The Adopt-A-Pet over this past weekend was a resounding success, with several adoptions! Most exciting for me was that Scooter and Pismo, the two little tabby striped boys whom I fostered for a few weeks found their "Forever Home" for the second time. Not that losing their first one was the boys' fault at all. P and S are the most adorable little guys and true extroverts. Given a little time, I know they would have been rearranging the furniture in my living room and hanging from the chandelier (if I had one), but their first adoptive mother decided the risk from coyotes where she lived was too great and brought the boys back.
Coyotes—the bugaboo of the kitty adoption process. There are various viewpoints on coyotes. I personally think the danger they pose is often overrated, although it is obviously a good idea to keep cats inside if at all possible. That being said, my own cats have indoor/outdoor privileges—which basically means they come and go as they choose, at least during daylight hours.
In any case, though, Pismo and Scooter had to go through two more Adopt-A-pets before a wonderful family from Ojai—with a ten-year-old girl who loves cats—decided to adopt them. "They were stellar," reports the Feline Network volunteer who was at the Adopt-A-Pet and saw the boys being introduced to their new family. "They obviously wanted to go home with these folks, and they did!"
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