Hazel

Meet Hazel: A Heartwarming Story of Resilience and Hope Hello, kind souls. My name is Hazel, and Im a 2.5-year-old beautiful tortoiseshell cat with a unique orange blaze nose. My journey hasnt been easy, but Im here at the Animal Rescue Foundation, hoping to find a loving forever home where I can finally feel safe and cherished. I was part of an outdoor cat colony in Waterbury, where life was tough and filled with danger and people and wild animals that were hurting me and my friends. Thankfully, a local rescuer saved me and one of my fellow colony friends, Bonnie, from the harsh streets. Im not feral, so I was likely dumped when I was young, left to fend for myself in a world that wasnt kind to me. While I cohabitate with Bonnie at ARF, we are just friendly acquaintances. I actually lost a fellow feline friend who passed that I was bonded with not long after we were picked up off the streets (unfortunately help came too late for her and she succumbed to illness and disease from the street life). I hope to bond with another friendly cat loving cat, cat who might also be missing a friend. Im shy and still working on being more confident around humans, but I promise Im trying my best. I love to sit in high places where I can tuck in, stay warm, and watch whats happening in my free-roam cat room. Watching birds out the window is one of my favorite pastimes; it brings a sense of peace to my heart. I get along well with Bonnie and the other cats here, which gives me hope that I can adapt to a new home with a feline friend. Im looking for an adult home that is quiet, patient, peaceful and loving- nothing rambunctious. A place where I can blossom at my own pace and learn to trust again. Could you please give me a chance? Ive been through so much, and all I need is a lot of love and consistency to heal from my past. With your help, I believe I can become the affectionate and confident cat I was always meant to be. Thank you for considering opening your heart and home to me. With hope, Hazel Some very important things you should know when applying: Our cats/kittens have been fully examined by a vet and are healthy and up to date on all shots/vaccinations unless otherwise noted. Adoption fees for adult cats are $250 ($265 if microchipped by us). Kittens are $275 (microchipped). What our adoption fees include: Adult cats have received a wellness exam, fecal exams to test for intestinal parasites, treated for any known/existing conditions to bring them back to health, SNAP tested for FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus), FeLV (Feline Leukemia Virus), and Heartworm. They have also received flea/tick preventative, have been spayed/neutered and are up to date on both their distemper and rabies vaccinations. For kittens, they have received a wellness exam, fecal exams to test for intestinal parasites, treated for any known/existing conditions to bring them back to health, SNAP tested for FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus), FeLV (Feline Leukemia Virus), and Heartworm. They have also received flea/tick preventative. All cats and kittens have received their distemper vaccination(s) prior to adoption. Young kittens will receive their rabies vaccination at a time appropriate to their age and size (generally it is administered by our vets post-adoption or at the time spay/neuter and microchips are done). The adoption fee for all kittens includes the future administration of their rabies shot, spay/neuter and microchip at the time of spay/neuter by our partner vet(s). Specifically, if you are looking to adopt a kitten(s): We are only accepting applications for kittens adopted IN PAIRS (or, singly, if you already have a young friendly cat or kitten of similar age at home for them to bond with). It's vital for proper cat behavioral development that kittens have a friendly fellow kitten or cat playmate at home they can grow and learn from. For all applicants: Please note that our organizations long-time policy is that we do not adopt out our animals to households with children aged six or younger- we just dont know how our individual animals will react around young children who are still learning what it means to respect an animals boundaries and unfortunately, past experience has proven its a higher risk that a kitten or cat is returned to shelter because of this. We also do not adopt to out-of-state applicants other than towns bordering Connecticut or those not within a one and a half hour driving distance to our shelter. We also do not do same day adoptions- please expect to have at least 2 visits as part of the adoption process at our shelter- its important to us that we are properly matching animals to adopters and preparing our adopters for their special adoption day and all our ducks (or should we say cats?) are in a row. Sorry, no exceptions. Happily, we expect our volunteers to receive many inquiries for our cats and kittens. Unfortunately, if your application is incomplete, we will not be able to consider it. Please double check your application for completeness and accuracy prior to submitting it to us. Please be as thorough as possible when answering application questions as the more you elaborate, the more information we have to consider, the more likely we are to have a full picture of the care, support, and love our cats/kittens will receive for their adopted lifetime and your particular application will be at the top of our mind when placing cats/kittens in their chosen forever homes. Once your application has been reviewed and approved, we are happy to invite you and your family in for a personalized meet and greet appointment with our cats and kittens. You can learn about each cat/kitten and complete an application at ARFCT.org and submit it to our email at [email protected] for consideration. Thank you!