Thursday, May 16

What a wonderful cat Spruce is. He is again, on my desk. He loves to be petted and I think he'd give his heart to anyone that would spend alot of time petting him. Sometime, somewhere, that perfect home will come for him.

The progress on Thumper's Room and the Mail Room continues! Dion now has all the vinyl wall panels up and almost all of the electric outlet covers are now in and hooked up. Today the inside window frames will be put up then it'll be our job to get them painted. Possibly end of next week, the new floor can be started! So exciting. Cannot wait to start using these two much needed rooms!

The six kittens that belong to Dodger's Pen are all cuddled together taking a nice long nap. They are so so tiny, but play so so big! It's hard to believe the friendliness now of the 6 kittens in Thumper's Room. They will now come running to us when we go in. Won't be long until they join the rest of the gang here in the main area. I've seen quite a few of the little kittens on the cat-go-round wheel. It's amazing that they do that!

We had BOXES last night. We are grateful for YOU!
Robin H/MsChiSan--she arranged to get 3 autographed copies of the book: The Chronicles of Zee and Zoe by Deb Barnes. These are awesome story books and will be a big ticket item for the Catathon.
Betz from PA--donation for Cutie and friends plates and food, gift for Martha L
Annette B/furhavenkitties and Jeanette and Flynn, Elsie and Lucky--kitty snackers, appetizers, Purrfectly Chicken, 15 Fancy Feast size cans of food. For the Catathon: Hello Kitty Candy Jar and jelly jeans. For the sewing basket: kitty buttons, paw print ribbon & 2 remnants kitty flannel For Rory's birthday: happy birthday card and from Elsie (who shares his birthday) snackers and an appetizer
Debra T--for the Catathon: a wonderful vanilla spa bath and body care basket
Rebecca and Willow from UK--20 boxes of Bondi licks and 7 washcloths for kitty faces
Lynn/Michlynn from MI--6 beautiful scarves for our Day Sale--beautiful colors
Nancy M/luv4cats from WI--lots of assorted toys and balls. For the Catathon:  recycled tote bag with pockets and shoulder strap, kitchen bread basket, dish washing gloves with paw prints, Animal Rescue site Dish towels with paw prints
Justme--4 cases of baby food, sample Huggies wipes
Stinkypeep/Mimi with Cricket, Sqaueaky & Tuffy--hand made kitty card. For the Catathon: Grand Canyon wind chimes, baby afghan green & white, baby afghan pastel multi color and a beautiful, colorful granny square afghan (Stinkypeep made these!)
JBR109 from FL--2 cases Royal Canin baby can, bag of Royal Canin baby, bag of Royal Canin kitten
Jennifer L--6 gallons of bleach
Pat L/Plee9 from KA and Sandy--7 knitted kitty blankies for FFRC, lots of kitty snackers and Sheba can for Magenta. For the Catathon: Nap Quilt with kitty prints (really nice!)
Caren F--DaBird toy, squeaking bird toy, coils, mylar balls and a Frolic Cat laser toy
Amy/Avonde (volunteer) For the catathon: 5 sets of ceramic kitty coasters
Sherry and David from NY--a Mothers Day card with letter, kitty snackers, 2 bags of Kitten Purina One and pictures of Daves new baby chicks and his kitties Dancer and Dreamer and a great picture of Dave making his birdy treats and windchimes for Jacci (which I love!)
Brookbosse/Brook B from OH--6 Yeoooow catnip bananas
Christine B from VA--donation in honor of her pet that she lost after 17 1/2 years
Neil and Jean S from OH--donation thru PayPal for FFRC

Solee just ran thru the office batting a spring coil in front of her. I do believe she also has springs on her legs. Have never seen a cat jump like her! Weeja is here in the office playing with the DaBird toy--that girl too can jump! Zelda is sleeping on my desk...........again. I think she needs an award for being able to sleep the most of all the cats.

I just wanted to share with you about my cat Feliz. Her whole name is Feliz Navidad Grace Rhoda. Feliz passed away late last night. She arrived here when she was just 11 weeks old. She had been found frozen to the road in an ice storm. From that incident, she has always showed some  neurological problems. At the beginning of her time here, during her recovery, she had a few seizures but none since then until the last few days. She was just 3 1/2 years old. Way too young. But in the last few days, her seizures became intense. She was loved so much. We also had set up (and will continue) a special medical fund in her name, the Feliz Navidad Fund, that helps us pay for extra above normal medical problems of other cats. Thank you for caring about Feliz. Please always remember to hug and love on your pets every day.

Today is a wonderful day. It's Farrah and Derecho's birthday! Farrah arrived when she was just 7 weeks old. She was found in a woods by a friend, who actually gave Farrah her name. She is now 4 years old. Derecho turns one today! He also arrived when he was 7 weeks old. He was found in a woodpile, where his mama and siblings had left him as he couldn't keep up with them due to his CH. We are honored to have both of these wonderful cats here as permanent residents. Happy Birthday to our dear Farrah and Derecho. They both received some chicken baby food this morning and later today will share Sardines and a can of real chicken with all their friends. Yesterday was Rory's birthday. He's a Covie and such a handsome guy. Today, he is sharing a gift he received--some extra yummy snackers, with all his friends! Rory arrived when he was 9 months old and he is now 2 years old.

Happy Birthday, Derecho! We love you!


Happy Birthday, Farrah! We love you!

Wednesday, May 15

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ    It must be nap time. As I look around me, I see 11 cats and kittens snoozing away around my desk, with Zelda rounded up on a stack of papers sleeping! Must be nice--eat, sleep and play! Oh wait....I better add their "job" and that is to let themselves be petted all day and be cute!

A busy place yesterday. Dion was here. The fiber panels are all up in the Mail Room now. The extended Thumper's Room has about 1/4 of the panels up. The back door of Thumper's Room now has 2 coats of paint--one more to go. We've also been preparing for the Day Sale. Lots of kittens to make sure their tummies are full. Extra work done in farm yard. Starting to get more done for the Catathon. 

We also have another visitor here for a week--Gentlesong is here. She says she's ready to be put to work today! Next week is also another busy visitor week, especially on the weekend. We sincerely enjoy our visitors. The cats do too--Mayor Anony told me so! 

On May 20th, we will have two visitors come from Cananda. They will be visiting with the purpose of adopting FOUR cats! We've been planning on this for quite some time, but had to wait for one of them to be spayed. The four they're looking at?  That would be Montana and Jannuka. The other two are unsure until they get time to meet and greet the others. These 4 cats will go into a home where they will have much love and lots of space to play and a wonderful home, just for them!!

Many thanks to the following for their support:
Gusti from Germany--a Happy Birthday to Rory gift. We will dish out lots of yummy snackers for the whole Covie family in honor of Rory's birthday.
Maria L from NY--donation in honor of sweet Walter
Darlene M from Canada--donation towards the general fun

We have names for the 5 kittens in Thumper's Room. You'll have to look close at them when they come into the main area--they are very similar.
Judson       male        brown tiger/white
Tatiana      female      orange/white tiger  all white toes
Vincent      male        orange/white tiger  all white feet
Theo          male        orange/white tiger  all white feet
Danika       female      orange tiger, no white
These 5 are just starting to eat good by themselves. They sure like to play. Such cuddlebums too--they purr as soon as you touch them!

Here are some FFRC sites--
Welcome for new chatters: www.fofrescue.org/about-us/aboutus2/
Recent arrivals at FFRC:     www.fofrescue.org/about-us/recent-arrivals-at-ffrc/
Cat Birthdays:                    www.fofrescue.org/birthday-celebrations/
To order 2013 Cookbook:   www.fofrescue.org/the-ffrc-cat-lovers-cookbook-for-2013/

Pania is doing awesome. I watched her yesterday climb down from a cat tower. Ever so carefully, so purposeful though, paw by paw she patted her way down. We're holding and loving on BlackJack a lot. He's a tad shy. Sweet Joline is doing wonderful. She loves to be held. Her fur will grow in again and we'll keep it so she'll never mat again. We promised her that. Maui is chattering away at the window. She's watching the bird feeders. Temba and Abner think their big cats, the way they climb up and down the flower furniture! All is fine here!

One of the peacocks on the farmyard--strutting his feathers.

Tuesday, May 14

Doce is doing wonderful! His little bum is doing so much better. We think we have it figured out and as long as we continue a 3-time a week treatment, he should be fine. He's running around playing, but is terribly missing his 4 girls (this includes Caryn of course!). Actually, Caryn's other 2 cats will be spending the upcoming weekend with us. When they come on Sunday to take them home, they'll also be taking Doce back too. When one of the girls holds him, I swear that all the bones in Doce's body becomes liquefied--he simply goes limp when they hold him! 

Dion, our construction guy was here all day yesterday. He put up about 13 more fiber wall panels! So exciting! We are getting things ready so that when it's all done, we can move in and start using it immediately! As soon as he can get time to form in the front sidewalk, he'll be calling the concrete guys in!

We had the Bubble Machine on today. Do you know who loved it the best? It was Walter! He zeroed in on those bubbles and popped them! It was so fun to watch him! So many of the kitties enjoy the bubble chasing!

Snappy and Whisk and Weeja are playing like crazy kittens here in the office. They actually bounced off the door to get momentum to run to the other end. What fun they have. Not sure who is winning, but I'm sure there will be a nap in their near future! Walter is joining in their fun--that's his speed of playing--fast and furious! The four are doing good together.

I hope for Walter that everyone will be patient with him. I know he's a rough player. But he's young, he's deaf and he's learning how to play with others. We all are so very patient and understanding when there's a physical problem with a cat. We need to also remember, even though we can't "see" Walter's problem, we need to be patient and understanding of him also. He's trying so hard to fit in. Thanks for loving him!

We had BOXES last night! I am grateful for your support.
Nancy S from NV--card with stickers, Reeses PB cups, KitKat minis, caramel corn, kitty snackers and a kitty storage drawer with more treats!
Patricia M from IL--12 very cool purple pens with purple ink (love them)
Linda S--Education Box tops
Angela M from TX--7 rolls of kitty fabric--all very cute!
June K/Painteddaisy--To be used however we want: 8 jewelry ouches, a variety of glass beaded necklaces in many colors, zipper pulls with kitties, bracelets made with leather and glas beads, key chains. Thanks June--they're beautiful!
Donna/Cattoys1 from TX--For the Catathon: jewelry made by Donna: earrings, necklaces, rings, kitty earrings, Christmas tree earrings, Christmas stockings with Kitty and Doggie and Princess design, Octavia bobblehead, kitty & flower yard stake, paw print blankie, heart wire basket with red beads and a kitty box for storage
Patmack01--rice cereal, salmon cans, Friskies, appetizers, laser light, coil toys, q-tips, jar of lotion, Crystal light for volunteers, Snuggle safe warmer
Sean & Anne P/kikocat with Penn & Teller--raza and Dovie card, letter with pictures of Penn & Teller, bag of Iams, kitty snackers, Friskies, baby food jars, spring coil toys, kitty toys, volunteer snackers and 4 packs of stickers
Runbeccarun--bag of Royal Canine Kitten food, 6 bags of Purina One smart blend dry food
Jane W/calico17--mothers day card, donation to be used wherever needed
Shirley W from TX with Kat, Rosie & Penny the doggie--donation for FFRC
Likrishlover/lindaK from MN--kitty card--congrats on the  10K with picture of her Likrish, donation for the sardien challenge
Abigail B from OH--Chief tapes
SuEllen from OH--donation for FFRC
Cheryl L from WA--letter, lots of thank you cards and note cards, stickers, 5 beautiful pillow cases for the baby room, 2 pillowcases for the Butterfly room, 2 rolls of butterfly boarders, 2 cat plaques, Book of Blessings from Helen Steiner RIce, baby wash cloths, big bag of PB cups!, Reeses PB treats, Rock for Alberts Garden "Never Forgotten Forever Remembered", bunches of kitty toys, feather toy for Derecho, lots of kitty snackers, baby food, Sheba can food for Magenta, batteries for the heartbeat, A really neat Mug, 2 mats--pink & blue for the baby room.  For the Catathon: kitty frame, sewing accessories, Mickey keychain
Pam R/buckeye cat (day visitor)--bottle of Odor B Gone cleaner, 2 bags Royal Canin food, 1 bag Natural dry food, yogurt raisin treats, crackers, truffles for volunteers and a bag of Purina One
Liz from TX--evening visitor--a donation for FFRC (she came to Ohio to do birding and stopped by the rescue center!)
Todd & Tonya (day visitors)--1 1/2 dozen cans of food


We have quite a few adoptions pending. Will fill you in as things get firmed up! Daynay is back in the Rescue Center. She spent the 2 weeks in Kitty Kastle with Janet. She's doing fine, but I'm sure she misses Janet. She ate a good breakfast today. Janet made it back home to New Zealand. She had a couple bumps in the road of return, but she's safely back now. 

There is, at this moment, 9 cats on the low cat walk in the Kabana Room looking out at the bird feeders. They sure do love this. Joyful is being silly this morning--she's even bouncing in the air and playing! I think we're reaching her joy spots! The little kittens in Thumper's Room ate a pretty good breakfast this morning by themselves. That's a first! Becky will be coming in tonight to top off their tummies and also the 6 kittens. Names will happen today for the 5 kittens in Thumper's Room!

Kitty Q's two kittens are playing now--so cute. They are also starting to eat a bit on their own. I keep thinking of Catsparella--when her kittens start playing. Will be nice to watch. Both are such good mamas. Such a lot of beauty kittens!

Our Hanker Panker boy! He loves to be sweet-talked to.

Monday, May 13

Only 41 more days until our 3rd Catathon! That time will fly and we have an enormous amount of work to do before this event. Please remember if you would like to send a basket or items for an existing basket, have your donation reach us by May 20th. We know that's early, but we need toe establish the Baskets and the Big Ticket Items, then take pictures of them, get them into the Flickr page and then show them to you! The Catathon is June 23, from 1:00 to 4:30 ish. Lots of fun, lots of bidding, fun entertainment! This is our big fundraiser to our present building fund. 

We had BOXES on Saturday night. Many thanks to you!
Furkitty/Ellen & Cthouze/Pat from FL with Tori, Bobbie, Maggie, Tux, Rafa, MamaWy, Sadie, Dixie, GT, Scooter and Louie the doggie--Bag for Kelly with a Froggie Quillow, Frog bib and hats with gowns to match for Molly baby. Bag for Connie--chicken quillow. For FFRC--3 quillows (for day sale), feather toy and a stack of washcloths
Mudjie--6 kitty pads (beautiful!)
Heather H from MN with Elvis, Lucy, Autumn, Fire Cracker, Macaroni--2 BIG kitty balls, fleece blankies that Heather made and 6 mousie toys
Joanne H/jo91150--For the Catathon: a big basket for a pet bunny. It's really wonderful and filled with many things a bunny would LOVE. Raspberry twigs, jumbo willow ball, bunny scissors, alfalfa pillow, coconut mat, bunny apron, bun bon bon box, bunnie book, etc
Anonymouse Friend--For FFRC: 4 towels, magnetic clips, tiger scissors, bag of first aide items, Judy & Amy treats, volunteer snackers, doggie treatsChenille toys, laser mouse. For the Catathon: ladies robe, slippers, wine glasses, wine opener, white towel, bath mat, candle, pumice stone Gud products. For the Catathon too: a kitty basket stuffed with lots of things--bag of balls, large rat, laser mouse, grooming brush, toys, 2 black/pink food bowls. For the Catathon for Kids basket: 2 light up balls, Hello Kitty computer mouse.
Patricia Y/S--donation thru PayPal
Lawrence G--donation thru PayPal
James & Charlene P from MS--donation for FFRC
PSW--donation to celebrating Sprints adoption
Deb11111--donation thru PayPal to help with Joline's care
Jackie B--donation to help with the care of FFRC
Please, if I ever miss a donation or put something down incorrectly, don't hesitate to e-mail me about it. I would want to make it right.

We also closed another auction time for the second round of cat drawerbeds. Many thanks to Joni and Angie for your artwork and hard work on these drawerbeds. Thanks too for the 100 bids that were put in by 20 different viewers! The top bidders were:
Drawerbed A       $160        Hencass
                 B       $100        Phil&Cleo (given to FFRC, already occupied by Bella & kits!)
                 C       $ 68        Chitchatcat   
                 D       $105       Hencass
                 E       $ 83         Zab88
                 F       $140        jbr6109
This comes to a total of $656. Thanks too to MsNiceinVA who donated $200 to go towards the shipping of these drawerbeds. Wait until you see the next set of them! 


Our guests, Darlene and her son Jonathon from Canada will be leaving us today. Yesterday they fed the Thumper Room kittens for us twice! Also yesterday, Janet went back to New Zealand. Don't worry though--she'll be back in June! 

There's a beautiful calico cat here in the office eating and eating her breakfast.....it's Joline! She is sure enjoying her meals now and it's such a joy to see.  Joyful has taken over Lynnette's chair in the front office. She is in charge of the desk! BlackJack is on my lap--he's settling in nicely and isn't nearly as worried about life as he was when he first came in.

Meals take a while to prepare here. Many of the small kittens need help. There's a lot of them that still need "topped off" with a syringe. The 5 in the Thumper's Room are still relying heavily on being syringe fed, but the 6 in Dodger's Pen are doing real well by themselves now. We've been letting them out on the floor to play--they cause quite a bit of action!

All the cats and kittens that had surgery on Saturday are doing just fine. Complete recovery. Would hardly know except for shaved areas that they even had surgery! I do believe Kitty Q feels better too. She was chirping and wanting to be petted again this morning. The kittens have another Pirate Ship to play with and have certainly been rocking the boat! 

This Saturday at 11:00 am (FFRC time) will be our next Day Sale. We have lots of things to show you. There will be Mike's CD's (exclusive FFRC songs!), more quillows, leggydew and Angie/Connie too blankies, catnip mats, special china teacups, lots more! Come join the fun!

Part of Albert's Memorial Garden

Saturday May 11

Surgeries are done and all are recovering! We didn't have any problems at all. We also did a physical on one of our volunteer's cat and 3 physicals/heartworm tests and vaccinations on another volunteer's 3 big dogs. The castrations we did were: Ratchet, Arden, Abbot, Abner and Walter. The spays we did were: Ruth Ann, Sara, Karena, Keesha, Januka and Kitty Q. Ruthie Ann had to have one of her upper canine teeth pulled. All the physicals for the surgery cats went great. Kitty Q had her second leukemia/FIV test which was negative. Thanks to Joyce D for the pizza lunch!

Then Dr. Darcy did some physicals.
Bella-- had her yearly physical--all is well.
Doce--had his poor bum looked at. We're going to add one more med to his treatment and see if we can get this diarrhea stopped again. Other than that, he looks awesome!
Gallant--very impressed with his healing of his wound. Will continue what we're doing.
Paddy Purr--good physical. Shows a 3/6 heart murmur
Pania--left eye is swelling again. Will put her back on a certain eye drop and do it twice a day.
Joline--what a wonderful girl. We both determined she is about 9 years old. She had a very loose tooth so that was pulled. We will continue her special antibiotics for her mouth problems. Other than that, her physical was good.

Many thanks to Dr. Darcy, Bonnie, Lynnette and Sue for helping with the surgeries. Our next surgery date is 6/1.

Little BlackJack is doing good. His cold appears to be gone. Today he has been meeting a few little kitty friends. The 5 kitties that are in Thumper's Room are doing wonderful! They are still being syringe fed but today started eating a little by themselves from the plate! Doce has been playing with them in Thumper's Room. He purrs and they purr back at him--so sweet. And good news today--little Bix finally started eating by himself. Such good news! They are so so tiny yet, but they can climb out of their pen the second the door is opened!

We had BOXES last night. Thank you very much for helping the rescue center.
MsNiceinVA--$200 for postage on the second round of kitty drawer beds.
Tom & Nancy/Kerswill (day visitors)--an awesome rustic pine and spruce kitty bed for the Catathon, 7 kitty pads for FFRC, white handmade baby sweater and 3 beautiful baby afghans and a beautiful baby girl dress  THere's also fleec fabric to give to Angie, doggie treats, horse treats, round scratchers for turbo toy, pop tabs for Kellen, kitty toys
Brookeb--big kitty bed, which Joline took a nap in immediately and looked so comfortable
Medic101/Laura--case of Fancy Feast poultry & beef
Janet/Janak--2 bags of kitty snackers
Anonymous Friend--3 Friskies cases--poultry, meaty bits & seafood
Kathy J/KatandBuster--bag of Royal Canine baby cat dry, case of Royal Canin baby cat cans, 3 large bottles of Mr. Clean NZ meadow!
Cheryl G from TN--case of KMR liquid
Middy208--for the Catathon: PawPrint designs for a wine stopper, measuring spoons, muffin pan, candy tray and a hot pad. Also 2 freezer wine coolers bags
Ellen/furkitty & Pat/Cathouze and Tori (the seamstress) in FL--kitty balls, 4 bags of kitty snackers, case of Fancy Feast chicken, case of Fancy Feast Appetizers, case of baby food, bag of Eukanuba kitten
Tracy T/coolbreeze from MD--case of Whiskas purrfectly chicken, package of Fancy Feast dry food, 3 bags of kitty snackers. For Jacks mom Ruth--picture of Jack in a pretty frame, necklace that will hold some of Jack's ashes
Widdletigger/Elizabeth--4 gallons bottles of Mr. Clean
Sly & Christine (weekend visitors)--case of babyfood and a walmart gift card
Anonymous Friend--Laurel Burch kitty basket FILLED with a huge assortment of Laurel Burch pet items (tunnel, bowls, toys, collar, pet mat, bed). Also a human Laurel Burch Baseket FILLED with items: pillow with cats, kitty socks, luggage tags, eyeglass holder, bookmark, magnets, a beautiful throw with kitties, a print "Fantastic Felines" print, tablet cover, umbrella, large blue tote, 3 books for various needs for the Catathon and notecards for FFRC
Kikimycat--birthday cards for Rory and Catsparella
FFRC gang with help from Abby, Boo and their momma--Mother's Day card and a donation for where ever its needed
Conii G--Derecho, Solee & Cozarelii- mothers day card
ColorEagle--donation for the sardine festival
Msowl--donation for the sardine fun (because Janet didn't gag!)
Maryann & Peanut Butter--mothers day card with coupons
Theresa H from IN--donation for FFRC
RoseSF6cat--article about a rescue
DeWitty--donation for FFRC

We received the $10,000 check from PetFinder.com!!  Yahoooo--it's here and I love those zeroes! Thank you ten thousands times for all the votes given to FFRC! YOU made this possible!

I also have some thanks to give to those that donated thru PayPal:
Judith M--donation to FFRC, in honor of Janak
Denise C from FL--donation for Octavia and Raza
Lillian D from VA--postage to cover shipping of the drawer beds
Deb B/solitaryDancer--doation for anything needed to help raise the little kittens, to be comfy and learn to love and trust
Shari/sillysticks--donation for the sardine feast
Isabelle H from FL--donation to help with Gallant's medications
Anne B from VA--donation in honor of her mom Linda B
Anna B from France--donation for the sardine fun
Faith M from MD--for Janet and Amy for the sardine festival

We also had an adoption today! Our sweet little Sprint went home with Kelly (who helps here) and her husband Chris. Sprint is going to be big-time loved and spoiled, which is exactly what we want!

Putter asked to come out of the house yesterday. The door was opened, he came out, sat on the middle of the floor, walked to the other door and went back in! Made me laugh! The construction guy was here yesterday. Dion put up two panels of the fiber wall boards and also hung four of the lights in the Mail Room. More progress!

All is fine here. Kitties are happy and playing, as are the cats too. Have a wonderful Mother's Day.

Haylow--what a really nice young cat. She's still looking for a home.

Friday, April 10

Kitty Shuffle Walk is definitely a must here. There's kittens everywhere, so we must be careful where we walk. It's wonderful to just stop, look and watch these kittens play--they sure know how to enjoy life. They enjoy each other and have so much fun. It's nice to see how they can be friends with all.

We had BOXES last night. I am ever so grateful for your help.
Laura/Medic101--case of Fancy Feast can
PhilnCleoNJ--case of Adventure kitty snackers
Annette20 and Alexandria & Princess--Happy Mothers Day card, Boudins of San Francisco: 2 loaves of sourdough bread, Ghiradelli chocolates, Italian dry salami, Boudins tote bag and 2 chunks of cheese. We've already been sampling--delicious!
Joyce R from OH--bubble gum for Judy S, assorted candy for volunteers, Reeses for Jacci, feather toy for Derecho, 7 bags kitty snackers, 2 doggie snacker bags, case of Fancy Feast chicken and 3 bags of poptabs for Kellen
ColoEagle61/Kim C from CO--Decorah Eagle card, box of Sheba for Magenta, 12 containers Meow Toppers, 18 bags kitty snackers, 4 beautiful cross stitched pillow pads for the Kuranda towers
Conii G for the Catathon--Laurel Burch items! a Feline Friends Tablet Cover, silk art sun & sand, umbrella, purse with hearts and a purse with kitties.  Beautiful! (Rainbow cats design & Crimson Cats design)
Barbara B from OR for the Catathon--card, necklace with Putter pendant, necklace with FFRC logo pendant and a beautiful blue simple necklace
Karen B from OH--Chief tapes
Deb B from GA--donation for Tree of Giving for Darby
Ellen/kikimycat--happy birthday card for Azar with a poem
Doria S/wickedwings from PA and Shadow & Thunder--Mothers Day card
Kitties of FFRC sent a kitty Mothers Day card
FFRC residents, porchies, coves and barnies sent a kitty Mothers Day card
Melissa W/nalamina--Mothers Day card

Yesterday, Dion was here to work in the two new rooms. He was able to get two coats on the entire ceiling and the walls of the furnace room! Today he is here and has already unloaded 40 panels of the vinyl wall panels. So exciting--progress is being made.


Doce is coming back today. His little bum is having trouble again. He's went 2 weeks with no trouble at all, but 2-3 days ago started up with his bottom/potty woes. We'll get him back on the laser treatment and have him checked tomorrow by Dr. Darcy. 

Our 6 little kittens are out more and more. They are so small though, but they're strong and sturdy and absolutely loves to play! Both of Kitty Q's kittens--Ginger and Pumpkin--are starting to toddle about more. Today they actually ate a little from the plate! Catsparella still keeps her kittens in their nest. 

EB is a toughie--he can keep up with the older kittens and he loves to play with them. I saw him yesterday looking and looking at Jemison's tail. He rushed out, batted her tail, then dodged back under the flower! Not so brave, but oh so cute. 

Uncle Eric to the rescue....again! We had quite a day with the mama torti cat. She decided that all cats were out to get her babies and turned into a very upset mama. Now, I know this is natural and a wonderful protective thing for the kittens. But, she is a danger to the other cats and in a way, to humans. She zipped out of her pen and the room several times yesterday and tore into any cat that was in the office. A person got in the middle of it and got scratched. Human and cat safety is big to me, so after much thought, I called Uncle Eric and he said he could help again. He's our "go to guy" when we have these difficult cases. He lives not far from here and can devote many hours to the care of whatever we send to him. He has an awesome set up (and a fabulous wrap around enclosed porch) that he can use for our cats. I would like to have had her stay one more week with the kittens but the chance of someone or a cat getting hurt was very high. So, she is safe and doing fine and her kittens will be taken care of here. We have been asked, why not send her kittens with her. The answer is simple--her hissing, restless ways were starting to be passed to the kittens. We don't want that. Now they will be able to grow up to be cuddle-cats. 

Gallants burn is almost done healing! He is still getting his laser treatments. Zelda had a course of laser treatments and I have not seen her limp for about a week! Asha is so funny when Judy S comes--she runs to her and asks to be groomed. Dovie girl has been sharing her cushie bed with the kittens. Cozarelli is sound asleep on top of a stack of pillows--about 2 feet high. He got up there by himself! 

Tomorrow is surgery day. It will be a very busy morning and early afternoon. We'll keep you posted as the day goes on.

Happy Catsparella mama and happy kittens. 

Thursday, May 9

Surgery Day is coming up. Dr. Darcy will be here on Saturday. We can quickly turn the front office into a surgery room in a very short amount of time. This will probably be the last time doing surgeries in this room. Once the new extended Thumper's Room is done, surgeries will be done in this bigger room! The ones down for surgery now are: Ruthie Ann, Sara, Karena, Keesha, Jannuka and Kitty Q are the girls. For the boys, we have: Ratchet, Arden, Abner, Abbott, Walter.  We  have a few scheduled for physicals. We will also want to have Paddy Cakes and Paddy Purrs heart murmurs checked out again. And of course, have Dr. Darcy look at Pania's eye again. It'll be a busy morning. 

Our new mama, the torti and her 5 little kittens are all doing great. The kittens are still nursing and have nice round tummies. They are beginning to play. Our other new kitten, the black/white boy is doing great. His name is BlackJack. He's feeling better and is now playing in his pen. A few more days for his antibiotics and he'll be able to join the crew of kitties!

We had BOXES last night! Many thanks to you, for the enormous help given to us.
Aleda A/S--a wonderful Honeywell Air Purifier
Jatcat--for the Mailroom: 2 scales to weigh our packages. One goes to 50 pounds, one goes to 100 pounds
Lauren--a student of volunteer Amy. She had written a story called Diary of a Cat. We read the story. Amy had given her an A for her report!
Arden & Charmaine--case of Reese's Sardines, 5 cases of Fancy Feast, 5 cases of Friskies, bag of Royal Canin baby cat dry, 3 mega bags of kitty snackers. Thanks for helping us restock the food shelves!
Lucy P--a wonderful pet water fountain. This was for Jack, but Lucy has asked that all the cats have some fun with it!
Susan345--a Pirate Ship, one of the cats favorite toys
Aunty Fi--for the Catathon--a Smurf Pop n Race game
Dewitty/Chris--4 handmade microwave hot pads--these are really neat! One was for Amy
Deb11111--another Pirate Ship--now we have a backup of their favorite toy!
Debra B/solitarydancer--letter, (food is in memory of her Darby), Royal Canin active dry food and 4 cases mix of Wellness, Blue and Merrick
Roger & Kate C--4 HUGE containers of Clorox wipes
Cheryl G from TN--2 cat dancers, Amazon gift card and a case of Royal Canin kitten dry
Careworks Daycare Center in OH--a donation for FFRC
Janet/Janak--3 cases of Friskies, 8 bags of kitty snackers and 2 cases of Fancy Feast Kitten can

We have also received some PayPal donations, which we truly appreciate:
Scooter sent a donation to cover a new refrigerator for the extended Thumper's Room. This will hold the antibiotics, vaccinations, test kits, etc. This way we don't have to go back and forth and back and forth nearly as much! 
Debbie C--donation to the Rescue Center
Lucy O--donation to the Rescue Center
Brenda C from LA--donation to the Rescue Center

I would also like to say a special thanks to the following for sponsoring the ads for our local  newspaper to push for votes for the contest. They are Cathi B, Conii G, Philip P, Linda S, Jennifer S.

The mud on the ceiling in the new Mail Room and the extended Thumper's Room is now dry. I believe Dion will be here to paint the ceiling today! The rough dig-out of the front sidewalk is also done. Hopefully this front sidewalk will be done soon. 

We also took in a new cat on Tuesday. This man brought in a carrier and all I could see was a blob of stuck fur. This cat had come to his property last week, he placed her in his garage and then realized that she needed some extra help. So, she arrived. This poor sweetie is an older female, calico Persian. Her fur was so completely matted, that upon shaving her down, the majority of the fur pelt came off in one piece. Such a sad thing. I can't imagine how hard it must've been to even walk with this cement like coat on her. But, it's off now. We were able to save a bit of fur on her tail and on her forehead and whisker muzzle. She is a doll and her name is Jolina. She appears to be spayed already and is declawed all 4. Why this cat was outside in the first place, is beyond any understanding on my part. She is already walking around a bit in the main area and seems to love to be held and fussed over, which we are doing! 

For the first time, the 6 kittens are eating a second breakfast with the 12 kittens. So, we have 18 babies in Cat's Corner Room. What a sight! Just love it! Yesterday afternoon, I counted 11 cats on the cat window shelf in Kitty Kabana Room--they sure love watching outside. The Covies and Porchies and Barnies are doing great. Tomorrow, the Covies will get to get out for a barnyard run. Sprint, Snappy and Whisk are playing "tackle the cat" around my desk. Not a care in the world!

"The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us." Author unknown. I love this quote!

We love these new Kuranda towers!