Tatum Calico Palmyra, VA

CALICO- Cream coat with dark brown/black and touches of muted orange accents. Light green eyes.
ADULT FEMALE; Est DOB: 2018
ARRIVAL: 7/5/2020
HISTORY: Tatum was trapped in a local colony of cats.

Since her arrival, Tatum has made many friends both human and feline! She typically hangs out with fellow L2 residents Kit and Bandit and enjoys visits from staff and volunteers. Tatum is still a bit more of a low-energy cat and prefers to spend most of her time napping. If you want to pet her while she relaxes, even better! She will purr the whole time. Tatum doesn’t really like to be picked up but other than that she enjoys human interaction and contact. Tatum is a sweet, laid-back cat who will likely take some time to come out of her shell once introduced to her forever home. We promise you that she’s worth the wait!

Winter Update 2025: I live in a big house. It's a 2 level and each day, I have some of my fave friends coming over to visit with me. They might include Sadie and or Whiskers and or Julia. Truth be told though, Sadie is really the landlord and controls who comes and goes, when and where! LOL. That's cool with me because I know she likes me a lot and I keep a very clean house. I'm still not very interested in the humans and in general I don't really have any best friends in my room, but if I did, it would be Sadie. One of my regular human suitors is Volunteer Scott who claims he's not seen my legs in over a year as I'm always in rest/recline mode. LOL. He gives me some soft pets of appreciation which I could give or take. Still deep down, I'm grateful he "sees" me and respects me. I'm in good health and with a nice house to relax in this winter, I think I'm pretty set. TATUM.

Fall 2024 Update: I am a "champion sleeper" according to my regular human volunteer and friend Scott. He will tell the other humans that my routine might look like...eat...litter box...sleep....repeat! You see, he perhaps has never, ever seen me out and about and walking around as I'm typically in some snuggly nook or cranny curled up in a ball napping! Even while in nap more, Scott is not hesitant about coming over to give me a few kind strokes to acknowledge me and let me know he cares about me. For this I am grateful. TATUM

Winter 2024 Update: We recently checked in with Volunteer Scott to see if by chance he had within the last few months seen Tatum's legs. The reply was a fast "Nope," meaning that whenever he sees her, she's curled up and in a snuggly, inviting area. She has more recently been spotted with rough and tough boy Bandit (Bandit is no fan of us humans!) making us wonder what it is about the nice girls hedging towards the bad boys! LOL. Tatum is healthy, happy and content. Wanting for nothing except perhaps that chance to finally fill a full time pet position, Tatum is a delightful, no fuss, no muss kind of girl and we're honored to have her under our care. With no emerging health issues, she'll have plenty of time to pursue a longer term relationship with Bandit, should that be her desire.