2012 in Review - Part 2

July started with some drama with the alcohol kittens and ended with Amaretto and Cognac running for the Bridge......

We did join the Cat-olympics and posted some pictures of us doing various activities.

The alcohol kittens were finally released from the bathroom and joined Doc and Sally in having some free time in the living room.....wow were they tiny!!

In August mom took off and helped our friend Miss DeLynn move to Utah. Her husband had taken a job with Best Friends and mom helped Miss DeLynn move one of the dogs and the cat out there. Plus she got to volunteer a couple of days before coming home.

In the meantime, the alcohol kittens were running around with Doc and Sally.

And yes....Bourbon is still a screamer.... (see video)

Mom continued to enjoy time with the alcohol kittens and Doc.....

In September we gotted a short term foster from the shelter named Poncho....he was a little bit older and had a good time hanging out with us....


Discussions were started to remove the bathroom door and replace it with something that revolves....

A kitty was noticed wandering around outside the condo. Mom finally caught her and discovered that she was already spayed and had been front declawed. Mom named her Eclipse and the shelter agreed to take her. Unfortunately, Eclipse is still waiting for her forever home.



Whiskey got adopted by a nice couple and has an older kitty brother to keep him company. Mom gets updates from his family and they renamed him Tucker and he is very well loved....

Mom spotted a couple of orange tabby boys outside the condo. Long story, but they ended up at the shelter.....and then ended up here.  Luke and Duke are a pair of cuties aren't they????

And then on to our big fall/winter adventure. Miss Chrystal rescued a mom and kittens and mom agreed to bring them here and foster them.  Their transport day came and they moved into the bathroom.

The fall and winter so far has been wrapped up with finding homes for Cleo, the alcohol kittens and the Gemstone kittens.  Cleo is spayed and at Petco. Gin, Moonshine and Bourbon are all ready to go - Gin at Petco, Bourbon and Moonshine still here with us.  Opal, Kyan and Cory were all adopted before Christmas and Emma is still here to gain enough weight to be spayed.

They had gotten pretty sick and mom asked for help from the CB - you guys came through and an auction was set up. Your support means everything and the donations were amazing. THANK YOU!!!!

We are all good here. Maestro is getting older but is going well for being 18 year old. We still aren't sure what is up with Tim's teeth, but he seems to be getting better every day - we did get an update from the v-e-t and it is not bartonella. They still think it is stomatitis which is an issue with his immune system. We know he is negative for FIV and FeLV so it is something else. The v-e-t is going to check with a colleague and we will go from there.  Junior and Spud still try to kill each other occasionally, but we think part of the tension this fall may have been Cleo being here and her tension about being around the other cats.

It is, overall, been a good year. Great saves, birthdays, gotcha days, rescues, adoptions and many transports.....can't forget to mention the slobbery kids mom has helped transport:

black animals....

We all know how mom feels about the house panthers.

(for anyone looking for the banners we are using, you can find them at Petfinder)

Poncho and Gin

Mozart

Oh - and the Poncho was ADOPTED!!! Mom took him back last Monday. There was a very nice couple that came in on Thursday and were looking at several different cats - including the goof. Mom checked the web on Saturday morning and Poncho was off the site - meaning he got adopted. We aren't sure if it was that couple of not, but we hope so. Concats on the new home!

  This is Chloe from CHA.

She came to the shelter this spring. And while that seems bad enough, she came from another shelter. Where she had been living for 3 YEARS!!!  What the ___???

Miss Chloe is a BIG girl. (ok, mom calls her a beached whale, but whatever). But she is super sweet....  Pet her and she purrs. :)  She was living in the director's office for a while (they move some of the adults around to give them a different perspective). When mom would walk into the shelter, she said she could hear Chloe yelling to be let out. The office cats would get let out and allowed access to the lobby during the day and Chloe was SURE she should get the privilege all the time......  We agree.

We haf decided....

   9-11: Never forget
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The next improvment to the house is gonna turn the front door into a revolving door. MOL

First mom came home last night a little late. She said she had taken more kittens to Petco and she dropped off this:

yep, that is Whiskey.....we have a surprise later in the week

And then she packed up Poncho and Prada and left again....

When she came back, she went in the bathroom and closed the door. We didn't get to meet these girls, but we know they are in there.

Mindy

Matilda

We don't know their story, but we know they came from the clinic we use for spay/neuters. And Matilda had to have her left eye removed....  They both like people but Mindy is hissing at everyone right now. Gin and Bourbon both made it in there last night and Mindy was NOT having it. Matilda is playing with the kittens under the door. We shall see. They are on meds for a cold so they need a few days in there alone anyhow.

Which means the alcohol kittens were out ALL night. It went better than we would have thought. Whiskey actually slept with mom most of the night. She found him this morning under the covers stretched out along her spine. MOL

Oh -and to the Katnip Lounge mom and Callie:
BOURBON IS NOT STAYING HERE PERMANENTLY!!!!
(so there - mom says her limit was 5 cats and we now number 7 - MOL)

Random Fridays.....

Da Bourb is in TROUBLE!!!!  See, he loves mom. And he loves to sit on mom. But.... last weekend he was sitting on mom's lap while she was on the laptop. He reached up at one point and bonked her on the nose. She reached up a little bit later and her fingers were wet. She looked and there was blood on her fingers. She went to the mirror to check her nose.......and the Bourbon got his toenails cut. He got the edge of her nose AND he got her top lip too. 

what? I didn't do nothin'

The Celestial Kitties made the comment yesterday that if you didn't know about his knees, you would presume he was scared and walking low. That is what the v-e-t thought when mom went to pick him up after his last check-up. Mom said nope - they let him out of the carrier, mom called him and he ran right too her. Mom said, not scared, just his normal walk. :)

Mom also says it is gonna be a few days before she allows any more Bourbon kisses. We hads a house fly inside yesterday. Mom whacked it but before she could pick it up to throw it away.....Bourb ate it. ewwww

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And of course, no sooner does mom say that Poncho is nutty, then he decides to take a nap in her arms the other night. It was an awwww moment. Of course, he didn't last too long before he was off again. He also was "attacked" by Junior at an unsuspecting moment.....and after making Poncho scream like a girl, Junior now takes the long route around him. :)  Poor Junior - he loves playing with the kittens but even he doesn't quite know what to make of Poncho.

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LP could use some purrs as she is having surgery on Monday.

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We plan on having a lazy weekend (per normal). Grandma and Grandpa are having a garage sale (again - who would want to buy there garage??) so mom will be over there helping them on Saturday. And mom has an adoption event on Sunday at Petco. Guess HER weekend isn't gonna be so lazy. MOL

Thankful Thursday.....

Mom says she is thankful that Poncho is healthy....and should be able to go back to the shelter soon. That boy is NEEDY!!! And not for us - for mom. He got locked up in time out the other night just so she could eat dinner. And he just doesn't understand the word NO. (we know what it means but ignore her - he doesn't have any idea what mom is talking about)  He even made her spill stuff in the bathroom the other night cause he wouldn't stay off the counter (all we heard was a bang and mom using some bad werds and muttering about Poncho).

Mom doesn't know much about his background, but he does seem to be missing some vital social skills. Rather than play with Doc before he left, Poncho would stalk Doc. Poncho plays with the alcohol kittens, but his play style is just odd. Thankfully he is gentle or we would have to have a chat with that boy. And unlike some kittens that pick one of us to like, Poncho just doesn't seem to care. He will be great for a family that wants that lovey kind of cat. Mom just sighs - he can't even sit still on her lap and ends up being kicked off..... silly boy.

That is Bourbon he is playing with.....

And there is more where that came from.....  we love Doc just watching this "strange" new guy. :)

da new guy.....

Since Doc and Sally were going to Petco, mom told the shelter (different place from the rescue that is helping with Doc and Sally and the alcohol kittens), that she had space. The shelter had asked right after mom got back from Utah, but with all the weird sickness here and at Miss Beckie's, mom didn't want to bring in other kittens. However, we are far enough out now that mom felt it was safe. And the shelter is WAY overcrowded. So, she brought home this guy....

 

Poncho - 4 months old black short hair

Grandma and Grandpa are having a garage sale next weekend and mom is taking her old desk over there. We are not sure what her desk has to do with the garage being sold, but we are having fun with it in the living room until grandpa comes with his truck.

Anyhow, mom doesn't know Ponchos background, but we can tell you one thing. He is NUTS!!!!  He runs around like he is on fire. And he seems to be missing some cat language skills. He is very people centric - mom had to give him a time out the other night so she could eat in peace. :) In the meantime, he is hanging here for a few days. The shelter said he had the snots, but mom hasn't seen any sign of them.