Monday, February 21, 2011

Of Cats and Conundrums

Where have I been all these months? Living, traveling, changing direction, and generally enjoying this ever challenging and rewarding phase of my life.

Now I am faced with a conundrum: a long-distance move is in the offing, and we are hosts to two senior cats who are not very movable. We would like to keep them as our family but have not been able to figure any way to get them across the country that would be safe for them and realistic for us. They cannot travel with us as we'll be driving for a couple of weeks, staying at different places each night, and certainly parking the car during the day (in hot weather) for possibly hours at a time. Then when we get where we're going, we will live in temporary lodgings for two or three months until we get a place of our own.


Finding new homes for them is not easy either. There are always many cats and kittens seeking homes, and senior cats are low on the popularity list, especially when one of them has takes a bit of extra care.

Clearing out years of "stuff" and getting the house ready for sale are nothing compared to our concern for these two furry souls who share our lives.


And then there's the tank full of guppies....

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Peg, your cats are beauties! I would take them in a minute if my husband weren't allergic. I hope you find new homes for these sweetie pies soon. - Paula

OnePourTree said...

Peg, Have you found anyone as yet for the cats. I hope you do. All the very best with your travel. By the way where are you shifting to?

Peg Silloway said...

Quite a bit after the fact, we did resolve our cat issues - Kira went into foster care and then flew out to join us in our new home in Oregon. Pipsqueak, sadly, stayed behind having reached the end of her long decline.