Tuesday, November 13, 2018

If you come for a visit, be prepared to do the kitten shuffle--they are everywhere!  No walking fast or picking feet up high!  There's always a cat or a kitten underfoot. And what a lot of fun they are having. The latest 11 kittens are now in the Main Area full time. They even stayed out last night and did just fine.  They are eating good and sure love to play and climb. The palm trees are getting a good workout! 

We had BOXES yesterday. YOU are appreciated--know that you make a difference to FFRC. 

Gwen - FL  Pop Tabs, Box Tops, Soup Labels, Purina One Receipts, 3-Laser Lights, Variety of Kitty food, Photo of Patches who went to the Rainbow Bridge last month, Whiskers from Patches & Angel

Karen B - 24 cans Salmon, 4-12ct boxes of Sardines, Bag of Alpo Bones for Janie (Janie is thankful!)

Jana/JBond - 5,000 sheets printer paper, 2 kitty/dog notebooks, 2 pr Scissors, 2 pks of Gold goodies, 2 zip Pouches, 5 Accordian Files, 6 boxes assorted Greeting Cards, 2 bags Rubber Bands, plastic spoons & forks, 2 bags Werthers, bag of mini 3 Musketeers, 2 clapping monkeys w/candy, chocolate covered Cherries, 6 bags Godiva chocolates, 3 bags Truffles, Pretty box of assorted gum, Bag full of candy bars, Pirouline Cookies, Hazelnut Kisses, 2 tins of Copenhagen Cookies and 

2 Kitty beds, Pet Heating Pad, 2 pkgs sponges, 3 bottles of lotion, 2 pr Pillow Cases, 2 Bath Towels, 4 drying mats, 14 Towels, 18 washcloths 

For FundRaising: Immersion Blender, 3 - Frothers, Farberware Cuttlery & Tool Set, 2 beautiful Kitty necklaces

Dee & Mark M with Katie & Kali - KY  2 Kitty Cards - 2 bags 250ct candy bars, 4 bags 18ct assorted Chips, 6 boxes 8ct assorted Crackers, Case of Friskies, Tub of Temptation Snackers

Ollie & Gene - 4 cases 12ct Baby Food

Sean G - Iams Purrfect Delights

Phleb/Barb - 6 boxes 12 ct Baby Food

Beth/Eaglewatcher - 3 boxes Little Soups, 4 trays Pure Bites, 4 Boxes Delectables -- specially for oldsters

Billie K - 4 30oz Temptation Snackers, 2 containers Milk Bone treats & 2 cases 12ct Alpo  for Janie  (Janie says thanks!)

And more thanks! 

Yvonne VDK--donation to be used where needed

Lana H--donation to FFRC

Brenda Q--donation to FFRC

Helen C--donation to FFRC

We had a family stop in with lots of donations--litter, dry food, can food, toys, soap, snacks! These gifts were made in honor of their kids birthdays for FFRC!  From: Jettie, Adelynn, Althea, Elli, Payton HA, Payton HO, Riley, Isabella, Vada, Whitney & Zayva and Granny, Grandma Sandi & Bingham too!  They also sent a very kind card.  This family had adopted from us in the past and unfortunately lost their kitten way too soon. I'm thinking there will be an adoption from them! Once you have that special love of a cat, it's hard to do without. 

We took on a new kitten. His name is Radar (a Name a Cat name). He arrived 11/10/19. One of our volunteers found him when she came out of a restaurant. He meowed loudly and marched right up to her! Slight nasal and eye discharge but that is already doing much better.  He was very hungry and dug right in.  A real sweetie that loves attention. He is black/white with one white eye patch and one black eye patch. His birthday is 10/6/18. 

I wanted to let you know that one of our beloved Covies has passed away. SoyBoy arrived here after being found by a  volunteer 7/27/08.  He was one year old. He passed at the age of 11 years old.  SoyBoy has had medical issues over the years but always stayed his sweet self. He's been with us a long time. We knew things weren't good on Saturday -- he was brought up to the Rescue Center. We kept him comfortable, warm and rehydrated.  He passed away yesterday.  He will be remembered as a friendly boy that loved us and all the visitors. Sure will miss him. 

I'm happy to say that Sinbad is doing wonderful. He's been all over the place and seems to be comfortable and has certainly adapted to that leg being removed.  That part was probably easier on him than most since he hadn't used that leg for weeks.  His incision area is healing nicely. 

Coming up dates:

November 19   HumaneOhio surgery day

November 25- 28   FunRaiser!  Boxes at 3:00, drawing to follow on 11/28

December 3   Quick flash sale---afghans and Christmas items

December 4    HumaneOhio surgery day

December 8    FFRC surgery date

Giovana is doing pretty good--she has been eating better! Jessie, our oldest oldster is doing great and has a good appetite. She always meows and lifts her chin up when she wants food! Clara has progressed out to the Main Area and seems comfortable with us. She's a bit shy but that's ok.

Have a great day! 

Sunday,November 11,2018

Yesterday was FFRC's surgery day. All went fine. Busy day but very productive.  We did 13 surgeries total--broke down to 9 neuters, 3 spays and 1 amputation.  This brings our total spays/neuters to 917--509 spays and 408 neuters.  We did have a couple changes to our original schedule. 
Spays: Hatima, GIdget and Clara
Neuters: Sinbad (plus his amputation to front lt leg) , Smoochie, Griffin, TUrbo, Bronco, Aladdin, and 3 male public neuters.

We also did physicals (all surgery cats also get a physical):
Giovana--continue on!  She's gained back a couple more ounces! 
Kubu and Kandan--both good
Marilyn--heart remains steady and strong
Barin--it appears at the very tip of both of his short front legs that there's a bit of a "horn", probably from a toenail bed. If so, that would indicate this was something that he was born with.  Barin also has a heart murmur--4/6
Bruno--still a severe heart murmur--5/6

Sinbad is recovering from his amputation. He will probably need a couple days to regain his balance and then he goes!  I'm betting he will be back to his speedy self.

Many thanks to Gusti for providing drinks for us on surgery day--pop, water and juice.  And thanks to Joyce D for the yummy pizza and bread sticks!  A big thanks to Dr. Darcy, our vet and to Amber our vet tech.  Also to the following for helping with this day: Lynnette, Sue, Becky M, Mary Braid, Painteddaisy.

And of course, we have thanks to give!  YOU are appreciated.
Malessa A--donation to FFRC
James R--donation to FFRC
Kelly I--donation for FFRC
Belinda M--donation in honor of Fran D for her birthday (and in honor of Derecho)
Mary Ann and Paul B--donation from riding for FFRC, for Vern and friends! 

Next date coming up---November 13, Tuesday!  It's a Mich Flash Sale--lots of great items including some Christmas items!  Come join us--2:30 here at FFRC!

November 19 is our next HumaneOhio spay/neuter date.

Cherokee found a piece of rope and is carrying it around with friends following--Kubu and Teg and  Hinsley!  Mama Singita continues to get more floor time along with her 6 babies. Those little legs go all over the room! Every once in a while one will try a nibble of food but none are liking that yet! The 6 babies are doing great--healthy and happy.  The other kittens on the floor in the back Thumper's Room will soon get to come into the Main Area. They're about ready!  

We had an adoption!  Sweet Banjo went to his new home. He had a bit of a trip but slept all the way home. I've already heard back and sounds like he's exploring his home already!

I'll be working this week on placing the baby Persian kittens with an application since they are now 5 weeks old. 

You all take good care and have a wonderful Sunday. 

Friday, November 9, 2018

Kitties, kitties, kitties! We've taken on 5 new kittens.

Aladdin--ASH orange tiger/white. He arrived at 9 weeks of age on 11/5.  His birthday is 9/3/18.  He was found in a yard, hungry, very thin, with fleas and major ear mite infestation.  Super sweet boy--has a little weight to put on but he's working at it!  His ears have been cleaned daily. 

The S litter---arrived on 11/5.  We have had these kittens waiting to come in for weeks.  The owner agreed to get mama spayed here if we could take the kittens.  So...we took on 4 more kittens and mama is now spayed!  They are 8 weeks old with a birthday of 9/10/18. 
Sierra--brown tiger/torti, female
Saki--tiger/calico, 4 white feet, gold dot left ear, female
Skittles--grey tiger/torti, female
Sloopy--ASH black tiger, male

Our quarantine room/back Thumper's Room is full and overflowing plus mama Singita is now ready to be on the floor with her 6 kittens.  Yesterday, all kittens on the floor of back Thumper's Room went up for the day to the front Thumper's Room. They almost rocked the walls in--such great activity!  Then we put Singita and her 6 kittens on the floor. This time, unlike last time, she was calm and relaxed on the floor. She and the baby persians were out half of the morning and all afternoon.  For night time they went back in their pens to ensure full tummies for the babies.  Also dor night time, the door was opened from back to front Thumper's rooms so the floor kittens had lots of space to zoom about.  Probably by the beginning of the week, these 11 kittens will be in the Main Area, giving the back Thumper's Room completely to the Persians. 

Tomorrow is our FFRC surgery day.  We have our schedule ready now!
Boys--2 public cats, Sinbad (plus amputation of front leg), Smoochie, Griffin, Turbo, Bronco, Aladdin.
Girls--Clara, Pipppi and Sierra
Physicals--we have almost a dozen physicals to do! 

Kubu and Kandan are fully back feeling comfortable in the Main Area. Two awesome boys--super sweet, friendly and playful.  Hatima is finally growing--her legs are getting taller! Peppip and Hensley had a good game of laser light play today.

We have thanks to give--this Rescue Center is truly grateful for your help. I've gotten behind a bit so we will do 2 BOX times!
Tuesday--
Caitlin Ot. - 36 pack of AA , 36 pack AAA batteries 

Conii & her kitties-- 6 cases of chicken baby food 

Sonja - 32 packs of Vern Lick-e-Licks

Debbi M & Annie G - GeeKam WiFi Sports Action Camera 4K 30fps Ultra HD Touch Screen 170° Wide Angle Lens Underwater Waterproof Camcorder with remote control 

Yvonne vdk - 1 lg bag Purina One tender select, Whiskars Perfectly  Chicken , 4 bottles of Mr. Clean 

Fran / Fl. - 1 lg bag of Purina One tender select

Vicky B - 4 Lg containers of Temptations Snacks 

Janette B / Furhaven Kittys - Box of Fresh CatNip!!   Cats are very happy!

Donna B / Ga - 2 cases Fancy Feast Classic, 2 cases Fancy Feast Kitten, 4 Boxes of PureBites (

Janna/J Bond - Volunteer Snacks, Pringles, 3 bags Orchard Valley Snacks, box Pretzel Crisps, 3 boxes of Sheba Perfect Portions, 2 cases of Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers 

Janice & Randy P - 48 - 2 pocket folders 

Jeanne S / Fl - Donation for Feliz Navidad fund 

Christine M / Fl - American Express Card in honor of Fran's Birthday 

Donna F / British Columbia, Canada - Card & $5 Chickie money 

Ann, Kevin & Bailey B / UK - Card , Fridge Magnet , 3 - $5 chickie money 

Marylin & Terry B - 1 $5 chickie money

Cheryl L - Halloween card

Mr. Whiskers / Tx - Box Tops and Coupons, 2 $5 chickie money 

Tom & Linda C / Il - card and donation

Clarke, Jesse & the rest of the Gang - Birthday Card for Grace O'Malley (2)$5 chickie money 

And we also have Thursday---

GidgetheMidge - 4 trays 12ct Baby Food

Jana/JBond - 2 pkg Pure Bites Salmon, 2 Trays of Pure Bites for Ramsay, Case 12ct Baby Food, 6 cans of Lysol Spray, 4 Tubs Lysol Wipes  Grooming Glove, 9 pks-80ct Kitty Wipes, Box of 36 pks of Cheezits
Action Camera: 4G, WiFi, Waterproof lots of special features, for a Fun Raiser, Pair of Pretty Burgundy Slippers size 7-8 for Flash Sale

Rosiland /Ros - 3 Tubs Temptation Snackers, Case-24ct Fancy Feast, Pkg of 20 Kitty Toys, Tub of 22 single pks Milano Cookies for the volunteers

Mr & Mrs Medic - 2 cases 24ct Fancy Feast
Great Aunt Julie - IA - 4 pkg Freeze Dried Snackers, Box of Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates.
NHFurry  & nhcatlady- 4 cases 24ct 9 Lives
Sean G - Case of Iams Purrfect Delight

Janet M - CA Kitty Card, Whiskers from Carbie from kitties, Bitsy, Smudge,Boo Boo & Bailey
2 Beautiful Afghans for Fun Raiser  Brown Eyed Susan & Grandmas Lace Ripple

Susan345 - Coffee, Tea & Chocolate with 156 Dixie hot/cold cups w/lids
June/Painteddaisy - Lots n Lots of Stuff

Mark & Dee - 2 16lb bags Purina One, 4 Tubs Party Mix Snackers, 4 cases 24ct Friskies, 2 bags Temptation snackers, 40oz box Milk Bone Snackers for Janie, 2 Cases of Friskies, 4 catnip toys

This morning early--4:00 am, there was snow coming down.  Very pretty and accumulated to a dusting of snow everywhere. I'm glad we've been working on getting ready for winter these last two weeks. Still more leaves to rake though! 

The Porchies, Covies, Barnies and Firehouse cats are all ready for winter.  Their sheds are insulated.  Heat lamps are turned on.  There's plenty of warm blankies for them. And good nutritious food. Plus their electric water bowls are plugged in.  In addition this year, we have a section of the shelter house all snug for the Porchies and whoever else wants to come join in--protected from the rain, snow and wind and lots of bed areas. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Today is HumaneOhio surgery day! These surgery days are wonderful as it's the #1 thing we can do to control the overpopulation problem. As you know, my goal for 2018 is 1,000 and we're getting close!   Today we sent up 40 cats---29 females and 11 males.  Our grand total now is 905, which breaks down to 506 females and 399 males.
Many thanks to Lynnette, Donnajb, Mary Braid and Becky for pitching in and helping us with the check ins.  It's always super busy--we check in that many cats in 40 minutes!

Many thanks for the Quick Flash Sale we had yesterday--sold all 40 blankies, of various kinds!  This will help us with paying our electricity bill! Many thanks to all who provided the blankies and those that purchased them.  This sale provided $562.00 to FFRC!

We are bursting at the seams. We took on 5 more kittens.  1 single kitten and 4 littermates

Aladdin--the single one--arrived yesterday and was all alone and so needs to be with people--all he does is purr and knead.  He's an orange tiger/white boy, about 9 weeks old. His birthday is 9/3/18. He has a couple cuts on his face but is healing nicely. Aladdin also arrived with severe ear mite infestation. We are working hard on those!

Sierra(brown tiger/torti)
Skittles (grey tiger/torti)
Sloopy (ASH black tiger)
Sake (tiger/calico)  pronounced sock ee)
These four kittens arrived with a mama and one other kitten. We have been planning on their arrival for quite some time........but, mama had to be spayed.  Today is her spay-date with HumaneOhio.  The kitten and mama will go back to their home this evening at pick-up time.

We have thanks to give!
David D--donation to FFRC
Hallie G--donation to FFRC
Tracy L--donation to FFRC
Jakesmeowmy--donation to FFRC
 Donavon & Shannon--donation for Victor, Jackson & their friends
Joseph V from ME--donation to FFRC
Pilvi--donation for Hatima to have a pickle!
Fran D--a donation to FFRC, in honor of her 60th birthday--from her to FFRC! And with lots of hugs and kisses to all of the cats!

We had another adoption!  Whitney went to her new home on 11/3.  She hadn't been back long when someone had visited here and fell for her.  They came back to adopt her (off cam).  She had come back with a diagnosis of feline hyperesthesia also known as "twitchy cat syndrome".  We have treated her initially for this and hopefully, that treatment will see her thru and she no longer has this problem. If it returns, she will go to Dr. Darcy, by the owner.  I've talked to them twice now and she is doing great and is calm.  She has an outside enclosed porch that she can visit anytime. Apparently a deer was seen close up by Whitney and she watched her for a long time!

We've heard from the family that adopted Rosie.  They say: "Rosie is doing great and is a wonderful addition to our family. She's cuddly and playful and is growing like a week. Everyone, people and animals, just love her to pieces!" 

We've also heard from Manfred and Lukas and have seen pictures.  Both seem totally relaxed and happy with their new home. They made that long trip very nicely--slept most of the way!

We've also heard from Cee-Cee's new family. All is good there. She especially likes hanging out on the back of the couch, looking out the window!

Like to giggle?  Derecho's done it again with a lot of help from a special FFRC friend!  Here it is--https://youtu.be/xCppY2htZSw       Enjoy!  And remember to click the like/thumbs up button on youtube!

We have a tentative surgery schedule for this Saturday here at FFRC.
Girls--Clara, Pippi, Sierra and Skittles
Boys--2 public males, Sinbad, Smoochie, Griffin, Turbo, Bronco, Tyler.  A couple of these depends on their weight--will be weighed tomorrow.

Sinbad will also have his left front leg removed. He's walking wonderfully on his right front leg now! Just think how fast he will be without that leg to hinder his moves, just like March and Cashew.

We also, time permitting, will do a few physicals.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Let's get some updating done! 

Both Banjo and Bruno are now in the Main Area and feeling very comfortable.  Bruno is doing good in his dental recovery and is eating. We want to get some weight on him.  Banjo joins right in with the kittens for mealtimes. They both have checked every corner out and seem to be satisfied.  Banjo is now ready to be adopted. He's a full bred Persian with red/white fur and is 1 1/2 years old. Very sweet boy. His fur is in the process of growing out.

We took in two returnees. It's Kubu and Kandan. They were born 1/9/18 and originally arrived at 11 weeks of age. They are twins! They were adopted 4/6.  Due to allergies in the family, they needed to come back. And that's ok.........that's what we do here.  Both are gold tigers but there's a small difference! Kubu has an all gold muzzle and Kandan has a white muzzle.  Both boys are super sweet.  And today, they came up into the Main Area by themselves.  They may be a little nervous today but they seem to be adjusting.  These boys are super playful! 

Remember the black cat that we took in---he had been up in an Elm tree for 4 days? He now has a name.....Binx! He is 14 months old, born 8/25/17. He has a double condo and loves to play.  More info later.

Tomorrow we are having another mini-flash sale. It's at 11:00 and will be for leggydews, biggeydews and CJ crocheted blankies.  It'll be a short sale--hope you can join us. These items are great too for Christmas gifts! 

Tuesday is our next HumaneOhio surgery date. It's a full schedule so will keep us busy. This coming Saturday, 11/10 is our next FFRC surgery day. We're heading on towards our 1,000 spay/neuter goal! 

WE have thanks to give--we are grateful to you for your help:
Eartheyes--donation to celebrate the volunteers!
Anne L--donatio to help with the bills for Sinbad, Cashew and March
Pam M--donation for FFRC
Shannan W--donation to FFRC
DonnaB in GA--donation in honor of Elsie, Spiker and Coralie
Jeanie A--donation to FFRC, pet carrier and can food
Annie G & Debbie M--4 bags of #40lb litter!

We have names for the latest 7 new arrivals.  Six of these 7 arrived on 10/30.  The 7th one arrived 11/1. Here's their names:
Agnes--grey tiger/ASH, female Being fostered with Auntie Peggy to be friends for Jacob.
Becky--brown tiger, female
Bronco--brown tiger, male
Gidget--gray tiger/white, female
Griffin--gray tiger/white, male (dot on nose)
Tyler--brown tiger/white, male
Turbo--light brown tiger/white, male
It appears that 5 of them are littermates and Griffin and Turbo are from the same litter.  They all came from the same place--a farm.  The owner will be bringing 5 cats in on Tuesday for spays. He's working on getting all of his cats neutered/spayed!  These kittens are on the floor of back Thumper's Room.

The Persian babies are now 4 weeks old. They can stand up and toddle around without their tummies dragging! Their eyes are huge and all seem in good health.  We have people interested in some of these kittens but we won't put firm holds on them until they are 5 weeks old.  

We had an adoption on 11/2!  Cee Cee went to her new home. She will have a cat friend in the family. I've seen pictures already and Cee Cee is adjusting nicely.  More adoptions coming up!

Have you seen Sinbad lately? He's zooming around!  His pinned leg apparently is healing nicely as he is now so much more mobile! He's moving about smoothly and is playing! It's so nice to see this.  On our FFRC surgery date 11/10, his front leg that has complete nerve damage will be removed. He will no longer have to drag it about. I'm quite sure March and Cashew have told him how much easier it will be! He's a great cat and will be adoptable! 

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Many heartfelt thanks for a phenomenal fun-raiser yesterday!  We had BOXES at 3:00, followed by the drawing.  It was wonderful!  Here's the scoop..............

BOXES:Great Aunt Julie/TigerCat54 - IA - 4 Bags Pania Flakes

Kathy831 - 6 Bags Freeze dried Duck, Rabbit, Turkey, Chicken & Fish,  M&M's for Lynnette
MadisonPepper/Catlady Box:  Cats in the Kitchen: Cat Spoon Rest, Cat Silicone 5pc Utensil set, Cat kitchen towel, Chef hat catnip toy, Catnip bread slice
Jody626 - 2 Tubs Party Mix, 3 bottles Mr. Clean, 2 bottles Tide, 8 rolls TP
Smuckerjoe/Ed & Judith B with 13 kitties - 2 beautiful afghans, case of variety Special needs food, case of Fancy Feast Variety
Pam S - Halloween Card & Donation
Plus:  Juliann B--donation in honor of Fran D's birthday!!

FUN-RAISER:

A - Pet Back Pack                      18x5         $ 90         Kittiesmom

B - Cat Clock                               26x5         130         Bellabelle

C - Harliquin Quilt by Plee         84x5          420        Littleonemine

D - Warped Blanket                   97x5          485         Piperjo

E - Nesco Roaster                      47x5          235        bbsmom2

F - Kitty Quilt                              47x5          235       Nuthatches

G - Peace Pole                           73x5           365       Kerswill

H - iPad                                     193x5          965       nyckitty

Total: $2925

BUMP UPS:

Nuthatches,  Jody, DebbieDear, Anony, Contessa & family, Joe603, Farmgirl, Anony, plus 2 new ones: Yarnlover and Anony     

The new TOTAL for bump ups came to $1,075

Grand total now is at:  $4,000    Happy day for FFRC!  And a thousand thanks!

CONSOLATION GIFTS:  

Jeanette Ra, Patty Pa, JZinFL, LadyDoc, MoonFlower, Deb Fry, Sunnie J, Dewitty, Christina Han and BillieK

Wow--lots of thanks to give! Six of the 8 items were donated by our FFRC friends. The other 2 items were donated by the FFRC cats! (Derecho and Coralie took Pania and a couple kitties--to teach them how to do it--went shopping! ) Thanks friends and cats! Many thanks to the mods for the video and for pumping this sale. And also to the admins. and Canton for doing PR on our pages.  Plus a bushel of thanks to those that bought tickets--585 tickets bought in all!  And to those that provided the consolation prizes.  Marcia and Lynnette counted tickets--big thanks. Wow--it sure takes a village of people to make these fun-raisers so successful! 

I've been asked about our Purina Points project.  This is like "free money" to FFRC. We no longer have to cut those Purina circles. Here's how to do it:

Mail your receipt to FFRC     OR

Take a photo of your receipt.  Be sure the entire receipt is in the frame. The picture must show: Retailer's name or log, date of transaction, time of transaction, total amount of transaction & all participating Purina products.

Mail your photo to ffrcscrip@gmail.com

If you are submitting a Chewy receipt, you will need to log into your account, under the Your Account tab, you will click on Orders.  Find your order, click on Details and print this receipt.  You can then send this to: ffrcscrip@gmail.com.  If you need more info, please mail that same email address with your questions.  Many thanks!

Short blog but had to give my thanks. Now it's off to get those 6 newbie kittens down on the floor! It's time they got to rock and roll! Names will be given soon.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween.  May all your spooks be friendly and all cats stay safe.

We took on 6 more kittens.  It appears there's 2 litters here--one of 2 kittens and one of 4 kittens.  The mamas has been spayed. 
The "4 kittens" were born on 9/19. 2 males/2 females
Brown tiger--female..........Brown tiger--male...........Grey tiger/white--female.........Brown  tiger/white--male

The "2 kittens" were born 8/28: grey tiger/white--male..........light brown tiger/white--male
No names yet but soon they will.  They came in needing the "double suds bath", treatment for a slight URI and major worming.  They have now been tested and given their Bordetella vaccine.

We've been leaving the 2 Thumper's Room doors open as much as possible so Banjo and Bruno can start transitioning to the front. Bruno is the bravest and has come up a couple times.  We had a breakthrough--Sinbad is now in the Main Area!  He decided he was brave enough to come up on his own! He's getting stronger on his pinned leg too!

Bruno is at the vet's office today along with Vincent for their dentals.  I just got a call from the vets and they are done and will be on their way home soon.  Winston had 2 teeth and tartar removed. Bruno had 10 teeth removed.  Bruno also has a significant heart murmru but did well with the anesthesia.

 Reglisse is also in the Main Area and is doing just fine. He's fit right in and enjoys playing with all the cats and kittens.

We removed the sutures on Cashew and March today. These two new 3-legged cats can run like the wind now--there's no holding them back/no hindering limbs.  They run, climb and jump!

We had BOXES Monday afternoon.  Know that you are so very appreciated!  You help fill our needs that we have.                                         
Doris  - Multi color long rug runner
Nicolela & her mom Cris B / Australia - 7 packs of 5x7  handmade beautiful Christmas cards
Elaine & Allen B / Fl - 2 Christmas cat Garden Flags , Donation in memory of LittleKat 

Josette/burgandy - 1 Fall Table or Wall cover, 4 hand made Dish Carriers, 1 Napkin Holder, Kids Apron Maker Kit, Earrings, Necklaces, Key Chains or Purse Decorations.  Beautiful work by Burgandy!

Marie M / M&M - Goodies for Jacci -3 pairs of socks, Ty stuffed kitty, Dove Chocolates, Oreos, a bag for Donnajb, bag for Lynnette, earrings, Bunches of 2019 wall calendars , Candles, Soaps, framed cat photo's, ID badge holder, Christmas Cards,  2 LARGE boxes of office supplies, potty bags,

Andrea F / Ca - Afghan for fun-raiser, 1 baby blanket,10 pretty kitty blankets for flash sale, 1 can sardines, 2 Packs of wash clothes, fleece throw blanket, Donation 

JatCat - Safety box cutters, envelope openers 

Kim J  / Tx - 8 x 10  Acrylic framed photos of Zelda, Coralie,Spiker, Derecho for fun raiser,

LJ -- 2 large bags of OPEN Starkist Fruit Gems, 100 Hand Made Christmas Pickles  (we are selling for $7)

MaryAnn H / Arnies mom - Az - Donation 

Flymom - 2 $5 chickie dollars 

Jackie W / Az - 4 $5 chickie dollars

Ellen H / NY - Coupons, paw points, donation 

Lurker Sam / NM - Chickie $5, box tops, coupons 

Renee B. / Pa - Doupons, Psw prints 

Kittiesmom / - 2 $5 chickie dollars  

And more thanks to give:

Lorene B--donation to FFRC
Maite (another cat rescurer)--donation for Giovanna

SchleeNC--donation to help SInbad

Yvonne vdk--donation in honor of Cutie

Jodi R--donation to FFRC

Many of you may remember when we use to participate in ResQWalk.  It's an open activity once more. We've received 2 donations already from them.  For this third quarter, we received $18.95. This is FREE money, just for walking or jogging! Check it out at: https://bestfriends.org/resqwalk       Simply install the ap on your smart phone. If you have an android phone, get it on Google play.  

***Then start walking. When done choose done.

***Under my profile you can set up your goals if you want

***The leaderboard tab at the bottom-- if you click on it will show you miles FFRC has, what place they are in and where other rescue rank

Start walking---it's good for FFRC and YOU!  And thanks!

You might've heard about the cat up in the tree by Tim Horton's.  He is now here and is doing good.  He had been up in the tree for 4 days before someone got him down.He had a bit of a terrifying time being rescued but is now safe and sound. More info later. 

FFRC is being featured on Scrip--the program we are involved in! Over 750 brands of gift cards are available at ShopWithScrip.com   And FFRC benefits! You'll need to register and will need our promotion code.  Contact ffrcscrip@gmail.com for more information! This email will be answered by one of our FFRC volunteers. It truly does help us! 

Most days here are all enjoyable days. Cats are happy. Kittens are playing. The general health is good. The injured ones are healing.  Those with illnesses are improving. Adoptions are moving along. One complaint that we receive far more than I like to hear---we turn too many cats and kittens down.  And that is very true. I agree with that 100%.  It's not an easy or quick thing for us to do. There are so many cats daily that need a new home in our area. We try hard to always accept those that are suffering and those from our vets that need help. Our hearts are big and we are constantly trying to give suggestions to the callers of those that we cannot take in.

I wish people would realize that we are ONE Rescue Center--taking in as many as we can. But we are still ONE. We practice a no-kill policy (other than for leukemia/fiv positives or those cats that are in an active phase of dying whether from illness or injuries). That means we do not euthanize to make room for more incoming cats.  

We also are neutering and spaying as many cats as we possibly can.  We WANT to make a difference.  We WANT to show our community that we are actively trying to control the cat overpopulation problem. Sometimes people get angry with us on the phone or accuse us of not caring.  That is far from the truth. We give our hearts, blood and tears to this rescue center--all because we DO care. Spaying and neutering is so important--it truly makes a difference. And our community can help us with this----call, ask about our spays/neuters, make appointments! 

So.......please....take it easy on us! We are working long hours each and every day to improve the lives of the cats in our community. I've also heard that some folks think we "take the cream of the crop". This too is far from the truth. Look around here. We are treating cats with URI (and they are improving!)  We have blind cats here. In the last 2 weeks, we've had 4 amputations. We not only have 3 legged cats, we have 2 legged cats. In the last few months, we've had 6 major dentals done. We've helped scared and abused cats become more confident.  We love to help CH (cerebellar hypoplasia) cats have a good quality of life. And flea infestations that cause anemia--we sure get our share of these too.  So, the answer to that is.....no, we (as most rescue centers) don't get the cream of the crop. And that's ok with us---we just want to help.