Shelter reduces June cat adoption fees
PET BULLETIN
By Christine Cowett Robinson
The Central Aroostook Humane Society has many wonderful cats available for adoption. This is the ideal time to adopt a cat. To encourage cat adoption, the Central Aroostook Humane Society joins the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, marking June as Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. We are very motivated to find good, loving homes for the wonderful cats at our shelter, so for the month of June we are offering all cat adoptions at half their regular price.
Owning a cat is a long-term commitment and therefore deserves a serious amount of prior thought. It takes a considerable confidence to love a cat — one moment they are cuddling up looking for love and the next they are up and on their way, tail and nose in the air. To know them is to love them; to understand them is virtually impossible.
If you are thinking about adopting a cat, but have never owned one before, check with your veterinarian or with the Central Aroostook Humane Society for information on what it takes to be a good cat owner or rather to be owned by a cat. Proper planning before adoption is the key to success.
Have you planted your garden yet? Ever noticed that when the garden is tilled it becomes the biggest litter box in town! How can you keep cats out of your garden and still be kind? The website www.care2.com gives us the following tips, hope they help.
There are many herbs that cats don’t like to be around, including lavender, rue, geranium, absinthe and lemon-thyme.
This mixture is easy to make and can be used anywhere you want to repel cats (or groundhogs, for that matter): two parts cayenne pepper, three parts dry mustard and five parts flour. Simply mix together and sprinkle.
Use large, flat river stones in your garden beds to make the soil less accessible to digging, and so less attractive to cats. Besides, river stones are pretty. You can also use them in houseplant pots to keep the furry little darlings out of those.
Cats don’t like tea leaves, so empty your used ones onto the garden soil.
You could also try using a sprinkler that is activated by a motion-sensor. All it takes is a time or two of getting dowsed with water to deter any cat. It can work for intruders, too.
Whatever you use to rid your garden of kitties, remember, they don’t realize that it isn’t their personal litter box, so be kind.
Don’t forget our annual Paws for the Cause benefit walk on June 5; registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:30 a.m. There will be a rabies clinic 10-11 a.m. and a micro-chipping clinic from 1 to 2 p.m. Please join us for some fun and to support a great cause. For more information, please call the shelter at 764-3441.
Please have your pets spayed or neutered.
