Purrs needed.....

Mom got home last night and Duke (the orange boy) was acting funny. He was limping and didn't want to be touched. Mom sent a text to the cat caregiver at the shelter asking for advice. They decided to bring the boys in this morning. By this morning, Duke was weaving and just acting like he felt very bad. The vet comes in this afternoon to the shelter and hopefully we will know more then. Mom suspect calici but it could be any number of things.

Also, mom took new kittens to Petco on Friday. Grace is a calico and her brother Will is a black/gray/white tabby. They were found left in a carrier behind the adoption center. Grace was adopted (by a friend of the couple who adopted Whiskey) and went home on Sunday. Mom got a call yesterday from the store about Will. Mom stopped after work and he was drooling and had ulcers on his tongue - yep, that is definitely calici. Several calls later, mom ended up taking Will to the adoption center to get him started on drugs and keep him quarantined. Mom called Grace's new family and was told that she was acting lethargic Monday morning and they took her to their vet and her temp was 104. She is on antibiotics as well and mom said to make sure she is eating. Mom is going to follow up with them this morning.

YIKES!!!

transport day

So mom left early on Saturday for another transport....an all day affair. We will let her take it from here.....

Thanks guys. The transport coordinator from OBR offered to help Chrystal and I get the kitties here. However, there were just no offers.... Well, the family had to be moved and turns out OBR (Ontario Bloodhound Rescue) was trying to pull 2 dogs from a county humane society in Indiana.

I swear, I am going to start a petition to change Indiana's state motto to "Land of Orange Barrels". The speed limit may be 70, but it doesn't help when there is one lane of traffic and construction zones at 45mph. sigh......

However, Chrystal and I managed to find a halfway spot and dispite our apparent inability to comprehend the time zone changes, managed to show up with 5 minutes of each other. :)  Mom and kitts were tranferred to the Beetle and I headed back east into Indiana. I am leaving out names, but the small country humane society that had the bloodhounds was just....sad. And yet they gave OBR a hard time and it took over a month for them to agree to release the dogs. Both seriously need a bath (OMG - my car still smells bad), neither are spayed/neutered, both have entropian (their eyelashes curl into their eyes and iritate the cornea), the female has a tumor on her side and the male has lots of nasty skin tags. And yet they were super sweet and eager to meet new people - and travel so well in the car.

Of course, both of them had to sniff the carrier in the front seat, but mom cat hissed at them and they backed off. I do love the looks I get traveling with these dogs..... it cracks me up.

Anyhow, got them dropped off with the temp foster and then came home to set up mom and kitts.

Mom cat isn't too sure about all the commotion outside the bathroom door, so she is hissing everytime I come inside. But she is outgoing and lovey and taking great care of the kitts.

easy Sunday....

At least for us....

Mom was gone ALL day yesterday. She made it back last night and ducked into the bathroom with a carrier. So we know she made it home safe with the mom and kitts from Miss Chrystal. :) She says they are little so it may be a while until we get to meet them.

Mom also transported some more bloodhounds. They were in a scary shelter in Indiana. The bloodhound people were going to help with the transport of the kitts, but we couldn't get enough people to sign up to help. But mom was going anyhow, so she picked up the slobbery kids on the way home and dropped them off in temporary foster care.

Mom says we can post more tomorrow, but she was tired on Saturday and has an adoption event today.

Random Fridays......

Recognize that cute tabby face (was she really that small when she got here)????  We have good news to report - Sally May was adopted and went home Tuesday night!!!! A nice single retired gentleman spent a lot of time with all four kittens at Petco and decided to take our slightly crabby girl. MOL (though in her defense, she was being pretty cuddle with mom that night)
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Mom is still laughing at the video of Bourbon from Wednesday. Have you ever seen the wildlife videos of leopards or lions carrying their kill where they are kinda hunched over and dragging it between their front legs? That was so what Bourb was doing - mom just couldn't get a good video of him in motion.
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Tim and Tom want to say THANKS for all the well wishes from yesterday. Mom however would like to know who brought the high-test nip cause Tommy is a mean drunk. Mom says we may have to send him to CNA (cat nippers anonymous). hahahahaha

I have no idea what you are talking about lady

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Be thinking about Mom and Miss Chrystal tomorrow. They are transporting the momma and babies from Illinois to O-hi-o. We will get you an update on Monday. Mom will be on the road Saturday and at Petco for an adoption event on Sunday. Gin will be staying and Bourbon goes for the day but will come back home with mom after the event.
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The plan was for Luke and Duke to stay at the shelter after their nootering on Thursday. However, there was no space at the inn, so mom agreed to bring them back here until early next week.

Luke is the orange and white boy (and weighs about 7.5 pounds)

Duke is the orange boy (and weighs about 6.5 pounds)

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Ivy says: HAPPY 'TOCKTOBER!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Tim and Tom are 9 years old!!!!

We may not have planned on adding 2 more cats when they came as fosters, but we are glad they came and glad they stayed. Tim has become our resident "foster mommy cat" and Tommy doles out the discipline.

So, our to residence head mancat and his ninja sidekick, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

We will be partying all day while mom is at work, so be sure to transport over. We will have hams, live dead shrimps, turkeys and gooshy fuds. Mom says no niptinis with the kitts in the house, so we are limited to milkshakes. :)

wordless Wednesday

When mom brings kittens home from the shelter, she tries to bring a blanket and toy(s) from their cage so they have a familiar smell with them in a new environment. Saturday night, mom looked up to see Da Bourb coming down the hall with this toy....that does NOT belong to him......

look who came out.....

    

Mom opened the door on Saturday to let the boys out. The orange and white boy was the first down the hall (geez mom needs to figure out which is which).....he was nervous and jumpy and didn't stay in the living room very long. His brother didn't come out for quite a while.

After some time, mom went looking for them.....

So she left the door opened about 4 inches to let some fresh air and to give everyone access in or out. There is still some hissing but nothing serious.....

Sunday went much better. The orange boy is still pretty jumpy but both have come a long way in a short time......

Right now they are scheduled for surgery on Thursday and will stay if there is space.

Mom was sitting on the floor Sunday afternoon and both came over for some loving. Mom was laughing at Ivy though - she walked down the hall and pinned back her ears and slinked around. Then she sniffed and cocked her head - must have realized those orange boys with mom weren't the orange menace she is used to.  MOL

On the road.....

Mom helped drive some slobbery kids to their foster home again this morning..... Sophie is the black and tan, Willow is the back. They were super sweet girls and we bet they find their forever homes in no time.

Mom opened the bathroom door for Luke and Duke. One came out....sorta. the other - not so much. hahaha

Random Fridays.....

 
Mom tested NEGATIVE!!!

If you guys follow Miss Chrystal, you have already met the family above (and if you haven't, for pete's sake head over there  asap).  Mom has said she will foster the family and get them into rescue here....but we gotta GET them here....  SO - do you (or someone you know) live in Indiana or Illinois (near route 70) and want to spend a few hours with the cute??? Email us or Miss Chrystal.....

Oh, and like Miss Chrystal didn't have enough going on, she live trapped some kittens that her Older Daughter had seen. Caught one.....then another.....then finally the third - only this little boy has some injuries and a broken leg and needed surgery. There is a chip-in set up to help pay for his medical needs.
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Duke and Luke update: mom thinks she knows EXACTLY what the neighbor-chick was thinking bringing the kittens home...cause she looked a little surprised when mom said to take them back inside and find a better alternative. (and NO that alternative is NOT US!!!) One more person who wants a pat on the back for "rescuing" without having a clue what they are doing - and expecting the rest of us to pick up the slack.

'Nuff said....  (and Connie - thanks for the pillow - the head banging is much more comfortable that way). The boys are doing much better.....they are purring when they see mom (the bringer of kibble) and letting her pet them. She was mumbling something about seeing if we can socialize them more this weekend. uh oh....

Thanks for the great comments from yesterday as well. They made mom smile. But the one from Frankie and Ernie made mom laugh out loud in the office:
I think this might be one of those...
What Goes Around (the neighborhood) Comes Around..(to the Bathroom). hehe

Oh - and mom also says that if they had been found in OUR neighborhood, she would start to wonder if they missed a big orange tabby boy in the great TNR round up.....cause that one boy kinda looks like someone who lives here:

(this is Junior - NOT one of the new guys)

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After 5 days, Bourbon MAY finally be getting tired....but he loves that stringie.

He and Gin were dragging it up and down the hall last night.

Somehow that doesn't look comfortable.....yet mom finds them in there often.

Gin is the one with her feet up in the air, Bourbon is smooshed into the side.

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Tim seems to have developed a small growth.

It only shows up when he lays down:

bwaaahahahaha

(yep, those small fuzzy bourbon appearing growths can be hazardous)

Have a great weekend. Mom is transporting some slobbery bloodhounds. And then...football

GO MSU SPARTANS!!!!

bang...bang...bang.....

Why is mom thumpin' her head on the wall?
Hey mom  - would it have something to do with the new guys in the bathroom?
     yep.....that would be it

Should we tell everyone what is going on before you injure more brain cells?
    sure - that would be great

OK, so when mom was coming home from work last  Friday, she saw two juvenile orange kittens whappin' on a neighbor's door. Now, mom isn't friends with most of the neighbors, but she knows this guy has a dog but doesn't have cats. Mom's only thought? "crap"

Deciding to stick her head in the sand (and why would you want to do that anyhow? how do you breathe??), she came home, put out food for Allie (the momma to the alcohol kittens), fed us and then had some dinner. Out of curiousity, she stuck her head out the balcony door after finishing her dinner and saw this: (the big gray box is the a/c unit outside the front door)

Really.....didn't we just do this with Eclipse???

Mom headed downstairs to see if the kitty was friendly - it certainly appeared to be one of the ones she had seen banging on the neighbor's door. As she got outside, the lady who lives across from us stuck her head out and said she would be right down.

It seems the neighbor-chick was working in a bad neighborhood (security work) on Thursday and these two kittens came right up to her. And they were so skinny and scared and she felt bad so she brought them home with her. Only she can't keep them, so Friday morning she just let them loose.
        ok - at this point it was ALL I could do not to strangle her.....

Who is tellin' this story mom???

Anyhow......mom convinced the neighbor-chick to take them back inside and find a better option. Which was good cause we had us a BIG BAD storm Friday night. On Saturday mom left flea meds and a note about the shelter for the neighbor-chick - but said she couldn't promise the shelter would be able to take them.

Forward to Tuesday......mom got a call about 2 kittens needing to be in foster for about 10 days until surgery. Mom agreed and went in Tuesday night for her volunteer shift and to pick up the kittens. (PS - Eclipse is doing great and just waiting for an open cage on the adoption floor - and a kitty went home last night, so hopefully really soon)  As mom went to see who she was taking home.....she realized it was the kittens from Friday.

Irony? Karma? You decide......

But now we have these guys in the bathroom. They are about 6 months old and cute, but freaked out right now. The shelter named them Luke and Duke. Mom has no idea which is which. The one with the white is friendlier than his brother. But they got a ways to go to get socialized....

Mom took Bourbon in there last night to see what would happen. The orange guy hissed at Bourbon (who was more interested in their toys than in them). The orange/white guy was by the bathroom door and Bourbon hissed at him. ugh....  But Gin keeps sticking her toes under the door and they seem interested. Of course, the orange guy has hissed at mom coming in the room a couple of times too. Hopefully a little more time will calm them down.

Wordless Wednesday (more or less)

Bourbon and Gin style

First they were...

Then they were....

Then they were all.....

(yeah, we know, mom STILL hasn't put the cat laundry away, but we aren't complaining)

Oh, and mom says that the kitts are NOT allowed to go pawty with Miss Katie Isabella ever again - it would appear she also taught Bourbon to play the mini blinds and he was showing off his skills the other night.

Toysday.....

Mom FINALLY opened our package that the Slimmer's bought for us in the FUND Raiser. THANK YOU Miss Mindy and all the kitties and woofies over there.  Want some of your own?

  Check it out here

She finally opened that package......it's a BIRD!!! (turns out that wasn't quite the case)

Mo had to check to be sure we got everything out of the package.

 Ivy grabbed the "Winnie's Wish" pillow for herself.

 Kittens....fevvers....you know this won't be good for the kicker.

 Tim grabbed the heart pillow and stomped it into submission.

 Maestro, Bourbon and the kicker.....

YEAH!!!! The kittens loved the stringie.... THANKS!

Some of the feathers haven't survived intial testing....mom so far has counted about 8 around the living room.

The kittens were still playing with everything a while later, but the adults had taken off for separate corners to sleep off the intoxicating fumes of the nip......

Adoption updates.....

It is always an adventure around here.....today, once again, mom is starting on another adventure with Miss Chrystal. Check out Daily dose of dogs for the newest one....
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We know you love hearing about our adoptions, and thought we would share some updates.

From Whiskey's new mom and dad:
"I thought you would like an update on Whiskey. First of all, thank you for doing such a great job socializing him! He is without a doubt just the sweetest kitten ever! We are amazed at his non-stop purr. He loves to be held and falls asleep in anyone’s lap. He is so busy! We love playing with him and watching him . He is not afraid of anything, even our older cat who so far keeps hissing at him. He just looks at her as if to say “so what’s wrong with you???”. (We think Callie will eventually get tired of the hissing-bit. She is very curious about the kitten and watches everything he does.) Well, just thought you would like to know your kitten is doing fine and we really love him. And I hope you don’t mind, but we changed his name to Marley. It was a big debate between Marley and Moki, but Marley won."
      Concats Whiskey/Marley - you got a great new family. :)

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Doc update:
"Hi,    We will have to send you some pictures.  He is a awesome addition to our family.  A little on the rotten side but he is my sons best friend.   No concerns at all.    Actually him being Deaf helped, he doesn't seem scared of anything.   We did have a little issue where he jumped on top of my daughters dresser and drug away one of her feather ear rings but it turned up under our bed a little soggy.  :)"
             Concats Doc - keep 'em on their toes!!!
 

Easy Sunday....

Maestro wants to thank everyone for their well wishes yesterday. This is how he spent the day celebrating:

Mom did break out some treats and he shared with everyone.

We are kind of spending the day like this:

Happy Birthday Maestro....

Happy Birthday to our resident old mancat.

Maestro is officially (more or less) 18 years old today!!!

Mom loves this picture. Normally Maestro doesn't like

the kittens sleeping near or on him. We aren't sure if he

didn't notice Gin or just couldn't get up the energy to move.

We would love to say there is going to be a huge party and everything, but honestly, Maestro would most likely just sleep through it anyhow.  So, please post your well wishes and we will pass them on to him. And yeah - we are gonna make sure mom gives him an extra treat or two.