This week, we’re featuring two polar opposites: a laid-back male and an attention-demanding female!
Griffen, a big polydactyl black and gray tabby with white, is a cool and collected boy who spends a lot of his time nestled in a comfy bed where he can watch the world, content to mind his business and do his own thing. However, he doesn’t just sleep all day and it doesn’t take much to get him in a playful mood; this cat loves to play with laser pointers and wand toys. Griff came to us in October of 2011 from a very nice lady who was managing a feral colony in Northern Michigan. She’d come across Griff (and a litter of smaller kittens) when they just tiny babies and knew that she needed to find us homes so she contacted Carol’s Ferals for help. After paying for their spays/neuters, vaccines and tests, she tried to find homes but had no luck. Thankfully, she and Carol worked out an agreement for them to come into the adoption program. All the kittens found homes but Griff was a bit older than them, so has had a harder time finding his furrever home. He’s still a young cat at the approximate age of 14 months though so we think that his time will come soon. Not much phases this cat: he handles small children with flying colors and loud noise like it’s not even there. Other cats are a-okay too! He’d be perfect for just about any household and we can’t wait for someone to take him home.
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Averill, a small grey tabby, is very much an attention hog in every sense. When you first walk into our facility, odds are that she will be one of the first cats to greet you, usually with a loud meow and persistent stalking until you give her the attention she wants. She was obtained through TNR, as you can see with her very clearly tipped left ear. Initially, she was to be returned outside, but she ended up being too friendly to let go, so Carol took her into the program. She’s been featured in Grand Rapids Magazine so she’s one of our ‘famous’ kitties, yet she’s been with us for awhile now (she’s about 3 or 4 years old and has been here for well over a year now). Averill can be a little nippy when overstimulated and isn’t super fond of other cats, but she adores human attention and would do anything to jump in your lap and just snuggle with you; if you want a lap cat, she is definitely a good cat to adopt. She would be a great in a no cat household, but she would also do well in a household with other cats that are not aggressive or super possessive. Small children make her a little anxious but older, respectful children are great. If you want a playful cat, she is also great with toys.
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Their pictures lead to their Petfinder, so please click on their images to find out more information and to find links for an application.
Adoption fees are $75 for one cat or $100 for a pair. This helps offset our costs which include: spay/neuter, first round of shots, flea treatment, deworming, and negative test results for feline leukemia and FIV. Our adoption contract specifies all adoptables are to be indoor-only cats and are not to be declawed. To see any of the other wonderful cats and kittens we have available for adoption, check our Petfinder page!
