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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to give our two rescue cats away. This was not an easy decision, but it's time. They are 3-years-old (two males) and we just never bonded with them. They came from a hoarder home apparently and so they don't love humans. One of them finally came around a little bit [b]after two years[/b], but the other one won't let me pick him up. They do love each other very much and we will not break them up. We just want to find them a nice home as we got a dog that we have bonded with and he doesn't get along with the cats very much. I think a home with an older couple would be perfect. My question is: Where/how should I attempt to find the right home? Thanks for any advice. [/quote]You've invested over two years with them and I'm sure you did your best, so don't let the negative comments affect you. Just think, these cats might well have been euthanized if you hadn't rescued them years ago.

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First way that I would try to rehome them is at work, by putting up a sign in the breakroom or lunchroom. If that didn't work then the rescue shelter is a good idea. I would be fearful of advertising them on Craigslist because you never know where the cats will end up.[/b] [/quote]

This is crazy.  If she's had the cats for 3 years and they're still recoiling at her touch and hiding under the bed, what other person is going to want them? She can't just hand them over to her co-worker.  The rescue needs them back.  [/quote]OK, I didn't see the post where they mentioned the cats recoiling. However a co-worker or someone that she could find may not mind having a cat that just wants to be left alone. Some people may put up with an unsociable cat rather than see it euthanized. Whatever the OP decides, I hope they do it soon and are not made to feel guilty by others. They tried for over two years, it didn't work out so move on. They haven't abandoned the cats or anything like that. [/quote]

OP here. Right, I want to find a home with older folks perhaps who don't mind [b]aloof cats.[/b] [/quote]

Oh, FFS. Nobody WANTS cats that hide under the bed all day and act feral. You might as well ask people to adopt a pair of raccoons. You failed to return these cats within a reasonable amount of time, and then you went ahead and brought a dog into the house, which no doubt made everything worse. Don't fob these cats off on some poor old person.  Trust me, I know it sucks to have a bad cat--I have an outside the box shitter, but I would never in the world try to rehome him and give this headache to some other person.[/quote]

OP, you're nuts.  These cats are not aloof. If you present them that way to some "older couple" as you keep saying, that is not fair to them.  There's a difference between aloof and traumatized.  Cats who stay under the bed and recoil from a person's touch are way more than aloof.[/quote]

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