NOTE: this post is rather long (sorry!) so i've split up the English & Esperanto for easier reading. See below for Esperanto.
NOTU: ĉar ĉi tiu blogaĵo estas iom longa (pardonon!), mi malkunigis la anglan kaj Esperanton por ke ĝi estu pli facile legebla. Esperanto sekvas la anglan.
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| all photos were taken yesterday late afternoon/evening |
introducing
Iggy! a 1year & 4 month old black smoke Devon Rex. as some of you guessed in my previous post, he is to be Fae's new friend/brother. we're super glad to have him. :)) like everyone, Iggy has a story.... here's his (as far as i know it):
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| effects of the rash still visible on his head; fur is short & dull |
Iggy had a loving family with other cats, a dog and a kid(s) but sadly he got very sick and his owner surrendered him to the RSPCA (Americans, think ASPCA). you see, Iggy has a very strange and terrible allergy. :( he was somehow allergic to one of his previous owner's cats (a fellow Devon!) but not to the other cat! his skin broke out terribly and he lost a lot of his fur. at the RSPCA he was put into foster care while his health improved and this is where our adoption story begins...
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| the photo on his RSPCA file |
i have mentioned here how we felt that Fae had been acting rather lonely/lethargic lately... this lead me to casually browsing adoption/for sale listings looking for potential friends for Fae. i wasn't seriously looking because i was still very uncertain as to whether Fae would be alright with another cat and our lease only allowed for one. anyway, 3ish weeks ago i was browsing the RSPCA database (for those who don't know, i volunteer at the RSPCA) and i found Iggy's file. The photo was horrible because Iggy looked horrible when it was taken, but I was in love! BUT i kept Iggy to myself. for the next week I tired to forget about him.
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| he has to smell everything, of course. |
a week goes by and i couldn't stand it anymore. me and the other human already agreed that Fae was acting strange-- even more so then than previously-- and we both concluded that a friend might be a good thing for her if we could find one that was suitable. well, i started casually mentioning Iggy and eventually showed Iggy's file to the other human. he liked Iggy too but we were still undecided and went back and forth on the issue for the next week.
this past sunday i woke up determined to call the RSPCA to at least find out how he was doing at his foster home and let them know that someone was interested in him. i was worried because if he wasn't recovering welll he would probably end up being euthanized and even if he were recovering well they may euthanize him anyway if they deem his condition too hard to find a home for.... i wanted them to know that someone was interested in him despite his condition.
upon calling the RSPCA, i was told that his condition was improving but he still wasn't well. as i had feared, the person on the other end of the line voiced concern about him being adopted because even though his breed was very desirable his condition was not. she wasn't sure when/if he would leave his foster home and become available for adoption, but she said that she would keep me updated on his condition. :)
the next day (this past monday) i received a call from another person at the RSPCA. again i was told about his condition-- that it is something that he would possibly need lifelong treatment for etc-- and then i was asked if i wanted to meet him. of course i jumped at the opportunity, despite the fact that Iggy was at a shelter 2hrs drive away! i told the person that we would come on thursday.
fast forward to yesterday, the day of the most exciting and anxious roadtrip ever! we drove to Toowoomba, a small mountain town west of Brisbane. it was the farthest west i've been in Queensland yet and was a really interesting ride, but i'll skip that part. :P we arrived at the small RSPCA shelter sometime around 2pm and was taken to meet Iggy who had been brought back to the shelter and was staying in a kennel in the cattery.
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| Fae did this soon after we got her too! |
talk about a talkative cat! i thought Fae was really talkative, but Iggy takes the cake. he wandered around free in the small cattery talking up a storm and exploring everything while we watched and talked to the adoptions person. even in the environment that was the kitten-filled cattery Iggy had quite the personality. we loved him and decided to take him home with us. :) after filling out some paperwork we made the 2hr trek home with a very scared/angry and LOUD Iggy in a box in my lap (see previous post). it was a very, VERY long ride home.........
to be continued!
(the following is in Esperanto / ĉi sube troviĝas Esperanto)
