Shanti

UPDATE: January 17

Wowee!!!! Shanti will be going to a forever home this weekend! Yay! A very special cat for a very special someone!

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Shanti is waiting for someone to see what a beautiful and cool cat she is. Shanti gets along really well with other cats. She is curious about people, but seems to keep her distance a bit. She wants to see what they are doing, but still a little hesitant to really soak it all up. Some of the cats in the pen at the shelter just completely keep their distance, but she will come out on a perch or peer through the open balcony area to see what I'm doing. This cat is really stunning and I imagine she just needs a little time in a home, coddling, love, and attention to come out of her shell and see what a good life she could have.

Shanti appears to be in great health: She's active, cleans herself, etc. Any minor things (like ear mites, lack of vaccinations, etc) can easily be fixed at a vet. She very likely has rhino, a respiratory virus that causes sneezing, runny/stuffy noses, etc) when in a stressful situation being in a shelter (it's very common among cats in Korea). When I visited her, she had no symptoms whatsoever of this, but she is in a pen with others who do have it and we don't know if she's been vaccinated against it. It can't be cured, but the symptoms can be minimized with gel or medicine. Often times, it just takes a happy and healthy environment and cats' symptoms will stop! It's contagious, but can be vaccinated against. One of the volunteers at Asan--her cat has it, and her other cat doesn't. Simple and easy to manage.

I will try to find out more about her story; in fact I am not even sure if she's a she, but I wanted to get her profile up ASAP. Come meet this beauty!!!