Saturday, August 29, 2020

Here's what is coming up this week!

Monday--HumaneOhio, have a full schedule

                The very first Breakfast Club Trivia @ 6:30 am

Tuesday--no trivia today

                BOXES at noon

Wednesday--Flash Sale at 11:00 am

                     Trivia following the Flash Sale

                     Storytime with Billy Pogo 8:00 pm

Thursday--Trivia at 1:00 pm

Saturday--FFRC surgery

Veronica and Freedom are doing good in their new home--lots of loving being given and received! Danny, the new boy is doing wonderful. He's really got a heart of gold--so loves to purr and play. King is 100% back to normal. He just had a slow down time after his neuter but is sailing around now! 

We got the fence of the Covies fixed.  Pinto, the long hair torti discovered a way out. She's one of our two feral cats that are in the Cove.  She would zip in and zip out like it was the most natural thing to do!  We waited till we had the fence supplies and made positive she was in, then the fence was repaired.  

The jungle gym inside the Covies had an overhaul.  Both the top floor and middle floor was certainly showing age--sagging and leaking when it rained. So, they now have two new floors and it's double thick--will last for many years. It was also reinforced underneath the floors to make it even sturdier. 

The A-frame little house that is near the firepit also needed a bit of attention.  Lots of screws appropriately put in will keep the outside protective panels in place.  This house is always enjoyed by many of the cats, especially for afternoon nap times.

We still have not caught Merlin, the buff cat that hangs out by the Firehouse. He comes every morning for breakfast and his roll in the catnip but cannot yet coax him into a crate. A work in progress!

Irene and her four kittens have "graduated".  They are now in the Paddy's Place room.  Irene was asking to be out of the condo.  Because she has such a sweet nature, she can be up front in this room.  Even if a kitten slips into that room or she slips out, she will be calm and not show that "mama bear" attitude!  Her four little babies are as round as can be! 

We have also been leaving the doors between the front Thumper's Room and Welcome Room to the main area, open.  This gives the 3 tigers--Tippy Toe, Terri and Traverse, an opportunity to come up, if they wish. They are so very much braver and have been starting to play with the other kittens. 

We have thanks to give!

Steph M--donation to FFRC

Janet M--donation to FFRC

Colleen P--donation to FFRC

Leanne and Mike--donation to FFRC

William M--donation to FFRC

Fran D--donation in honor of Mandy's 16th birthday & in honor of Hensley's birthday

Richard & Davena H--donation for a happy birthday to Hensley

Jabberwockysmom--donation in honor of Jessie

Ann P--a friend from UK--donation to FFRC

Remember September 12, Saturday was to be our big annual Catstock event.  Because of the coronavirus, that has been canceled. But.........we still want to have some fun, all in honor of our cam friends!  A more scheduled description of "things" will be coming up soon. But, keep the date on your calendar. We will have some fun things off and on all day long--all for our viewers!

Mesa, Owen, Danny and Bamboo are full out running, chasing each other.  And then GG was on the Kuranda Tower as they ran by--he added to the fun by jumping onto Danny!  CDot has turned into one of the biggest loverbugs of all times. Marilyn has been letting Shaz snuggle up to her and treats him as a baby kitten. He loves it! Musco is one of the most talkative kittens ever--he has something to say about everything!

Take care and enjoy this wonderful weekend.

Sunday, August 23, 2020

 Busy busy times here. We had the most fantastic fun-raiser this week.  It was called Checks, Cash, Coins, Paypals for Cats!!  It was all about helping the Rescue Center.  And this is what was so awesome about this.  We started with a donation of $3,000 that was anonymously donated. This person was hoping it could be matched, to give the FFRC a whopping $6,000 amount!

Well, with a super grateful heart, you, our friends matched it many times over! Here's a breakdown of this fun-raiser:

Tuesday brought in $4,236.58

Weds. brought in $3,412.00

Thursday brought in $6,876.99--all of this without the matching yet.

And since the original matching amount was $3,000, you can see it was far exceeded!  

The total of these 3 days came to $14,525.57.

The cats wanted to help and they donated $200 of crisp new $1 bills that they hid all over the rescue center. We're still missing $2 !!  What fun! We found dollars in the litter box, in the microwave, under beds, in the freezer, inside condos--everywhere! 

Our matching original $3,000 was bumped up to $1,000 by the same anonymous person.  Wednesday,  I received TWO different anonymous donors--these two people were sure we would outuse the $3,00! These two donations came to $2,200.  Such giving hearts.

By the time all the bump ups were given, our GRAND TOTAL CAME TO .......(drum roll please)....$22,000.00 even. 💙💛💜   All of this given with love, compassion and kindness. And all of this received with a huge, grateful heart. You all are simply amazing. My promise to you is that every single dollar will be used wisely and carefully.

I know this is a hard time right now for individuals, for businesses, for rescues and shelters.  I know it's difficult to donate for many.  Please....I just want everyone to know we appreciate each and everyone.  I said this the other day--our friendships are not based on money giving.  It is given and received with compassion, caring and friendliness. If finances are hard, you can still help FFRC by many ways------------Using the FFRC Amazon link, using the Scrip program, watching and liking our FFRC videos, giving miles for Resqwalk, sharing FFRC's YT stream with family and friends. Your good thoughts and prayers are extremely important to me.  And the cheering squad that you all are is very uplifting. I am told repeatedly--you have our FFRC's back. And I sincerely believe that is true.  Another thing that is so nice and appreciated--the way you give "thank yous" and "way to go's" on the cam or fb posts for FFRC friends.  The encouragement you give others means a lot to me. I thank you all for this.

We had BOXES on Weds.! 

Sharron/Sherrybaby & Harley/Canada -- Card, Canadian Stamps, 2 bags of Friskies Party Mix, Ceramic Jar & Pill Cutter 

Kate OT -- 2 Electric Currant Testers 

Tammy W-- Card, 2 $5 chickie dollars, PB Gas Gift Card, Applebees & Starbucks Gift Cards, 3 Laser lights, Several Pairs of Playtex Gloves, 10 Boxes of Med, Vinyl gloves, Cat Nip Toys

Karen & Gilbert -- 5 Cases of Baby Food,

Anonymous -- A whole bunch of 3cc syringes  

Donna/Napa -- 2 Boxes of Lil Soups (Pania is happy!)

Dim -- Acrylic Kitchen Bin, Races Wall Climbing Car

Sharon/Agrod43 -- Case (32) Friskies Poultry, Container of Temptations, Mouse Toys, Batteries 

Dave, Melanie & Helga   --  2 Boxes (50) Assorted Chip & Snacks for Volunteers 

Anonymous -- 8 Boxes (12) 9 Lives

Donna B/Ga Slash, torch, kix -- In Memory of Oliver, Magnet, Wind Chimes for the cove 

Kathie3103 -- Bag of RC Mother and Baby Cat, 2 Boxes of Chicken Bone Broth 

StinkyGrey Kitty -- 2 Boxes of Assorted Cookies 

Mr.Meow -- 4 Sets of Towels, Box (12) FF, 58 Lg Cans of 9Lives,  Towel, dish cloth,Pot Holder & Oven Mitt Set, Micro Fiber Towels, 2 Dry Erase Boards, 3 Binder Pouches, 4 Wash Mitts, Grooming Gloves, 5 Hand Towels, 2 Collars, Cat 2 Cat Scratchers , 27 cans of Sardines, Lil Grillers, box of Delectable seniors, Bondi licks, 2 boxes of Sheba Purfect Portions, Paws Happy Life, 

Envelopes 

Kim R & Moose, Baby -- Birthday Card for Hensley & Pasha,Donation for Name a Cat 

And more thanks:

Renee C--donation for FFRC

Marti W--donation for FFRC

Steph--donation for FFRC

Pam H--donation to FFRC

Anna A--donation to FFRC

James S--donation to FFRC

Loretta B--donation to FFRC

Lynda M--donation to FFRC

Kelly I--donation to FFRC
Yaseen E-E--donation to FFRC

Apryl H--donation to FFRC

We have had 4 more adoptions!

Holly--adopted 8/21. She went with a friend of ours that has lots of love to give. Holly will be one very happy girl! The pictures of Holly in her new home are so sweet!

Marti--adopted 8/22. She was adopted into a home with a mom/dad and 4 kids. Marti was wonderful and so good with the kids. I've already seen pictures that shows a happy girl!

Veronica and Freedom--adopted 8/22. These two sweet kittens went with volunteer and friend Elizabeth and Elliott.  I've also seen pictures of these two kittens in their new home and they look very content. Another great home!

Smokey and her 4 kittens are doing wonderful. Little Jersey has springs on her legs and bounds all over the room but still likes her time with mama. Little Frankie too is one busy boy.  The other two kittens are still in the nest. It's interesting to see 4 different ages!

We've taken on a new kitten. His name is Danny, a Name a Cat name. He appeared on our farm yard--came running right up to me. He's all black, male, about 7 months old. His birthday is 1/15/20. He looks alot like Miko. To tell them apart, Danny received a "flat tail"--the fur on the end of his tail was cut flat. He's a very vocal boy and so loves attention.  

You may have heard that King wasn't feeling very good after his surgery but yesterday he is back to himself. He and Donatello (brothers) are very sweet and so loves attention. 

The outside cats are all doing very well. We are still working on one more stray on the farmyard. His name is Merlin. He's a buff cat. We believe he's a male. Our goal is to catch him and get him neutered. He's trusting us much more and is eating with the FIrehouse cats. Just stays right outside of reach yet. But, we're winning him over! 

I've been asked about the baby chicklets. They are growing!  They have a 5-section pen that is very large for them--they go in there at night and the doors are closed, for their safety. In the mornings, the doors are opened and they come out into their huge exercise area!  They get very excited for breakfast and all want to rush out the doors at the same time!

We have more adoptions coming up! 

On the 31st, we will have another HumaneOhio.Please take care, stay healthy. Have a wonderful Sunday. 

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

 First there was one, then two, then three and now...........there are four!  And Smokey is a beaming happy mama cat. She actually seems very content and relaxed now with tending to all of these babies.  As you know, Roosevelt is her borned kitten. Frankie came along as a foster as did Buddy.  And then, we received a phone call from Jersey's that there was a small kitten behind the restaurant.  We drove over, searched and did not find her. FIVE employees (😁) came out and helped us look. Kitten came to them--they were her food source! 

Her name is Jersey! She's a white kitten with grey on her. She's 4 weeks old, weighed 14 ounces--how did she survive almost a week in the woods?  Her birthday is 7/17/20.  She ate a whole belly's worth upon arrival here, had a bath. And of course, as I'm drying her, mama Smokey comes and takes her out of my hands and puts her in the nest. Jersey promptly finished her meal with a warm drink of milk! She loves her new mama!  The four have all fit right in together.

Yesterday was a HumaneOhio surgery day. We sent up 46 cats! This breaks down to 28 females and 18 males. Many thanks to Debbie, Becky, Gem and Lynnette for your help with check ins.  Also thanks to Marcia and Dawn for helping us with check outs. This brings our 2020 total to 722 cats---430 females and 292 male and 1 dog which then makes it 723 spays/neuters. 

We had another adoption--Trill!  Our big beautiful golden boy. He was adopted by a volunteer. I've talked to her already and sounds like the household is settling in nicely with Trill. He was adopted on 8/15. 

We have more possible adoptions coming up---Marti, Holly, Freemont, Owen, Boom Boom. Plus, -------Buddy is on hold but he has a long way to go yet! 

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Today starts our Matching Fun-Raiser.  It ends Thursday at midnight.  Then on Friday, we will start revealing the totals at 10:00 am, noon and 2 pm. Whatever is brought in will be DOUBLED up to a total of $3,000.  BIG thanks to our anonymous donor!  Come join us for the fun on Friday!

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We will be having BOXES on Weds. at 1:00. We are grateful for each and every box!

We have thanks to give:

Carolyn W--donation to FFRC

Lynne W--donation to FFRC

Norma C--donation to FFRC, in memory of Uri

Don't forget to tag your calendar for September 12, Saturday.  That is our Catstock day.  Yes, it will  be very different from years past. But, we wanted to provide some Catstock fun for our cam viewers off and on throughout the day! 

This blog will be a short one. Honestly, I've worked hard at it, but these kittens are super ornery this morning. They have deleted whole paragraphs, erased many words here and there, added words that I have no idea how they knew how to spell so well and in general have made this blog time very interesting. And then they have the nerve to look so very cute and innocent.  So, in closing, the cats and I are saying to please take good care and have a great day. 

saaaaa

August 14, 2020

 One and then two, and then three.  Yep--that's what has happened to Smokey.  Smokey is the tiger mama we are keeping temporarily.  She had given birth to 2 kittens, 1 passed away and then she and baby was brought to FFRC.  Baby is Roosevelt, brown tiger, born 7/31/20.  The second day that Smokey was here, Frankie arrived, another brown tiger, born 7/24/20.  Smokey wanted this baby too. Both are doing great. Yesterday, another baby arrived, named Buddy.  He was abandoned by mama, in an abandoned house and cried for two days because he was hungry. His birthday is 8/7/20.  Buddy is all black.

FYI--Smokey has two names--Smokey Shadow.  She goes by both names!

I was giving Buddy a bath as he arrived rather dirty.  As I'm bathing him, Smokey is raising a fuss in the back Thumper's Room.  So, when I started drying him, I went into the Thumper's Room to towel fluff him.  I bent down to show Smokey and right then and there.........she snagged that baby and took him quickly to her nest and promptly laid down with the 3 of them and started licking him clean. Buddy promptly latched on to a much needed meal. All 3 babies have a very devoted mama!

We also took on another adult cat. Her name is Holly, a torti Persian who is ever so sweet.  She arrived with a load of mats around her neck and shoulders. Her name is a Name a Cat name. Her birthday is 7/16/15, so her age is 5 years. She comes from a divorced couple who could no longer keep her. She is declawed 4 and had fleas. Her fleas are gone, her mats are also gone and she is now in the Main Area--a happy girl. A real sweetie. 

There's 2 more new kittens as well.  These boys were dropped off at a couple's driveway.  They could not care for them and brought them to FFRC.  When they opened the truck door, the kittens jumped out and scooted over to the Memorial Garden. They were easily picked up and actually were purring as we scooped them up.  Their names are Name a Cat names:

King--all grey tiger, weighed 4.02, birthday is 4/22/20

Donatello--black tiger/white, weighed 3.15, same birthday!

We had BOXES on Tuesday!  Many thanks for your generosity!

Mr. Meow -- Fun Raiser, 10 4x6 Photo Frames,Kitty Fridge Magnets, , 2 Baby Blankets, Hand Towels, 3 Boxes Sheba Purrfectly  Portions, 2 Boxes(12) Meow Mix Cups, Micro Fiber Cleaning Towels, and towel set, Cat Nail Files, 5 two year planner books, 7 thank you notes,  2 Sardines, 4 cans of 9 lives, Box of mix Grill and Gravy packs, 

Rosalind -- for Jacci and LostGirl, Ireland Key Chains 

Helga -- Assorted cookies(36)

Dorothy D -- Box of Whiskas Perfectly Chicken 

Rebekah U -- Box of Delectable Bisque lickable treats , Box of Delectable Chowder

Susan K -- 2 Spools of Wire , (silver band do-giggies ) for Lj Masks   Thanks to Starbucks for helping with this donation!

Judy Judy -- 3 boxes of Lil Soups 

April Catlover -- 2 Boxes of Appetizers, Case of Baby Food, 2 Boxes of Lil Soups 

Yvonne VDK -- 4 Boxes of Whiskas Perfectly Chicken, Lg bag of Purina One Adult

Jaxx -- 3 Containers of Assorted Zip Ties,  

Mighty Kat -- 3 Boxs of Churu ( Bondi ) Licks  

Brian C -- 12 cans of Starkest Tuna, 8 Boxes of Whiskas, 2 boxes of appetizers, 2 boxes (30) Lil soups, 2 containers of Mr.Clean Magic Erasers, case of FF Kitten, 12 Cans of Salmon

Plee --  6 Boxes of Whiskas Perfectly Chicken 

Jane 90125 -- Lg bag of Purina One Kitten

Avon cats and Wendy -- 2 Cases(40), 1 Case(32) canned friskies

Lynn--Kens Furniture - 4 gallons of Odo ban 

Mr & Mrs Medic -- 2 Cases of FF 

Hope366 -- Case 40  of Friskies Filet 

Ju-in-ji -- 4 Cases of Baby Food

Terri & David, EV --  Case (40) Friskies, Box of Lil Soups 

Denise & Elizabeth -- 4 Hand Made Tissue Box Holders, 6 Packs of Squeeze Ups, Pack of Wipes, 3 Boxes of Kleenex, Pack of Styrofoam plates, 2 Packs of FF Filet,   

Terry & Tammy  and the napping Kitties -- 1 container of Temptations, box of Chewy trail bars 

Janet & Susan W -- Case(30) FF Gravy lovers, Bag of Friskies Dry Food 

Lucy S --  Purina One HairBall Formula, Humming Bird Wind Chime 

Lynda D -- 2 Cases(30) Lil Soups, Case of Perfectly Chicken, 5 Purple Momma's  

Karen B -- 12 Cans of Chicken, Box of FF Broths, 6 Boxes of Lil Soups 

David S -- Case of Assorted Chips

Envelopes 

Jeanne S -- Donation for Feliz Navidad Fund 

Kathy R/Mn -- Card & Donation  

Tom C/Il -- Donation 

Julie & David/UK -- Birthday Card for Lucy $5 Chickie money 

Carol Dc/Va -- Card, Donation in Memory of Tiny Toe 

Frances/ME -- Card, Donation in Honor of Susan/Schinn for taking care of the "LIGHT" kitties 

Mary Dc/CT -- Card, Donation in Memory of Tiny Toe for Feliz Navidad Fund  

Melissa L/NY -- Donation 

Susan345 G/NH -- Card , Donation in Memory of Nancy 

Anne, James/Skippy M/Canada -- Card, Donation in memory of Cutie, Uri, and 5 Zastria babies

Plus, we have even more thanks to give!

Faithy M--donation to help with a public spay/neuter

Cheryl B--donation to FFRC

Lana H--donation to FFRC

Traci G & Mary P--donation to FFRC, in memory of our friend Lewbeth

Tingqiao--donation to FFRC

Heather H--donation to FFRC

Pam C--donation to FFRC
Charlotte T--donation to FFRC

And then we have had some adoptions!  Four more!

Yahtzee left on 8/10.  She went into a home with a wonderful new mama and one other cat.

Taran left on 8/10.  Such a beautiful kitten. Her new family loves her already!  Her new name is Sophia.

Mary Sharon left on 8/12.  She has a new mama that has taken off a few days of work to be with her.

Simpson left on 8/13.  Yahtzee's new mom came back to get her brother!  Now, Yahtzee and Simpson are in the same home and will be romping and having so much fun! 

More adoptions still coming up! 

Monday is our next HumaneOhio surgery day. We have it loaded with appointments. We are actually now booked full until October. 

Jessie is maintaining -- she's eating fairly well. I've noticed she's a bit quieter these days but she still knows how to draw our attention to her. She's getting lots of TLC and head rubs. 

We did get some results back from the babies of Zastria. All viruses except for Calici came back negative.  And the Calici was not the virulent one (a good thing).  Also showed a bacterial pneumonia in the lungs.  Because of their very young age, they didn't have a fighting chance of survival. Mama Zastria probably passed this on to the kittens. She, however, is healthy--completely asympatomatic. 

Our Flash Sale on Wednesday was awesome--it was a total Warped sale. I appreciate her wonderful items, the mods for helping and the folks who purchased these items. And of course, to Lynnette and Marcia.  This sale brought $851 to FFRC--a huge help!

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Checks, Cash, Coins, Paypals for Cats.........what???? Watch out for a super duper wonderful Fun-Raiser for August!  The best thing is---whatever is brought will be DOUBLED up to a total of $3,000.  So that means, FFRC might possibly, maybe, could happen to make $6,000!!!  How? By a generous friend who is willing to donate $3,000 to FFRC, but only IF we can raise $3,000 !!!  We can do it, can't we???  Let's try! 

 It starts Tuesday the 18th.  And ends on Thursday at midnight.  

 Then at 10:00 Friday, we will give the total of what was collected on Tuesday.  

At noon, we will give the total of what was collected on Wednesday.  

At 2:00, we will give the total of what was collected on Thursday.

Keep your fingers, toes and paws crossed that we can raise $3,000!!  That would actually be $6,000!  

Oh---plus we have some really nice consolation prizes.  ALL names will go into the bin and lots of great prizes will be given away!  Come join us Friday at 10:00, noon and 2:00!  Prizes will be drawn at the 2:00  time. 

Monday, August 10, 2020

 Incomings and outgoings!  We have taken on 3 more cats--1 mama, her boy and a foster boy.  

Smokey--mama, arrived 8/2.  Birthday is 2/2/19.  She had given birth to 2 kittens, one of which passed away.  She arrived for us to just give our opinion if we thought 2 was all she would have---we agreed with that--just 2. 

Roosevelt--Smokey's baby boy. Birthday is 7/31. Arrived at 2 days old.  Brown tiger.

Frankie--Smokey's foster boy--needed a mama.  Birthday is 7/24.  Arrived at 13 days old. Brown tiger.  He took right to Smokey and she to him!  He arrived 8/6. 

They are all one happy family.  Smokey is to go back to his human when kittens are weaned and she is spayed.  Frankie arrived with that name as did Smokey but Roosevelt is a Name a Cat name.

Adoptions!  We have had 5 more adoptions!

Marietta--adopted 8/8.  She went into her home with a wonderful new mama and another newly arrived calico  kitten. These 2 kittens should have a wonderful time together!

Otis and Arch--adopted 8/8.  The family that has adopted these two boys have waited a long time.  Arch was ready but had to wait for Otis.  Otis had become sick but his new mama never gave up on him.  He went home on the very last of his medicines. Both kittens are good eaters now, high energy and showed they were ready to go to their very own home! I've seen pictures already and both boys look completely happy!

Liberty and Luna Grace--adopted 8/9.  Sisters, adopted together! Love that.  These two kittens have a mom and dad and two little girls.  There will be lots of love and fun in this new home!  

We have more kittens/cats being looked or being adopted ---Marti, Yahtzee, Trill, Mary Sharon, Boom Boom, Bamboo.   

We have thanks to give!

Lisa W from New Jersey

Eartheyes/Margaret--donation in memory of her cat Sweetie who passed 6/21.

Alan C--donation to FFRC

BillieK--donation in memory of Oliver

Mary/Fri. vol.--rugs and "stuff"!! 

I would like to hand out another thank you to all of those who have sent in memorials to FFRC in my sister Nancy's name.  These memorials would make her happy.  My family and I miss her so very much but.........she was ready to go. And I find peace in that. She made everyday count. She knew that her time was near and she just wanted her family near by and to have a peaceful death, which she did. So....we remember her memories with great joy. 

A big thanks to Best Friends Animal Society for the donation of $66.65 for ResQwalk. And to all of you who gave those miles of walking or biking. It all adds up. 

Another thanks to Ken's Furniture who gave another donation to FFRC--4 gallons of OdoBan!

I've heard from the mama of Roxi and ZIva--both are doing good. "They are both very spoiled.  Ziva sleeps on my pillow and pushes me off over the course of the night. Roxi sleeps near the middle of the bed. When I get up in the middle of the night, Roxi takes over my spot".  Sounds good!

Saturday, 8/8 was our FFRC surgery day.  We did 5 males and 4 females plus a few physicals. 

Males: Owen, CDot, Miko and 2 public males

Females: Mooi, Zastria, Luna Grace and a public female

We also took off a growth from a cat that belonged to a volunteer.  All surgeries went very well. Big thanks to Joyce D for the pizza/bread stick lunch--it was very appreciated!

We also did a couple physicals--

JJ/Porchie--his eyes are magical looking and just wanted to make sure they were ok which they are. He has a lot of pigmentation to both of his eyes.  

Jessie--well, this is a tough one.  Our Jessie is having trouble. A tumor was felt in her abdomen, inside the intestinal tract.  Jessie is our oldster and surgery is not an option. I'm afraid this sweet girl has only a short time left with us. This tumor prevents her from absorbing much of the bit of food she eats. Her appetite is off. This also causes a tummyache.  I promise to her and all other cats here--no suffering. We have the gift of euthanasia, which means "a good death".  And we will not let Jessie have any pain. It will be a fine line between still enjoying life or whether life is too hard.  In the meantime, food is offered anytime she wants, lots of head rubs and love coming her way.

Wednesday is a special Flash Sale--it's a WARPED Flash Sale. Many thanks to her for the wonderful box that arrived.  This Sale is at 11:00. 

I was a bit extra busy last week and did not get BOXES done. So, we are having BOXES Tuesday at noon!  Come and enjoy the fun and excitement.  We love boxes! 

 

Thursday, August, 6, 2020

Another HumaneOhio event was this past Monday! And it was full, which is exactly how we like it! Our Coronavirus safety practice that we have in place, are working--people are being respectful by keeping space and by wearing their masks.  We sent up 54 cats--that breaks down to 36 females and 18 males. 

Our 2020 total now is 667 cats--398 females and 269 males. 

We have another spay/neuter day this Saturday--our own FFRC day.  Dr. Darcy and Amber will be here.  

Right now (subject to change) we have 9 spays/neuters and one "extra" surgery---

Owen--ffrc, black, male

CDot--ffrc, orange white toes, male

Miko--ffrc, black, male

Friend's cat--check abscess, black, male

Mooi--ffrc, calico, female

Zastria--ffrc, white/black, female

Luna Grace--ffrc, tiger/white, female

Wilma--shelter cat, female

Moogy--extra surgery--remove lump on face

As always, we have a few physicals, including JJ (eyes) and Jessie.

We have taken on 3 new kittens. 

Miko--black, male, found in parking lot of WalMart.  He is very friendly, has earmites and tapeworms. His birthday is 4/1/20 and he is 4 months, 3 weeks old. 

Owen--orange tiger, male, found at a gas station. He is super sweet,  His birthday is 5/16/20, 11 weeks old. 

Mooi--calico, female, found at a store. A bit shy but once she is being held, will purr and purr.  Her birthday is also 5/16/20 at 11 weeks old.  Her nose is black. 

These 3 kittens were all found within a very close perimeter of each other. Mooi and Owen, I believe are brother/sister. They seemed to recognize each other and cuddled up and took a much needed nap together. 

A huge thanks to Greg and Debbie K for putting a new logo decal on our spinning wheel for the cats.  This one is much tougher and should withstand the washings and the fur that accumulates on the wheel. The cats have approved of it!  We also thank Greg and Debbie for the logo stickers that were given to us.

This coming Weds. at 11:00 is a very special Warped Flash Sale--it's all items made by our Warped friend!  And it's a mystery--the box is sealed and will be opened at the time of the Flash Sale.  Come join the fun! 

We have had 4 more adoptions!

Persius--adopted 8/3.  Such a great kitten. He's going into a home with a dog that needs a friend. His new dad seems ever so kind.

 Lauri--adopted 8/5.  She will be an only cat, with a new mom that has lots of time to love on her.

Cassiopeia and Sky--adopted 8/5.  They went to a family that has adopted from us in the past.  They call these two girls their twins!  A great home!

The mystery is solved.  We kept finding Dollop (a Covie) OUTSIDE of her fence.  We would put her in and she would be out again.  So.........we watched her and found the small hole she was squeezing thru.  Our Purrfect Fence is awesome but it bears checking now to make sure it stays in good condition.  It's getting older.  We also fixed another spot that was showing wear and tear. 

Update on the chicklet babies. They are growing.  First, they were in one house, then we opened the next door to give them access to another building, so they had two.  But they soon started outgrowing that.  They now have access to a very large outside exercise area!  They come out in the morning and we put them to bed in the evening.  We sure have been enjoying them.

As many of you may know, my sister Nancy passed away this past Sunday.  Nancy was diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago.  The doctors said she possibly could squeeze 4 years out. But, Nancy is Nancy and she went 5 years.  She reminded us Saturday night "I am tough"--she mouthed the words plainly to us.  And that made us all smile.  My sister so enjoyed talking--to family, to friends, to anyone--she was so kind to everyone. The last 5 months she could no longer talk due to the cancer, so she wrote everything. We could still continue to communicate that way.  She has beautiful flowers in her front yard which she so loved. And in her back yard, she fed the birds, squirrels, ducks, geese and deer.  Nancy and her kids and myself and my kids would go camping for almost entire summers together. So many good memories. My family will miss her tremendously.  Her funeral service is tomorrow, Friday. Steve and I will be gone most of the day.

I want to extend a big thank you to those that made a donation to FFRC, in Nancy's memory. This means a lot to me.  Nancy always would ask me about how the cats and kittens were doing. She herself loved cats and dogs too. These donations are very appreciated.

Sad news--another loss.  Our dear Oliver has passed away. Oliver arrived at FFRC on 3/20/09.  He was 2 years old then, making him 13 years old when he passed. He arrived here out of the blue, covered in bite wounds.  We treated him, kept his physicals up, had two dentals in recent years and was so loved. It was noted that he has been "off" this past week and that he also has lost some weight.  Upon bringing him up to the Main Area, it was realized that he had a fairly large mass in his abdomen.  He was given food, kisses and pets and let to go to the Rainbow Bridge. He will be hugely missed. 

We have thanks to give:

Steph M from UK--donation to FFRC

Patrick and Shannan--donation to FFRC

Harm B--donation to FFRC
Pat N--donation to FFRC for treats

Yvonne VDK--donation to FFRC

Jakesmeowmy--donation to FFRC

Marco from Germany--donation in honor of Lucy

Tracy L--donation to FFRC

Hallie G--donation for FFRC

Donavon & Shannon--donation to FFRC, especially for Victor and Jackson & friends

Katherine E--donation for FFRC

Gail M--donation to FFRC

Robert L--donation to FFRC
Michelle LF--donation in honor of her mom's birthday (Mary) 

Kazz, our mod--donation for chickie treats for Derecho!

Another Community Donator!  Many thanks to Megan and to Goin' Postal for your donation to FFRC.  The donation was given thru the change that people put in a jug to be donated to FFRC--it added up to $110.  We so appreciate Megan and Goin' Postal. 

Please, everyone, take good care. FFRC cares about each of you. YOU are important to the cats and all of us humans here.  More adoptions coming up!

Saturday, August 1, 2020

These kittens never cease to make me chuckle. In front of me, I have 4 kittens, here on my desk,  laid out on their sides, deep in sleep. All 4 have their eyes slightly open with their eyes rolled clear up!  Not a worry to the world!

We've had 3 more adoptions!
Beauty--our sweet beige mama has found a home! She was a big hit to the lady that picked her. Beauty went right up to her. I've seen a picture already of her resting on the back of a chair. She is one of the cats that were removed from the abandoned house. She will think she's in cat heaven with her new owner!  She was adopted 7/29.

Ziva and Roxi--went to their new home together!  They are not only good friends but now sisters. They are the only pets in their new home and are planning on soaking up lots of TLC!  A great family that they went to.  They were adopted 7/31.

Our kitten Veronica now has her button removed from her chin. And her lower lip is staying in place much better.  These poor kittens that are tossed out of a moving vehicle. It's an almost for sure thing that they hit face first, pulling the tissues of the inside of lower lip clear down.  If it's not corrected medically, they live their lives with a big scoop there with the lower lip. It collects saliva and food. Not a nice situation. 

We had BOXES on Thursday.  We so love BOXES--truly is a big help to us! 

Mike & Lorrie W – 50 Micro fiber colorful wash cloths, Case (24) FF, Case of Friskies Pate, 4 boxes of purrfectly chicken, Box(100) vinyl Gloves, Case of Toilet Paper

 

Terry Q & The Napping Kitties -- 2 Padded Edge Cat Beds and Container of Snacks for Camvie and Nyota, Toys for Trill and Friends 

 

Karen & Gilbert – Box of Perfectly Chicken, 5 Boxes of Appetizers, Box of lil soups

 

Dimwit – 5cc syringes--4 big bundles!

 

Anonymous – Container of Temptations

 

Gwen R – Note, Donation, Angel Whisker,  6 Laser Lights, Paw Points, 6 Cans of Sardines, Soup Labels, Box Tops

 

Auntie Beth  – 2 Cases of Shambali food

 

Karen B --  2 Boxes of Sardines, Box of Broths, 2 Boxes of Lil Soups 

 

Mr Meow – Note , Box in Memory  Uri, Case of FF, 12 Cans of Cat Food, Box of Kitten Food, Scratching Post, 2 sets of Kitchen Towels, Box(12) Sheba, Box of Lil Grillers

 

Yvonne VDK -- Large Bag of Iams Kitten dry food, Bag of Purina One Adult

 

CJ500 – Bag of Iams kitten, 2 cases (24) Friskies extra gravy chunky 

 

Piper Jo 99 – 4 Boxes of Variety  Sheba  336

 

David, Melanie Z& Helga  -- Pop up Kitty Tunnel, lots of 1cc syringes

 

Alan C –  2 Extra Large Kitty Beds--super soft

 

Tears from a dream  --  2 Boxes of Meow Mix single server size

 

Envelopes 

Linda & Bill –Card & Donation  

Kim R – Card, 5 Dollar Chickie money , bookmark 

David H – Donation for His Gang , Magic, Hensley Vernon, Coralie , Kiara 

Contessa – Dry Cat Food Receipts 

Cecilia/Il – Note, 2 Donations one for FFRC , one in Memory of Uri

Patricia H / Il – Card & Donation in Memory of Uri

Elaine & Allen – Card ,  Stamps & Donation in Memory of Little Kat

Paula N – Card,

Marie M /NM – Card

Theresa M/UK – Card, Donation , 2 $5 chickie Dollars

Clark, Jessie and the Rest of the Gang – BD Card for Lucy, $5 Chickie Money

Sarah D – Note, Hand Crafted Earrings -- so beautiful!

KEN'S FURNITURE, a local business/ Lynn--has come thru

with another donation for FFRC--10 cases of water for the volunteers,  bag of litter and bof of Purrfectly Chicken!  Thanks Lynn and business for helping FFRC! 

A big thanks to LOWE'S also!  They donated hand disinfectant (bottles and jugs) and cleaning disinfectant to FFRC. Plus, some disposable face masks!  We are grateful. 

And we have more thanks to give!
Patricia R--donation to FFRC
Lorene B--donation to FFRC
Kathleen B--donation to FFRC
Burgundy--donation to help with the vet or medicine needs. 
Judy & Phil--donation to FFRC
Davszy--donation to FFRC
Hans, Katze Jule and wife IIse--donation in memory of sweet Uri and sister. 
Janet M--donation to FFRC
Lori U--donation to FFRC
Pat N--donation for treats for Derecho & friends, in memory of her Tasha

Amazon!  Such a big help to FFRC.  If you are making an Amazon purchase for FFRC, for yourself or for anyone, if you go to our website at fofrescue.org and click on AMAZON, it will take you there. But, they will kick in a bit of a donation for each order!  We just received $217.36 from Amazon for May!  Many thanks!

Boom Boom has another best friend. CDot is her first best friend and her second best friend is Janie. They nap together, give each other baths and just enjoy each others company. Boom Boom loves Janie's tail and plays with the furiness!  

I've had a few folks asking about Kitty Christmas already.  It's true that the traditional way we have done Kitty Christmas would be difficult during this Coronavirus time.  But........hold on to that date yet!  It's Dec. 5, Saturday.  We may just host this event in a different way.  Stay tuned!

Monday is our HumaneOhio day. We are looking at a full schedule plus need to get 4 of our FFRC cats done too.  If we can get them in, they have homes to go to!  

It's a .............................BOY!!!  Weeks ago, two gorgeous black/white cats were dropped off here at FFRC.  We caught the first one fairly easily. We named him Tippy as he has a white tipped tail. He is very sweet and now trusts us.  We were able to get him neutered quickly and he is now a Porchie. But his sister/brother--we weren't sure--was very elusive. We have tried traps, sweet talking--but couldn't catch him/her.  We used the name Terry/Terri as it would fit either sex!  On Weds., out of the blue, he let us pick him up and we ushered him inside! One look under the tail........we have a Terry!  Once caught, he turned into a pure mush. He loves laps, loves legs to wrap around and is now another happy Porchie.  Now........we have a beige older kitten that we have been trying to trap. So far, he will not go in.  Keep your fingers crossed.

We have quite a few of the kittens that are being looked at--some are still "of interest", some are on hold--Marietta, Bamboo, Boom Boom, Mary Sharon, Trill, Persius, Marti.   Arch and Otis will be leaving soon to go to their new home. Sky and Cassiopeia too will be leaving. 

Have a great weekend and know that you are appreciated. Please, take care and stay healthy.