Queenie is still at her original Austin Pets Alive (APA) foster home. Last Summer, she was joined by two foster brothers -- Diego, a 2 year-old orange male tabby, and Kiwi, an adorably fiesty black tabby male kitten. They all got along remarkably well, and, though they all went to APA adoption events, it took a little while for those boys to be adopted.
Kiwi was adopted to a lovely little girl who fell in love with him just before Halloween last year. Diego, who was terribly shy at adoption events, moved to the new APA cattery at the Petco in Sunset Valley. It took him a couple of weeks to adjust to his new environment, but he came out of his shell and eventually charmed one of the APA volunteers who helps at the Petco cattery. He was adopted by this volunteer as a companion for her beautiful, blue male kitty -- they are now the best of friends. Though their fosters are a little sad not to have these boys at home any longer,we couldn't be more happy that Kiwi and Diego found terrific forever homes!
So, that leaves Queenie without her foster kitty companions. She had been attending APA adoption events last Fall, which is, of course, stressful for most cats and kittens. With all those hands poking through her crate trying to pet her, Queenie would just withdraw into herself and hunker down until it was over. Fortunately for them, but unfortunately for Queenie, her shyness made the other more outgoing kitties more appealing at the adoption events.And, since she had a couple of common minor medical issues in November, Queenie hasn't been to an adoption event in the last couple of months. But, she's nearly fully recovered and despite her shyness in public, Queenie is quite an affectionate cat! Her fosters were out of town recently and Queenie was cared for by a very nice pet sitter. It didn't take but a couple of days for Queenie to start chattering to the pet sitter and rolling over for belly rubs!
Now, Queenie has been in the APA cat program one of the longest of any of the foster cats -- nearly a year. (Of the 60 cats that APA had in the program in December who had been with APA longer than 6 months, 29 of them were adopted last month - yay!)
With the new year comes new hope that Queenie will find the perfect permanent home and family. (Her fosters love her, but would like to continue saving and fostering homeless cats, and cannot do that if they start adopting them!)
If you, or any pet lovers that you know, are looking for a sweet, playful, very cute and affectionate cat who has all of her vaccinations and is spayed, (not to mention those lovely long, white whiskers), please consider adopting Queenie!
