Yeah! Hobie has a friend! One of our moderators found a little wee kitten on a road--definitely not a safe place! This little guy has been named Jacob (a Name a Cat name). He is a black/white kitten with a left white cheek and a right black cheek. Ever so cute. He's 2 1/2 weeks old with a birthday of 10/3/18. I was hoping for a friend for Hobie--afterall, friends make a huge difference in growing up! Auntie Peggy is fostering both Hobie and Jacob. They are just 8 days difference in age.
Yesterday was our FFRC surgery day. A big thanks to Gusti for providing the drinks and to Joyce D for providing the pizza and bread sticks! Yummm! All went great for the surgeries.
Imogene, Rosie, Thapar, Magnificence and Tiya were spayed. Czar, Lukas, Manfred, Rill, McCain and Tilo were neutered.
Cashew did have his front right leg removed. These are always hard decisions to make but I feel this was a correct choice. When I saw him running already last night without a limp, I was thrilled for him to not have that painful leg anymore.
March had his rear right leg removed. I also feel this was the right decision especially after seeing bone fragments in around the fractured and twisted femur. He too is up and about. Cats are amazing in their healing abilities.
We also neutered 4 extra boys--all cats of friends of FFRC. Two of them are Persians--Bravo and Bruno. Both of these cats will be coming to FFRC in about a week. More info on them later.
Here's our breakdown for 2018 so far! We've done a total of 885 spays/neuters. This breaks down to 497 spays and 388 neuters! Let's keep on going!
Many thanks to Pablo, Mary Braid, Dawn E, Becky M and Katie for helping us with post-op on the kittens. These ladies carefully watch over the kittens and cats for us, making sure they are turned, held, color is good, respirations are checked. Such a lot of help and comfort.
We have thanks to give! We are such a thankful bunch here!
Brittany G, Defiance--donation to FFRC
BillieK--donation to help with Clara and Sinbad's medical care
Kathie from Canada--a whole bunch of towels!
I've promised an update on Sabu. Unfortunately, he did indeed pass away while I was on vacation. I was afraid this would happen. Because we are unsure of what happened, he was placed with a friend, just in case he was contagious (for while I was gone). Unfortunately, he was placed in the freezer instead of the refrigerator, so a necropsy could not be done. I sure was sorry to know he passed. These are the hard parts of rescue work.
Little Hatima, the new black/white CH kitten is doing wonderful. She's now up in the Main Area. What a love bug she is. She and Ramsay sometimes hang out together. She so loves her bed, which we've tucked in beside where Ramsay likes to be. She and her bed even goes in Cat's Corner Room for night time where Ramsay goes.
Clara, one of the new cats is also doing great. She arrived with her right front leg removed due to a severe injury from a hit by car. Clara was a little shy but she's showed us a sweet thing she likes to do. When we talk to her, she starts purring and then rolls over and shows us her belly. Clara loves belly rubs! She's still in the front Thumper's Room but hoping soon she will enjoy coming to the Main Area.
Peppi has arrived. This is an orange female short haired that a vet of The Humane Society of Greater Dayton asked if we could help her. Peppi is a moderate CH cat. She has been a part of their rescue for a few months and needed a different home. The vet herself brought Peppi here--so nice to meet her! The vet fostered Pepppi in her own home. She's 6 1/2 months old with a birthday of 4/22/18. I told Spiker he has a look-alike friend here and he's anxious to meet her! She will be spending time on the floor of the front Thumper's Room while acclimating to us. Her name is another Name a Cat name.
And we have yet another new kitten. He arrived yesterday after the surgeries were all done. A family found him in their yard, having seizures about every 15 minutes and called us. We of course said to bring him in right away. And sure enough, this cat showed us his seizures. When something like this happens, we worry about all kinds of bad things that may be wrong. Upon looking him over, bite wounds (possibly dog K-9 teeth?) were found on his throat and skull--one right on top and in the middle of her head. This one was particularly deep. So, wounds were shaved and cleaned and two kind of antibiotics started. By bedtime, he had slowed up to having only 5-6 seizures. This morning, he awoke hungry, super sweet and wanting to be held ALL the time........and no seizures noted this morning! This morning, Dr. Darcy too feels this is trauma induced seizures so we will continue his meds. He's a black tiger with white front toes and white back feet. His birthday is 5/19/18, age is 5 1/2 months. After looking at the Name a Cat names, his new name has to be Smoochie!
All the extra names that we received for naming the Persians are being added to the list of Name a Cat names. When that list becomes available, if you don't see your suggested name, please let me know.
We were asked by Dr. Pettigrew's office to take on another kitten. We used another of our Name a Cat name........it's Sinbad. He was found after being hit by a car. He's a light grey tiger. His front legs are injured--one has full radial nerve damage and will require an amputation as the leg is completely limp. The other leg has a major fracture which will require a pin. The pinning will take place first so he will have a usable leg. His surgery for that is scheduled for Monday--Dr. Darcy will be doing this surgery. Then he will come here. His amputation of the nerve damaged leg will take place in November. Sounds like he's a sweetie boy.
Fun flash sale tomorrow, Monday! It's at 1:00 and will be a shorty. This special Flash Sale will be for the ornaments that Deptford/Pauline made. These are beautiful glass handmade ornaments--cats, hearts, birds, Christmas trees. All are $15, except the glass cats are $20. We have limited amounts. Many thanks to Dept for her generosity!
