CRICKET – A1078941
Safe - 7-2-2016 Manhattan Rescue: Feline Rescue of SI Please honor your pledges: http://felinerescueofstatenisland.org/donation/
**SAFE 07/02/16** Her notes are a conflicted hot mess and her time is up at the ACC. Meet CRICKET, a NEW-HOPE rated kitty who had been adopted by her former owners when she was just a wee baby. They got her from their vet and she has lived with them for 10 years, but they took her to the ACC on June 26th because they were supposedly “moving.” Yeah, right. Check out her surrender notes to see why it’s highly likely that the only family member who “moved,” was CRICKET. She has an interesting social history, to say the least, and one begins to suspect that the people she loved, had stopped loving her. She is terrified and defensive at the ACC, and her NEW HOPE rating comes as no surprise. Please find a NEW HOPE rescue who is willing to give her a chance, tonight! Otherwise, CRICKET will suffer an unsedated death at the hands of the ACC tomorrow, never understanding what she did wrong…..
Manhattan Center
My name is CRICKET. My Animal ID # is A1078941.
I am a spayed female brn tabby domestic sh. The shelter thinks I am about 10 YEARS old.
I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 06/26/2016 from NY 10026, owner surrender reason stated was MOVE2PRIVA.
MOST RECENT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WEIGHT
06/28/2016 Exam Type CAGE EXAM – Medical Rating is 3 NC – MAJOR CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS, Behavior Rating is NONE, Weight 8.5 LBS.
Cage exam due to behavior – pt is extremely aggressive. Pt lunged at me through the cage and tried to bite this morning. No sign of URI seen on visual exam – no sneezing, coughing, upper resp congestion, nasal or ocular discharge. Pt has hx of deviated septum. Stopping URI tx and moving pt out of medical. 1088
06/26/2016 PET PROFILE MEMO
Cricket is a 10 year old spayed DSH cat. Her family adopted her from a vet as a kitten and surrendered her because they’re moving. Cricket is fearful of strangers. Her family had a baby 2 years ago. Cricket doesn’t usually approach the child; she often ignores her. If the child approaches and is loud or rough with her, she may hiss, bat at her (without claws), and run away. Cricket has never scratched or bit her. She plays exuberantly w/ the adults and child. They play w/ her w/ toys and she bats at her toys but not her owners during play. Cricket had an incident 1-2 times/year (but not in the past year) in which she became spooked by someone yelling suddenly, something falling suddenly, etc. while interacting w/ her adult owners. She would scratch them, run away, turn around and stalk them, and attempt to scratch them again. She has bit her adult female owner at least once. These incidents break skin. Her family thinks her prescription food improved her behavior. Cricket often stands behind doors or on tables/counters and hisses and swats at her family member’s/visitor’s ankles/legs/arms as they pass. She does this multiple times/day, sometimes with nails, but rarely breaking skin. She also sometimes bites her female owner while she pets her; she then runs away and this hasn’t broken skin. She would approach the small dog, who avoided her, growl and bat and scratch him in the face, sometimes drawing blood. Cricket hasn’t broken skin in the past 10 days. Cricket is nervous and cries in the car. She enjoys being brushed. She allows her owners to pick up and move her, but if they hold her for more than several seconds she starts wiggling, then growling, then struggling. Cricket panics and struggles when put into a carrier, attempting to scratch. She scratches and bites if her owners accidentally kick her in her sleep. She growls if they pet her to wake her up. If a noise wakes her up, she walks away. Cricket’s family describes her as friendly, affectionate, playful, and medium energy. She follows them and sits in their laps or on their chests. She slept in their bed and cuddled with them during the night. She plays with wand toys, stuffed toys, catnip toys, and laser pointers. She lived inside and got tuna as a treat. She’s littertrained, used a hooded box with clumping litter, and didn’t have accidents. She scratched the couch in addition to a vertical carpeted post, a curved twice and carpet scratcher, and a cardboard scratching cube.
WEB MEMO
No Web Memo
06/28/2016 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION – NH ONLY
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
Cricket’s previous owner reports she is fearful of strangers. She lived with a baby, but mostly ignored the child. If the child approached her, she would hiss and bat at her without claws, and then runs away. She growled and swiped at the dog in the face when the dog is sleeping. When she plays, she is exuberant. She enjoys being brushed and allows the owner to pick her up and move her, but if they hold her for more than several seconds she would wiggle and growl, and struggle away. She growls when she is sleeping and they try to wake her up. Cricket would hiss, growl, and swat at a family member that lived in the home for a year. There were two incidents where she became startled by a sudden or loud noise, she would flee and come back to scratch repeatedly, one incident leading to a bite. The owner has tried Feliway and offered her many scratching posts in hopes to reduce her scratching accidents, but hasn’t noticed any improvement. When they play with her, she seems to have more energy and would hide behind doors, underneath counters and tables, and swat people who pass by. Cricket’s family describes her as friendly, affectionate, and playful with a medium energy level. She follows them and sits in their laps or on their chests. However, she does nip the owner during petting sometimes and runs away. Reaction to assessor: Cricket was inside a hidey den upon approach. Reaction when softly spoken to: Cricket becomes alert and looks out from a peep hole with wide eyes. She then sticks her nose to the hole to sniff. Reaction to cage door opening: Cricket becomes stiff and alert. Reaction to touch: Cricket hisses when the hand extends towards her, but sniffs the assessor’s hand when approached very slowly. She whines and growls, but allows gentle touch with an extremely slow approach. However, she hisses again and yowls, and no longer allows contact. She retreats back into her den and hisses and growls. Behavior Determination: New Hope Only Cricket is displaying behaviors that preclude placement in the adoptions room and/or may require further investigation before placement in a home. She has tried to swat, bite, is extremely fearful in the shelter environment, and does not currently tolerate petting or handling. The behavior department feels that placement with a New Hope Partner is the best option at this time.
GROUP BEHAVIOR EVALUATION
No Group Behavior Summary
06/26/2016 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 4 C – SEVERE CONDITIONS , behavior rating was NONE
scanned negative BAR female ,as per owner spayed needs confirmation OU cloudy AU clean no nasal discharge sounds conjested teeth has moderate tartar limited exam due to behavior hissing and swatting declawed:no hair coat wnl seen by Dr.1168 tx for URI doxy sus 50 mg 0.85 cc po sid x 10 days nebulize bid x 10 days nosf
06/28/2016 CAGE EXAM (LAST MAJOR EXAM)
Medical rating 3 NC – MAJOR CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS,
Cage exam due to behavior – pt is extremely aggressive. Pt lunged at me through the cage and tried to bite this morning. No sign of URI seen on visual exam – no sneezing, coughing, upper resp congestion, nasal or ocular discharge. Pt has hx of deviated septum. Stopping URI tx and moving pt out of medical. 1088
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