Posted on 04/16/2014 8:05:47 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Cats are surrendered to animal shelters due to any number of owner complaints: clawing up the furniture, fighting with other pets, not liking the owners new baby.
But for black-and-white Domestic Shorthair Lenny, who was rescued from a Rochester, New York, park in February and brought to the Scottsville Veterinary Hospital & Adoptions shelter, finding a forever home is something that eluded him for a very unusual reason.
Lenny is one gassy kitty.
Shelter staff thought theyd found a wonderful home for Lenny last month, but after only two days with his new family, they were back at the adoption center to return him.
He farts all the time, the family wrote on Lennys surrender form.
Lennys former owners even recommended the sweet but smelly feline might make a better outdoor cat because the frequency and stench of his intestinal emissions.
And yet once back at Scottsville, staff members like Adoptions Director Jessica Giehl havent noticed anything out of the ordinary. All they knew was that Lenny is a great cat.
But since hes been back here, there havent been any problems, she tells the Democrat & Chronicle, but we did still nickname him Smelly Cat.
Determined to find this allegedly flatulent feline a forever family, Scottsville staff turned to their Facebook page, hoping to spread the word about Lenny.
Hello! the March 31 post begins. I was returned today because I fart too much. I am hoping I can find a person who can love me even with my stinky farts. I am a 19-month-old neutered male and would love to be your smelly cuddle cat. I am very friendly and love to be petted and held. I even am wearing a tuxedo so Ill look snazzy if you come to see me.
More than 150 Likes and 220 shares later, the shelters social media site lit up with supportive comments for the positively bubbly Lenny. Many wondered why the owner didnt try to work with Lennys veterinarian to find a better diet. But some simply pointed out how ridiculous it was to part with a pet because of something as trivial as gas.
What a stupid reason to not give a cat a home, one commenter wrote. I have four dogs that fart deal with it.
Best of luck to this handsome guy to find his perfect home with a lot of air fresheners, another joked.
One Facebook comment came from a woman who might have found an even sillier reason for dropping a cat off at a shelter.
Just as bad as a woman who returned a kitten to my mom because it didnt match her carpet, commenter Tina Korine Phillips replied on Lennys post.
Finally, the shelters efforts paid off. Lenny found his happy ending Monday when he was adopted by a friendly and decidedly not fart-phobic family.
One Facebook comment came from a woman who might have found an even sillier reason for dropping a cat off at a shelter. Just as bad as a woman who returned a kitten to my mom because it didnt match her carpet, commenter Tina Korine Phillips replied on Lennys post.
Well come on that makes sense... I've read the doggie threads here that discuss Labs. I hope she thought to match her couch as well!
Fortiflora works well. One of our many (39) cats has gut problems and farts louder than a lot of humans. We can hear him clear across the yard. LOL! Dry food for sensitive systems helps, too, in combination with the Fortiflora. It cut down on the problem big time and I’m sure he feels a lot better now.
My tabby snored once she turned ten. It was a very lady like snore, not a grumbly snore like my dad.
It was adorable. She was also a sneezer. The first time I ever heard her sneeze, she put her paw up to her nose, it was like she was a hoomin with a tissue.
Tabbies rock!
*chuckle*
Rename him Febreeze and get a lucrative TV Commercial Contract.
My cats do not phart
My dogs do though.....a lot
We’ve had our Female Chow Chow for four years.
Last year she Farted for the first time. When she did it, she jumped up and looked around, having no idea where the sound came from.
Once in a while she lets one loose, but since she’s a girl, they never smell. (Just like every Woman I’ve ever met)
Cough, cough...
Just a cute squeak and a very confused Dog wondering where it came from. I think she suspects we have Whoopee Cushions hidden in the Floor.
Great Dog, but she is Dumber than a Box of Barbara Boxers.
“It’s not your fault.”
Yes, my cat sneezes too...several in a row. Nothing adorable about it as with your cat though.
I'm not much a animal person...at least in having them. But this Tabby found me, and he was so sick, cold and wet. It was snowing awful and sooo cold. Found him wrapped under the barbecue tarp. Vet said he'd been on his own for a long time. His paws were actually callused! and loaded with fleas and earmites. So I took him in and he's been terribly spoiled since. I pretty much give him whatever he wants. My landlord said "That cat knows it hit the lottery!" LoL...
Surprisingly he's quite the gentleman cat....never meows outload but more under his breath like a soft gurgle. When he wants something he;ll stand where he' accustomed to getting attention he seeks...even sitting in the recliner and staring me down when he wants to watch a movie!
He's been a joy to have! I'm sure you feel the same about yours.....
The background music can be the Bangles’ “Eternal Flame.”
Veterinary Diets brand FortiFlora really helped our Shadow when she was bloated and farty.
She looked fat or pregnant (impossible), but she was just gassy. The FortiFlora really helped her, and she looks like a normal little cat again.
She is the smallest cat we’ve ever had.
thx
Whoever smelt it dealt it!
Thanks for the laughs, guys! That first owner didn’t want to bother to improve the kitty’s digestion and yes, probiotic is wonderful fur humans and pets. Glad they found a new owner and I hope the vet gave them some advice on nutrition.
We had a couple of Labs that would do the same with the figs that fell to the ground. They would pass gas and not care in the slightest.
Every day I had with my girl I treasured. I’ve had two cats in my life, both were rescued from shelters and considered impossoble to place. My tabby was rescued by her foster mom about a week before Christmas, she was with kitten. After her kittens were weaned and adopted out, she never took to the foster home. I guess it was because there were so many other cats there fighting for space, and every weekend she would be taken to open house adoption events which she did very poorly at because she was frightened,
Her foster mother found me through something I had said at a real life function about being a foster child in the system, and how wonderful it is to be adopted, I had just lost my first cat. That weekend I went about 20 miles out of my way to adopt her, and had her for 11 wonderful years.
It took her about six months for her to really trust me and begin to love me, but once she realized I just wanted to love her and spoil her, we became the best of friends.
She went to the Rainbow Bridge on New Years Eve. I’m still mourning. Right now I’m cat less.
I love your story. Give your boy lots of kisses from me,
I forgot to ask, is that picture your kitty?
Glad you liked, and glad Lenny found some better hoomins.
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