To start, all 5 of the Siamese kittens now have a family that they will be adopted by. This Saturday, we are still hoping to have our spay/neuter day but ONLY for our 7 kittens so they can then get into their new homes. As this time, we are still planning on doing this 3/28 date but with bare minimum of people--only 4 of us.
Kimmie and her 5 kittens are doing great. They are now in the Kitty Kabana room and can be viewed on one of the cams. Kimmie is such a nice cat. Her kittens have wonderfully round tummies!
We had a very special adoption this past Saturday. Tuffy, our wonderful 11 1/2 year old lynx point snowshoe siamese was adopted by an elderly lady. She had just lost her cat of 20 years and very much needed a new cat friend. When she saw him earlier in the week, she was quite smitten by him! What sealed the deal is when Tuffy jumped up on the seat of her walker and stared at her. So sweet. He went to his new home with his special foods, his feathers, his "girlfriend" toy, his bed and toys that we knew he would like. We will be keeping track of Tuffy as I told his previous family we would keep a connection with him. They too are glad that Tuffy found a new mama.
We had another adoption on 3/20--Gracie Goldmine. A wonderful lady came in and thought Gracie G was just beautiful! Gracie welcomed her attention. Such a great cat and going to a great home! She can be the diva cat there--exactly what she is meant to be!
We also took on another adult cat. She had been hanging out at a volunteer's house. Because she is a female it was feared she would get pregnant. As it turns out, she is already spayed. Her birthday is 3/15/19 and is black and white. Her name is Azreal (a Name a Cat name). You can tell she has been an outside cat--she meows at the windows and doors. Today she is a bit better today. She's very people friendly and we're hoping she will acclimate to inside living where she is safer.
We have thanks to give:
Ann, Kevin & Baileyb in the UK--donation to use where needed
Hans Z/kater fluffy--donation to help with medicines or other needs
Julie & David P from UK--donation to FFRC, in memory of Trucker
Marti W--donation to FFRC
Special thanks for these donors because of my BD--so kind of you! Flymom, Yvonnevdk, Maureen M, Kittiesmom, Michelle and Mary LF,Susan345.
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UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THE CORONAVIRUS
It's astounding how our lives have changed and what we can and can not do in such a short amount of time.
As you already know, our governor DeWine has put Ohio on a Stay At Home order. This is for the good of ourselves and others.
However, an exception to this, is caretakers of animals, which is us. I have called many of the volunteers to talk directly to them about our volunteer time here at FFRC.
On our weekly work schedule, we have trimmed it down to the very basics. We do not want much contact! That's the whole key.
A few bits of info:
Public will no longer be here. I have the CLOSED sign up--with 3 large, colorful CLOSED signs on it. And there are also 3 signs on the door going into the Main Area, just in case. Public should not be here.
We will be washing knobs, cabinet pulls, anything that is touched alot at least twice daily.
We do have a few volunteers who have elected to stay home and not come to FFRC. And that is absolutely 100% fine. Some of our volunteers have obligations to others that they do not want to take a chance with or they themselves have immune system problems.
WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MINIMUM VOLUNTEERS---We are minimizing how many volunteers are here.
Our goal, we hope is that the afternoon volunteer is done before the evening volunteer comes, so there is no overlap. And if by chance there is an overlap, we will watch our distance--it's important.
At this moment, we have the Front and Back Thumper's Rooms closed down. We also have Kitty Kampus closed. This will help minimize some of the cleaning.
All will use the hand sanitizer upon arrival, when we leave and even several times in between!
Above all, if anyone is sick.........that person will stay home!!
I am so thankful that we had such great adoptions during December, January and February. Our numbers are at an all time low. We actually only have 4 adult cats available for adoption--Lena, Azreal, Gyo and Alssandrah--we are in no hurry with these four.
Because of not being allowed to have public come in, it makes it difficult to arrange adoptions. Because of that, we will hold off taking in kittens and adults to the best of our ability. It wouldn't be fair to overload our reduced number of volunteers.
This has all been hard for us. We aren't use to these limits. I cannot wait for this to be over so we can continue our spay/neuter program and to take in the kittens and cats that need us. We WILL be back.....in full force. This is just a big bump in the road, but we can do it. The main thing....do what it takes to stay healthy.
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Also at this time, we will also not be doing fun-raisers. The reason, I don't feel we should ask for help as many people are financially struggling thru this time. But.....that also means less funds at FFRC. I am trying to cut down on things to conserve our bank balance as much as possible. We may throw in a few flash sales here and there but nothing major.
Take care, each of you----you are important to FFRC. Stay strong, stay healthy and try and find something fun to do each day!
