This is Jack. Jack was not someone I had planned for but I love this little bundle of joy with all my heart, and he’s kind of obsessed with me so now we’re a package deal. I’m not posting to gloat about my incredibly handsome, super funny, snuggle bug, but I want to share some things that made this wonderful cat unadoptable in the eyes of most people.
Firstly, black cats are the least likely to be adopted due to some ridiculous, superstitious mumbo jumbo that still sticks around in people. Personally I think black is awesome and I’m planning on putting batwings on him at Halloween because it’ll be freaking fantastic. But the biggest reason he is unlikely to be adopted is because animals with special needs are highly unlikely to be adopted. Jack may look just fine right now but he is feline leukaemia positive. It’s an incurable virus that makes him highly susceptible to illness and means he will have a short little lifespan. I have seen this disease in action too many times so I know exactly how it goes; he’s going to be fine and dandy right up until the day that he isn’t and then he will get very sick and be gone quickly. My heart is already breaking just thinking about it, but HE doesn’t know that is life will be short. HE doesn’t know he’s going to get sick and leave this world faster than either of us would like. Nope, that information my burden and my heartache, and i can’t run away from it and put him back into a shelter where I know he’ll spend his life wondering where his cuddle partner went. He just knows that at 7 am everyday (even weekends) he likes to stick his face in my face to wake me up. He know he likes to watch Kitty TV on the window sill and chill with his buddies, the neighborhood outdoor cats who come visit him. And he knows that he can cuddle up on my lap or my shoulders anytime he damn well pleases. So Jack and I are gonna have a good run together. We’ll have lots of cuddles, lots of laughs, and we’ll enjoy the time we have while we have it. It’s gonna hurt like a bitch, everything does these days so I’ll take this too.
This is what I want to say to others out there; if you can find it in you heart to give an animal a chance who may otherwise be over looked. DO IT. It’s worth it. These little souls deserve the chance to have a home. The older ones, the special needs ones, the funny looking ones. The little bastards that spray their food and litter all over the place. They need you more than a perfect little kitten or puppy ever would. Please please please give them a chance.
