Adoption stuff.....

We would like to talk about adoptions.....and applications.

Oliver went home Sunday

As some of you may (or may not) know, mom gets the applications for the cats at our local Petco store. She reviews them, checks information, and then calls people to let them know they are approved or not or if she needs more information.

Here is the thing that blows her mind - the application isn't really that hard. Name/address. People in the household. Employer. Contact information. References. Committment information. Animals in the house. Past animal ownership.

And yet, surprisingly, people can't seem to get the stuff right...or complete. Or they don't "get it" when mom calls with questions about some of their answers.

Mom got an application for Luke (above) on Saturday. Good application - all the necessary information. But she has an 8 month old female cat at home. And Luke didn't do so well when Oliver was taken up to Petco a while ago.

So mom called the woman and said everything looks good and checks out. But could she suggest another kitten that might be a better fit. The woman said sure so mom took Oliver with her. It was love at first sight. And the woman said she was greatful that mom knows the kittens well enough to know what will work or not and make suggestions. (mom thought to herself that she is thankful the woman was willing to take suggestions)

But some other applications - it makes us wonder. One had a dog - when mom called the vet they said that the dog has to be muzzled due to being animal and people aggressive. Others don't have their animals spayed or neutered....and can't understand why we have an issue with that. Mom is willing to work with people - but they have to be reasonable.

But hey - we LOVE great adoptions....and sometimes we wonder if we could try to convince people to take more than one.

Dona Nobis Pacem

Today we blog for peace - along with bloggers across the world.

There is so much destruction and hate around us that sometimes it can be hard to fathom. And yet as a community of bloggers, we gather together - supporting each other and moving forward hoping for a future of peace.

Random Fridays.....

Mom has changed the meds for the kitten-snot and is also now treating Mozart. But she is kind of worried about him....poor boy may end up at the v-e-t. He just isn't acting like himself and we can tell he isn't feeling good.
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The new kittens - Basil and Saffron are doing great. They have been dewormed a couple of times but are eating like champs. Mom says they are going to get a b-a-t-h once they are in the clear and no longer have the runs. Heaven knows what they were exposed to before being rescued. But heavens are they sweet.  :)

Basil

Saffron

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Mom is gearing up for a BIG football game on Saturday. Our Spartans play the evil wolverines. We are wondering if they make earplugs for cats.
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And since you can never have too much cute:

Amelia (dust bunny) and Maverick

Happy Halloween!!!

In honor of this holiday.....we refuse to dress up.  No costumes no how no way!!!

However, we can give you lots of blacks cats:

The Dust Bunny/Amelia is growing into a big girl-cat. Her hair isn't quite as wild as it was when she was tiny either. But she still has that chocolate overtone to her furs. She still isn't spayed yet either.... gotta get over the (neverending) snot.

Mozart is of course our resident house panther. He is the light weight of the family at just over 8 pounds and mom suspects he spends a lot of time looking for ways to warm up. :)

And then there is the Goose. (you saw his brother Maverick yesterday)  He is just goofy.......

it is such a shame he can't seem to relax at all

We hope you all have a SAFE and treat filled holiday!!!

mostly wordless Wednesday.....

more proof that kittens LURV Uncle Tim

And sometimes they love on Tommy too:

the ACTUAL tabby Tuesday....

Today was supposed to be about the new kittens that came to the house over the weekend. But apparently mom wasn't paying enough attention and rather than schedule the post right, it went up right after she typed it. So, you can read about the new babies here on our Sunday post. sigh.....

the newbies - Saffron (brown female) and Basil (gray male)

However, since mom screwed it up, we decided to share some other tabbies around here:

Tim's tocks

 Junior in the cube

Maverick surveying the living room

that wasn't the plan....

Since we don't actually get many adoptions while the kittens are hanging out here, mom decided to take Oliver up to Petco on Saturday morning.

Luke was up there by himself and acting all needy since his brother Linus was adopted. We aren't sure why Luke is still up there - he is super sweet and outgoing.

Now, we know.....we always recommend slow introductions. Separate space, lots of time. So, do as we say, not as we do. Mom put Oliver in with Luke. And Luke wasn't very happy about it.....there was some name calling but it didn't go beyond that.

However, mom got a text on Sunday morning. Luke was VERY NOT HAPPY with Oliver being in the same cage. So, Oliver is back here with us again..... so much for that plan.  We think Luke would be fine in a house with other animals, but obviously need a much slower introduction with more space. MOL

tabby Tuesday....

Since mom was taking Oliver to Petco, she knew we had some space for some little kittens. So she stopped up at the adoption center and came home with this:

They are about 5-6 weeks old. A college student found them on her front porch one morning in a box with a note saying "please adopt us" on it. She has a current cat living with her but doesn't have space for kittens so the rescue stepped up to help out.

The brown kitten is a girl now named Saffron. She is a polydactyl.....yes, our girl has thumbs in front. Her brother is a gray tabby now named Basil (no thumbs on him). They purr the minute mom looks at them. They will be quarantined for a couple of weeks until they get their second vaccines and get a little bigger.

Random Fridays......

On Tuesday morning, mom got a phone call at work from the Petco store where our adoptables go. Seems some jerk person left a cat in a laundry basket covered with a board and a brick in front of the store. The girl above was terrified, had hair loss and was covered in fleas. The store manager treated her fleas and they set her up in a big crate with food and water and a litter box until mom could get over there after work. In the meantime, mom sent a text to the rescue and asked if they could help. The head rescue lady said to take the kitty to the clinic in the morning for spay and shots and everything else.

The store clerks were calling her Penelope. Mom brought her home and she really didn't want to come out of the carrier. After mom's shift at the shelter, she sat with Penelope who finally came out of the carrier and ate something and loved on mom some.

Mom got a surprise the next morning at the clinic - Penelope was already spayed and had a microchip. The chip tracked back to a small local rescue (not ours) who picked her up from the clinic and was going to contact the adopter and see what was going on. Mom is going to contact the rescue to see if we can get the rest of the story, but if not, we at least know she is safe back with the group that saved her the first time.

Mom got an update from the rescue - the person who left her was the person who had originally adopted her as a kitten. But the kitty is back with her original foster mom and may be adopted into their family.
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And then there is this gremlin. Amelia the Dust Bunny got a bath last weekend. She is getting over the snotty crap running around here but had some stuff in her furs. Mom tried to comb it out but no luck. So the Dust Bunny got a bath. She was VERY unhappy about it (mom mutter something about thank cod the nails were clipped). Mom discovered some of Amelia's furs are actually wavy - though once she is dry you can't tell.  And Oliver followed her around until she dried out sniffing her....like the bath itself wasn't embarrasing enough.
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Still no applications on our Licorice girl. It makes us kind of sad....but she seems to be enjoying living at the Petco. She gets out and hangs with the clerks on their laps. Plus mom bought some grain-free dry food that she was scarfing up the other night. Paws crossed nothing sets her back to chewing on herself again.

Good weekend wishes to all of you. It is COLD here so we are hoping for some sunpuddles.

Wordless Wednesday (Goose in the cat tree)

Opt to Adopt

This is Oliver......

He is a sweet medium hair gray boy who is currently in foster with us. He was raised by our friend Miss Beckie and went up to our local Petco store. Then he got a cold so he came over here to recover - and spread around his germs. MOL

hanging with Goose

synchronized snoozing

He is great with us and with the other fosters here. And he would have been around a dog at Miss Beckie's house.

weekend wrapup.....

We spent the Saturday doing a lot of this:

Oliver checking out the new thing in the living room

Mo stakes out his spot.

Mom didn't want to turn on the heat but surrendered. But she also didn't want to turn it UP very far, so she broke out the space heater. Mo is a little obsessed with it.  MOL

The Sunday she put out our live-trap - she is trying to catch a feral girl and move her with the help of a friend to a safer location. Well, she went to check the trap and found this:

Not exactly who she was hoping for. And of course, once she reopened the trap, he/she didn't really want to leave without some encouragement. Mom thinks this raccoon is a juvenile from the size. After some tapping on the back of the trap, he waddled out of the trap and on his merry way.

Maybe next time mom....

And Sunday she picked up this guy:

He was at our local dog shelter and Cane Corso rescue pulled him and he was on his way east into foster for a week and then into his forever home. He is about 8 months old and full of lots of energy (though he did very well in the car).

 Our team in green did well on Saturday, but mom says they played some ugly football. All we know is she did a good amount of yelling at the tv.

Grandma and Grandpa's new house....

Grandma and Grandpa are building their new house in Tennessee. The last time mom saw the site in March, it was all weeds and trees:

That is our grandpa in the blue hat. You can sorta see our uncle Rob in the back.

All those weeds are now GONE!!

Now the basement has been dug and concrete poured. They are working on stairs and walls today. They hope to have the roof on this week so they can start working on other things. The plan is to be moved in next spring. (mom says she hopes so cause she slept on a mattress on the floor this past weekend and it wasn't very comfy)

this is the driveway looking into the garage

(and that is grandma and grandpa over there)

this is looking into the main house from the garage

this is the walk out basement - part of it is going to be grandpa's workshop