Adopt Mercury

Mercury is currently in foster care and ready for adoption via our virtual process! Mercury, an eight-year-old female, just arrived and is still getting settled in, so we’re just beginning to learn who they are. Right now, everything is new—new people, new sounds, new routines—and we’re giving them time to relax, decompress, and show us their true personality at their own pace. Mercury loves to play. She enjoys laser pointers and horizontal scratchers. She is a curious girl who likes to explore. Mercury is quite intelligent and enjoys "talking" with you, she also likes to play fetch! Mercury adjusted nicely with her foster, "The first 24 hours Mercury was shy, but sweet. She climbed into my lap within 2 hours of coming home, and wanted to explore the broader apartment, sticking her head around the door whenever I entered or left the smaller room she was acclimating in. The first 48 hours she was sweet and clingy, always wanting to be next to me or cuddling, but she was not vocal at all. Very curious, and a bit clumsy on her jumps, and unaware of normal things, like she'd tried to grab my toothbrush and eat it when I brush my teeth. Now, she is more vocal and less clingy. She'll come up to me for pets, and sit near me, but she naps often in one of her hidden spots. She is the sweetest and smartest cat. I love how she wants to explore everything, but will always know where I am in the room. She cuddles right up to me, but doesn't sit directly on me (or on my computer), when I am doing something important." Submit an adoption survey from above and our team will reach out via phone or email (check spam) to schedule a counseling call. For any additional questions, please contact fosternyc@bestfriends.org. Please remember, pets cannot be held or reserved.