Tina : Laura Ashlely Scratcher, Bag of 20 Toys & Case of Appetizers
Anony Friend - 4 bags Blue Wilderness Kitten
Pat Thursday Vol - 6 rolls Paper Towels, Blankie, 2 scoopers, Bath Salts & Chickie Dollars
Becky W with Snickers & Easy - DL Sponsorship for the Paddys
Lost Girl - Love FFRC pillow with kittie photos on it-- For whatever you wish & 4 gallons of Odo Ban
Dimwit - Flower Seeds
Jatcat - Weight Circles, and 2 Wonderful Safety Cutters!
Shirley S - UK Ocean Scene Blankie to use as needed
Carla/CJ500 - 25 Crocheted Catnip Kickeroos, 45 Crocheted Catnip Fish, 25 Crocheted Catnip Minnows, and pkg of loooong pipe cleaners
Denise & Elizabeth S - SC - St Patricks Day Card - 4 Sheba, 2 Squeeze ups, 24 pkts Broth, Case of Fancy Feast, 2 Cases of Friskies
Zorro - 5 cases Fancy Feast, 2 bags Wellness Kitten, 4 cans Salmon, 5 cans of Chicken, 8 pkgs. 4 Tubs Temptation Snackers, Kitty Wipes, 2 Boxes Fresh Step Litter, 6 bags Oreo Thin Bites, 3 Boxes Fish crackers. 2 cases of Mountain Dew, Bag of individual Lays & Dorito chips,
1/2 Gal Vinegar 2 40 ct boxes of 13 gal trash bags
Debbiedear - 16 lb bag Purina, 12 cans Nutrish, Tub of Milano Cookies, Nutter Butter Cookies
Mayumi - FFRC Tokyo Branch - Bags n Bags (8) of the much loved Chicken Steaks, and Rice Cookies for the humans
Kathie - Collection of Kitty things and salt & pepper shakers,, Many beautiful collectibles will be seen soon in a flash sale or in PawMart, 2 jars Lemon Strawberry Jam for Jacci and Eldora & Chocolate Peanut Butter Twinkies!
Dianna D - NC - Pretty blue Runner Rug
Joy & Don Donation in memory of Joyful
Sue/macncheesndoodlesmom - Donation for FFRC
Amy B - MI Easter Card Photo of Sammy & Jobo and Chickie $5
Realty S - Donation by seller designating FFRC as their charity of choice $116.40
I'd like to say a huge giant thanks to everyone who sent birthday cards---really nice of you and I've enjoyed reading every single one of them--that's my evening "thing" I like to do!
CATATHON
Anony Friend--Telescoping Treking Poles (to go with the backpacks!)
BillieK-- Pottery Barn Teen: coordinated colors and polkie dot pattern: Insulated lunch bag, Classic Lunch Soft Lunch Box, Small Back Pack & Water Bottle VERA BRADLEY: All in blue patterns Blue Tote Purse, Mail Bag Purse, Small Crossbody Purse, and a Handbag Crossbody
Lollymop & Kathy831 - Spa Basket: Parafin Bath and 100 Parafn treatments
Patti - VT - a 6 QT. Silver Kitchen Aid with 10 attachments
We are on our way to an awesome Catathon!
Have some time to spare and want to laugh and simply enjoy the cats and kittens (and volunteers of FFRC)? Check out all the Giggle videos on youtube! All you have to do is type in: giggles FOFRescueCenter and they will all pop up! Enjoy and click like or the thumbs up when you are done please! Have fun!
Many of you are already aware that our website is difficult to get in (temporarily). The problem is being worked on and there's even a class that our webmaster will be attending to help solve this problem. But.......in the meantime, you can do this:
On a PC and laptops: For Chrome, Edge, and Opera, you need to completely clear the browser cache/history, and then be sure to type in the address using http and NOT https. UPDATE: For Firefox, you need to go to Library, then History, then Clear Recent History. Be sure to check all boxes and then hit Clear Now. Then use the addresses below to access the web site and the cams.
On iPads and iPhones: For ALL browsers, the only fix seems to be to delete the browser app and then reload it from the App Store. All bookmarks should reload automatically and you should make certain any bookmark for the FFRC home page is http and NOT https.
Once you've cleared caches/history and/or reloaded browser apps, use these http links:
Web Site: http://www.fofrescue.org
Kittycam4: http://www.fofrescue.org/kitty
We have more thanks to give:
Marcelo from Brazil--donation to FFRC
Deborah F from CT--donation to FFRC
Kelly L--donation to FFRC
Fran D--donation in memory of Trucker and also to his best friend Magic
Fran D--donation in memory of Trucker and also to his best friend Magic
JanefromTN--donation to FFRC
Today was our FFRC surgery day. We did 7 spays and 2 neuters. These cats were done today: Grace, Grizzabella, Neve, Nedda, Ashley, Bert, Congo and Annette.
This brings our total surgery count to 245. This breaks down to 146 spays and 99 neuters.
Dr. Darcy also did a few physicals.
Avalanch, Vernon--both good
Marilyn--ok, ok--so I'm paranoid about her ummm, big tummy. For the 4th month in a row, she has assured me it's adipose (fattiness, for a nice word)--nothing is wrong with her there.
Giovanna--again has stomatitis. She had a dental 1/17 but may need the remaining teeth removed. She was given an injection to help her feel better and fluids too were given as she was a bit dehydrated.
Jillian--physical good but has a 2/6 heart murmur (will recheck later)
Annette, in addition to her spay, had her eye enucleation done. I'm so glad this was finally able to be done as this was a troublesome eye to her. Last month, her lungs were compromised and so she had to wait. We are sending in a biopsy of that eye. She will be feeling better now!
We did have a problem though that was very difficult. Our little Aleda passed away. She had a swift reaction to one of the medicines. Drugs/meds are such a helpful thing for the health of many of the cats and kittens. Antibiotics are needed. Vaccines are important. Seizure meds keep seizure cats happy. So many many good reasons to use drugs. But......never underestimate that sometimes bad things can happen. We have seen two reactions this week.
Aleda was prepped for surgery--shaved her little tummy, clipped her nails, ointment applied to eyes and her medicine given to make her ready for surgery. She then went to the surgery table. Before her surgery even began, she crashed and very quickly passed. We did CPR, administered emergency meds but nothing helped. This sweet little girl passed quickly and quietly. We rarely lose any cat on surgery days. But when it happens, we stop and reevaluate from start to end what procedures were done, figuring out what happened. In this case, it was strongly realized that she had a reaction to a certain med. Such a hard thing for the heart.
Jillian also had a reaction this week to a med---her distemper vaccine. (in 3/21 blog). She is doing just fine and so are her kittens. It's just so important to realize the potential good and the potential bad of all meds.
Speaking of Jillian--something else happened this week. She gained a little wee baby. She had given birth to 5 kittens. On the same day, another mama gave birth to a little tuxedo kitten. A man found a brand spanking newborn on his porch, cold and barely mewing (no mama or other kittens present). He took it in, warmed it up, fed it for 1 1/2 days and then asked FFRC to care for it, which we did. After a check over, it was decided to see if Jillian would care for it. She immediately licked it and the wee baby snuggled right in with a new family. All is well.
Hoping you all have a wonderful Sunday. Love on your pets and enjoy some special snugglings with them.
