Bruno (morning writing, cats)

[elainegrey]

We are welcoming Bruno, a young charcoal grey cat, in our home. He was a kitten rescued during Helene last year, and we are his third placement. It seems that children and a tumultuous household may stress him, and he has some sort of GI/urinary tract issue.

Christine had reached out to Cat Tales Cat Cafe (cattalescatcafe.com) on Thursday -- i think because her sister is likely to adopt from there -- to discuss our outdoor space as they only adopt for indoor cats. I overheard her chatting, explaining our past, acknowledging their boundaries, and concluding that they could keep us in mind if there were any cats who came through them who would be exceptions.

Thursday night she received an email:

 Thank you for your application for a cat in our rescue.... And we usually require that the cats adopted through our rescue are indoor only cats with a few exceptions. And I wanted to discuss one of those exceptions. Let me tell you a little about Bruno.

Bruno was found during the heavy rainstorms we got in our area from hurricane Helene last year. He was found with 3 siblings, all of whom have been adopted. Bruno was adopted as well but he was returned to us when he had inappropriate urinary issues when he never had those issues before. Bruno was a fairly shy guy and had been adopted into a very busy household with a bunch of kids. We believe it was just too much for him and the inappropriate peeing is stress related in addition to crystals being present in his urine. We had another person adopt Bruno and they were aware of his issues and told us they wanted to work on it with him. They also have young kids and they told us that Bruno only peed inappropriately when the children were around. So we feel strongly that Bruno could be a good indoor/outdoor cat in a low stress household without children. He loves people and other cats but has never been around a dog so that's an unknown factor. ....

 I personally fostered Bruno for a couple of months before he went to the second adopter and he never had a peeing incident unless a young person or a stranger was around. Would you be willing to give this very handsome, sweet and affectionate guy a try? He needs a special place that's not easy to find. He really is a gem and deserves to have a happy home.

Bruno was returned to the fosterer on Thursday evening. By end of work Friday we had chatted with my sister (who has a cat with crystal and kidney issues) to see what her experience was, and made plans to check him out. We brought him home last night. It's been OK so far, although i probably rushed taking him from the bathroom to the front room where there is a bed he can disappear under. He did get up to see me, but when i pulled a kleneex out to address a dingleberry he disappeared again.

He has a higher pitched meow. He was apparently named according to a pixar theme, and Bruno of Encanto is his eponym. (Haven't seen the movie; listened to the song, and read about the character last night.)

I hope he foresees peace and quiet with us.

Meanwhile, Christine is in a migraine cluster. My labile moods remain.

Comments

[annie_r]

He sounds very sweet. My own cats eat rx urinary kibble (Royal Canin) since Dutch once had an issue with crystals, and it's just easier to feed them both the same food (they get canned also.) He's never had an issue since then.
I hope I get to meet him when he settles in (and will tolerate a stranger without peeing.)

Can you not put enough bedding in the bathroom? I kept Finn separate for at least a week or two, but by then Dutch was playing footsie with him under the door. I did have to keep going in and playing with him, and he was/is a social eater, which I only realized when he ate as soon as I came in.

Has Marlowe been sniffing yet?

[elainegrey]

I'd brought him into the front room to more comfortably sit with him, but we did have everything set up in the bathroom. Introductions have gone well but not ready to not be supervising.

[elainegrey]

He's also on a special gastrointeric diet that does not seem to match his issue. So vet visit today to sort it. The rescue seems good and he's all vetted in theory, but our vet we trust. My sister also has a cat that has had crystals, and i think she has the same food as you for her boy -- we talked to her before taking on Bruno.