Thankful Thursday - an adoption update

Most of you will remember that when Mom attended Blog Paws last year, she took Triscuit with her.

maybe 4 weeks old

"yep - I could get used to this hotel thing..."

"I think I hear some adoring fans"

Triscuit was a hit and while we aren't on Twitter, we understand she was all over it.

Well, the snack kittens turned a year old this month. Normally after the initial follow up, mom will leave contact up to the new families. Some keep mom updated and others we don't hear from. But... mom couldn't help herself and emailed Marissa and asked how things are going.

Triscuit is now Nala and has settled in wonderfully. She loves her big kitty sister and her mom and dad.

We don't think that sweet face has changed a bit.

Marissa - thanks for the pictures and the update and for adopting our girl.  :)

A year in review......

January:
We started the year off telling you about the adoption of Bourbon and Moonshine. Amazing that it has been a year already.

 We had a few short timers come and go into foster, including Nurdle:

 Tim lost all his teefs but the front ones.

And then the arrival of Mist and the pepper boys:

February:
Mom bought the playpen and put it to use with the pepper boys at Petco.

We posted about the sweet kittens that went up for adoption at Petco for Valentines.

Mist and the pepper boys got adopted!!!

March:
The Brat Cat (aka Emma...the longest running foster ever) was finally spayed and went to Petco...and had an accident and managed to get adopted!!

And then we got a new family - Cookie and the snack kittens: 

 

April:
Most of April was spent getting the snack kittens bigger. They cracked us up most of the time.

no idea what Cheeto is laughing about

They went on their first adventure to an adoption event.  And then we picked up Frito.

Mom got new (more) ink.

And some of the snack kittens got adopted!!

May:
We took in another new family - Rapunzel and her kittens from the shelter. This ended up being a fiasco and the end of mom fostering for the shelter any more.

Mom went to Blog Paws in Virginia - and took Triscuit with her. They met lots of blogging friends.

The rest of the snack kittens were spayed/neutered and adopted. And so was their mom Cookie.

We had our first return from doing adoptions at the Petco store. Opal was returned...fortunately she was adopted pretty quickly as well.

And the beer kittens came to us as fosters from the rescue:

June:
Mom continued to have issues with the space kittens.

And the beer kittens got their freedom.

Triscuit got adopted!!! Despite the bowl on her head....MOL

And we got updates on Whiskey/Tucker and Bourbon and Moonshine/Gray Goose and they celebrated their first birthdays!!!!

And then mom hit the end of her patience with the shelter about the space kittens.


Tune in tomorrow for the second half of the year (we split it in half or this post would have gone on forever).

Weekend update....

It was a wild weekend.....

Saturday morning mom woke up to the space kittens not feeling very well. Aurora was VERY stuffed up and Orbit was wobbly. But everyone was eating so mom decided to keep an eye on them. There is no staff at the shelter on weekends (it is all volunteer those two days) and mom figured the kittens were better here for the weekend. By Sunday night, Orbit, Corona and Aurora were all feeling bad. So they were dropped off at the shelter this morning to see the vet and get some care. Aurora has ulcers on her tongue, so mom is pretty sure they have calici. Which means the rest may have it as well, but they are all doing ok so mom chose to keep them here. Good chance they will end up on antibiotics just in case though. Purrs are appreciated....

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Mom drove a kitty transport on Saturday. An adult and four kittens were pulled from a shelter in Kentucky and were headed to rescue in Rhode Island.  Imagine Home is on facebook and has transports that kind of run all over....

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And our big news:

Triscuit went home!!!

She will have a new mom and dad and a big sister (a 2 year old calico girl). Tricuit came back here Friday night so we got to spend the weekend with her.  Congrats on the new family baby.

Random Fridays....

A beer kitten movie to tied you over....

(and yes, mom can get our videos off of You Tube again - gotta love the interwebs)
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We know there are some pittie dog lovers out there. Mom saw this article and wanted to share it with you about Breed Specific Legislation (BSL). Now, it does say on there that Ohio repealed their BSL. Which is true - the language for vicious dogs no longer says "pitt bull or pitt bull type dogs". However, there are communities in Ohio that are still enacting local BSL. We suspect someone is going to have to challenge that one in court.
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Be sure to help us continue to get the Winnie's Wish kitties adopted. There are some that have been in the cat house a while and some new kitties just rescued!!

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Someone asked the other day about the microchip tag that Triscuit is wearing in this picture. Mom put it on the collar to have her wear at Blog Paws - you know, just in case. :)  Anyhow...it was HUGE on her and she HATED it. She would catch a glimpse of it and stand up on her back paws, grab the tag between her front paws and chew on the tag.
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Tune in next week for a very special update  :)

Have a great weekend!!! We got the kinda-hots here and mom refuses to open the windows anymore. Which isn't so bad as that means Mo and Spud can sleep on the floor vents and catch all the cold air.
Mom is going to tackle the space kittens and the bathroom again this weekend....wish her luck. :)

Just One Day....

Please join Just One Day as so many groups take one more step toward adoption and away from killing animals simply due to overpopulation. Don't get us wrong, we know there is a long way to go to get to a no-kill nation. But....if we can do it for THIS one day - and then another one day.....we can get there.

Check out there website to check out rescues in your area (you can search by state). Then please do what you can to support them - not just today but every day. We saw this morning on facebook that they have over 1200 shelters/rescues that took the pledge!!

Our rescue Colony Cats is on the list.  New Beginnings Animal Shelter is as well.  Sadly, those are the only two groups in our immediate area that took the pledge. We wish we could say there were more groups, but we are VERY proud of these two for standing up.
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Triscuit, Busch and Killian are up at the Petco store. Technically all the boys are ready to go, but mom doesn't like kittens being alone, so she kept Miller to keep Stella company. Though the way those two were wrestling the other night, we suspect Stella may have been perfectly happy to have had Miller stay at the store too. MOL

(not) wordless Wednesday.....

Well, it happened. Triscuit went to Petco Monday night. She went to the kitten shower on Saturday but no interest. She was having fun with the beer kittens.... (and their food dish - don't ask, we don't get it either), but when one of the boys went home Monday night, it was time for her to start the search for her own family. We kinda miss her and know mom does too, but she deserves to be spoiled rotten by a family that can give her more attention then she would get here. As for the food dish:

Sorry the movie is a little dark. Mom didn't want to turn on a light and startle Triscuit....and we are still having weirdness with YouTube.

nom nom nom....

So last week mom got an email from Chewy.com asking if we would like to review some treats for them.

Really?  There is a review we can get on board with......

Hey Mom - open the box...it is addresses to us!!!  And talk about fast - it showed up about 2 days after mom heard from the nice man via email.

They sent us some Natural Balance chick-hen flavor. And they were a hit!!!

 Faster mom!!!  Faster!!!

(In fact, Tommy got so excited at one point he nommed mom's finger)

 left to right: Tommy, Tim, Ivy, Spud, Maestro and Mozart

The new kittens got some and give them 4 paws up!!!

Triscuit was a fan as well....she snuck under a couple of us to sneak our treats!!!

We love that they deliver - and so quick!!! And they now have more than just food...toys, treats, leashes, bowls. Lots of stuff. And still free shipping over $49. We have to say, if we lived further out, this would be an ideal service - plus you can set it up so that you get regular deliveries (so we don't have to worry about mom opening the food container and then having to run out to buy more).

**Disclaimer: no moms were injured in the making of this post. We weren't compensated for this either - except for the free treats. Any opinions expressed are our own!!

Random Fridays.....

Triscuit is going to Petco tomorrow.....yep - time for her to find her own home. Mom does say she is gonna miss the girl (don't tell mom - we might miss her a little too).

There was a bug on the window the other night and mom got a picture and then.....there was this
(sorry you are having to click the link - mom changed her password and somehow she can't imbed movies anymore....)
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To Allie, Maxwell and Faraday's mom: we are sorry you didn't get to meet Triscuit. Mom says she didn't realize that and had she known you could have come up to the room to meet the baby....
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This is David. He was brought into the shelter....he is 12 year old and wasn't neutered. The shelter neutered him and cleaned his teeth. But then determined he was super shy and due to his age weren't going to make him available for adoption. A man I volunteer with (Mike) saw him in one room and was determined to save him. David is now with Mike and Carole (Mike's wife). They have two cats of their own and are going to try to integrate him into their home, but they aren't sure how their Maine Coon will do. So......if you know of anyone that may want to add a VERY sweet old man cat into their family, let us know. He needs a few sammiches, but otherwise is in good health and is FIV/FeLV negative.
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If someone in your area offered Kitten Kindergarten, would you have taken your kitten? Mom keeps hearing interesting things. Plus, with taking Triscuit to Blog Paws, it has become even more evident to her how much socialization can make a difference. She is thinking about talking to the vets that help the rescue.....thoughts? ideas?
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For those who are interested, the award ceremony from Blog Paws is online here. And remember....more catbell!!

wordless wednesday.....

It appears that our connection to You tube isn't working. But....mom took video of Triscuit walking on her leash in the hall at Blog Paws. You can see it here

We got a comment Monday about Triscuit becoming a therapy cat. We got lots of comments about that at Blog Paws too. Certainly something to recommend to her new family. As for no one taking her home, mom said one lady offered but turned a couple shades of pale when mom said Triscuit was already spayed and her paperwork was in the car. MOL

Anyhow, more pictures from Blog Paws.

Mom got the collar from the very nice ferret people

Blog Paws wrap up....

First announcement - mom got us a page on facebook - come visit and like the Random Felines page. We think you can just search for it. We would love to give you the link and maybe put it on the side bar, but despite Miss Connie giving mom a link to the plugins for facebook, she can't figure it out. Go figure......

Update: THANKS to Miss Connie (who did it for us), we now have a "follow" button on the left hand side of the blog for our facebook page.

OK - take it away mom to tell everyone about your trip:

I had a good time. I met SO many wonderful people that I don't dare make a list for fear of leaving someone off.  :)  It was great to meet so many animal people and put faces to names to blogs. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. Of course, I took Triscuit, so having the cuteness didn't hurt. I am pretty sure between Triscuit and Odilia, if there had been a cute award, we would have had to share it.

I will say this up front - I was disappointed with the amount of cat information and products. OK - there was the Cat Lounge, but the companies that sent products didn't send representatives. The swag bag had barely any cat stuff in it - and they asked if I wanted cat or dog when I checked in so they obviously thought they had enough to make a difference. Sparkle's mom posted on facebook that she took the bag back - I don't blame her.  The sessions were ok...some WAY better than others. My thought would be to pick the good ones and expand the time so we could LEARN something rather than just get an overview. There were lots of sessions about tech info and monetizing your blog and getting more readers. I am sure that is all great, but I do this because I love it. I don't want it to become a job....that sounds too much like work. :)  I had a good time, but unless there were some serious changes, I don't know if I would go again. It would be an expensive way to see people I like. Of course, the award party was GREAT fun!!

Coco from Curlz and Swirlz

Deb of Zee and Zoey's Chronicles and Triscuit

 Dorian from Your Daily Cute and Triscuit

Triscuit curled up with Ingrid of The Conscious Cat the first day and snoozed

Maus and her mom from coffee cats n yarn

 Odilia from Tails of the Foster Kittens

She and Triscuit weren't too sure about each other. Odilia is a single kitten and doesn't yet speak "cat" fluently. So Triscuit would walk up to her and wait for a signal to play which she wouldn't get as Odilia wasn't sure what to do. But they never fought and finally on Sunday morning as we were getting ready to leave, they were chasing each other around the hotel room. Figures...

 Tamar from I Have Cat and Triscuit

Notice a theme???  That kitten was SO popular. And honestly, I figured she would behave but I never could have figured she would be as good as she was. I took her to sessions and she would sleep in my arms. I would have her out for 2-3 hours at a time before giving her a break in the room. She posed for pictures and was kissed and was passed around and was GREAT!!  Barking dogs, applause and catbells during the award show..... she didn't mind a bit. Her new family is going to get a great addition to their family.

I have lots of other pictures that I will try to get up later....