Foster Updates

We've gotten word from the foster parents of calico girls, Tutti Frutti and Rudi and the meezer girls, Muffins and Pancakes.
Tutti Frutti and Rudi are doing wonderfully in their foster home and are getting along with the other foster cats, one a turkish angora and the other another calico. Wow, that's a lot of tortitude for one house :) They are going to adoption events in Baltimore and in Pennsylvania on the weekends. The foster dad said Rudi loves to nurse on his hand and Tutti Frutti is more independent and super loving. They have both recovered from their URIs.Muffins and Pancakes made is safely to NJ using the pet transport relay. They are doing great in their foster home, getting used to their new surrounding and playing like crazy.

Have a great weekend, everyone!!!

Can You Stand It?!

Yep, that's our girl bunny kicking a raffia ball! I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it is to see her put her guard down and relax enough to play. It seems like such a simple thing, a cat playing with a ball...... but, this is only the second time (the first time was the night before) I have ever seen her play. It really is the little things that mean so much.

Gretchen has been here since May 6 and not too long ago wouldn't even come near the porch or steps if we were outside. If she saw us watching her eat through the window, she would take off into the darkness. She always had such fear in her eyes. You probably can't tell because of the high beam lasers, but here she has "crazy eyes," the kind kitties get when they are so silly, kicking the stuffing out of a toy. It's a beautiful thing :)

And The Winner is......

Drum roll, please.....Sniffie and The Florida Furkids!!!CONGRATS!!!
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Bijou The Mystery

Look who got an all-expense paid trip the the "spa" and a two-night stay, with room service, at the Creek Cat Inn......Mystery Black Kitty! She now joins the exclusive "eat-tip club." Now that we know she's a female, we gave her the name Bijou. She, along with the other patients, will get released this afternoon. Wonder if she'll still come over to eat at night after that experience?? We are able to rub her through the cage and she seems super sweet.

The spay/neuter clinic went great! As a group, we got all 15 cats and it brought our total for the year, so far, to 125 cats!! 5 females, including Bijou, have been staying in the foster room recuperating.

Don't forget to enter our giveaway if you haven't already! Deadline to enter is Tuesday at 11:59PM.

It's Giveaway Time!

We've got another great giveaway to announce....Need some new table lamps, wall decor, cookware, pet supplies?? Well, you've come to the right place! Our wonderful friends over at CSN.com have given us another opportunity to host a giveaway for $60.00 promo code to be used on one of their 200+ online stores. They really do have it all and most items have free shipping! We love their vast selection of cat condos! Sorry international friends, but CSN only ships to the US and Canada.
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Checking In with Gretchen

We're definitely making some good progress with Gretchen. She is coming out earlier, last night she came to eat at 8:17 which is still light out. When she sees us on the porch she starts running towards us and talks. She stays on the porch or stair platform for 1-2 hours with us after she eats and I can get as close as 3 steps away from her. She has started rolling around and being silly on the platform. I saw her play for the first time ever last night. She was whapping a little clay frog around on the steps. I threw her a little toy mouse and she ignored it, lol.She absolutely loves fried chicken and cat sip milk, what we call "chickie" and "mik mik." Of course, she also eats regular cat food as well. She looks and acts so much more relaxed than when she first came here.
For those of you who don't know....Gretchen was never an indoor cat, she is a feral cat we trapped and relocated to our property for her own safety. She may never become an indoor cat, we can't even touch her at this point. We are just hoping to someday soon be able to pick her up so we can put her in the garage or house during inclement weather. Being on the coast, tropical weather is a concern. I think we're definitely moving in the right direction.

It's a TNR weekend. We'll be trapping tonight for a clinic on Saturday. Hoping to get 15 cats.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Super Ferris!

Ferris likes to help with the laundry!

Some of you asked about the stickers we posted about Monday. They will be available for quite a while, we have a lot of them. Thanks to our friends who have already donated for a sticker!

The Mystery Kitty

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

So this kitty has been showing up on the camera almost every night. We've never seen her during the day and have asked all the neighbors, but no one claims her. We think it's a "her" because she is kinda small and is about the same size as Chevelle. In fact, she looks like Chevelle's twin. Well, we have a spay/neuter clinic coming up this weekend. We are going to try to trap her and get her spayed.

STICKERS!!! The TNR organization that I volunteer with is giving away stickers of your choice with a $5 minimum donation. The donation goes to support the humane management of free-roaming cats. Get your by clicking this --->LINK!<---

We Are Siamese If You Please

Well, the former shelter girls, Pancakes and Muffins, will be leaving us tomorrow for Perfect Pals Rescue in New Jersey. They will be doing the transport relay thing, so it's going to be a loooooong ride. It's about a 10 hour drive straight through, but they will be stopping about every 1 1/2 hours or so to switch cars, like a relay. We are very fortunate to have people who volunteer their time to do these transports. They are literally a life saver! So everyone purr and purray they will have safe travels and will find wonderful homes with wonderful families.

Wordless Wednesday with Gretchen

Squeeee With Me Monday!

Pancakes and Muffins are our newest foster kittens. They will be staying with us for two weeks and then will be transported to a rescue in New Jersey. They are super precious! Get a load of those sky blue eyes!

Pancakes

Muffins

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Pumpkin

Mochacinno
We baby-cat-sat Mochacinno and Pumpkin over the weekend while their foster mom transported Tutti Frutti and Rudi to their new rescue. They're about 5 weeks old and were pulled from a feral cat colony. Talk about KYOOT! And how much does Mochacinno look like Maggie May?!!

Apologize for not visiting much, been super busy lately :(

Safe Travels, Love & Luck, Tutti Frutti and Rudi

Today we say goodbye to Tutti Frutti and Rudi. They are leaving to go to Maryland Pet Match Rescue. They've got a long ride ahead of them and we wish them and their wonderful transporter safe travels. They both still have URIs, so please pray they get well soon! We've asked the rescue group to please send us updates and we hope they will. We've gotten so attached to them in just one week. *tears*We are supposed to get 2 siamese mix kittens this weekend or next week. They, like Tutti and Rudi, are being pulled from our high-kill shelter by a very caring shelter volunteer who has found a rescue for them. Three of their litter mates weren't as lucky, bless them.

Let's lighten the mood, shall we?

Happy weekend!!!

Wordless Wedensday with Tutti Frutti and Rudi

And We're Back

Feels like we've been gone forever! Here's a little update on what we've been up to....
We have a new garden in the front yard for Gretchen, but she won't stay in it....We built a new "cat shack" on the front porch, but she won't sleep in it....But, Gretchen is making great progress and will now eat on the porch with us!!
We got new foster kittens! A very caring shelter volunteer pulled them from our shelter, had them spayed and arranged for them to be transported to a rescue in Maryland. They will be with us until Friday. They are so precious, but both have URI and bad tapeworms and ear mites. We've been fixing them all up since we got them last Friday. We've named the long-haired girl, Tutti Frutti and the short-haired girl we named Rudi.

Many of you have asked about Maizy and Ferris' weight loss secret. Well, they used to get 1/4 cup of food at breakfast, lunch and dinner.... we cut out lunch altogether and they now only get 1/4 cup of food for breakfast and 1/4 cup for dinner. They are eating Natural Balance Duck and Green Pea.