Hello, my name is Spot. I’m a Domestic Short Hair, male cat, but sometimes I feel as heroic as a fireman’s dog, you know the white ones with black spots? It’s not just because I look like one on the outside; I think I’m like one on the inside, too, where it counts. At 8 years old, I’ve been through a huge test of my courage and will to live: a real five-alarm horror.
I had a home. I lived with an elderly lady who cared for me and 11 other cats. But one day she died and we were left with no one to help us. She must have been such a lonely person with no one to love her except us. Nobody knew. Nobody came.
The days went by so slowly, one by one. The more time that passed, the hungrier, dirtier, and sadder we became. Still nobody knew. Nobody came.
We were starving. We were growing sick. We were all so weak. Some of us lost hope. We started to die then. And nobody, nobody knew. Nobody ever came.
It went on so slowly, the dying one by one. I don’t know which was worse: the fear, the sadness, or the pain of knowing that death was the only presence in our house, except for a very few of us. We tried so hard to be brave.
I was still clinging to life when rescuers finally came. Some very good people from a shelter called Spaymart took us who survived, cared for us so tenderly, fed us again and tried to make us feel loved and safe. Some of us have found our purrfect forever homes now, through Spaymart, but one of my siblings and I are still waiting for our new guardians.
We’ve been through the worst that can happen and we’ve overcome. But deep in our hearts we’re still so afraid. We dream of a safe haven, maybe one with soft beds, good food for our tummies, gentle hands and voices to hold, cuddle, and comfort us and make us believe that nothing more will hurt us, playmates and forever friends, and most of all love that never dies. We have that kind of love to give you, if you’ll only take a chance on us.
Yours (I hope) truly,
Spot
Fill out our preadoption questionnaire, and then call 601.749.0268 or Email Us today! The adoption fee of $85 (waived for Seniors for Seniors adoptions) includes sterilization, vaccinations, combo testing, deworming, flea control and microchipping. Please forward this to anyone who might be interested in adopting.
