Sheer Luck Homes

21/06/2024

Raya got adopted!

19/12/2023

CUTIE GOT ADOPTED! Yay! From reports from the fostering agent, he went home today with his new family and his new brother kitty.

28/11/2023

Cutie photobomb!

This little fellow, Cutie, is up for adoption. He is 11 weeks old, intact male. He needs a forever home with someone who is totally up for some intense kitten energies. He loves to play and snuggle and he loves people. We will get him fixed for the right candidate. We will also set you up with food, dishes, toys, bed, and blanket. Are you game?

22/11/2023

22/11/2023

This is Cutie. He is 10 weeks old. An intact male. He went to see the awesome Dr. Anderson today for his vaccinations, ear mite, and flea treatment.

We will help spay him for anyone serious about giving him a home.
We will also provide blankets, food dishes, food, and toys.

09/07/2023

AS OF TODAY WE ARE NO LONGER ADOPTING CATS NOR OFFERING CATS FOR ADOPTION.

We are down to four cats, three semi ferals, and our own furever cat. Due to financial problems, health issues, and a death in the family we are on hold.

All our available cats were successfully adopted - save for two which disappeared on us during the thunderstorm and fireworks and who have not yet returned, and may not do so because of the growing hazards in our neighborhood. This both saddens and angers us, but it also means that we have chosen not to foster, adopt, or add to our clowder as we do not wish to endanger any animals now or ever.

This site will be archived unless or until that changes. Many thanks to those who reached out to us and who gave homes to our beloved ones. You are the best.

27/05/2022

Another rainy evening here at Sheer Luck Holmes.

Noni is not pictured as he is in the rescue kitty isolation room decompressing from a vet visit. He is fine. He just needed a check up.

21/05/2022

UPDATE: ADOPTED!!!

Hello, there. We have come into possession of a very friendly neutered male cat, orange/marmalade, age unknown who needs to be rehomed as soon as possible.

He cannot stay with us as we cannot keep him safe, isolate him, or afford to feed him on top of our clowder of 7.

He has been ear-tipped and tattooed so he was definitely fixed and almost certainly vaccinated at some point.

He was someone's house cat for sure and is very human friendly, purrs, can be held, likes strokes, is not afraid of TVs, etc. He has been sleeping with one of the house members, and accepting cuddles. He has also been doing really well with sleeping in a kennel at night.

We thank you in advance for any help offered, and we will be checking with various places (SAT 21) for possible placement. We hope to do better for him, but are stuck ourselves. We'll leave this up hoping for a miracle for this love muffin.

Spenser/Steve Sarant

04/05/2022

We are saddened to post that after two months of being missing, and lots of posts and PawBoost, PetAlert and all the local rescues, societies, and several vets offices, The Floof is still missing. We fear he has crossed the rainbow bridge. Ave Atque Vale, The Floof. We love you.

04/05/2022

EDIT: ADOPTED!!!

This is Bold Bean. Aka The Be**er. Bold Bean is a large (15lb) fixed male, fully Vaccinated, healthy, and about a year and a half old. He is a very muscular short hair. He does not meow. We don't know why. Like I said, the vet says he is is healthy. He will pet you with his paws, he will lick your toes if you have bare feet , and do a hind leg dance. He likes to sleep in his "soft", play in the sun, eat Temptations, and hang out with the people. He is very strong and very fast. He is not a lap cat.

04/05/2022

Little Grey (Little Gray) - this is what happens when anglophiles and Yankees cohabitate - aka Grey Grey is doing well after being fixed and will soon be in the adoption queue. This little girl is now one year old, a spicy with a glorious smoke coat, and while she is not big on being picked up she loves to play.

04/05/2022

I will be cleaning and editing this page to reflect successful adoptions and one tragedy. Please bear with us as I do the needful maintenance.

01/03/2022

Tippy the Fratboy is with his new foster Mommy, Bailey, tonight. Here is hoping all goes well. Tippy deserves so much happiness and health. We miss the little bu**er already but hopefully he will be living in a much much better neighborhood.

29/12/2021

Carolyn Louise Mabry

A cat behavior thing that most cat companions don't know but probably should, something that I have seen over and over and over and even though I don't really understand the "why" behind this behavior, I know it exists: Cats do not really roam. Not even for a cat in heat. Cats have very small territories and they just do not travel far. (Studies with trackers have shown they usually stay within a tiny territory.) Weirdly, though, a house cat who gets out likely sees and hears their human calling ... but they often just won't come back. They get freaked out because they are suddenly in a completely new territory and this can make them either extremely agitated or almost catatonic.
This also applies to outside cats. Let me share an example that just happened. A friend's barn cat, a cat who has always lived in and around their barn and tack room, has been gone for over two weeks. They just heard him in another storage building far from his original territory of the tack room and the pastures, inside the storage building and crying and crying but he wouldn't come to them. This building was packed with stuff and it was hard to reach this cat because he kept weaving through the stuff in a way that made him impossible to grab. Plus he is a huge male cat and he's a barn cat because he bites but he loves these people and he wouldn't come to them even though he was calling for help.
I think what happened, though it's impossible to know, is that a coyote or something chased him into that storage building and then he got shut in there and he was shut in there for at least four days with no food or water.
Now, you'd think that a cat in that situation would just come to their loved ones once those loved ones are around but that's the phenomenon that I've seen many times -- a cat outside its territory that just gets completely freaked out and suddenly views humans, dogs and even other cats it knows as a danger.
It's hard to catch a cat that is in that fight or flight place. And I've seen it even with very timid friendly cats. You have to be very calm, very chill, and let your chill radiate and envelope them and invite them to approach you ... like you would with a feral.
That's what worked with this cat. I didn't want to upset him more because a dehydrated and starving cat can go into cardiac arrest if you stress them more. Cats aren't like dogs. They can't go very long without food. It's unusual to see an emaciated cat because their bodies usually just shut down and they die.
So I coaxed this cat to me. I had to manage some humans too who were upset and their energy was feeding his unrest but I eventually got him to come to me and then coaxed him into a crate of his own accord and returned him to his tack room. He will stay there for a few days, rehydrating slowly and eating small amounts every couple of hours. (Normally I'd take a cat like this to the vet but to say this cat is resistant to examination would be an understatement.)
Which brings me back to my main point -- when a house cat gets out of the house and becomes "lost", they are almost certainly close to the door or window they exited, under a shrub or porch or up in a tree, or in the crawlspace or under a car. They can likely see or hear you but they may not come to you. The best thing you can do is leave food just at the door or window you think they got out of and try to coax them back. If this doesn't work, get a flashlight and look for them at night. The light will reflect off their cool cat eyes and then at least you know approximately where they are. And, trust, they're gonna stay there and are unlikely to travel so you can then begin to woo them out of their hidey hole and calm them out of their agitated state until they come to you again. (Also, check close neighbor's garages and under their houses to see if your friend got closed up while they were investigating a new space and perhaps someone put away a tool and then locked them in.)
So ... cats stay close, they may not respond to you, and once you find them, they may freak out. If you can gather them calmly, it will go easier and they'll settle back down once they are in their familiar place. But it still might take a bit. And they may act like they've never seen your other pets before in their life. But be chill, confine them to a small space and expand that space and introduce the rest of the family slowly. They've been through a traumatic experience.
Also, if they aren't close to home, know that something likely chased them there.
In nature, all cats have a small familiar territory. It's easier to hunt, they don't end up fighting others, there are whatever benefits drew them there (especially watering holes where they can drink but where prey also comes to drink) and it's predictable.
The part I don't understand is the freak out. I just know it happens and to help them you have to be prepared for it. You have to act calm even if you don't feel calm.
One last thing, a lot of folks will tell you that if your cat gets out, you should put the litter box outside. That the smell will draw them. Don't do this! The smell will draw other predators and put your cat in danger (cats cover their p**p for a reason -- predators but it also inhibits their ability to hunt) but your cat likely already knows where home is. Invite them back to the place you think they exited by putting out a good stinky food like sardines near where you think they got out. That smell doesn't carry like a litter box smell and it's a way safer way to woo your cat home.
One last anecdote. I had a feral I was socializing who got out through an open window because he pushed the screen out. I thought that wild child was gone forever but, four days later, I heard a bump on the window of him trying to come back in the exit he had gone out. He'd been in that damn shrub the whole time! I had looked there so many times! Cats are good at being very, very still. So know that. Once I opened the window and set some smelly food just inside it, that completely feral cat willingly came back into my house.
And even my sweetest cat I ever had (before the Voyager Mouse) Cassidy completely freaked out on me one time when he got out in a strange place. It's not you. It's trauma. Be gentle with them.
So... That's what I wanted to share.

03/11/2021

We are accepting cat food donations - and are looking for someone who can help transport straw for winter bedding.

03/11/2021

So apparently there is a CAT FOOD shortage on - so a very big thanks to anonymous donor, L, who gave us $50 to buy cat food today while there was still some on the shelves. Our 9 cats thank you.

And a big F YOU to the guy in the cat food aisle who filled his cart while we watched and then admitted to only owning one cat but wanting to be sure not to run out leaving only 2 cans of wet food for us. No worries we found some more elsewhere and supplemented with canned tuna...but Dude, may the flies of a thousand camels infest your armpits.

29/10/2021

Read of an indigenous culture in Mexico where it is believed that our furry friends come to visit us on the 27th of October. They are said to open the path for our loved ones who will come on El día de los mu***os (Day of the Dead, November 1)

15/04/2021

Bandit is seen here relaxing after a scary day. Not sure why she was so terrified of the people who came to see her but she was. Here she is in her happy space.

30/03/2021