We don’t simply want to adopt an animal to just a home, but their everlasting one.
02/02/2025
We need your help.
This is Dottie, and she is looking for someone that will take a chance on her.
Dottie was born in a home, to a feral cat, and has only known life indoors. She is almost 2 years old, loves other cats, is fine with dogs, but is very wary of people. Although socialized through kittenhood, Dottie clung to her feral mother, Petunia, and in doing so, learned that you don't have to socialize with people if you don't want to.
You see, Petunia came to us while pregnant. She was feral, but we were determined to give her a safe place to give birth, with the intention of releasing her back to her safe place after being fixed. Unfortunately, after she gave birth, the previous caretakers of Petunia let us know that they didn't want her back, and wouldn't provide food, shelter, or care for her in anyway. This led to today, where Petunia is still with us, and Dottie has since started to follow in her footsteps.
Dottie and Petunia are both comfortable around people to a degree, although they actively avoid being touched at all costs. With the other kittens and cats in our care, we cannot provide the time or space needed to dedicate to their socialization, which has led to the current circumstances of Dottie now not wanting anything to do with people, and Petunia encouraging the behavior, as they have learned that they don't have to interact with us if they don't want to.
Due to this, we are looking for someone who can commit to trying to help Dottie learn some socialization skills. Of course we'd love if that meant the person who steps up for her fell in love with her and wants to formally adopt her, but we understand that may not happen. We just want to give Dottie a far shot at learning that humans aren't bad, and to show her how good life can be. Dottie's siblings were all shy regarding humans, too, but were adopted at a much younger age, and learned quickly that people weren't scary. Because Dottie was overlooked as a kitten, it seems like she started to grow more comfortable with her fear.
If you are willing and able to give miss Dottie girl a shot at learning how to be brave, please reach out to us. She is such a smart, sweet, and curious girl when it comes to her cat friends, toys, birds, etc., but she needs a little help on the people front. She is spayed, up to date on her vaccines, and FIV/FELV negative. We just want to do right by Dottie, and see if we can beat the odds against her.
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