[Felvtalk] What happens to our cats when we are gone

[Rachel Dagner]

Well hopefully you will be around for a long time to come, I think you
said you are not adding anymore to your to home brood, which is good
because it will be less to handle for family when you someday, way, way in
the future "check out". It sounds like your sanctuary will be the best
place for them, if there are a few that can't adjust maybe a family member
can either help those or find them a good home. Are you going to leave the
sanctuary to the woman who lives there or your kids? You could maybe even
leave the sanctuary to an established WV rescue, that way they could keep
your legacy of saving lives going even after you are gone. If you are
feeling tired and it is too much for you, you could start transferring
some of the ones from home you think would do ok at the sanctuary, instead
of adding any new outside ones when one is adopted or passes away. After
all it's not like they are gone, they are just living in a different house
and you can visit them whenever you want, while not overwhelming yourself
with too much work at home.

-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Lorrie
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 4:06 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What happens to our cats when we are gone

I remember that conversation about what would become of our cats when we
check out. At 83 I'm in good health, but time is against me.  I have 13
cats at home and three kids and three grown grandkids, but they all have a
bunch of animals of their own.  The wonderful lady who lives in my cat
sanctuary said she'd take them, but there are 25 cats there and it would
be a real burden for her, and some of my cats would freak out with that
many new cats, even tho there is a lot of space for them there.

I searched for other sanctuaries, but they are really expensive for as
many cats as we have.  Rustic Hollow was mentioned and sounds good, but
it's in Iowa or someplace far from us in WV.

Lorrie


>  I am actually thinking that next time around I will adopt a more
> senior cat. My age is getting to be more "senior" in nature,  and I
> worry that if my pets outlive me, what will happen to them?
>  Both of my kids say they would take them, but my daughter is more  of
> a dog person, and her hubby is very allergic to cats. And my  son
> loves cats, but is gone all the time traveling. I just  don't think
> either would be an ideal situation.
>
>  Ardy

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