Amber Phillips
Member Since 2016
Our cat Miso is super affectionate. She loves to cuddle and is super easy going. She loves to be held and is easy to manage in terms of giving her meds or clipping her nails. She gets along with other animals; however her health condition is more than we can manage.
Background:
My husband and I adopted a little kitten who was born outside in the streets of Philadelphia last spring. She was the runt of her litter and has always been a little "sickly". When we first got her she had a cold, and then an eye infection, then a urinary tract infection, and finally she was given a clean bill of health and were able to arrange to have her fixed. Just before her scheduled surgery however, she began to pee in all sorts of unfortunate locations (every cushion of the couch, our bed, corners of the house, on top of papers). We thought she might be "marking" as she had not been fixed yet. But when we took her to the vet they ran some blood tests and told us she couldn't be fixed because her glucose levels were elevated. Further testing revealed she is diabetic. Although many cats develop diabetes, hers is the inherited type.
My husband and I are young adults. We recently bought our first home last year and are expecting our first baby this summer. Needless to say, this little kitty's vet bills have already cost us much more than we anticipated, not to mention the post traumatic stress/cost of cleaning replacing the things she has peed on. The diabetes diagnosis is the straw that broke the camels back for us. We do not want to take on the cost or time commitment of caring for this kitty. We frequently are away from our home and are accustom to leaving our cats in the care of family and friends for weeks at a time if need be. In fact, we own cats because when compared to dogs, we consider them to be relatively low maintenance pets that fit well with our lifestyle. In short, we are not prepared to be this pets' parents
We fear with her medical history she will not survive/find a home if we place her in a shelter here in Philly; not when free healthy kittens are being given away everyday. We are desperately searching for a kitty lover who is financially and otherwise stable enough to take on this kitty's care so that we do not have to send her to a shelter.
Background:
My husband and I adopted a little kitten who was born outside in the streets of Philadelphia last spring. She was the runt of her litter and has always been a little "sickly". When we first got her she had a cold, and then an eye infection, then a urinary tract infection, and finally she was given a clean bill of health and were able to arrange to have her fixed. Just before her scheduled surgery however, she began to pee in all sorts of unfortunate locations (every cushion of the couch, our bed, corners of the house, on top of papers). We thought she might be "marking" as she had not been fixed yet. But when we took her to the vet they ran some blood tests and told us she couldn't be fixed because her glucose levels were elevated. Further testing revealed she is diabetic. Although many cats develop diabetes, hers is the inherited type.
My husband and I are young adults. We recently bought our first home last year and are expecting our first baby this summer. Needless to say, this little kitty's vet bills have already cost us much more than we anticipated, not to mention the post traumatic stress/cost of cleaning replacing the things she has peed on. The diabetes diagnosis is the straw that broke the camels back for us. We do not want to take on the cost or time commitment of caring for this kitty. We frequently are away from our home and are accustom to leaving our cats in the care of family and friends for weeks at a time if need be. In fact, we own cats because when compared to dogs, we consider them to be relatively low maintenance pets that fit well with our lifestyle. In short, we are not prepared to be this pets' parents
We fear with her medical history she will not survive/find a home if we place her in a shelter here in Philly; not when free healthy kittens are being given away everyday. We are desperately searching for a kitty lover who is financially and otherwise stable enough to take on this kitty's care so that we do not have to send her to a shelter.
