Tavy and Ricky Sibling cats Tavy...

Tavy and Ricky

Sibling cats Tavy and Ricky are up for adoption this weekend. Tavy

is a short-haired spayed female. Ricky is an 18-pound long-haired

neutered male, with “Cheshire Cat-like qualities,” said DiAnna

Pfaff-Martin, founder of the Newport Beach-based network. Both cats

are gray and white.

Their previous owner was a senior citizen in Corona del Mar who

had to move into a senior-care facility due to health reasons. The

senior’s caregiver boarded the cats for more than four months, a

large expense for the family who told the network that the cost of

the vet hospital was more than renting a small apartment.

The cats were rescued through the network’s “home insurance

program.”

“This wonderful service supports the animals you love by finding

them a new home in case one of life’s many uncertainties happens to

you,” Pfaff-Martin said.

The cost of the program is $10 for cats, $15 for dogs and $20 for

large dogs per month.

It is an interesting coincidence, she said, that the names of the

cats come from a story called Ricky, Ticky, Tavy. It is about a

mouse-like creature who is lost and then found by nice people who

care for him.

See other animals available for adoption at www.animalnetwork.org

or Russo’s pet store at Fashion Island between noon and 4 p.m. on

weekends. Information: (949) 759-3646, or Community Animal Network,

P.O. Box 8662, Newport Beach, CA 92658.