[RL Post] Smudge needs a new home. Help?

[ratherastory]

Does anyone local know someone in need of a cat? (By local I mean Montreal, Canada, and thereabouts)

Poor Smudge is not adjusting well to the dog.

Worse, the dog is not adjusting to Smudge either. The dog got into the spare room tonight where Smudge has been camping out, lunged up onto the furniture after him and tried to bite him. Or eat him, I honestly can't tell. He literally had his jaws around poor Smudge by the time I managed to intervene, and I nearly broke my finger getting them apart.

Since Sergent is here to stay and is fine with the other two cats, I think I need to re-home Smudge in a nice, calm place where there are no other cats or pets of any kind. He's a sweet, affectionate cat with people—it's just other animals he doesn't get along with. He hasn't had any behavioural issues in years: he always uses the litter box (even the whole time the dog was stressing him out, no less!), and cuddles with me and purrs whenever I go into the room.

As much as it breaks my heart, I think he would do better in a single cat household. Right now I feel like he's being punished for something that's not his fault or his doing.

Anyone in the area looking for a cat? Or do you know someone looking for a cat? If you do, point them my way, please. Smudge deserves a better life than the one he has now. If there's interest, I am happy to answer any and all questions about my kitty)

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[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Just breaking in to say that crossing the border with a cat is no big deal -- my late cat and I drove back and forth from Toronto to the states many, many times. If you're driving, all you need is a rabies vaccination certificate, and I've never once had anyone actually ask to see it. If you're flying, you need a health certificate from a vet issued within I think ten days of departure certifying that the animal is fit to fly -- that's true for flying within the States as well, it doesn't have to do with crossing the border. The one thing to be careful of is, weirdly, cat food. It's simplest not to try crossing the border with pet food in the car at all, but if you do, crossing into the States, you want food that was imported from the States originally, and it should be in its official bag that says so, not in tupperware or something.

Ratherastory, sorry I'm full up on cats and too far away. I hope Smudge finds a good home!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no worries, I didn't think that 99% of my fandom friends would be close enough, but word-of-mouth helps sometimes, you know?

I'm going to keep looking.