Here are three rescue cats that just happen to be at the top of Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue’s (RMFR) Flickr page. I did not select them with care. They were just there and I thought, “these cats are beautiful”. For a moment, I am putting aside the fact that all cats are equally beautiful. I am looking at rescue cats as competition for pedigree cats. A lot of people select cats on appearance. Well, on that criterion, these cats are stiff competition to pedigree cats.
Zoey: Glossy black coat. Strong attractive face. Bright yellow contrasting eyes. She has her claws too! No one declawed her. Character as described by RMFR: “a very sweet girl who loves getting attention”. She is a lap cat too and likes to talk a bit. Perfect. Her story: Her owners lost their home and had to move to an apartment where cats are banned. I don’t want to be cynical and please forgive me if I am wrong but that is a common excuse. I don’t want to set a standard that is too high but can’t people find a place where cats are accepted when they move? Zoey is estimated to be about 4 years old.
Pearl Duncan: I don’t have any information about her. I am sure it is because she has been adopted. She is a glamor puss. Long fur. Grey with a dash of brown, tabby and white coat. Plumed tail. Beautiful blue eyes. Charming looking, pretty cat. She’d beat a pedigree cat anytime.
Remy: Sharp alert face. Red tabby and white coat. Deep copper eyes to match. He is about a year old and “good with cats”. He’ll fit in nicely. Not declawed. Great.
There are many more beautiful rescue cats at RMFR. There are many more beautiful rescue cats all over the country – any country. Everyone should start at places like RMFR if they want to adopt a cat.
He has this interesting faint tabby tail as well. Lovely cat.
Here’s Oozy right after we brought him home. He had a URI and had a vet visit that first week but he’s fine now. He was a poser for the camera even back then.
He going to be a BIG cat. Another month and he’ll be as big as Lucky and Renny. After that we’ll just have to wait and see. We’re keeping his name though. Anyone ever breaks in on us I’ll yell “get the oozy” and hopefully they’ll think we have a big gun. LOL. He seems to enjoy having him picture made.
Fabulous looking cats Elisa. Great picture. Oozy is an awesome looking cat. It is so nice to see them getting along so well too. Well done.
Oozy is probably the only cat in the world named after an oozing abscess. At least the shelter had been giving him pain medication as well as antibiotics. He had been there a month earlier when we foster 2 different kittens and this time he came to the front of his cage in one of the cat room where the cats weren’t even being networked for adoption. He’s a mean little booger. Likes to bite Laura on the finger just to hear her in pain. He loves Sealy and tries to lay near him. And Brinkley and Lucky have practically adopted him. Look how shiny they are.
Pearl Duncan looks like a pedigree cat and as you say this sort of cat might be euthanised at a shelter. I don’t know what the policy at Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue’s (RMFR) is. I hope all the cats are rehomed.