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My basic info
Breed
Domestic Shorthair
Color
Brown Tabby
Age
Adult
Sex
Female
Pet ID
–
Hair Length
short
My details
Good with kids
Good with cats
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Roxy is an affectionate cat, about 11 years old. She faced euthanasia after her owners learned of her diagnosis of diabetes. Their adult daughter reached out for help, and, knowing that diabetes is easily manageable and often curable in cats, I responded. Her description of Roxy: “Roxy’s behaviors: she’s very much a lap cat, and will twirl around your ankles until you kneel down to pet her- after which she will flop onto the floor and purr furiously. She loves being pet around her neck and ears, and will accompany you through a whole movie, or curl up next to you on your desk chair as your work from home. She doesn’t mind other kitties one bit, and doesn’t even mind dogs at arm’s length. She has never bitten or scratched anyone, and is best summed up as a puddle of love.”
My experience fostering her is consistent with this: she’s a sweetheart. She has not shown the slightest aggression to the other cats in my home, although she appears down at having lost the people she regarded as the center of her life.
Roxy needs insulin injections twice per day and minimal diet restrictions. If you give her her shots and feed her canned Fancy Feast, she should be fine. Insulin is not expensive: a six-month supply is about $300– less than $2 per day. Although this expense is minimal, because of it and the fact that the world does not beat a path to adopt 11-year-old diabetic cats, there will be no adoption fee.