Shadowy Salem

Meet shadowy Mr. Salem!<br/>Salem is a big boy with the sweetest little meow and chirp. :) He wants to be involved in absolutely everything and is basically a labrador in a cat’s body. He doesn’t mind being held and flipped all around. Wherever we are, Salem is also there. This boy will bring a family so much love and companionship; he just loves people. <br/>Salem is around 2 years old. He is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated FVRCP and rabies, flea treated and dewormed. <br/>He can be fearful and will hiss when meeting new cats. He warms up quickly to most other cats, though. He previously lived with a small dog and adjusted to an XL St. Bernese so he’d likely be able to adjust to a new pup. I believe Salem could be an only cat but he wouldn’t mind having a friendly cat sibling either to play with. He does play rough(likely taken from his litter early and didn’t learn how to play with cat siblings) so a cat sibling who is confident would be best.<br/>Salem is from an acquaintance of mine. The individual lives with chronic health issues and found themselves unable to care for Salem during summer 2025 when I rescued him. Salem was then adopted by another family in August 2025 and returned this month due to no fault of his. The family had an established dominant male cat who Salem ignored and kept space from. Then they brought in a kitten who Salem became the big brother of and they got along well while the original cat did his own thing. Then the family’s mother had to move in with her male cat. What I’ve gathered is that Salem became overwhelmed and would become spicy when the other males got in his space and he would smack at them. He also started mounting the kitten as he got older which I believe was out of a desire to dominate. All of this made the family very anxious and they isolated Salem. Salem has been with us again for 2 weeks. We have 4 male cats of our own plus 4 female foster cats and 3 male foster cats. Salem was snippy the first few days but since then he’s been totally fine aside from occasional smacks if a cat gets in his space while eating. The male cats we have are also not overly dominant. I believe the adoption failed due to dominance and the cats feeling the anxiety of the family.<br/>We require potential adopters to meet Salem in our home to interact with him and to ask questions. I will always be available to adoptive parents to answer questions and provide guidance. And if the adoption would not work out, we require Salem be returned to us rather than rehomed by the adopter or surrendered to a shelter/rescue.<br/>If you’re interested in adopting Salem, please send me the answers to the questions below. You can contact me, Allison Werling, at allisonwerling@gmail.com. You can also visit my Instagram to see more of the kitties that we’ve rescued. Our handle is @ab_sj_catfosterandrescue<br/><br/>Why have you chosen to adopt a cat?<br/>What drew you to Salem?<br/>Please share any social media or professional pages that show your identity.<br/>Are you comfortable showing me your ID at the time of meeting to verify your identity?<br/>How long have you lived at your current address?<br/>Do you own or rent?<br/>If you rent, what are the rules about pets?<br/>What do you do for work and how many hours per week do you work?<br/>Will this be your first pet?<br/>Will this be your first cat?<br/>Do you currently have cats?<br/>If you have cats, what ages and sexes?<br/>What other pets do you have? What are their personalities like?<br/>Where will the cat spend most of its time?<br/>How much time will the cat spend outside?<br/>What supplies do you know that the cat will need? What do you have already?<br/>Do you plan to have the cat declawed?<br/>Are you aware this cat will need annual check ups?<br/>What veterinarian do you work with or plan to work with?<br/>Are you able to financially support this cat?<br/>Is there anything else you'd like to share with us?

Meet shadowy Mr. Salem!
Salem is a big boy with the sweetest little meow and chirp. :) He wants to be involved in absolutely everything and is basically a labrador in a cat’s body. He doesn’t mind being held and flipped all around. Wherever we are, Salem is also there. This boy will bring a family so much love and companionship; he just loves people.
Salem is around 2 years old. He is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated FVRCP and rabies, flea treated and dewormed.
He can be fearful and will hiss when meeting new cats. He warms up quickly to most other cats, though. He previously lived with a small dog and adjusted to an XL St. Bernese so he’d likely be able to adjust to a new pup. I believe Salem could be an only cat but he wouldn’t mind having a friendly cat sibling either to play with. He does play rough(likely taken from his litter early and didn’t learn how to play with cat siblings) so a cat sibling who is confident would be best.
Salem is from an acquaintance of mine. The individual lives with chronic

Meet shadowy Mr. Salem!
Salem is a big boy with the sweetest little meow and chirp. :) He wants to be involved in absolutely everything and is basically a labrador in a cat’s body. He doesn’t mind being held and flipped all around. Wherever we are, Salem is also there. This boy will bring a family so much love and companionship; he just loves people.
Salem is around 2 years old. He is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated FVRCP and rabies, flea treated and dewormed.
He can be fearful and will hiss when meeting new cats. He warms up quickly to most other cats, though. He previously lived with a small dog and adjusted to an XL St. Bernese so he’d likely be able to adjust to a new pup. I believe Salem could be an only cat but he wouldn’t mind having a friendly cat sibling either to play with. He does play rough(likely taken from his litter early and didn’t learn how to play with cat siblings) so a cat sibling who is confident would be best.
Salem is from an acquaintance of mine. The individual lives with chronic health issues and found themselves unable to care for Salem during summer 2025 when I rescued him. Salem was then adopted by another family in August 2025 and returned this month due to no fault of his. The family had an established dominant male cat who Salem ignored and kept space from. Then they brought in a kitten who Salem became the big brother of and they got along well while the original c