Herkimer

SPECIAL NEEDS: FeLV+. Looking for a sweet, playful, friendly cat? Herkimer is your guy! This little fellow loves to hang out with people -- greets you at the door, and sits in your lap or beside you, and purrs the moment you pet him. He is friendly with guests too. Likes to get at least one good play session in per day. We don't really know his full back story as he showed up at an office one morning, rubbing up against everyone in his path. But he needed some medical attention and nourishment at that point, which he received. We cleaned him up, fixed his eyes (surgery for entropion), and he is picking up weight very nicely. Although he is FeLV+, he is otherwise healthy and full of energy and ready for his forever family. It should be a home with no other cats or cats that are FeLV+ as FeLV is contagious (but not to dogs or humans). He could live a long, healthy life, or he could pass at a younger age because he has a compromised immune system (should be indoors only). But he still deserves love and will return it multiplied.Like all our cats, he is neutered, up to date on age appropriate vaccines, microchipped, dewormed and started on monthly flea preventative. Meet Herkimer by completing an adoption application, He is currently hanging out in a foster home getting a break from a cage. All Mountain Pet Rescue (Asheville) animals are up-to-date on vaccinations, spayed/neutered and micro-chipped before adoption. Contact the foster parent or Mountain Pet Rescue at [email protected] for more information. Please note that visual breed identification of companion animals has been proven to be unreliable, so for most of our animals we provide a best guess at predominant breed or breed mix. We get to know each of our animals as an individual and do our best to describe and place pets based on personality not breed label. Mountain Pet Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax deductible charity (EIN 82-3039637) located in Asheville, NC.