Hadley is a sweet senior cat who is looking for a quiet home to live out his golden years! This handsome gentleman has some health issues and he deserves to spend the rest of his life being spoiled like the king he is. Hadley can be a little shy at first, but he LOVES to be brushed and will seek you out when it's time to freshen up his hairdo! He also enjoys watching YouTube videos for cats and can regularly be found keeping an eye on the critters that live in the screen (when he isn't curled up in his favorite bed by the radiator, that is)!
Weight: 7.1 lbs
Spayed/Neutered: Yes!
Up to date on vaccines: Yes!
Microchipped: Yes!
Litter trained: Yes! They will potty in the litter box every time or nearly every time (rarely has accidents).
Cat sociability: Unknown! They have never met another cat while in foster care.
Dog sociability: Unknown! They have never met a dog while in foster care.
Kid sociability: Unknown! They have never met children while in foster care.
Likes: Sleeping in his cozy bed by the radiator, being brushed and petted, snuggling with his people, watching TV for cats
Dislikes: Not being comfy cozy
Hadley has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is FIV positive. He also has systemic hypertension (high blood pressure), which is currently well controlled with amlodipine, and a II-III/VI Right parasternal systolic murmur has been noted on examination. Additionally, Hadley does not have any teeth remaining. CKD is mainly a problem in mature and senior cats (seven years and older), affecting an estimated 30-40% of cats over 10 years and 81% of cats over 15 years. Only about 10% of the cases occur in cats less than three years old. CKD is the end stage of various disease processes rather than a specific disease in its own right. Most cats are effectively managed with diet change, including supplementation and one or two other treatments. Your veterinarian will work with you to determine the best treatment for your cat. Adopters should be aware that Hadley’s kidney disease is progressive in nature, and his overall life expectancy is expected to be limited, likely less than two years. Despite these conditions, Hadley can continue to enjoy a good quality of life with appropriate medical management and routine veterinary monitoring. He would benefit most from a calm, quiet home where he can receive consistent care and comfort during this stage of his life. Please inform your veterinarian of this history so they can monitor them and make a plan for their life long care, which may include a prescription diet and/or routine lab work to monitor the kidney function. This procedure can be performed with your regular veterinarian.
If you’d like to meet Hadley, please fill out an adoption application at animalcareleague.org/adoptions and send us an email at adoption@animalcareleague.org to schedule an introduction!
Hadley is a sweet senior cat who is looking for a quiet home to live out his golden years! This handsome gentleman has some health issues and he deserves to spend the rest of his life being spoiled like the king he is. Hadley can be a little shy at first, but he LOVES to be brushed and will seek you out when it's time to freshen up his hairdo! He also enjoys watching YouTube videos for cats and can regularly be found keeping an eye on the critters that live in the screen (when he isn't curled up in his favorite bed by the radiator, that is)!
Weight: 7.1 lbs
Spayed/Neutered: Yes!
Up to date on vaccines: Yes!
Microchipped: Yes!
Litter trained: Yes! They will potty in the litter box every time or nearly every time (rarely has accidents).
Cat sociability: Unknown! They have never met another cat while in foster care.
Dog sociability: Unknown! They have never met a dog while in foster care.
Kid sociability: Unknown! They have never met children while in foster care.
Likes: Sleeping in his cozy bed by the radiator, being brushed and petted, snuggling with his people, watching TV for cats
Dislikes: Not being comfy cozy
Hadley has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is FIV positive. He also has systemic hypertension (high blood pressure), which is currently well controlled with amlodipine, and a II-III/VI Right parasternal systolic murmur has been noted on examination. Additionally, Hadley does not have any teeth remaining. CKD is mainly a problem in mature and senior cats (seven years and older), affecting an estimated 30-40% of cats over 10 years and 81% of cats over 15 years. Only about 10% of the cases occur in cats less than three years old. CKD is the end stage of various disease processes rather than a specific disease in its own right. Most cats are effectively managed with diet change, including supplementation and one or two other treatments. Your veterinarian will work with you to determine the best treatment for your cat. Adopters should be aware that Hadley’s kidney disease is progressive in nature, and his overall life expectancy is expected to be limited, likely less than two years. Despite these conditions, Hadley can continue to enjoy a good quality of life with appropriate medical management and routine veterinary monitoring. He would benefit most from a calm, quiet home where he can receive consistent care and comfort during this stage of his life. Please inform your veterinarian of this history so they can monitor them and make a plan for their life long care, which may include a prescription diet and/or routine lab work to monitor the kidney function. This procedure can be performed with your regular veterinarian.
If you’d like to meet Hadley, please fill out an adoption application at animalcareleague.org/adoptions and send us an email at adoption@animalcareleague.org to schedule an introduction!
We do walk ins, unless the animal is in a foster home, which we would set up an appointment. Please fill out an application on our website, animalcareleague.org to get started.
We do walk ins, unless the animal is in a foster home, which we would set up an appointment. Please fill out an application on our website, animalcareleague.org to get started.
More about this shelter
The Animal Care League was founded in 1973 as the Village Humane Society to help homeless animals in the Oak Park community. After a few years of operations, the Humane Society realized the need for help extended beyond the Oak Park borders and changed its name to the Animal Care League to better communicate our purpose.
At the beginning, the ACL did not have a physical shelter to house animals. Instead, supporters cared for animals in their homes until a permanent home could be found. This personal touch was very nice, however, it greatly limited the number of animals that could be helped and made the adoption process very slow. In the late 1970’s, the Animal Care League rented its first shelter, relocating to a new building a few years later. For many years the shelter worked out of this small facility, but in 1998 we moved again to our current location. We have the capacity to house up to thirty-three dogs, more than 120 cats and many other little critters such as birds, rabbits, mice, snakes and even chickens.
From the very beginning, the ACL has had a policy of keeping adoptable animals until we could find them a home and this is still in practice today. This means that no matter how long it takes, we keep an adoptable animal with us until we find that right loving home. Even though the number of animals coming through our doors for help each year has increased by 100 percent in the last several years alone, we firmly believe in this policy and will continue to give every animal the best opportunity possible to find a new home. We have accomplished this by taking proactive approaches to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities.
The Animal Care League works very hard to keep our animals healthy, reduce the number and severity of behavior problems and to act proactively in finding new homes for our pets.
The Animal Care League was founded in 1973 as the Village Humane Society to help homeless animals in the Oak Park community. After a few years of operations, the Humane Society realized the need for help extended beyond the Oak Park borders and changed its name to the Animal Care League to better communicate our purpose.
At the beginning, the ACL did not have a physical shelter to house animals. Instead, supporters cared for animals in their homes until a permanent home could be found. This personal touch was very nice, however, it greatly limited the number of animals that could be helped and made the adoption process very slow. In the late 1970’s, the Animal Care League rented its first shelter, relocating to a new building a few years later. For many years the shelter worked out of this small facility, but in 1998 we moved again to our current location. We have the capacity to house up to thirty-three dogs, more than 120 cats and many other little critters such as birds, rabbits, mice, snakes and even chickens.
From the very beginning, the ACL has had a policy of keeping adoptable animals until we could find them a home and this is still in practice today. This means that no matter how long it takes, we keep an adoptable animal with us until we find that right loving home. Even though the number of animals coming through our doors for help each year has increased by 100 percent in the last several years alone, we firmly believe in this policy and will continue to give every animal the best opportunity possible to find a new home. We have accomplished this by taking proactive approaches to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities.
The Animal Care League works very hard to keep our animals healthy, reduce the number and severity of behavior problems and to act proactively in finding new homes for our pets.
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