Tiffany

This story comes from the Summer 2003 edition of Hands Helping Paws

We try to call and check back on our cats from time to time to see how they are doing. Tiffany's story exemplifies why this is imperative.

Tiffany, a gorgeous Maine Coon mother cat, was the very first cat into our shelter when we opened it in 1994. She and her three kittens were rescued from a filthy home where the owners had been evicted and a padlock was on the door. Tiffany could get out of the house, to be fed on the porch by us, until the constable unbolted the door a week later.

We found homes for the three kittens. Tiffany lived at the shelter but was aggressive toward the other cats. She definitely needed to be an only cat. Then a musician named Pete came along and adopted Tiffany. She loved his piano playing and they lived happily together for several years.

One August, I was thinking about Tiffany and Pete and decided to give them a call. I tried for days without success, finally contacting a friend of Pete's who gave me the sad news that Pete had died on one of the days I called. I quickly asked where Tiffany was. She had been locked in the apartment for several days, until the police and landlord came, bolting when the door opened. The landlord, who had a fondness for Maine Coon cats, caught her and took her home to live with his family and two other Maine Coons. Tiffany, needing to be an only cat, was not getting along with the others. When I contacted the landlord, he was most happy to return Tiffany to me.

I put her in a cage at the shelter, hoping someone would come along quickly to adopt her. She was a loving, sociable cat with people. Fortunately, she did not have long to wait. A volunteer's mother who is the director of a personal care home needed a cat to live at her facility and visit the residents. What a perfect place for Tiffany! She is the center of attention and loving every minute of it. Tiffany needed us to rescue her twice.

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