Pet of the Week for November 2, 2024
With pumpkins still sitting plumply on porches and autumn leaves creating their vibrant displays, it’s the time of year for orange. In honor of this warm and cheery color, this week’s Pet of the Week is dedicated to Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter’s [1] many splendid orange cats.
[2]Orange cats usually get snapped up pretty quickly, but for some reason, we’ve got seven right now. Well, six-and-a-half. But we’ll get to that later.
Here are a half-dozen of our lovely orange felines, listed alphabetically:
- Baxter [3] is both the biggest and the oldest. He’s nine years old, 18 pounds, and a big ball of sweetness and affection.
- Curtis [4] is two years old, has beautiful eyes, and is a very good boy.
- Denver and Klay [5] are a bonded pair of seven-year-old besties who love to snuggle with each other but also love being with people. These boys are bright-eyed and curious, and ready to join your family.
- Diamond [6], now two, started his life at FAAS very scared, and was not doing well in a standard cat kennel. So we decided to make him our lunch-room cat so he could get some peace and quiet, and once he acclimated, he thrived! He now sits in at staff meetings, joins people at lunch, and pretty much owns the room.
- Peanut [7] isn’t quite orange, but his buff coat is close enough for us to put him in this category. He’s a sweetie pie, a gentle purr machine, and just a year old. A total sweetheart, playful Peanut will be a great pet.
- Now, about that not-quite-orange cat, Phantom [8].This gorgeous, quiet, affectionate seven year-old’s face is a stunning chimera—one side is calico, the other is a mix of calico and gray tabby. She is a true beauty, and very sweet.
Check out the profiles of these fabulous felines on FAAS’s adoptable cat page [9] and visit them in person at one of the two FAAS locations where they live! (Their locales are noted in their individual descriptions.)