Where can I give my cat in adoption ?
I am looking for a place in PA to give my cat in adoption but I don't know where to go or call. I have a premature baby and he is not allowed to be close to my cat. I have put the add in the news paper for a month in a raw but nobody looks interested for my female cat and I cannot keep it anymore because of my newborn baby. Please help.
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1. Where are you in PA? As a general rule you can call any local shelter and they should be able to take it. If you are in the eastern side of the state I can give you some more specific places.2. Here are some No-Kill Animal Shelters in PA.
http://www.nokillnetwork.org/d/Pennsylvania
http://www.paontheweb.com/search/?query=no%20kill%20animal%20shelters%20in%20pa
http://www.pennsylvaniasweb.com/search/?query=no%20kill%20cat%20shelters%20PA
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/happytailsnkas.html
http://www.hillsidespca.com/
3. I dont like the shelters because they can sometimes be dirty an no one may rely take good care of the animals, so i go to a website called www.craigslist.com its kinda like ebay but its local to were ever some 1 might live so theres no shipping, u can just meat the person (people) an see if they seem like some 1 who could take proper care of the animal.
4. Can anyone in your family take your cat in during the meantime?
I'm surprised that your doctor will make you get rid of the cat. Getting rid of the cat is not the solution because your newborn baby will still be exposed to the thousands of dander that has been all over the house. Your baby would be exposed to the smells of a cat. Your baby will be exposed to the fur...I never heard of a house that was 100% fur free after getting rid of the cat. There's always fur all over the place, it's impossible to get rid of them.
If your newborn baby is not sick from the cat by now, then it's not the cat that you need to get rid of. If your baby was exposed by your cat, he would be sick by now...and is he sick?
If your doctor is concerned about toxoplasmosis, that's almost pure BS. You literally have to eat cat stool in order to get it.
If it's a temporary thing to allow your newborn baby get better, I recommend that you give your cat to a close family member and have a contract written up that you will care for 1/2 of the stuff and that the cat will be given back to you.
There's thousands of mothers that have cats. When I was born, two semi-feral cats slept with me in my bassinet.
Other than that - find a no-kill shelter.
5. I would ask the doctor if their concern is toxoplasmosis.... if so...
1. Not all cats have it.
2. The cat can be tested for it
3. If the cat DOES have it, a round of antibiotics will get rid of it.
Sadly a LOT of doctors out there are completely ignorant when it comes to animals and risk..... they assume risk, even when their is none and advise people to get rid of pets because they'd rather err on the side of caution.... to some extent this is understandable.... but it gets carried to the furthest extreme with no basis is medicine or science far too often. I can't tell you how many pregnant women have said they had to get rid of their cat because the doctor said so.... then you give them the information to take into their doctor about testing for toxoplasmosis and that it can be cured in the cat .... and the doctor had no idea that was the case.... admits that and STILL says they should get rid of the cat "just in case". Personally, if a doctor told me that, I'd get a different doctor because I would know they didn't know what they were talking about.
Now if your baby has asthma, or allergies, then you have a different issue and keeping the cat away from the baby makes perfect sense.... but so does getting a good air cleaner for the baby's bedroom.
Perhaps a family member or friend could foster the cat for you for a while until the baby's immune system has played "catch up"?
