Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Destiny, a bear of a cat

Look at how much love this big girl wants to give!!



Our fosters have a process here: we put them in a cage in the living room for a while so they can get used to us, our foster animals and just get used to the way we do things. It helps speed up the process. Then, once everybody gets along our fosters are loose more and more.. so they can begin to trust people again. She is adjusting quickly - and already gets along with ALL of our cats. She hasn't played with them yet but they share bowls and play areas and bedding, too.

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Poor Destiny... she's been with her family for almost 6 years now. What I was told by her human dad is that they won't put a litter box in the house, instead they kept it in the garage. Normally that would be fine except that that is also the pool house / game room. So, there is lots of noise and loud people in there all the time. But Destiny needs a quiet place to use a litter box (and they know this).. but the family, because they had another human baby, won't put a litter box in the house for her. That meant she had accidents because she was just too terrified to go out into the garage, even if she had to use the litter box.

So, she's with us now!

She's very overweight, probably from nervous eating and hiding at their house. She loves people but doesn't love loud noises (like pool balls smacking together or ball games on the TV.)

Though I think she's already losing weight... because she's absolutely heartbroken and wouldn't eat at all! She has been with her family for almost 6 years - and now she's with strangers, in a strange home and she has no idea why.

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She's so soft-spoken and SO sweet! She LOVES to be held. In fact, if you put her in your lap and start petting her she grabs onto your neck and shoulders and cuddles. She wants more! She'll let you brush her for hours, if you want.

What a sweetie!

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She just needs a family that will put her needs first sometimes and not always think about their own. Trust me, she's worth it!

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Overlooked Abby

I love when she jumps on the sink, walks over to me and puts her little paws on my chest. She's adorable!



Abby is a super loving, outgoing, sweet girl! She's just been overlooked for adoption because she's full grown and gray. Won't someone give her a chance?

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What a sweetheart! We are her THIRD foster home in a very short period of time. We were warned that she doesn't like other cats and wants to be outdoors.. but it's just NOT TRUE! I don't know what those foster homes were whining about. She's great!

She's loving, cuddly, purry and wants to rub on you all day long. Seriously!

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Jewel of a cat



She's Opal, Onyx and Topaz's mother.. and what a great mother she is!

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As you can see, she lets her huge, 8.5-week old kittens nurse still. She bathes them, they purr like crazy and they all fall asleep in a huge blob of fur! Yes, it's completely ridiculous.

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Jewel and all three of her girls are scheduled to be spayed and microchipped this weekend. Yay! No fosters can go to new homes until they're sterilized, so I'm super happy to have found a few vets in this backwards town that will spay/neuter at 8-weeks.

SUCCESS: Onyx and Topaz got adopted today! (Though they aren't going home until after their surgeries this weekend.) They will be happy, spoiled, indoor cats!

MORE SUCCESS: Less than 3 days later, Jewel and Opal got adopted together, too. What a great day! The family that visited has been looking for solid black cats. They only adopt black cats. How great is that??

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They really just want to be on your lap or chest, sniffing at your face, cuddling your neck.. and, you guessed it, purring. Come get yours before they're gone!

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Jewel even nurses homeless kittens. What a sweetheart!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Opal, Onyx and Topaz

Well, these are moma kitty's actual biological litter of kittens. All black, of course!

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See them in action:



So spunky and so cute. And they've been socialized to kids, animals, birds, you name it!

They'll be spayed next week - and ready to go.

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REMEMBER: Black cats are euthanized in shelters more than any other color animal (dogs, too!).. so fall in love with a black cat today.

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Please!

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Barney, Betty and Bamm-Bamm

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So, we sort of had an emergency last night.. I got a call that someone was giving away kittens on craigslist. So, of course I called to check on their status. Most people don't know how to bottle feed so I wanted to make sure that they weren't going to starve to death.

Sure enough, the girl who "found" the kittens didn't know what to do - and had the kittens for over 24 hours. But by the time I called her she already gave away 3 to someone, that she said was a 'vet tech'. Can you believe this woman actually only took half of the kittens? The nerve! She didn't even care what was going to happen to the other 3.. and she knew this girl had no idea how to feed a newborn kitten. Jerk.

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As it turns out we had planned to take a mother and her 3 kittens, that were about 8 weeks old, in a few days. And instead of bottle-feeding I sent a frantic email to the owner of the cat asking her if we could take the mother cat in early - hoping that she would nurse the kittens so I wouldn't have to.

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Well, the wonderful, wonderful girl who had taken-in this black cat (who ended up having 3 black kittens) drove almost an hour to bring the mother cat to us! Can you believe that? There ARE nice people out there!

So, thank you SO much Sydni! You saved us two months of annoying and exhausting bottle-feeding! :)

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Whew!

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Punkin' the pup

Punkin isn't at our house right now - because we don't have room to foster. Besides, the woman who has her right now has the space to foster. She just wants Punkin' to find a new home.

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Originally, Punkin was one of those dogs that are left behind when someone is evicted from their home. Yep. They left Punkin inside their house, locked the doors - and were never seen again.

Nobody even pressed cruelty charges against them. And that means they'll probably do this again!

Punkin was found several weeks later, in a house full of feces - nearly starved to death. Her current foster home originally planned to adopt her as a buddy for her other dog. Her other dog has neurological problems and needed a small playmate. Well, Punkin isn't the playful type!

So, Punkin needs a more reserved, quiet home life.. and that's what we're looking for.

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George of the jungle

So, we didn't plan to.. but we ended up with a little orange kitten last week.

Our sweet Hermes loves all of the fosters. He especially loves being able to tackle kittens.. not sure how he feels about their constant interest in his tail, though:




Kittens are so.. playful. They're pointed! They're crazy! They climb and jump and pester all the adult cats!

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He arrived frazzled and jumpy. I think it was because the family that found him had lots of kids and at least a few dogs and the kitten wasn't ever given his own space. They brought him to me in a van full of people - and no pet carrier. No wonder the little guy was scared!

But at least they brought him to me - most people won't even do that much. Truly. They did great!

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I'd love for him to go to a new home with Jetta. They love each other so much!

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UPDATE: Sometimes things work out perfectly. Jetta and George are off to their new home together next week! The mom is in love with Jetta and the kids may actually be able to tired out little George.. something we haven't successfully been able to do!