Fred’s story is one among pleasure and mutual therapeutic. Nobody may have anticipated the moment bond between a loveable orange FIV-positive tabby and a cat-loving widow. However this unlikely duo had been clearly meant to be collectively!
A tough begin
Fred arrived on the Ontario SPCA Lennox & Addington Animal Centre mid-December 2022, with chunk wounds on his physique. The care staff estimated he was about three years previous.
“Fred got here in trying like he’d been roughed up a bit bit. So we examined him and found he was FIV optimistic,” says Kristy White, Supervisor of the Lennox & Addington Animal Centre.
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), is often transferred from cats by means of deep puncture wounds. Along with having a weakened immune system, White says Fred additionally had an abscess on his leg that required therapy, and gum illness – a standard complication of FIV. Though having the virus doesn’t preclude a full and comfortable life, a analysis can imply an extended time ready for adoption. However Fred by no means let that get him down!
“Fred was the sweetest. He had fairly a crackly meow; he seemed like a bit grandpa,” says White. “He was tremendous pleasant and comfortable.”
A form donor generously paid for Fred’s adotion price by means of the Ontario SPCA’s Undertake-it-Ahead program to assist him discover the suitable house sooner. Even with that serving to paw, the animal care staff was ready for an extended journey forward, as FIV optimistic cats are sometimes neglected by potential adopters. Possibly it was destiny that introduced Stefanie to the animal centrejust a number of weeks after Fred arrived..
New beginnings
A yr after Stefanie stated goodbye to each her husband and her adored cat, solely two weeks aside, she says she determined it was time to carry one other cat into her life.
“My method has all the time been to have the shelter workers pick a cat that’s unlikely to be adopted. That’s the one I take house, and this time was no totally different,” Stefanie says.
She was open to adopting any cat below one situation – if she adopted a male cat she would identify him “Fred.”
“Freddie Bodek was an expensive pal of my father, Stefan,” says Stephanie. “They designed and constructed a tailless glider collectively within the 50s. My brother and I adored Freddie, and he liked youngsters. He drove cool vehicles, together with a Citroen, and naturally, he gave us rides. My accomplice, George Knight, who liked cats and handed away two years in the past, had Alfred for a center identify, so my cat’s identify is a tribute to 2 great and distinctive characters. Aptly so, since Freddie the cat is a novel character!”
After being proven into the adoption room and launched to the cats Stefanie was proven a giant orange cat, who simply so occurred to have the identify “Fred” written on his kennel. She says she knew it was destiny.
It was a bittersweet goodbye for the animal care staff, who had fallen in love with Fred in his brief time with them.
“It was form of a meant-to-be state of affairs when Stefanie got here in, and we had been more than pleased to get Fred into his perpetually house,” says White.
A cheerful ending for Fred
Together with his voracious urge for food, chatty angle, infinite purrs, and entertaining habits, Stefanie says Fred has introduced quite a lot of pleasure and luxury into her life. Stefanie says she’s constructed a small deck enclosure and a screened tunnel that can finally result in a catio she’s having constructed so Fred can benefit from the open air safely.
“I can consider nothing extra blissful and therapeutic than curling up with a e book and a purring cat with velvety paws and face. I really imagine we had been meant for one another,” she says.
There are lots of animals like Fred throughout the province ready for his or her perpetually houses. Go to our web site to view animals ready adoption.
