Adopt

My name is Tawny!

Posted 1 month ago | Updated 1 month ago

My basic info

Breed
Domestic Shorthair
Color
Tortoiseshell
Age
Adult
Sex
Female
Pet ID
22017381
Hair Length
short

My details

Alert icon Not good with kids
Alert icon Not good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Tawny (1-2 years old) 

Tawny is a tortoiseshell cat with large attitude to match. When she came to our shelter, she had an injury and felt under the weather, but as she has healed and felt better by the day, her outlook has improved, too. She likes to play with the wand toy, and she ventures out to say hello and beg for treats. Because she is a tortoiseshell she has some of that famous “tortitude.” If you aren’t familiar with tortitude, Tawny will teach you all about it. She’s an opinionated kitty, and she will tell you exactly what she wants and what she does not want in no uncertain terms. If you are patient and gentle with her, she will be friendly and sweet. Playing with her is the way to her heart, as are tasty treats (but not too many, as she is slightly heavy). She loves to take long naps, too. If your home and your heart are big enough for this super-sized personality, please stop by and let Tawny give you the once-over. If she approves of you (and it is her choice…), she may allow you to take her home with you and worship her. Tawny would do best in a home without children or dogs. She probably wants to be an only cat with all your attention focused on her!

November 3, 2025, 9:40 am
Shelter

Contact info

Pet ID
22017381
Contact
Website
Address
9 9th Street South, Fargo, ND 58102
Donation
www.catscradleshelter.org or look for the Corky's LEGacy button on our Facebook page

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

Cat's Cradle requires an application, site visit, and interview. If a prospective adopter rents their home, we will call the landlord to confirm that pets are allowed on the property. Our adoption counselors will work hard to find the best match for the both family and the shelter cat. Our 2012 adoption fee is $109. This includes: intake health exam & FEL/FIV screening; 3 doses of roundworm de-wormer (and other parasite screening/treatment when necessary); age-appropriate vaccinations (rabies and distemper, including booster shots for kittens); spay or neuter surgery; microchip; and any other medical treatment recommended by the attending or consulting veterinarian(s) (for injury, illness, infection, etc). We allow a three week trial period to make sure that the cat and his/her new family are a good match, and if things don't work out...we always want our cats back! We prefer to adopt in our own area because A) we insist on meeting prospective families and B) we will not risk shipping our cats. We reserve the right to decline to adopt any cat into a situation that we feel will not meet his/her needs.

Go meet their pets

9 9th Street South, Fargo, ND
Open houses Tuesdays 4-7pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. If these times don't work for you, please call us at 701-356-7877 and we will arrange a private visit. Please be aware that there is usually at least a 24 hour delay between filling out an application and bringing a cat home, as we need time to check references.

More about this shelter

Cat’s Cradle Shelter, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-run, no-kill shelter located in Fargo, ND. We opened on January 1, 2012. Our mission is to create a more humane and compassionate world, one cat at time. Cat’s Cradle is a colony-based shelter with 7 colony rooms and an isolation/medical room with seven private units (plus room for additional temporary units). We utilize foster homes for kittens less than 12-14 weeks old and for cats needing extra medical care or socialization/attention. Most of our residents are last-chance pound rescues. We typically have between 60 and 90 cats in care (it varies with need), and adopt 30-40 each month (hopefully more!). Cat’s Cradle is part of a new, multi-disciplinary effort with staff from three pounds, animal control officers, veterinarians, and community supporters) to reduce the number of adoptable cats being killed in area pounds. We are proud to be an integral link since July 2012 to bringing the number of adoptable cats being euthanized in our community down to ZERO.

Other pets at this shelter