Maska the orphaned kitten learned to love people. Now he needs a new home
Newborn kittens are breathtakingly vulnerable.
It’s not until their second week of life that they can see and hear. In week No. 3, they begin to walk and socialize with their littermates and — if they’re lucky — interact with caring people.
Sadly, due to the abundance of unaltered stray and owned cats, a staggering number of kittens are born homeless and destined to fear humans.
Luckily, there are periods when homeless kittens can be reached, giving them an opportunity for a different life.
Maska was a terrified 9-week-old orphan when he arrived at the San Luis Obispo County Animal Services shelter. He thought all people meant him harm.
Without immediate help, Maska was never going to discover the joy of play and the pleasure of comfy beds, or how to purr when being petted.
Thankfully, a foster family took Maska home and the transformation has changed his life.
Maska’s now ready to find a lifelong home. He’s a sweet, 4-month-old boy who — when with those he’s learned to trust — enjoys being held, appreciates belly rubs and has a loud purr.
For more information or to arrange a visit, please call or text his foster parent at 805-234-5755.
With a patient and loving person, Maska can be the amazingly loving cat he was born to be.
Want to help reduce the number of kittens born homeless? Through June, Woods Humane Society is partnering with Animal Services to spay or neuter unowned cats for free.
For more information, call Woods Humane Society at 805-464-5034 in the North County and 805-540-2692 in the San Luis Obispo area.
For more information about Maska (ID No. 275550), call the volunteer line at the San Luis Obispo County Animal Services shelter at 805-781-4400 or visit www.slocounty.ca.gov/aserv. The shelter is located at 885 Oklahoma Ave., off Highway 1, in San Luis Obispo.
The full-price adoption fee is $81 for cats and $115 for dogs, plus a $28 county license fee for dogs, if the adopters are San Luis Obispo County residents.
The adoption fee includes a new collar, a spay or neuter operation, basic vaccinations, a microchip and eligibility for a free veterinary check within San Luis Obispo County. Cats also are tested for feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus, and adopters receive a carrier.