weekend report

Let's see.....

Mom got up Saturday (we made sure it was EXTRA early) and took off for a transport.

This sweet old man is Rufus. He spent his entire life chained to a dog house and then was taken to a high kill shelter in Kentucky. Fortunately, someone stepped up and contacted Ontario Bloodhound Rescue and he was pulled and this past weekend went from a foster in Kentucky to a foster in Ontario. He was SO super sweet and just seemed happy to go along with whatever. 

Then mom ran around and stopped at the adoption center for the rescue. There she found a cute fuzzy black kitten. More on her tomorrow.

And Sunday, the kittens went on an adventure. Jade and Coral stayed here. Mom knew Jade would be able to get out of baby jail and Coral is so little that mom just doesn't want her handled too much (which we know would happen due to the overwhelming cute).

First it was an adoption weekend at Petco. Mom packed up the four bigger kittens and headed off over there. She talked to some very nice people, Amber screamed a lot for attention, and a very nice lady bought 2 cases of Fancy Feast for Jade and the kittens. Woohoo!!!

Then it was over to the adoption center for their Kitten Shower. Mom says she wishes she had remembered to take a picture of the pile of donations. It was great. The kittens got to experience the outdoors - even a couple of dogs (Amber was unimpressed and gave one of them her best halloween cat impression). The exposure was always good and it helps the kittens with their social skills to be handled and have to deal with different environments.

Oh - and get this....as mom was setting up at Petco, she was talking to a man who was checking out. It was Milano's dad!!! She had been worried as she had sent a couple of emails but hadn't gotten any response (he admits he doesn't check his junk mail). Anyhow - Milano is doing great. She has bonded with their older daughter and even gets chased around the house by their rabbit.  MOL

a good start

Well, Milano went home with her new family on Tuesday. We aren't sure how she is going to do in a home with 4 kind of wild kids, but mom says the dad of the family seems to have a clue and hopefully Milano will have all the time she needs to adjust.

Chex is up at Petco along with Licorice. Mom says that she gets told that people are in and keep looking at them, but mom says she refuses to get excited until she gets a good application.


And in true tradition, mom stopped at the adoption center for the rescue to drop off paperwork and came home with a kitten....

Cute little booger isn't he??  Miss Mona from the rescue had him at her house but he was by himself so mom offered to bring him here. He needs to be socialized a little and get big enough to be neutered. So far he is living in the playpen. He seems to want to come out to play but mom wants to give him some time to check everything out around here. Since he came in and Saffron is still here, mom decided to call him Cumin.

Another kitten has fallen to the charms of Uncle Tim.

We bet by this weekend he will be out and running around with everyone. Amelia has checked him out and doesn't seem to notice. Saffron came up and sniffed him and then hissed at him. Mom makes sure he has toys in there and she is getting him out lots to hold him and let us all check him out.

A year in review (part 2)

July:
With Killian getting adopted and the rest of the beer kittens up at Petco, mom felt the need to bring home more kittens: Sorcha, Sebastian, Sierra and Screech

And then Licorice arrived....that has been an adventure (and she is STILL waiting for her forever home).

Our wordless Wednesday posts were dedicated to one of us per week. Most of July was taken up trying to determine what was up with Licorice, getting her healthy and less itchy.

August:
Sierra and Sebastian got adopted. And of course mom brought home more kittens - Hobbes and Mandy.

We celebrated our 4th blogoversary.

Busch and Miller were adopted together. We helped a former adopter rescue a kitten named Mitts. And Jake and Elwood came to the house as fosters.

September:
Stella was adopted!!!  And the pilot kittens - Goose, Maverick and Amelia (the Dust Bunny) joined us as fosters.

Mitts got adopted!!

Licorice finally was spayed, got her teeth cleaned and went up to Petco.

Spud and Ivy turned 5 years old and Maestro turned 19 years old!!

Elwood got to meow like a space-pirate.  MOL

And mom had an adventure with Junior that she could have done without.

October:
Tim and Tom turned 10 years old!

And we celebrated National Feral Cat Day. Especially our girl Allie.

Our cousin Max crossed the Rainbow Bridge. And Jake and Elwood got adopted.

And Basil and Saffron joined us as fosters.

November:
Oliver went to Petco, came here (in October), gave everyone the snot and then got adopted.

Rosie came to join Basil, Saffron and Amelia.

And Chex and Milano were returned due to medical issues with their family.

December:
Amelia finally got big enough and without snot to be spayed. Basil went with and was neutered.

Mom broke out some Christmas stuff....and made some of us wear it.

Basil got adopted. Maverick got adopted. Milano moved up to Petco. It was a wild weekend. :)

We got a special Catmas present from mom.

We participated in the Secret Paws gift exchange.

Rosie got adopted.

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It has been quite a year. The blogging community has lost several members - you can see them here at the blog Our Rainbow Friends.  We have taken in fosters, and some were not strong enough to survive, but we know that part of fostering isn't always the good things but sometimes being there to help those that need us - even if it is help crossing the Bridge.

We have taken in 39 fosters this year. We have had some great adoptions. Mom has helped transport 20 dogs.

We wish you a wonderful, healthy and happy 2014!!  We can't wait to see what comes.

Changes.....

Mom has been doing the logic problem of who would be here over Christmas and how to deal with that and the pet sitter.....

Well, some of that was solved over the weekend.  And it is all good!!

 First Basil was adopted and went home on Saturday. Mom picked him and Amelia up from Petco on Friday after work as their snot had returned. Miss Beckie called mom on Saturday and said a woman had come up to the adoption center as someone at Petco had said he was up there (not sure why they would have said that, but whatever). The woman wanted to meet Basil, so mom drove him over. It was love and he went home with her that same day. He will be on meds for his snot while he adjusts to being in a new home. He will have a new mom and a big 4 year old cowcat brother named Apollo. In fact, his new mom posted an update on our facebook page - Basil is now Loki and did great at his first vet appointment.  :)

Maverick told Santa last week that he wanted a family for Christmas and his wish came true on Sunday. He is going home with a nice man and his girlfriend. Mav will be their only kitty.

Milano is now up at Petco. She was kind of grumpy with Mav (she moved

up there before he left) so we won't be putting anyone else up there with her

unless Chex gets over his snot sometime soon.

Rosemary and Saffron got to meet Santa on Sunday.

They are (currently) scheduled to be spayed on today.

(but the post goes up before they get there)

Cross your fingers - mom said if one of them sneezes on

a vet tech, she may have to scream.  MOL

Rosie, Saff and Basil on Saturday

So the pet sitter will have the permanent crew plus 4 kittens. Though mom said something about maybe taking Rosemary and Saffron up to the store over the weekend to see if we could get any takers.

Wordless Wednesday - Milano

Geez she makes it hard to get a good picture....

Opt to Adopt

Chex and Milano are doing pretty well. Since mom was gone for most of the weekend, they didn't get out to meet everyone until Sunday. Mom intended to do it slowly when she got back from helping transport Garnet. But....Chex made a run for it and mom decided they are both big enough that it would be ok. She trusts us and figured it would be ok. When she got home everyone was doing well. Milano is jumpy and kind of unsure of herself. Chex is out and about though he is a little growly when we get too close to him. But they certainly seem happy to have a little more space. Mom did say they will be in the bathroom at night as mom doesn't want to chase Milano out from under the bed every morning before leaving for work. 

Mom will try to get good facial shots and get their information up on Petfinder. No adoptions over the weekend, so right now they will stay here.

Basil and Amelia are feeling better and are no longer snotty. Mom is going to get their surgery dates set up and get them in. Saffron and Rosemary were snotty when mom got home from the holiday but are responding to the meds. It seems to be a bad year already for upper respiratory things.

This coming weekend is the Petco adoption weekend so mom will be taking the kittens there looking for homes for the holidays. 

Chex and Milano....

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will remember the snack kittens who came here in March of this year. In fact, if you attended Blog Paws, you may have gotten to meet Triscuit.

Well a couple of weeks ago, mom got an email from the woman and family that adopted Chex and Milano. It seems their son (who is about 7 years old) developed some pretty serious allergies. They had tried lots of things but none of them were working. The whole family was devastated and wanted some suggestions. Mom has allergies and gave them some ideas, but it seems the little boy was having some bad reactions - in fact he would break out in hives if one of the kittens licked him.

So mom made arrangements for them the come back and we will get them up on Petfinder and to the Petco store when there is space and when they are ready. Right now they are in the bathroom and adjusting. Chex is pretty outgoing and happy to see mom. Milano spent most of Saturday hissing at mom every time she walked in the room (which is ok and understandable). They haven't been out to meet us yet, but they have to know we are out here as mom has seen both Amelia and Ivy sleeping outside the door. But there is no rush.....  And as of yesterday morning, both kittens were greeting mom and making all lovey with her. Chex got out of the bathroom and headed towards us with no name-calling, so mom said she is going to see about letting them out for a little bit.

Mom said she barely made it through it all without crying. She could tell the woman was very upset. And it seems the kittens were pretty popular in the neighborhood - and their son and the neighbor kids all had a party Friday night to tell the kittens goodbye. That did it.....mom almost lost it. She did ask if they wanted to be kept up to date. The woman said she and her husband had talked about that and really weren't sure. But she said email her and they can always decide later what, if anything to tell their son.

So, welcome back Chex and Milano. We are so very sorry it didn't work out. But you were very loved and are missed....and we will do our very best to find you another wonderful home (the family said they will be talking to people too).

 Chex

Milano

Mom did say that she doesn't remember Cookie being very big....so their daddy must have been a big boy. Milano is probably average size, but that Chex boy is a moose.  :)  And Chex is pretty hard to get a picture of as well.....he spends a lot of time rubbing against mom looking for love. Milano is a little bit shyer but is coming around. It is a lot of change for them.