12/16/2025
SHARPIE IS ONE SHARP LOOKING CAT! This girl is beautiful, and strong in personality. She has fought through all kinds of calamity in her life and she just keeps fighting.
She is an FIV cat. Yes, people say they can live safely with other cats. The only fear of spreading her disease is a deep penetrating bite wound where saliva has to get in to another cat’s bloodstream. But Sharpie isn’t thrilled with other cats. So for everyone’s concerns and my own, I am only offering her to a home where she is the only cat.
She takes a bit to trust that you won’t hurt her. We spent three days putting her collar on her but now she realizes it doesn’t hurt, and we aren’t hurting her by putting it on and she is good with it. We spend a small amount of time each day brushing her and she realizes it doesn’t hurt her so now she is beginning to like it.
She was a mom to two beautiful babies that she fought like heck to keep safe. They both ended up needing eye surgery to remove an eye due to major infections. But as a Mon, she protected them fiercely. She knew we were helping her babies so she trusted us with them. She didn’t pass on her FIV to them. One of them went on to a loving home.
Sharpie was so sick healed trying to take care of her babies. Now that she has her own life, and a verge large crate where she came at h all the other cats, she is happy and healthy. She looks beautiful. Each day she grows more trusting and loving. Each day she tells us what she likes and what she doesn’t like. She can be opinionated, but not in a mean way. She has self preservation. So she will back away and watch until she knows she is safe.
She has been a joy to watch her come along. She hates being given medicine. She likes toys. She doesn’t like dry food. She talks to me when I come in. She watches my every move. She desperately needs her own person to bind to so she doesn’t keep binding to me. She is the type of cat that will bond very strong with her person. She truly is strong and courageous. She won’t give up. She is healthy and we want to keep her that way.
She is fixed and vaccinated and snap tested to prove she is only FIV, not felv. She is microchipped and has flea meds. She is available to someone who wants a companion that will love you in a way that most other cats don’t show.
EDITED TO SAY we took her to the vet. We removed an infected tooth that was wiggly and causing her pain. Even though she was in pain, she was still accepting love and not being a bad cat. She is a good cat. She just needs a chance!!!