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Adult Cats are Available for Adoption Because Their Former Owners Didn't Want Them, Which Means That There Must be Something Wrong with Them
Cats are given up for all kinds of reasons, including a developed allergy, a new baby with an allergy, moving to a country with a strict quarantine law, death of the owner, owner goes into a nursing home, owner is evicted from apartment, etc. Yes, there definitely are owners who simply abandon their cats, but usually it is about the owner being irresponsible, not about the cat being bad.
An Adult Cat May Have Been Abused, Which Means That He or She Could be Psychologically Damaged
Cats are amazingly forgiving with humans. Most of the cats we get were never abused, but occasionally one may have learned to fear people. Perhaps the cat was kept in a basement for mouse control and had little contact with people. But with a little patience and love, cats usually come along very quickly.
Adopting an Adult Cat Means Adopting All of His or Her Bad Habits
Cats don't go out drinking, carousing or gambling. Bad habits usually consist of either not using the litter box, scratching the furniture, being "meowy" or being destructive. Ninety-nine percent of cats, even those not raised in a home, use the litter box. It is instinctual. If there's a problem, it's probably something you, not the cat, is doing wrong. Like using perfumed litter, or a plastic liner, neither of which cats like. If there is a litter box problem, you can call us and we'll help you with it.
As for scratching the furniture, there are loads of options for that: everything from training the cat onto a scratching post to spraying furniture with an odorless pheromone that keeps cats away, to using double-sided furniture tape. A cat who is "meowy" and destructive probably just needs a friend, and we adopt cats like that into homes with another cat. Ninety-nine percent of the time our adoptions work out great. But if the cat does indeed end up having a habit you don't like, we will always take the cat back. Often it's a sign that the cat isn't in the right home, and the habit ceases in a new home.
Just
some things to think about.
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