TBT: A week ago, I mentioned contacting a no kill shelter. Well, apparently that was actually an organization of no kill shelters not an actual specific one. But they mentioned a couple of sites that help rehome cats.
One was "NextDoor" for neighborhood communications and there is a section for pets. I posted a notice. Yeah, that could be like Craigslist, but I am being very careful. At least it seems to keep things local. Several people posted about how beautiful he is. A few said they would love him, but they already have cats (or dogs). One said she was interested in him for her MIL who has not pets but would love a companion animal.
I looked up her name. The only one I could find close to here has a promising past of charity and health care work. She says her MIL has no cats, but would like a companion pet. There is some possibility here. I am not familiar with NextDoor, but it does seem like neighborhood groups exchanging information, rather than a sales site.
I'm not great at figuring out how to use such social media (messed up "reply" 2x). But I clicked on her avatar and was directed to a "contact" page. I sent a slightly more detailed message with my email address, blog address, and offerring to meet her with Laz in tow (or she could visit here). I mentioned again that Laz cannot be in a place with dogs or other cats. And tha Laz really is good with Humans (talkative, flops in front of me seeking attention, sleeps nicely with me at night, etc).
I mention this because I have gone back and forth about keeping Laz for many months. Hurt by his attacks on Ayla and Lori on one hand, sad because he loves me, and feeling like the calming medications are not changing his behavior.
And remembering that I promised him a forever home... And hoping maybe he would "grow out" of his fears some day.
That ended last night! Just an hour after I showed a picture yesterday of all of them napping on the bed calmly together, I was in the basement doing some transplanting and Lori showed up wanting to explore the garage. So I let her in. And Laz likes the garage too. And there has never been a problem when they were both in there.
And then suddenly there was. Laz attacked. Lori schreeched louder than ever before. When I opened the door, he was all over her. She even crashed into "garage stuff" knocking it over trying to get away. When she ran through the open basement door, I tried to grab Laz but he was too fast. It continued upstairs.
By the time I got up there Laz was still after her. I did get Laz away by yelling sharply. That does stop him. I got Laz closed in the bedroom to calm down for a couple hours. I soothed Lori.
I mentioned that "I have gone back and forth about keeping Laz for many months". That is now settled. Laz is leaving soon one way or another. It breaks my heart, but he just cannot stay here! His attacks on Lori are every 3-4 days now and she doesn't deserve to suffer like that. So this is going to stop.
If the current possibly-interested adopter decides to withdraw and no other people show an interest in Laz, I will have to bring him to a shelter. And I don't consider that very promising to his future. Laz is used to freedom and getting outside. Even in the morning, he wants to get outside more than he wants a meal.
I have sent an email to a cat-sanctuary in Virginia (https://www.kingstreetcats.org/info/contact). If you know about them or any others, let me know.
Being kept in a cage at a regular shelter would probably just make him crazier. And make him less adoptable. Who would adopt even a beautiful cat but who is yelling and screaming all the time?
But Laz is leaving somehow.