Happy Tales – Zoe

We always say there is a home for every cat – it’s a matter of finding it. Sometimes it takes longer than other times. Zoe came to us in 2016. Everyone loved her but she did have her quirks (don’t we all).CRAN was contacted after Zoe was surrendered to a local veterinary practice by her owners for euthanasia. Zoe is a great cat with a big personality but she had two challenging behaviors. She would go outside of the litter box and she would get over-stimulated and nip.Zoe was in several foster homes and ended up spending much of her time at our intake facility. She was a cheerful presence there and roamed freely around the open areas. Zoe loved pets until she didn’t. She was a sensitive cat and we needed to watch her carefully for cues that she was getting overstimulated and ready to nip the hand petting her. Multiple litters and litterboxes were tried with varying degrees of success. Finally, we found she liked puppy pads and the incidence of outside the box events dropped off sharply. She finally became consistent with peeing in the box with an occasional poop outside but near to the box. All the volunteers loved Zoe but we wondered if she would ever find a home for her senior years where she could be loved and appreciated for who she was.Finally, Zoe’s future people found her. They had previously adopted another senior kitty from us who had since passed away. Zoe joined them and it was not long before she was settled in and enjoying her new life. She is now a pampered, much-loved kitty and loves following her new dad around.