Today, we will be moving all 3 of Conii's cats to Kitty Campus until we are done with surgeries tomorrow. We need full use of the back Thumper's Room! The window is closed in that room and the door will also be closed. Another progression to the Main Area. We also trimmed Elliott's toenails yesterday. I often think about his world, how he "feels" about this. I witnessed something very sweet two days ago. George, Conii's brother sent us 4 felted beds that belong to the 3 cats. When they arrived, we put them on the floor where the cats are. They immediately recognized them and took naps in them! Sure brought a smile to all of us!
Just an FYI---our Kabana Cam is down right now. We need to get a tech here to see if the computer is repairable. We use these cam computers 24/7 and it does take a toll on them. In the meantime, you will see streaming of birds and squirrels!
We had ENVELOPES on Tuesday! Many thanks!
David H. - donation to sponsor his gang; Magic, Vern, Hensley, Kiara and Coralie.
Kathy and Donny (WVa) - Christmas Card w/chicky $5.
Carri and Ken M. - donation
Joy and Don D. and their herd - donation
Joyce and Chuck R. (NH) - donation
Kelly R. (Littleonemine) - donation
Mary DC (Ct.) - donation for Feliz Navidad in memory of her kitty, Tiny Toe.
Pat and Harold (Wildcat) - Christmas card and note.
Mitzi F. (flymom) - Christmas card of Fly and her new Grand. and donation.
Sherry and Dave W. (Neuromom) (NY) - Christmas card and donation.
Gary K. and Lynn P. - Christmas card and donation.
Elizabeth and David C. (Nekomom and Neko) - Christmas card and donation
to be used wherever needed.
Jane H. (Oh) - Christmas card and donation.
Paula N. - Christmas card and donation.
Patricia (Sophieandlucy's grandma) - Christmas card and donation.
Kimmy and Josh S. (Defiance) - Christmas card from Scribbles.
Greg and Debby K. (Oh) - Christmas card.
Courtney and her 15 calicos (ME) - Christmas card and donation.
Susan M. (Defiance) - Christmas card and donation from Echo (Minnie)
Andy, Jennifer, and Hannah - Christmas card and donation.
Manna and her kitties (Co) - Christmas card with several Purina One codes.
Diane E. (Defiance) - donation, she has 3 FFRC kitties.
Mary Cate and kitty Aubrey (OK) - Christmas card
Cindy and Linda and kitties - Christmas card, she has written stories for FFRC,
2 pictures of Garfield, hand done.
Phyllis (Kittiesmom) and kitties Emmie and Bailey - Christmas card, coupons,
and $5 Chicky dollar.
Renee B. (Pa) - Code tokens for free kitty litter.
Paul and Judy - Christmas card and donation.
Beth/eaglewatcher--donation in honor of Belltime for the Feliz Navidad Fund
Paddy's Place has been busy. Cashew loves this room. And we've had Thamba and Teddy Bear in this room along with Angola, Cady, Dakota and Bipsol. These 6 new kittens are doing very good. All are eating good. During the day, the door is open but closed at night so we can make sure they are eating good.
An update on Zinie. She is doing better each day. She is also still on her soreness meds and her antibiotics each day. Dr. Darcy will check her out on Saturday. This has been a huge ordeal for Zinie but one that she is going to win!
We took in two new babies yesterday. For supposedly being 2 months old, they are very small and one in particular is super little. They have been outside and their mama has not been very caring, so they have been struggling. The good news--we have their 4 adult cats now scheduled for spays and neuters! These two babies are both males. Here's their info:
Tux--black/white, weighs 1.01
Tristan Rudy--brown tiger, weighs 7 ounces.
Both are on antibiotics, eye ointments, syringe feeding. Tristan Rudy also has received sq fluids. Their leuk/fiv/HW tests were negative. Names are from Name a Cat list. Both had fleas so are anemic as well as dehydrated. I'm thankful to the family for bringing the kitties in. Just an FYI--we had used the name Tristan Rudy last week for a kitten, but I realized that was a boy name and then named that kitten Ellen! So, now we do have a boy Tristan Rudy!
And more good news about these two kittens--they are already responding to their antibiotics. Tux actually ate most of his breakfast by himself today. Tristan Rudy is "practicing" eating by himself but is getting topped off with a syringe. As you may imagine, when kittens are super hungry, they are so crazy about their food---they cannot gobble it up fast enough. We have high hopes for these two babies.
In the very near future, we should have quite a few adoptions. As you may know, we are very extra careful about adoptions. We don't want the kittens or cats going into a new home where there is alot of busy activities. That is not a proper way of introducing a new cat/kitten into a home. So, please rest assured, all is great with these upcoming adoptions! Here's the cats that possibly will be leaving us soon: Desmond, Pierre, Silky, Donell, Cashew, Kimmie, Weezie, Rascal and Snuggzy. Monday in particular will be a busy adoption day. Please know though that things can change!
Tomorrow, Saturday, is our Neuter Day. It should be a very very busy day. Check ins for these male cats start at 7:20 and hopefully we will be done by 8:30. All will go home in the afternoon. As you probably know, each year, we bump up our goal for how many spays/neuters we do each year. Last year was 1,000 and we made it! This year, we raised the bar to 1,200. Right now, we are at 1135 cats and 3 dogs which means our total is 1,138. We need 62 more surgeries to reach our goal. Can we do it tomorrow? I'm not sure but we are most definitely giving it a good try. We have 64 public male cats scheduled. We also have 2 of our FFRC spays and 3 neuters to do--that makes it 5 more--69 scheduled. But.......it is common that we get a few no-shows. So.......we will see. I hope all of those scheduled will show. We WANT to be a part of the overpopulation solution--it's important. (We do have a few more FFRC females we could spay, but those take more time.) Tomorrow we will know!
Today, we have BOXES at 1:00! Please join us on the cam!
