Ananya--a Name a Cat name, pronounced a-nan-e-a. She is a sweet kitten, 10 weeks old. Her favorite thing to do is to purr and roll over to be petted. She even did this when we were drying her from her bath! Her birthday is 11/25/19. Ananya is a brown tiger and white kitten with an extra cute face!
Burgundy--another Name a Cat name. This very pretty black/white cat is 1 1/2 years old with a birthday of 8/2/18. She enjoys a good petting.
Both cats are starting to think about coming up to the Main Area. Muckie too has been venturing closer to coming up. He sits in the doorway not quite sure he's ready. Muckie is so funny--he absolutely loves the two big beds that on the floor in the back Thumper's Room. He's enjoying this comfort and will sprawl all out on them.
Imelda is up in the Main Area all the time now. Such a pretty muted calico she is. She's eating good and is enjoying her playtime.
We had also taken in another kitten, a male that was found at the McDonald's parking lot. He apparently had gotten hit by a car. Someone found him injured and brought him to Gem who brought to FFRC on Monday. We named him Mpama. The name means beautiful and that was what he was. Mpama wasn't with us long. We couldn't transport him to the vet until yesterday--he was too fragile for transport. But we made the drive to Dr. Darcy yesterday. X-rays revealed how bad he had been injured. He had a left femur fracture, injured left knee, fractured right tibia, severely fractured pelvis. The worse though was he also had a diaphragmatic hernia, from the blow. What this does is opens the diaphram--the lower organs then come up into the chest area. He had so many things wrong and was having difficulty breathing. The decision was made to let him go to kitty heaven. In the short 3 days he was here, he was so loved. Even though the heart hurts, I'm so thankful he was here where he was warm, hugged and looked after instead of being out in the cold.
Was he left there at McDonald's on purpose......another dump off? Probably. Does it make us angry. Sure it does. But, what we do with that anger is what counts. Here at FFRC, we continue on. There's always more cats to care for. Better to put our energies into something constructive than to let the anger get the best of us. So, we choose to continue on with a good heart, caring for the cats and kittens and continuing our spay/neuter programs.
Yesterday was our Flash Sale. This made $611 for FFRC for which I am grateful. This will help us to pay a couple monthly bills! Many thanks to the mods for their help, to Lynnette and Marcia and to those that provided the items for the sale. And of course to those that made the purchases! It takes a group effort to make these successful.
We have thanks to give!
Gem--donation to help with Mpama
Hallie G--donation to FFRC
Tracy L--donation to FFRC
Katherine E--donation for FFRC
Marco G--donation in honor of sweet angel Lucie
William M--donation for FFRC
Do you walk? Do you jog? Do you bike? Remember, all these miles can benefit FFRC! Just put in the ap ResQwalk and follow their directions! For the last quarter, FFRC just received $88.89 from the miles you put in. This is wonderful! And we appreciate it.
I've heard from Fanta and Xinzele's new family. All is fine there. While the girls may not be best friends, they are doing good together. Both are enjoying the bird feeders and the run of the house.
We have an update on Kumbukani. He is now a happy cat and is a Porchie. He had come from outside and I doubt ever lived inside. The decision was made when he was spraying everything....never using the litterbox. Now, he can spray to his hearts content outside! He's an easy going guy and will be just fine. Lots of food, shelter, water, heat lights, beds for him to enjoy!
This Sunday is our Annual Volunteer Meeting at 2:00.
Next week is a special week, leading into Valentine's Day! Here's the info:
FFRC Royal Family! It’s
been 2 years since we had our Valentine King and Queen royalty election! And the cats have been heard………they want
another one! So—they speak, we listen! The last election voted Derecho as King and
Coralie as Queen.
The cats want to show
you a fun day for Valentine’s Day. And
the reason for that is because they appreciate you all. They can honestly feel the love come from the
cam! They would like their cat people friends to vote for a Valentine Queen and
King! We have 17 residents that are
participating! It’s simple—just send a check to FFRC with your voting requests.
Or you can go to our website at fofrescue.org and click on the PayPal link. You
can vote ($5 a vote) as many times as you’d like! You can put your vote(s) all
on 1 cat or as many as you want. This
event starts Mo0nday, Feb. 10 and ends at 9 am on Valentine Day, Feb. 14.
Then we (the cat’s helpers), will count the votes and
determine which female and male has the highest votes. This royal couple will have a beautiful
Valentine photo shoot done.
Anyone who put in a vote for the Queen and/or King will get
a Sprocket picture sent to them of the Royal Couple of their Royal Setting
photo. Those voters will also each receive
a special cat decal, just for this
occasion.
All people who have voted for the new King or Queen will also
have their names put into a Valentine heart and a name will be drawn. That
person will receive their very own Digital Photo Frame! Plus, 2 more tickets
will be drawn—the first King name drawn and then the first Queen name
drawn—those winners will receive an 8 x 8 canvas picture of that particular
cat. And then….4 more names will be
drawn for 4 beautiful heart blankets for your pet.
For those that did tickets but were not for the winning King
and Queen--those names will be in a consolation drawing for 10 cat blankies.
On 2/14 at 2:00, on the cam,
the 1st runner ups will be shown on a special Valentine
“stage”. Then the winning royalty will be presented to our cam friends.
Following the royal showing, a special
Valentine story written for FFRC will be read.
Join the fun! Who will be the new Queen and King?
The resident participants are:
Magic Coralie Cutie
Pania Ramsay
Camvi Kiara Paw Paw
Spiker Derecho Vernon
Jessie Marilyn Hensley
Lucie Alma Asha
-***** (Please note that Nyota, Zelda and Janie-Cat are
wishing not to participate!)
Starts 2/10 Ends
2/14 at 9 am with the Crowning at 2:00.
Today is BOXES at 2:00!
