My name is Bella!

Posted over 8 months ago | Updated over 4 months ago

Cared for by Quality of Life Rehab & Foster Inc

Adoption process

Submit Application

Home Check

Approve Application

Adoption fee: $100

This helps Quality of Life Rehab & Foster Inc with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed

Domestic Shorthair

Color

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Age

6 years 6 months old,

Sex

Female

Pet ID

ps_99284763

Hair Length

long

My details

Shots current

Spayed / Neutered

Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

I won't go into detail. What I will say is this: I've been here for 10 days. I've been completely shut down since day 1. I won't tolerate the environment, here. I've been afforded a great deal of love and compassion.. the workers here are very kind. But it doesn't matter. I want none of it. I want nothing and I will respond to nothing. I am frozen in terror. And what choice did I have? I am a cat. I belonged to a human. That human couldn't keep me. I was one of the lucky ones. I made it somewhere safe. But I don't want to be here. Im don't understand what's going on. I can't even bring myself to look up from my catatonic state. I need a small, quiet room. I need an understanding touch. I need patience. I need a hero. Ocala, FL

Cat foster: https://petstablished.com/foster_form/31713/generic

UPDATE 10/28: we rescued Bella from the shelter and she is home with us. She still needs a forver home or foster family... but (for now) she is safe with our director.

Here is another blurb from Bella ... taken from our social media pages after her freedom ride:

Yesterday, things got quiet.

I was placed into a large carrier and taken down a hall. The sounds of barking dogs fading, behind me. Then; sunshine piercing the slots of the crate. I still dared not lift my head.

My face was tucked into the towel but I noticed something, right away. And do you want to know what that was?

Nothing.

It was finally quiet. I could hear the tires on the road. I could feel the inertia of movement, though I was (myself) very still. There was an overall silence that felt... safe.

We stopped moving and I was carried through sunshine, again. Then down another hall. I kept waiting to hear the dogs barking.

I didn't.

I came to a quiet room. I stayed the night in my roomy carrier and I admit, I started to feel even more secure. I'm starting to feel safe in this carrier because OUTSIDE of it... it has been quiet.

I finally found the courage to lift my head. When I did, there was a can of shredded chicken (I do love chicken). I looked around nervously. I pricked my ears... straining to pull any input from my surroundings. It was still quiet.

I ate the food. I ate it and I loved it. It has been 24 hours since things got quiet. My belly is full and I am not afraid to lift my head, anymore. Maybe this is how I heal. I don't know.

But I DO know that it feels good.

*a very special thank you to Kari for making sure Bella's plight was brought to light. Without the love and care of the shelter workers, the animals with serious shut down (like Bella) would go unnoticed and slip through the cracks.

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Cat foster: https://petstablished.com/foster_form/31713/generic

UPDATE 10/28: we rescued Bella from the shelter and she is home with us. She still needs a forver home or foster family... but (for now) she is safe with our director.

Here is another blurb from Bella ... taken from our social media pages after her freedom ride:

Yesterday, things got quiet.

I was placed into a large carrier and taken down a hall. The sounds of barking dogs fading, behind me. Then; sunshine piercing the slots of the crate. I still dared not lift my head.

My face was tucked into the towel but I noticed something, right away. And do you want to know what that was?

Nothing.

It was finally quiet. I could hear the tires on the road. I could feel the inertia of movement, though I was (myself) very still. There was an overall silence that felt... safe.

We stopped moving and I was carried through sunshine, again. Then down another hall. I kept waiting to hear the dogs barking.

I didn't.

I came to a quiet room. I stayed the night in my roomy carrier and I admit, I started to feel even more secure. I'm starting to feel safe in this carrier because OUTSIDE of it... it has been quiet.

I ate the food. I ate it and I loved it. It has been 24 hours since things got quiet. My belly is full and I am not afraid to lift my head, anymore. Maybe this is how I heal. I don't know.

But I DO know that it feels good.

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Rescue

Quality of Life Rehab & Foster Inc

Contact info

Pet ID

ps_99284763

Contact

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Phone

(352) 843-6858

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Website

https://qualityofliferehab.com/

Address

Ocala, FL 34475

Donation

Donate to This Rescue

Their adoption process

1.
Submit Application

Cat adoption: https://petstablished.com/adoption_form/31710/generic Dog Adoption: https://petstablished.com/adoption_form/31712/generic

2.
Home Check

Once your adoption application is received, a home visit will be the next step.

3.
Approve Application

If approved, we will schedule a meet and greet. This is also usually the actual adoption. At that point, an Adoption Agreement is signed.

Additional adoption info

If you are interested in adopting one of our fur-babies, just drop us an email or give us a call.
We can set up a meet and greet for you and see how it goes.
Typically, our adoption fees are as follows:
Kittens: $150
Cats: $100
Special needs cat: $200
Large Dogs: $150
Small dogs/puppies: $250
Special needs dog $200 - $300

***Adoption fees can vary on a case by case basis. Most commonly, special needs animals or purebred animals carry higher adoption fees. This is done in an effort to discourage those that may be "adopting on impulse".

Adoption application

https://qualityofliferehab.com/

Go meet their pets

Our available pets are fostered in a network of loving foster homes. We do not have a brick-and-mortar presence in the community, at this time. Foster homes are the magic behind what we do.
We are not a shelter. We are a foster-based rescue and outreach. We foster a small number of various species within a network of approved foster homes. We do our best not to take on so many as to affect the quality of life of those we care for (or our permanent residents/pets).

We happily offer to create adoption profiles for fostered pets and ask anyone who has a pet in need of placement give us time to find them suitable housing. We cannot help your pet if you have waited until the final hour to find it a home. We need time (where you "foster" your own pet) to search for a suitable forever home.

More about this rescue

Quality of Life Rehab and foster is a grass roots effort to increase the quality of life for all animals. We are especially concerned for those susceptible to entering our shelter systems and those abandoned or injured by run-ins with man. We believe it is very important to remember that an animal's quality of life must be put before it's quantity of life.

We also try to indirectly improve the quality of animals' lives by providing community outreach through education, foster, resourcing, and hands on rescue. Our rescue effort was founded in our own humble home. It has, since, grown to include dozens of foster families!

We are often unable to accept new animals simply because we are at capacity, as are our fosters. However, that doesn't mean we won't help you find a home for your rescued animal or pet. We are happy to assist anyone willing to foster their own animal with adoption coordination and pet publicity.

We will pick up injured or orphaned wildlife and care for it until it can be taken to licensed wildlife rehabilitators. We gladly perform snake (and reptile) removal (we LOVE reptiles) and they are NEVER harmed. Any indigenous animals we remove are relocated to an area that suits them.

We will also help with the TNR (sterilization) of feral cat populations in limited capacity. This is made possible through of Sheltering Hands, Ocala, FL.

*Quality of Life Rehab & Foster is a 501 (c)3 tax exempt public charity.