Double Post Again!

Friday:

It's been 6 weeks since Farrah had a seizure! We're very happy with that but still counting the days. Time will tell if we need to do any further adjustments on her meds. We've got our map up and soon I'll be applying pins from people who have visited here and who have donated items! Looking forward to doing this. We'll also use the blue pins for Paddy's destination for the World Tour. The Paddy Travel Box left Thursday and is on it's way! Talked to Dr. Cindy quite a while yesterday regarding Bella's bum. We are going to carry on with keeping the staples in her wound, removing them every few days to be sure all is clean, then reapplying them. Don't worry--it doesn't seem to bother her at all as her sensory feeling there is pretty minimal.

Boxes!

Many thanks to:

Vern S from MI: adult dry cat food

twocatsfromnj: babyfood, Fancy Feast, Whiskas, and Friskies

Arlynn J: a cap for Paul

Medic: Fancy Feast

Saturday:

We love visitors here at the Rescue Center. Yesterday was great as we had a couple of our web cam viewers here for a visit, Catlady and Siamesemich. I believe they were able to pet every kitten and cat here, including Cat's Cove residents. We also had Dawn S come in the morning (a volunteer/viewer) with her great auntie. It's taken 2 days, but the big job of deep vacuuming all the furniture followed by shampooing them is done. Many thanks to Stacey and Judy S. for this huge project. The furniture looks like new!. Yesterday Kurt and I found a kitten outside the property. After much coaxing, it finally came right up to us. Big purr & head rubs involved! About 12 hrs later, found another one in our yard. I have to believe they are sisters. Both are long hair, tigers, same size. When I put them together, they nose touched and rubbed shoulders! The brown tiger is Amera and the gray tiger is Adora. It's official. Kate and Jack are going to adopt Mary Katherine! I'm so happy for this adoption. Mary Katherine is fairly shy but Kate and Jack have enormous patience to help her be happy.

Boxes!

Thank you to:

Deette: a beautiful pink collar with stars on it for Twinkle, our oldster. Looks beautiful on her!

Catlady: a homemade cherry cheesecake, apples/cider, baby food, cat treats, people treats, etc.

Siamesemich: cleaning supplies, can food, cat treats, human treats, etc.

Connie D: cat face wipes

twocatsfromnj: Friskies

I am so thankful for the support of the web cam viewers and our volunteers and friends of the rescue center. I saw a saying yesterday that I liked. It goes something like: It's great people like you who make people like me grateful. Very true words.

Tookie thinks she is a Bumble Bee

Paddy World Tour Kick-Off!

The Paddy's Travel Box is taking off today! First visit is to Sevren in London! Keep an eye on facebook. At every stop a picture will be taken and posted on facebook and also put into the box. You can also follow Paddy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/PaddyWorldTour . When all the pics return to the rescue center, we'll put them together! This will be a fun event. Petfinder is finally caught up. We will be posting the new pictures to go along with the new entries soon. Yesterday was a wonderful day. We actually had the audio on for 36 hours! We would like to try and do this fairly often to show our appreciation of YOU for helping to support the Rescue Center. We are still #1 in the Shelter+ Challenge! Please vote daily and ask your friends, families and e-mail friends to help us win the Grand Prize! Our floor is in dire need of repair. This prize money could help go towards the new floor. Just mopping it is now causing the finish to lift and flake. The kitties are also pulling it up. They seem to think it's fun! We have a company that can produce a floor that will be wonderful, long lasting and can take the abuse that it'll receive here. We're hard on everything; floors, washers, shop vacs, etc.! It's a busy place and things are used a lot. We are grateful people here and have people to thank, but Amazon has not been putting in the sender's names lately. I always worry that I may not have the names of all the wonderful people that send us donations. Please know that what you all do for us is extremely important to this Rescue Center. Deb B. sent 2 cases of baby food and 4 cases of Friskies. Vern S. sent 2 cases of Whiskas packs and 2 cases of Royal Canin Baby Cat can food. Jillr27 sent 2 cases of baby food and 2 cases of Friskies. Beadladee1 sent KMR and L-Lysine Powder. Sabrina & Cantoncat sent Fancy Feast, cat treats & Friskies. Gwen & hummerfan sent 2 cases of Senior Friskies. Blue sent some wonderful ribbon cat teasers that she made. She's also been selling items at shows for FFRC. You all are terrific. Our food cupboard looks so much better! Kurt Williams neck continues to look good. Twinkle is happy and seems to be very content with her life. Ada Jane loves to lay on the dryer when it's going--it jiggles her & warms her up! This Saturday we'll be at our local Wal-Mart from 10 AM til 1 PM doing some PR to raise awareness. Our 2 volunteers who will be helping with this are Connie D and Martha L. Once again, please remember to vote!

Chia, Claudius, and Cassi

Viewer Appreciation Day TODAY!

Our way of saying thanks to the many web cam viewers is to have the audio on for you at the Rescue Center! Hope you enjoy. I know we enjoy sharing our kitties and cats with you. We had boxes last night which we're always grateful for. Beth A, from KY sent Fancy Feast, Whiskas and baby food--all items in big demand. Sillysticks sent items from Staples which were bleach, HE laundry soap, map pins for our new board. Sabrina & Cantoncat sent 2 cases of senior Friskies which the oldsters love. Gossamer sent a pack of 112 rattling feather fur cat mice. Thanks to Beth, Sillysticks, Sabrina & Canton and Gossamer for these gifts to the rescue center. We love opening boxes. These gifts make a huge difference to the Rescue Center. Thanks also to Caity B. who has made those wonderful shopping bags out of the cat/dog/bird/grain bags. They are really neat. We are still #1 in The Animal Rescue Site voting stats! What a thrill! Please keep voting for us. We took in a new cat last night. This ancient of all oldsters is a Himalayan cat, already neutered male, declawed front. This cat was apparently seen 2 weeks ago already in extremely poor condition. When the family went out to get him, he was no longer in sight until last night. Many thanks to this family for bringing this cat here. This fella is so very old, only weighs 4 lbs. 12 ounces and is probably the worst of all cats hydration-wise that has ever came here. We're giving fluids in a timely manner and keeping him warm as he's having a hard time keeping his body temperature up. He's getting a name that means something. It's Michio--the strength of 3,000. It saddens my heart that we may not be able to help him. How can these things happen? Today we will begin “Where in the World are the Paddys?” We are sending out a stuffed Persian toy to represent Paddy Cake and Paddy Purr. First stop is to Sevren who lives in London. She will take a picture of the Paddys by something that represents her area. Then Sevren will send it on to someone else of her choosing. After the Paddys have made 20 stops all around the world, they will be returned to the Rescue center. The pictures taken will be posted in our facebook so everyone can keep track of where they are! Sounds like fun!

Shasta

1st Place so far... KEEP VOTING DAILY!

We've started out at a wonderful pace in the voting at The Animal Rescue Site. We're #1 this morning! Wow! Now we have to keep it up. There's a potential $6,000 that we could win. Please vote every day and pass on this info to your family, friends and e-mail friends. We sure would appreciate it. This makes for a very happy day! Jeepers is doing great. He's now out and about and seems to be making friends. He's got a wonderful purr. Putter was being silly and fun yesterday. He was cruising around at a fast pace and even played with the catnip bananas. That was very nice to see. Mary E, the Monday morning volunteer and I clipped nails yesterday, cleaned ears, got treatments caught up and did a few weigh-ins. We are thankful that we had 4 boxes to open last night. Littleonemine sent 2 cases of baby food, KMR, a case of Friskies and a case of can chicken. The chicken is a real treat. Sometimes it's added to the breakfast mix and they eat it right up. Gossamer sent a case of 32 Friskies cans--thanks a lot! This is one of our main foods here. Cathi B sent 4 cases of the Whiskas packets. The cats love these because they're extra juicy. All 3 of these donors are web cam friends. Thank you very much. We took out Bella's 3 staples today to check her bottom wound. I do believe we finally have some healing going on. After it was cleaned and flushed, it was stapled again. She's still on antibiotics. The cats were out on the enclosure all day yesterday--they sure loved it. Outside one of the windows are 2 bird feeders. Sometimes there's 6 cats sitting on the window shelf just watching the bird activity. Kurt is putting up one of the long catwalks today that goes to all the catwalks on the far side of the rescue center. The cats will love this. It also has the cat rails on it for protection. Remember to vote!

Dulcy

Voting starts today!

Yesterday we had the Pet Blessing ceremony here at the Rescue Center. In addition to the people and pets that participated here, we also had close to 300 webcam viewers. I was very pleased that we could include the webcam friends to join us for this ceremony. I've been asked by several people if we could make this an annual event. I think that would be great. Thank you for joining us for our first Pet Blessing here at the Rescue Center. We took in a new cat on Saturday. His name is Jeepers. He is a white cat with black splotches, about 5 months old and is a real people lover. He's now in Patience's Pen, checking out the rescue center and will probably be out on Tuesday. Thanks to Felinetoyz for your donation to sponsor Bella. Your requested hug and kiss to Bella has been done! Zelda is doing great. All that remains of her ordeal is a little scar on one of her hips. She loves to play with catnip toys. Kate still has Mary Katherine at her house helping to socialize her. Things are going fairly well. She'll eventually come back to the rescue center. I think we finally have Emaline's ears under control, at least for a little while. It's been a long, constant work on those ears, but that's fine We just want those ears to feel better. Emaline loves to bathe Happy and Hettie. Cobbis is an ornery little fella. He's so much bigger than his siblings. He's definitely a clown! Putter has had a few bursts of speed and silliness today! Twinkle is doing awesome--she is such a joy. Denae and Denelle spend alot of time together, side by side, watching the birds out the windows. Remember, we start voting again today. The link is under the webcam page. Please vote daily for us! This may result in a money prize for us! Thank you.

County

Today will be better

First, let's just talk about Snooglies. As many of you, our sweet old girl passed away yesterday early afternoon. I and so many people loved her. We only had her for a few weeks, but she made a big impact here. So, we will miss her very much and we will continue to care and love the other cats in our care. We had quite a few visitors yesterday, including Peverley and Gail. Peverley is a web cam friend who found the kitten that was named Peverley. Gail is a web cam friend. They also brought many donated items--dry cat food, can food, toys, plates, cookies, etc. The cookies are very good! We also received a gift from Kelly R. in CA who is also a web cam chatter. Kelly has donated a fruit of the month club membership from Harry & David. The box we opened yesterday were Royal White Peaches. I don't think I've ever tasted a peach that delicious before. Thanks Kelly! Cookies and fruit are in a pen for the volunteers to share. Thanks also to Cobbis for your donation in memory of Snooglies. We have a new kitten that arrived yesterday. It's a male, about 5 months old, white with black splotches and is tested negative for leukemia/FIV and heartworm! He's very sweet and has a huge purr. His name is Jeepers. He was rather hungry, but we've taken care of that! A very nice young cat. Chia, Cassie and Claudius are such sweet kittens. When it's nap time, they almost always can be found sleeping on top of each other. It's the same with Hettie and Happy. They're also sleeping buddies. That little Dulcy couldn't be any cuter. Everyone has to pick him up and cuddle with him. He can look right at you with that look of sweetness. KW's collar is still on him and his sore is healed. We will continue to keep the collar on him for a couple weeks. Can you believe it--Ernestine's Muppet kitties still seek her out for a little mama-nursing. She always lets them! The new kitten Nebraska is doing great. He's a few shades darker grey than Selby. They are friends and also nap together. It was brought up on facebook yesterday that maybe it'd be a nice idea for any of you web cam viewers to send me a picture of you (and your pet if you have one). I think that is a fantastic idea! I'm already starting to receive some and am looking forward to putting these all on a picture board. It'd be nice to put a face with a name. Just send it to the rescue center's e-mail at: friendsoffelinesrc@gmail.com or you can mail them to:

Friends of Felines' Rescue Center

14597 Power Dam Road

Defiance, Ohio 43512

"I once caught a fish THIS big!" -Asha

Some days are harder than others

I need to let you all know that the black stray that was found in our sunporch yesterday has passed away. We named him Webster. He was a very very old cat, already in kidney failure and in the dying process when we found him. He ate a little yesterday but would not today. We kept his 2 heater pads all warm and toasty. This morning I reheated them for him. When I went to sweep his room, I thought he was sleeping, but he had passed away. We barely had him 24 hours, but knowing that he was warm, tended to and petted on makes me happy that he was here for his last day. I also need to give you a heads up on Snooglies. She is showing all signs of kidney failure now. We're prepared to make her time with us as comfortable and pleasant as possible. She's sitting with me right now. I have been honored to have this grand ancient cat with us these past few weeks. Bella's bottom sore appears to have a little bit of healing going on! We will continue working on this very difficult problem of Bella's. Farrah has been 5 1/2 weeks seizure free so far! She continues to take her meds every morning and evening in the pill pockets. We have thanks to give for some boxes and 1 envelope that we received yesterday. Dave and Cyndi from CA sent money that was earned at a rummage sale. Thanks for your hard work. Bubba sent a case of Friskies, a can of KMR Powder and Babycat Royal Canin dry food! Guaranteed all of this will be well used! We also had an anonymous donor of 2 cases of Friskies and 1 case of Fancy Feast. I'm grateful. Kiara our sweet cat got her own card from Sabrina (Cantoncat's cat)! Kiara is strutting around here bragging to all that will listen to her. Kiara asked if I'd give a special thanks to both Sabrina and Canton for their sponsorship! Tomorrow at 2:00 is our Pet Blessing, sponsored by the Rescue Center, officiated by Rector Gene. If you would like a special blessing on your pet, you can have him/her in your lap or a picture close by. Just would like to tell you how much I appreciate all your support. It's awesome and humbling and it's what helps to keep me going. Thanks! We do have some good news. I've heard twice now from Patricia Ann's new family. All is well. No cats, no kids makes a difference for this particular cat. They are being very patient with her.

Hudson and Asha