So, I gotta admit, the black kitty, whom I named Miss Sass because of her personality, won me over pretty fast. She came with a bit of an attitude, would grumble at the other cats, and while she never bit or scratched, she was feisty and let you know your place. She's packing a lot of personality in her pint-sized frame. And given where she came from and what she endured, being feisty served her well.
I was rather surprised that black cats are the last to get adopted at shelters and many times get looked over. There is the persistent superstition that black cats are bad luck. And when you think of how a normal shelter is set up, the holding pens are dark and a black cat who might be timid and sitting in the back would be hard to see. Black cat syndrome is a challenge for many black cats looking to be adopted.
I even recognized this with Miss Sass because when taking pictures of her in our dark basement spare bedroom that I've turned into the cat rescue room, she would show up as just a black blob. I brought her upstairs to my office and an upstairs bedroom with natural light to conduct a photo shoot with her to get some pictures of just how pretty she is.
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Miss Sass got her spay and I was thankful to hear from the vet technician that no, she was not preggo, which had been a fear.
She bounced back super fast from her surgery and I think she was also happy to have the entire cat foster room to herself. I could tell that she had only mildly tolerated the tabby twins and that she was much more a people-oriented kitty who'd be best suited in a home where she would get all the attention she so richly deserved.
Through the power of social media, "V", who'd adopted the tabby twins, shared Miss Sass's adoption information and his cousin reached out with an interest as she and her teenage son specifically had been looking for a black cat to adopt.
On Saturday, Dec. 4, they came to meet her and away she went with them. She made herself right at home and they renamed her "Lucky", which she most definitely is!
Three down, seven more to go!
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