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Hi all,

Nick is a special needs Savannah currently in Corvallis, OR. He's
vision-impaired due to an anesthetic mistake during his neuter. Nick
"died" and it took them 45 minutes to revive him and his optic nerves
had been damaged severely. The specialist at the time felt he might
regain some sight and it does seem that he may see shadows, but in any
case cats are amazing in their ability to adapt to handicaps.

Nick is now 7 years old and is being surrendered from his third home.
Due to the stress that transporting and changing of environment for such
a special kitty, the breeder (Arden Morley of Camelottaspots) believes
that finding an adoptive home directly from the surrendering home is
preferable to transporting him to their home in Arizona. Then him
getting adapted to that and having to change environments all over
again. We agree with her so are helping look for this very special home.

It appears from discussions with his current home that Nick has some
litterbox issues, but what is not clear is if this really IS a problem.
He's peeing in the box but pooping beside it, so he does not have a
problem locating the box. What we believe is happening is some negative
interactions with the other kitties means he is not comfortable in this
box for a number of reasons. The current home is not able to work with
us on changing the situation to see if this improves.

Nick is a very human-sociable cat, he loves attention and is
leash-trained. What we have been told about him with other cats is that
he does not hiss or growl, but after sniffing noses will pounce on the
other cats. This has caused issues in his current home although we think
he is merely trying to play with the kitties who were not at all
interested. He doesn't chase but sits and meows sadly when they run off.

We want a home that would be prepared to make adjustments for a blind
(or vision-impaired) cat. We'd prefer it is not a super-busy household.
Likely it would be best if there were no other cats or else a cat that
would be interested in wrestling and playing under initial good
supervision. We think it important that the home be "stable" ie having
lived in that home for some time and unlikely to have to move anytime
soon. Obviously changes are much harder when a kitty is not seeing too well!

The adoption fee for Nick is the price of one consultation with Marilyn
Krieger (), a feline behavior therapist, plus one
followup consult. This would come to $210. We want the new home to
commit to having that consult with Marilyn to help this transition and
introduction to a new home. Marilyn has many ideas on helping Nick
adjust and also how to play with this kind of cat more effectively. Nick
deserves a home that is willing to make it work!

Please email us at info@... if you are interested in Nick AND
can drive to fetch him in Corvallis, OR or somewhere within 4 hours
drive of there (the current home is willing to drive this distance to
meet a suitable home).

Please do NOT ask us to ship Nick! If you would fly to Oregon and take
him back in cabin with you that may be possible but we will NOT ship him
cargo.

B

Brigitte Cowell
Director
Savannah Rescue