healthy girls.
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This is Marco. As
you see in the picture, one of his pupils is larger than the other.
This is because he has a brain abnormality. In fact, one vet
told us Marco would never be right and should be euthanized.
Glad we didn't; Marco has turned out to be very happy, healthy
otherwise and well adapted. He loves other cats and, even
though he can barely see, gets around quite well in our rescue
facility. Marco deserves a real home, though, and urges you to
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Blackie and Tiger's story is an interesting one.
In December, 2003, Blackie & Tiger were brought to the I-CAN Feline
Spay/Neuter Clinic by their mom, 81-year-old Katherine Louise Stapp. Their
surgeries went fine, they tested negative for FIV/FeLV and they were
vaccinated. Mrs. Stapp didn't drive, so she had to take a cab to and from
the clinic. She didn't have pet carriers, so we loaned her two of
ours. She was spry, well-groomed, well-dressed and carried herself with an
air of quiet sophistication.
On Tuesday, March 2, 2004, we received a call
from Mrs. Stapp's attorney notifying us that she had committed suicide and had
left a note asking him to contact us to see if we would take care of her cats. We were
stunned, to say the least.
So, off to Mrs. Stapp's
we went to collect Mrs. Stapp's cats. When we went to the
home, it was in quite a state of filth, so we couldn't find Blackie or
Tiger among all the rubbish. We set a humane trap with some food in it and we waited.
It took a couple days, but finally Blackie was humanely
trapped. His brother, Tiger, took a few more days and never did get
trapped. I had to go to the home a couple times to try to find him and
when I finally did, he turned into a "flying cat" and nearly took my
head off. The capture
didn't take long, but I was almost wearing Tiger on my forehead after he leaped
at me from the shelf in a closet.
Blackie was quite timid after he was trapped
and while he was at the spay/neuter clinic, where he again tested negative for
FIV and Feline Leukemia. Once we got him home, though, he warmed up nicely
over the course of three days. Now he comes to us most times we call him and he
loves to be petted and brushed.
He had a couple injured patches above his
eyes that bloodwork showed to be from hemobartonella (the bacterium that causes
cat scratch fever). They patches weren't bad and they healed up after a
course of antibiotics. Blackie had a couple hernias, which we had our
veterinarian repair.
I've slept on an air mattress with these boys
and they seemed to enjoy the company. Blackie is quicker to socialize with
you on the mattress than Tiger is, but Tiger seems to trust Blackie's instincts
and will follow Blackie's lead (even though Tiger's older and larger than
Blackie). Tiger's much more trusting of humans when they're lying down or
sitting on the floor
than when they're walking toward him, so in an adoption visit he might not
"show" as well as you might like (this may be an understatement, but
he's quite worthy of your affection). As with so many other timid
cats we've rescued over the years, though, we believe these two guys will only
get more and more comfortable around people as time goes on. Naturally,
they'd likely not do well in a raucous home with small children or
dogs.
The boys are really bonded to each other, so we'd love to
see them go to a lifelong home together, especially given what they went
through with Mrs. Stapp.
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This
is
Mario.
He's
a
VERY
friendly
guy
who
just
showed
up
on
our
property
one
day
and
has
been
with
us
ever
since.
Mario's
claim
to
fame
is
that
we've
never
heard
him
meow
like
you'd
expect
him
to...he
sort
of
grunts
instead
and
it's
really
cute. Mario is one of those "instantly likable" cats, so please
consider giving him the forever home he deserves.
Before we knew how
friendly Mario was, he was eartipped as a feral cat (for
identification in the wild). He wears his tipped ear like a
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The three cats shown to the
left are, top to bottom, Jake, Minnie and Mickey. They belonged to
my father, who passed away unexpectedly on February 2, 2007.
Minnie is Mickey's mom and has
only one eye. Jake is a very large cat who currently weighs 30
pounds. Minnie and Jake are bonded to each other and are friendlier
than Mickey, but even Mickey loves to be petted, brushed and held.
All have had their vet
care, including worming and, in the case of Jake and Mickey, shaving to
get rid of their matted fur and let their skin heal from the flea bites
they had.
These poor kitties are
really missing their dad (my dad) and we'd love to find them a real home
where they can spend more time with humans. They're living in our
rescue facility with our other rescued cats, but it's sure not at all like
when they lived with their dad and were able to spend so much time with
him.
If you have room in your
home and your heart for these special kitties, please contact us.
They deserve your strongest
consideration, given all they've been through lately. |
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