Honestly, if the cat is not a cute little kitten, it doesn't really matter how old they are, they're just not going to be first pick unfortunately. They claimed he was 1.5 but the vet we took him to said he was barely 1 by his estimations. And he was at the shelter! And the volunteer walked in and verbatim 'Oh good! You found Mario!' Well fuck. I found a precious cat who was SUPER playful. There were about 4 cats in there though 1 left to the catio thing. I said goodbye to him and then went into the other cat section our humane society has.

I went to say goodbye to Franklin so he'd know why he wasn't coming with me. He'd been at the shelter for FOUR months, he was 5 years old and not neutered. I was also instantly on fire and likely an asshole cause all I kept thinking and saying to myself while driving was those negligent assholes. I'd spent close to $100 on furnishings for a big boy, I was literally on the way to the humane society to get him. They want him and are coming to get him.' She then tried to tell me there was another cat named Mario I might be interested in and I just said thanks and ended the call. But when we were getting him ready for you we found one, scanned it, and called the registered owners. When we brought Franklin in we checked him for a chip and didn't find any. I set up to adopt him (had to clear him with my roommate to make sure she liked his temperament since we already had her cat in the home) and the day I'm going to get him the volunteer calls me and says 'I'm so sorry. He'd been in the shelter for 4 months at the time, and he was intact when they caught him so he'd been fixed while in there. I was trying to adopt a 5yo giant Tom cat.

Orange tabby cat for adoption