Carbon Adopted!

October 2022 Carbon is adopted again to a wonderful FURR family!

When Mike saw a black cat walking around in our back yard, 1+ years ago, he yelled to me that our “Johnny Cash” had gotten out ! Mike flew out the door (it was dark outside) and went to scoop him up.

Once the kitty was in the house & it was obviously a really laid back cat, but he wasn’t our Johnny Cash.

Of course I rescued this “carbon copy” of our cat, and named him Carbon.

He was underweight, no collar, covered in fleas & NOT neutered! BUT, he was quite laid back & seemed to be looking for love & food. I’m not sure which he preferred more.

I checked all around the neighborhood, asked tons of people, posted him on Nextdoor, but to no avail. No one seemed to know how this cat landed in MY backyard. I do have a few guesses…..hmmmm…..cat lady’s house…..good place to discard a cat, right?

It wasn’t long before Carbon got adopted to a retired couple. After all, this was one AMAZING cat! He was beautiful, had a personality to die for and loved to be held. The couple also took another FURR kitty that I had also, so Carbon & Blaze went together! These were two amazingly wonderful cats.

A year later it was now April 2022. The couple called me to tell me they were selling their house & moving out of the country. They wanted to return Carbon & BLAZE! Of course I had a total meltdown & couldn’t believe it. Not only was I already overwhelmed with cats, these were two of the best cats we had ever had. Now they are a year older & homeless! What part of “adoption for life” or “your pet is a family member” don’t they understand! I was furious, disappointed & sad for the cats.

Thank goodness the couple’s daughter stepped up and took Blaze. Of course, I interviewed her fully. She already had cats & said she could only take in one more. She also actually agreed with me about her parents dumping the cats & leaving the country as being CRAZY! She lived in Florida, so poor Blaze had to be transported all the way to her house. It did work out well and she filled out all the necessary paperwork. Her house is beautiful and she updates me often on how Blaze is doing.

Carbon, bless his heart, had to come back to FURR & be uprooted & thrown back into a room full of cats he didn’t know.

He cried a lot in the first couple of weeks due to sadness, confusion & probably missing Blaze. I did notice that as long as someone was with him, petting him & talking to him, he was fine.

Carbon actually turned out to be everyone’s favorite cat to visit at FURR and my husband & me were no exception.

Low & behold, it didn’t take long for him to get a new and wonderful home! Carbon went to a family that I know all too well. They already have 2 FURR cats and another black cat! I knew this would be a huge blessing for Carbon and I knew this new family would NEVER abandon him!!!

Mike and I were both in tears when Carbon left. I know for a fact that we both wanted to keep him, but with 4 geriatric cats & 1 youngster that almost died, we had our hands (and finances) full.

Remarkably, Carbon adjusted to his new home with no problems whatsoever! He just blended right in and never missed a beat! The family already loves him to pieces and he gets along great with their other 3 cats!

I suppose it was just meant to be. I thank God for that. He is such an amazing cat!

We all miss him at FURR. He was one special kitty who would give u kisses if you scratched his back!

(Blaze is doing well also & his new family loves him too!)

June 2022 Carbon is once again safe and sound a FURR, eagerly awaiting his next FURRever home!

The Story of Carbon and Blaze

CARBON showed up at my house (go figure) as a VERY sweet UN-Neutered all black male, covered in fleas and begging to come inside.  He looked just like my personal cat, Johnny Cash, so I thought somehow Johnny Cash had gotten out, only to find it wasn’t him.  So, I named this new arrival Carbon because he was the carbon copy of our kitty!

I tried to find out who owned him, with no luck. I had planned on fixing him anyway before turning him back over to the owners, but no one ever claimed him.  Carbon was super sweet and fit in with the overloaded number of FURR cats just fine.

BLAZE was one of the kittens that I rescued behind a medical building in Hampstead.  I had found a colony of about 25 cats living back there and worked all summer to trap all of them, including several kittens.  All of them were fixed, I kept as many as I could (I kept all the kittens) and returned about 12 to the site.  The caretaker had been feeding them and making shelters, but needed my help in trapping and fixing all of them.  It was a huge job.  Blaze was tiny, with no mom, along with his siblings  I kept the kittens in my bathroom until they could be fixed and adopted out.

April 2022 previous owners notify FURR they are moving

Not quite a year ago I adopted out two AMAZING rescued kitties, CARBON and BLAZE.  This couple lived on the water and the cats had a beautiful view with a large house to run around in and play. 

The couple called me recently to say they had sold their house and were moving out of the country and so could not take the kitties with them. Their daughter, who lives in Florida, agreed to take Blaze.  However she cannot take both kitties, which is why Carbon desperately needs a temporary foster home!

Carbon is a lovely, sweet kitty, about 2 years old, very personable and I really have no where to put him.  Please ask anyone you know about fostering for a few months while I try to find him another home.  I think he is stressed about all the packing and moving, so I would love to find a foster home for him where he can be in a quiet and loving place.  He is well worth it!  If I had not had my Johnny Cash kitty, I would have kept him for myself.

For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on our Petfinder page!

Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to approved homes only in the Hampstead/Wilmington and surrounding area.

If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.