Adopt

My name is Checkers!

Posted over 2 months ago | Updated 20 hours ago

Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Interview

3

Meet the Pet

4

Home Check

5

Approve Application

Adoption fee: $150

This helps Animal Friends Rescue Project with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
Domestic Shorthair
Color
White/Black (All)
Age
2 years 5 months old, Adult
Sex
Male
Pet ID
1287
Hair Length

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My story

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

Introducing Checkers!

This stunning tripawd boy came to AFRP from Hitchcock Road Animal Services after their staff contacted us for help! Originally a stray with a serious leg injury and paralysis, Checkers had a rough start! Now, after receiving care and love from our dedicated clinic staff and his loving foster, Checkers has a new outlook on life!

Checkers is quite an energetic and loving boy, despite only have three legs! He's known to be very intelligent and curious, always interested in everything and everyone who is around him! Checkers loves running to greet his foster every time she returns home, and is extremely talkative, chirping and meowing up a storm! Given his young age, he's a pretty active kitty who's absolutely obsessed with playing any chance he may get!

Despite his energetic personality, at night he turns into the purrfect snuggle buddy that needs to be as close to his human as possible! Oddly enough, he also has a strange interest in water, sitting by the tub during showers and immediately hopping in once the water is off, preferring to drink from a leaky faucet or a "people glass nearby! He also gets a thrill out of watching wildlife from the windows and has taken to "hunting his favorite toys, especially his Tempur-Pedic pillow that he drags from the bed to wrestle with!

Checkers is a very outgoing kitty, but he is a cat that tends to become over aroused or overstimulated and would greatly benefit from an experienced owner who understands kitty body language. Checkers would do best in a home with experienced adult adopters, or with families who have cat-savvy children over the age of 15 at this time. He's very people-oriented and he may do well with another confident, outgoing cat. He is not a good match for a gentle, quiet cat as he can play rough. He may do well with a cat-savvy dog given slow and gradual introductions.

Checkers is currently on a special diet due to chin acne likely caused by a food allergy. He may need to stay in this diet long term.

Checkers is currently at our adoptions location inside Pet Food Express at the Crossroads in Carmel. Meet and greets can be arranged once your online application has been approved. Visit www.animalfriendsrescue.org for our online cat application.
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
1287
Contact
Address
161 Fountain Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

Each animal has an individual adoption application on their bio page.

2.

Interview

Once your application has been received and reviewed, a representative will reach out with further instructions.

3.

Meet the Pet

4.

Home Check

5.

Approve Application

Additional adoption info

Adoption fees help to cover the cost of the care the animal has received during their time with us, including spay/neuter, vaccines, microchipping, deworming, and flea treatment and basic foster care.

All potential adopters complete an application and are screened using a standardized series of questions by a trained adoption counselor. If the application and screening are satisfactory, a qualified adopter can complete a contract, pay the adoption fee and take the animal home.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

Animal Friends Rescue Project has cat adoption satellite locations at Pet Food Express in Carmel, CA and Petco in Monterey, CA. Check our website for a complete listing of our dogs and cats available for adoption www.animalfriendsrescue.org

More about this rescue

AFRP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding good permanent homes for stray, abandoned, and abused companion animals. We are also dedicated to ending the companion animal overpopulation problem through focussed spay/neuter programs.

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