Griffin is a sweet, special guy waiting for his forever home. Could that home be with you?
Griffin, like most big long-haired cats we’ve known, is an affectionate and relaxed guy, and he quickly and easily adjusted to life in his foster home. He’s cautious but he doesn’t seem afraid of any other animals — he lives with three large dogs and five other cats!
Griffin is trained to walk on a harness and leash, and he loves his daily walks. He’s neutered and up-to-date on his vaccinations.
Griffin’s only issue is that he has a chronic urinary tract disorder which is controlled by a special diet. He must be on that diet for the rest of his life, but this is a small price to pay for sharing your life with such a personable cat!
If you’re interested in adopting Griffin, call the SPCA of Hancock County at (207) 667-8088 or visit their website.
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
In my world, Griffin is HIGHLY adoptable! I just don’t get why anyone would hesitate to take such a handsome, leash-trained guy home just because 1) he is not a kitten and 2) he has to have a special diet. I hope he gets a home VERY soon!
Chronic urinary disorder is a way of say he’s been surrendered for literally destroying a house with cat urine. He’s probably cryptoid and the shelter’s too silly to catch it. He’s trained on a lead because they take him out like a dog. The cat won’t use the box. He doesn’t need special food, he needs to be let back outside in an enclosed area like a dog. This cat will ruin everything you have unless you do that. It’s not that he doesn’t deserve a forever home but what he doesn’t deserve is to be surrendered over and over again because people are tricked. So far I have yet to hear of one urinary disorder that doesn’t cause improper urine elimination and if you know anything about cats you know that their urine is forever. Throw what you have away, replace that floor, carpet, section of the wall and you can delude yourself until you’re blue in the face you’re going to stink like a dirty nasty person who doesn’t care if you don’t go to those lengths. What’s worse is that the cat will return to pee there and so will your other cats if you have them. Marriages have broken up because of unyielding deluded cat owners refusing to surrender urine monster cats like what this shelter and apparently this website is trying to trick you into adopting without proper warning.
Bottom line is, everyone suffers. You could end up thousands of dollars in the hole and the cat is going to die anyway. Be prepared. Ask questions. If you want to save an incontinent cat skip the attempts to train it and buy an enclosure, put the cat outside and let it pee all over the great outdoors hooray.
Actually, Shocked, Griffin was adopted a couple of weeks after we posted this. He’s enjoying life in his new home, where he is NOT peeing all over the place and destroying his house and his person’s family. (Mama volunteers at this SPCA, so she knows the story.)