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About Catrick cheeky boof!
Meet Catrick. This guy has made a massive turnaround in his life and established a firm place in our volunteers' hearts! As a past street cat and bad-boy-turned-good, Catrick no longer thinks humans are scary.... in fact, he quite likes them! Apparently we skin folk are excellent providers of back scratches, chin tickles and treats, all of which are his new favourite things.
When this hunk of not so pretty on the outside but beautiful on the inside love, came into care he had such a sad face and just looked so dejected. As many of the boofer males who've had to fight for food and shelter their whole life do, he appeared to have given up :( But he hadn’t, and with a little love and a lot of care, Catrick slowly gained confidence. Fast forward a couple of months and what a change! This cheeky, cuddly boof is now partial to the finer things in life like soft beds, warm sunny spots, treat catching, and is even starting to play with toys. He absolutely loves being made a fuss of and will seek out his humans for cuddles and scratches!
All Catrick needs to complete the transformation of his life is his very own human to love, or even a family of humans. He's best suited to a quieter home as an indoor cat as he doesn’t go out partying much anymore, preferring to spend evenings eating snacks in front of Netflix :)
Medical notes
* Catrick is FIV positive however please don't click off his profile on reading this! Its important to understand what FIV means, its nothing like the stigma it has in the cat adoption field and is an unnecessary (and heartbreaking) barrier to amazing cats finding forever homes :(
How cats contract FIV:
Alot of FIV cats (pretty much all that rescue orgs come across!) are gentle, feline friendly and submissive. We believe they contract FIV from being bullied by more dominant roaming males, NOT from being aggressive, FIV does NOT equal aggression. A sweet boy like Catrick who loves his kitty buddies, is not a threat to other cats. FIV is ONLY transferred via deep bite wounds where the FIV cat's saliva and the other cat's blood mix this means there has to be a serious fight for transference to happen. A cat like Catrick would never initiate a fight or even argument with your existing cat, he's 100% gentle and loving towards them. If your cats is used to others and will happily accept a newbie into your home, they'd be absolutely fine together 😎
For the same reason, although Catrick wouldn't CAUSE the transference of FIV (he doesn't even know he has it!), he should be kept as an inside cat to avoid the chance of a roaming male seeing him as a threat and starting a punch on :)
FIV and health:
Many of our team members own FIV cats (who live in harmony with non FIV cats) and find that a quality dry food and occasional vet visit is suffice to keep these guys healthy. As long as they're vaccinated and aren't exposed to ongoing new cats which could be carrying various illnesses, there's no reason an FIV cat would be any less healthy than a non FIV cat :)
Please contact us if you have any questions about this or would like to discuss our gorgeous boy fitting into your home safely :)
Adoption details
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.
