Carol, Trucker, Veora and Murphy are now spending a bit of time here in the Main Area. They have just joined the kitty herd and are having fun. Trucker prefers to be held though. Such a sweetie he is. We still keep placing him in the litterbox to help him out. I truly feel this is a birth deformity for this little boy, as he is showing other "kinks" in the system. His one front leg is thickened and his vertebrae and ribs are "flattish". But, to Trucker, this is normal and so he carries on. I just want him to enjoy every moment of every day and to play, purr and play some more!
Big thanks to Judy and Phil--Sunday visitors. They brought: 6 steno pads, postit pads, trash bags, twizzlers, box of t-shirt bags, PT's, hand soap, hand sanitizer, TP, Clorox wipes, Bounce, hole reinforcements.
Rascalboots/Heather H from Oh--break Away Collars.
We had a visitor yesterday--a sweet 9 year old girl. She came in and presented us with a donation. Her name is Rebecca.
We also had another visitor. Her name is Kaylee and came with her family. They also brought some great items from our Need List! We've had the pleasure of knowing Kaylee for a few years--always a joy to have her visit us.
Check this out! It's awesome. Many thanks to Dawnstar for putting this together.
Many Happy Birthdays to Jonah, Olaf, SoyBoy, Timothy and Zelda. A big birthday date today! Lots of extra snackers to be handed out!
Jonah is our oldster of the Covies. He is now 15 years old. Hard to believe as he was only 6 weeks old when he arrived.
SoyBoy is now 7 also. He was found in a soybean field when he was 1 year old. He's also a Covie.
Olaf arrived when he was 1 year old and is now 8 years old. He is a Porchie.
Zelda (the prettiest of them all!) is now 4 years old. She arrived when she was just 1 and I am the very lucky person who has adopted this girl! She remains though in the Rescue Center (since that's where I'm at most of the time!). No more hiding Zelda in the dog's room!
I'm sure many of you have been hearing a slight background music playing here at FFRC--it's very pretty music and is on to act as a background buffer. Unfortunately we have been having a bit of trouble with people overhearing things and then telling other people information. The workers here and visitors are having a problem keeping private conversations private due to the wearing of earbuds. I know for me, it's impossible, to go in the far back rooms or outside for private information about cats and kittens. I always very much lower my voice, but to remove myself from the building is impossible. So......I am putting out a plea---if you are wearing earbuds and hear information that has not been told by me on the cam or in the blog, please keep that information to yourself. It's not ok to repeat what you've heard. Let's not dwell on this. Let's carry on and just respect the privacy that we need here.
We took in a new little Siamese kitten--she's a Snowshoe Siamese.. Poor little sweetie was a very buggy girl on arrival. She had both ears full of earmites. Those have been cleaned and cleaned and medicated. She also had a bellyload of worms--good wormer will help with this. She also had fleas---Capstar to the rescue! But the lice--oh, the thought of over 1,000 louse bugs on a kitten is just so sad. They are all dead now, but has left her with pretty patchy, mothy fur. All parasites are gone. Now, the healing can begin. Good food to fill that little tummy and time to grow the fur in. What a very very pretty girl. Oh! She also came with one more thing---a great big purr! She's already a snugglekitty! Her name is Takara.
We have another new cat also. She is white/grey tiger, just a very young adult--11 months old. She arrived with no body weight at all---pelvis bones protruding. But a big belly---a very big belly. Yes, she is pregnant. She slept and slept and slept the first couple days, in between eating everything in sight. Her name is Penelope (another Name a Cat). Very difficult to take a guess as to how far along she is since everything about her is bony. Hopefully she will have some time to gain some weight before the little ones arrive.
The Raffle is on! It started yesterday. You can get information on the facebook Chatters and FFRCNation and our Twitter page. We have 6 items up for raffle. Tickets can be bought thru PayPal for $5 each. You can purchase as many as you want for whatever items you may want! Boxes will be Thursday at 5:30 and the Raffle Drawing will be 6:00. We're excited. These Raffles are what helps us keep our heads above water. Plain and simple---they help pay our bills. I thank you for your support. And I also wish you good luck!
