Another Rescue!

Meet Toby.  Toby was supposed to be a TNR yesterday from Melville Street #2 spot.  But after posting how sweet he was, and that he would have to be returned, a kind girl named Valerie stepped up and said, I'll come get him.  He was neutered, combo tested, dewormed, defleaed, and vaccinated, and is now a highly adoptable sweet and gentle kitty in a wonderful foster home.  Thanks to Kim and Carol and Gaye for offering to take him temporarily as well.  I mentioned to them that its people like them that can save the world!

To be honest, I hadn't planned on it.  I have had to return many sweet kitties to the streets when no one is around to foster them.  But I tell them that they need to be strong, hold tight because I would find a way to rescue them someday.  There is a cat on Seventh Street that has long haunted me.  He is a very sweet little boy and reminds me so much of a kitten I had rescued and adopted out a few years back, Posie.  This cat on Seventh looks just like Posie but as an adult.  And has a sweet personality as well, for a cat being on the street so long.  This boy just doesn't deserve to be out in this world living day by day in a wooden hut.  I pray someone comes along and wants to take him on. 

Here is Posie as a little kitten!

Just picture Posie as an adult.  That's what this boy on Seventh Street looks like. 

I wanted to share my typical morning with you, but I ran out of time and have to get to work.  I fed so many cats today.  I must have pulled over four times to feed a cat randomly as I drove past them.  I would stop, back up, pull over, and call for them.  They were hungry, I fed them a meal and some water.  After all, not many of us can say we know what its like to be hungry and not eat for a day, maybe longer. 

Please, put a bowl of water out at least.  This heat is so hard on all animals.  Last week I sat at an outdoor area at a local restaurant with a friend and it was God awful hot out.  We saw birds with their mouth open and tongues hanging out!~  We immediately went inside the establishment and asked for a bowl of water, and set it out for the birds.  What do these city birds do when there is no water?  It must be hard on them.  I know it seems like a silly thing to do, but these animals need it!  Just like humans!  Just like all species need water.  So please, put a bowl of water out for them, if you don't have a birdbath.

Thank you, and have a great day!

"He who feeds a hungry animal

feeds his own soul."

TNR Monday

This morning started out with me placing three traps - one on Melville #1, the next on Melville #2, and the third on Parsells #3.  I had two spots reserved for me at the clinic and I didn't want to disappoint, so I set three.  After circling back from feeding at other spots to the second Melville spot, there was the friendly black and white kitty I feed underneath that tree, in the trap.   After carefully looking for an eartip, he was not, he was placed in the truck and covered, meowing softly because this was NOT the way he planned his day.

Checking Melville #1, nothing, we finished up our rounds on the Front Nine, and checked on Parsells #3, we circled back to Melville #1 and pulled the trap from there and laid some food down for old man red there.  My plan was to reset a trap on Fourth Street, hoping to get the tortie pregnant cat.  Now, backing up to Melville #2, there was a beautiful, friendly but hissy, tortie there up until last week.  My plan was to pick her up and place in carrier and bring to clinic, as she was in her early stages of pregnancy.  She has not been seen since my plan.  I sometimes wonder if someone is reading my blog, and is dead fast against kitty abortions, and is thwarting my efforts to get these poor females fixed by going to the location (perhaps someone who has ridden with me in the past?) and swooping these kitties up.   I do wonder this. 

So, leaving Parsells #3 trap set - I received a note from the caretakers there, Chuck and Danielle, that there is a very very sick kitty there - I was hoping to catch this poor animal.  Plus, there is an unfixed female there - Saturday Sheryl reported to me that she saw kittens there last Saturday - :( .  So I left the trap set and headed to do the Back Nine, and set a trap first on Fourth Street.

After doing my rounds on that half, I checked the Fourth Street trap, and nothing.  They are way too smart.  I didn't see any kitties there this morning, except the red kitten, and he wasn't having it.  So we packed that up, went back to the Parsells spot, and there was a cat in the trap, but its ear was tipped.  Ugh.   But off to work I had to go, so only one poor little kitty was going in to the clinic.

On Saturday morning I was greeted by the woman on Dake Street who reported me to the Community Place for having shelter and feeding cats on this vacant property.  She must have set her clock to sit and wait.  Sure enough, as soon as we pulled up to place food on the grass for the poor kitties waiting, she came out.  I walked right up to the side walk to her house and we began a heated exchange.  Within a minute, I calmed down, explained what I was doing, and she seemed to understand, but you could tell she still didn't like cats nor want them fed.  Oh well.  At least she stopped throwing out the food I was also leaving on the public sidewalk, and I think she has gotten over her obsession of catching me.

And in other news, Kristin snagged an appointment with the CEO of the Community Place for this Friday.  I am thrilled, but nervous.  Thanks to all for the advice given on Facebook. 

Have a great day everyone!

The Royals...........................

Meet the latest:

George - George was vetted yesterday at Rochester Community Animal Clinic.  He was trapped yesterday morning on Denver Street and Grand Avenue.  This was the scene of a garage fire a few weeks ago, and me being the looky loo that I am wanted to check it out the next morning.  I found these three kittens - all flea bags - milling about.  I started to place food under the tree for them each morning, and they began to trust me.  I had begun to devise a rescue plan.  George, however, was not as trusting as the other two, so he was trapped, and vetted, not knowing if he was going to bite me! 

When I brought him back from the clinic, where I had them place kitten in a carrier, he was still a bit drugged up, but allowed me to pet him in the back of the carrier.  And I kept getting down on the floor every hour after to pet him inside.  This morning, he was a bit frightened as he sat in the window when I first went in upon awakening, but he let me touch him.  Then, his eyes began to slowly lower, and he began purring.  I knew this was a good sign.  Before I had to leave him he was snuggled in my arm and didn't want to let go.

These three went to a new foster mom today, MOMS to be exact, Shannon and Kathleen, and I couldn't be happier!

Charlotte

Archie

Davey - Davey and the rest of the group below are kittens that Sue has taken in under my rescue.  We are maxed out.  Lets not forget, we still have Charlie, Sara, Brady, Cairo, Astrid, Willie, Wilma, Fluffy and her five babies, and Goldi and her seven babies.  

Someone mentioned, that we've saved 30 cats off the street so far in July alone!  Hmmmmmm... is that right?

Daisy

Max

Daniel

and yet to be named...

Have a great day!

"Animals are such agreeable friends ― they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." 

Feral Alley

Someone out there is very thoughtful.  Throughout my convalescence from my hip, and ankle surgeries this year, I've received a few anonymous cards, and flowers, from the kitties!  I still cannot figure this out!  And throughout the past several years, either the same 'kitties', or 'new kitties' have sent me bouquets of flowers around certain holidays.  I STILL don't know who they are, but I wish they would fess up!  I know the cats I feed on the streets don't have a 'pot to piss in,' so they must be getting help from someone!  :)

WHITE and GREY Kittens

(Third Grey Kitten needed to be trapped)

Kitten so sweet she just laid on my lap

WHITE KITTEN (filthy)

I caught the three kittens on Denver Street.  Two were easy picked up, the third was trapped.  Either scared, or feral.  This third one never came up to me like its siblings.  So this one is in a trap, waiting to go to clinic, to be all fixed up and hopefully will join his siblings later.  The other two, they are going to Pittsford Animal Hospital this morning to get the works, minus surgeries.  The white kitten is filthy.  The other is emaciated under all that fur. 

It takes an enormous amount of money to do this.  What people don't realize when they adopt little fluffy is that the cat has been picked up off the street and gone straight to a vet where the charges will range from $100 to $300, depending on whats needed.  That does NOT include the spay or neuter.  Little Junebug has cost me over $900 because of her 'back end' issues.  And remember Connor?  He cost me well over $2000 with all his trips to the vet.  And guess what, I never received the $80 adult adoption fee for him.  I think they forgot, and I am just awkward at chasing people down.  I am just glad to know someone wanted him and loves him now. 

Please feel free to help out!  The clinic number is 585.288.0600 where I have enormous charges stacked up already, and at the Pittsford Animal Hospital which is 585.271.7700 where the two little lovies will be heading to shortly.

I doubt there will be a fundraiser this year, unfortunately. I need help scouting out places that are nearby, that can hold up to 200 ppl, that will accommodate food and booze, and allow enough space for a band.  Then I need to have volunteers to get donated items, such as gift baskets, etc.  I am just not able to do this myself, but I sure could use funding. 

Thanks very much for your help and reading through the years.

Have a great day.

Tail tucked between your legs,
Confusion in your eyes
I know it's hard to understand
That someone heard your cries.

When loneliness is all you know
And pain is all you feel
And no one can be trusted
And hunger's all too real.

That's the time the Lord sees you
And lets you know He's there
That's when He sends His messengers
The hearts that love and care.

Yes, rescuers are angels
You cannot see their wings
They keep them neatly folded
As they do their caring things.

The medicine to make you well,
Good food to make you strong.
And finally to help you learn
That hugs are never wrong.

The perfect place then must be found
The home where you can live
Secure and safe and happy
With joy to get and give.

When you reach your Forever Home,
Your place to feel whole.
The angels smile and off they go
To save another sole.

Author Unknown

Declawing Cats

URGENT NEED:  Advantage, Revolution, ProFender flea treatments.  There are so many kitties I can apply to in the morning.  They need it!  Especially the kittens!

Lordy Lordy.  

We are still trying to get an appointment with the CEO at Community Place, especially since the shelters were removed.  It seems like its taking forever, but we will persist.

My shelters on Melville #1 were removed yesterday from the vacant house porch.  Whoever did do it, they moved them to the back of the city owned lot next door.  So it wasn’t ALL bad.  These cats just can’t catch a break.  The cat that used these shelters the most on this porch is an old guy.  Untrappable. I tried for years.  He is sick, but still hanging in there, just waiting on the sidewalk every morning for me to come give him his breakfast.

I am still wracked with sadness over the loss of two cats I trapped yesterday.  ARK had called me to ask if they could do combo testing on both as they didn't look good, and sure enough the results were not good.  I had to give permission to have them euthanized.  That was heartbreaking.  But I would never put a sick cat out on the street.  The other kitty, pregnant from Seventh, was spayed, and released this morning.  She ran as soon as I let the door open.  Poor thing.  At least she won’t have babies.  I told her on the ride back to her spot, I would rescue her as soon as we have someone to take her in.

I have not had one bite on these beauties:  Spread the word, they are just the sweetest things around:

In other news:  Declawing.  Good news.

Cats Can Keep Their Claws; New York Bans Declawing

Felines that are declawed are usually declawed in an attempt to protect furniture. New York cat owners, however, will have to tolerate ruined property.

New York is the first state in the country to outlaw the practice of declawing cats, a surgery that animal-rights advocates deem inhumane and unnecessary. Declawing a cat, also known as onychectomy, has been banned in most European countries, along with some Canadian provinces and U.S. cities including Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

"Cats of New York: Show me your claws,"Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal said earlier this summer. She advocated for the anti-declawing bill for five years before it was signed into law on Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

"Declawing is cruelty, plain and simple, and with so many low-cost and pain-free alternatives available, there is no reason to allow this barbaric practice to continue, not here in New York or anywhere," Rosenthal said in a statement.

Effective immediately, the new law prohibits the amputation procedure unless done in an effort to treat a medical condition that's affecting the cat. Cases that warrant the procedure might include injury, tumor or an untreatable infection. Otherwise, veterinarians will face up to $1,000 in fines if they perform the operation for any other reason.

Some people think that declawing is a simple procedure that removes a cat's nails — similar to having your fingernails trimmed. But in reality, it's far more extreme than a manicure.

The surgery, which takes anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes, involves an amputation of the last bone in each of the cat's digits, Peter Soboroff, owner and director of the New York Cat Hospital in Manhattan, told NPR.

Specifically, declawing involves the removal of all or most of the last bone of each of the toes of the front paws, including tendons, nerves and ligaments.

Although veterinarians supply pain management so the feline undergoes as little distress as possible, Soboroff said, "Even with our best efforts, there's no question this is a painful surgery."

People often don't understand what the declawing surgery entails, Soboroff said. His hospital discourages the procedure when someone requests that he remove a feline's claws out of convenience to save furniture. Instead, he recommends that with a little patience and training, cats can be redirected to exert their normal behavior on an acceptable surface such as a scratching post. Nail caps, which are glued onto a cat's existing nails to manage scratching, are another harmless alternative.

Although most cats heal normally after surgery, there's a possibility that they will experience some orthopedic problems. Lisa Alter, with the Long Beach, N.Y., Humane Society/Kitty Cove Adoption Center, said declawing essentially disfigures a cat's natural anatomy, which affects its balance and everyday behavior.

"They can have trouble scratching in a litter box or cleaning themselves, their posture is thrown off and in severe circumstances, it leads to permanent back pain," Alter told NPR.

While most vets applauded the law, the New York State Veterinary Medical Society has been a vocal critic. The state's largest veterinary organization says declawing should be an available option only if the alternative is abandonment or euthanasia.

As NPR's Vanessa Romo previously reported, the group has argued there are several legitimate applications of the procedure, including in cases where the pet's owner has a weakened immune system or other medical reasons and cannot risk a potential infection from a scratch. They argued for cases in which elderly pet owners moving into assisted living facilities are required to declaw a cat for safety reasons. These owners would otherwise have to give up their pets.

Supporters of the ban estimate at least a quarter of all domestic cats in the U.S. have been declawed, according to The Associated Press.

Similar anti-declawing initiatives are pending in other states such as Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

Have a great day.

BOWLS NEEDED

NEED:  PAPER and PLASTIC BOWLS (please no plates!)

Oh how I hate to complain.  People have enough sadness in their lives not to have to read about it here..   But it was and is a terrible morning for me so far.  I was awake throughout most of the night thinking about this day ahead.  I had two slots for TNR at ARK, a vet hospital on the other side of town in West Henrietta.  I actually had four, but cancelled two knowing if I didn't trap four cats, I would have to pay their fee of $25 for each cat not brought in.  I am usually not lucky enough to trap four but logistics for this morning were brutal.  I had Winky and Wilbur dropped off from their new dad who was on a bender working 16 hours straight with his wife home with shingles, who lives on the other side of town.  He went from work this morning to home to my house to drop the kittens off for their scheduled surgery at the clinic at 8.  I had to call in work late, drop them off, including another cat from 7th street who is friendly, and pregnant.  I was able to grab her and place in carrier.  Meanwhile, Kings had to head over to ARK at the same time - I wish I had more peeps to help with stuff like this.   This afternoon, I have to pick up not only Winky, Wilbur, Winnie and Willow (the later two I am helping their new mom who will be pick them up from my house this evening), but the (once) pregnant cat, and then the two TNR's at ARK need to be picked up as well.

On top of all that, knowing about the three kittens on Denver Street bothered me all night.  I have people that have offered to foster them, but they need to be vetted first and without a morning appointment, they need to be housed until we can get them to a vet.  I need a holding cell.  They certainly have fleas.  So I've been calling around trying to find an 8 am. opening somewhere - otherwise they have to stay on the street, which is very sad.

Just before I fed those three, I discovered my shelters put to the curb at Parsells #1.  My luck has run out.  So it has also for the cats that used those shelters at night to sleep in.  Between that and the Community Place vacant lot on Dake Street, that’s 10 more cats displaced from safety and shelter for their food. 

MELVILLE

FOURTH

UPDATE:  And on top of all that, ARK called me shortly after drop off and said they wanted to do combo testing of the two kitties in traps.  They didn't look so good.  Sure enough, Leukemia.  I agreed to euthanasia.   Two cats that will not suffer any longer on the city's streets.

Have a nice day.

Gratitude

End of Reunion Weekend!

Oh Lord, what a weekend!  We have an additional NINE cats that have joined our little Bean family!

So Friday morning I set a trap for a pregnant kitty and voila, she went in.  I was delivering her to her new foster family in Penfield, and when we were carrying the trap into the house, we heard a squeak!  And who do you think it was?  No, not the mom, but BABY #1!~  And within a few hours later, we had FIVE!

FLUFFY and Babies

Talk about a SAVE.  It was forecasted to be in the mid-high 90s for the day, and if she had delivered them outside, I don't think they would have survived without food or water for the momma.  All are doing fabulous, and thanks to her new foster mom Estelle, Fluffy is well loved and cared for.

Then Foster Mom Sue lets me know that her husband brought home to baby kittens from a lady that found them in a barn.  There is supposed to be one more, and lady that found them was keeping two.  Meet Davey and Daisy!

THEN!  Foster Mom Sue tells me yesterday that we have another baby!   Baby Max is a tiny little thing that Mother Cat Sara has allowed to latch on and nurse.  Actually, she has allowed Davey and Daisy to do the same!  Poor Cairo has to wait his turn!

MAX 

I did go visit the Foster Mom Sue clan on Saturday and what darlings they all are.  I had to pick up Lichi and Thomas and bring them to their new home.  And what a home.  And what a set of new parents they have.  They will have a good long life, and I am thrilled about this adoption.  They have a few feline sisters and brothers, and a canine brother too!

Brady was brought to his new home also after staying a few days at the clinic.  Foster Mom Gaye is doing a great job with him also.

BRADY

These pictures are killing me!

I have three pregnant cats out there that must be brought in to the clinic.  Wish me luck with at least one tomorrow morning.  There are also three beautiful long haired kittens that need to be removed from Denver Street. I am just waiting for a foster to welcome them into their home.

Two of Three Kittens on Denver & Grand

Finally, I had a high school reunion this weekend, and boy was it fun.  Although there there several people that did not attend, and some that couldn't due to an early passing in their life.  Good times and bad times, life is a blessing, for sure.

Thanks and have a great day.

"Be grateful for

today and never

take anything for

granted.  Life

is a blessing."

News News News!

Thanks to Kristin, we will be trying to set up a meeting with the CEO at Community Place to educate him on what I am trying to do on their vacant lot and around the Beechwood section of the city.  I continue to leave food there.  The sidewalk is public property.  I love summers for many reasons, but one of them is because Kristin has off (she is a teacher) and can help me with my shelters, and help to advocate with officials when needed, on my behalf!  After some investigative journalism by Saturday Sheryl, we found out that this CEO has a CAT and a DOG!  😺

Meet Brady.  Brady was the 'momma' I thought I trapped Tuesday morning.  Its a he.  And the momma cat - is still there.  And this boy, Brady, is another rescue.  Unplanned.  Thanks to the kindness of Cyndy at the clinic who called me to say that this kitty was SUPER SWEET.  She practically begged me not to release.  So I found a great foster to hold on to him, Gaye.  Thank you Gaye.  Today, after being combo tested, he will go to a luxurious life off the streets!  Available for adoption!  See him in the video below.

We went out to feed this morning, with intention to get the pregnant cat on Garson, that is actually waddling she is so heavy, and set two traps.  Within minutes, we had filled both traps, but neither contained the pregnant cat.  A kid walked out (this is at 3:54 am.) of the house next door, I called him over to explain what we were doing, and to ask him about the pregnant cat.  He said it was his mother's and I asked him to ask her if I could take the kitty and return her after her babies were born.  Sitting there in front of us, was the pregnant cat, as we spoke.  I told him of the dangers of the cat having her kittens outdoors, unsupervised, and handed him my card and asked him to have his mother call me.

Garson TNR 1

Garson TNR 2

These two cats will be returned to the streets after their surgeries today.  I have a feeling one is a girl and one a boy.

Baby PARKER

I was alerted from a co-worker about two baby kittens on Tuesday - her husband found them in a park.  Both were approximately two weeks old.  There was something wrong with them and Kathleen rushed them to her vet, where the one smaller one was euthanized, clearly was not going to make it.  The other one was picked up by a kind girl who offered to bottle feed.  There was something going on with that one and it was brought to her vet, where nothing much could be done.  Just pluck the maggots from it.  Both were infested.  We named this one Parker.  I just found out Parker did not make it through the night.  This is why we do what we do, to lessen the suffering of these creatures.  This is why we MUST stop cats from having litters by PREVENTING them.

HALONA

Baby Halona is doing fine today, and his foster mom greeted me with his picture this morning.

Goldi's Babies

Goldilocks and her seven bears are thriving!

Wilma aka Wilson

Willie

ASTRID

Wilma, Astrid and Willie all need homes!  They are sick of my porch!

'Uncle' CHARLIE

Sara w/Baby Cairo

CAIRO

Uncle Charlie is biding his time with Foster Sue, and so is Sara and her baby, Cairo.   All need homes!

Please help spread the word so that we can get these precious beings into good homes.

I am off tomorrow, so no blog.  I will be lounging in the pool.  Have a great day!

Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

I am so disappointed this morning.  I drove to the vacant lot off Niagara Street, where just up the road from there my shelters were put to the curb two weeks ago by a property management of  that vacant lot, and found that these shelters, that I had moved around the corner into the bushes after this not-for-profit organization called Community Place of Greater Rochester had called me asking me to remove my shelters a few weeks ago because a neighbor complained, were gone. 

Now, I get that this is their property.  But here are the facts.  These shelters have been here for years.  Two years ago this guy Mark called me and asked me to remove the shelters.  I did.  I continued to feed the cats that were here, all through the summer and fall.  When winter arrived, my heart kicked in and I provided them with shelter to survive the brutal winter ahead.  When spring arrived, the shelters were obscure enough that no one would notice them, with all the foliage that had grown, and no one would notice me at 4:30 am. providing these cats food.  Apparently one woman who obviously does not like cats, nor has compassion for homeless animals, did and called this organization to complain. 

This Mark guy calls me again a few weeks ago and told me the same thing, and I moved the shelters around the corner way back into the bushes under a tree, far from view from the TWO houses on this street.  This morning, GONE.

So what is this Community Place?  Their motto is "Strengthening Community, One Person, One Family at a Time. --- We help families meet their basic needs, promote health, wellness and education, enhance personal and social development, improve literacy, and build community."  They obviously are not looking out their windows on Parsells Avenue and seeing the hundreds of homeless cats walking around, reproducing at alarming rates, in THEIR community.  They obviously are not looking out and seeing ME in their community, for the past 15 years, trying to trap cats to get them fixed, given rabies shots, and healing their wounds.  They are not seeing me pick up stray cats that have been left by their ‘owners’ and finding them good homes.  They are not seeing me pick up the dead cats that their neighbors run over and leave in the streets that they pass by to get to their community place each day.  They don’t understand that when you place a much needed, very obscure shelter for a cat on vacant land, and keeping that land clean by picking up any litter, and in some cases, mowing the grass, that you are trying to gain trust for these cats so that you can trap them and stop the reproducing that is happening every single day.  So that you can rescue them, and find them good homes.  But that takes TIME as well.

What they are obviously not doing is teaching COMPASSION to the children that look up to them.  Teaching kids to have compassion and empathy for their furry, feathered, and finned friends is vital for preventing cruelty to animals as well as in raising them to respect and treat those who are different from them with kindness. Children trained to extend justice, kindness, and mercy to animals become more just, kind, and considerate in their relations to each other.  And in every respect, they become valuable citizens.

  

Since children naturally identify with animals, and because animals are living beings like us, we can use our interactions with animals to teach children how to behave toward other people. Teaching our kids to respect and protect even the smallest and most despised among us is one of the most important life lessons that we can pass along to them. It helps them learn to value one another — and it prevents violence.  So why isn't Community Place teaching this?  

We need to speak up for these animals, and I need help.  If anyone can help compose a professional letter to them, I would be very grateful to see what you have. We need to educate the young regarding care and compassion toward animals.  

I am a one woman band trying to do my best in this world.  Every single day, I go out in my warrior suit and see the most horrendous, sad images, and try to make a difference, only to be defeated by cruel acts such as this.  Its vacant land.  Its an obscure shelter in the bushes.  REALLY?

Have a great day.

"Teaching a child not to step
on a caterpillar is as valuable
to the child, 

as it is to the caterpillar".

Streets to Sheets!

I went to visit Mama Goldi and her seven babies yesterday (Sunday).  They are so beautiful!  Tiny!  Amazing!  We are thinking of names that are nursery rhyme themed.  I'm thinking we need to determine sex of each kitten before that, but who knows.  It may be a little while before we can do that!  They are SO teeny!

Each morning since Friday has been pretty much the same.  Quiet, and with a lot of cats running around.  Kittens, cats and pregnant cats.  Its pretty grim out there right now. And with no trapping being done, its pathetic.  I plan on setting a trap tomorrow on Fourth Street and winging it - praying a clinic will take whatever I can get.  There is a baby red kitten, a muted Tortie that I believe is pregnant, and a black kitty with a chunk missing from its neck! (this was written yesterday)

On Stout, there are three kittens that are getting closer and closer as we feed.  I need to get these three off the street, ASAP.  This morning, the people living in this house there had all the burnt remnants from the fire two weeks ago before I discovered these kittens.  These people have removed the bowls from under the trees, therefore hate cats and want to see them suffer.  I just need to figure out a plan for these kittens once I get them. They are flea ridden.  Making the plan is the hardest of all. 

I have a new kitten I was asked to take in.  Meet Halona.  The folks that found her named her - its actually growing on me!

She is adorable.  She started out being rushed to the emergency vet.  She just cost me $140 and she hasn't even been vetted yet.  She had severe upper respiratory ailment.

HALONA

Some folks look for a discount if you suggest they take two kittens.  Two kittens recently were adopted out for $100 each, when in reality, their vet visit was $340 for two.  They also received free microchips.  I lose money all the time.  Which is why I can't always give a break.  I am broke.  Usually.  I need to pay the bills at the clinic and it comes strictly from the donations I get, which are far and few between.

Wilbur (WILMA!) in the middle

HE IS A SHE!  Wilbur, is now Wilma!  These beauties, and I mean BEAUTIES, are still up for grabs. Have had no applications for them yet!  Can you imagine that!  And they are so precious!

FOURTH STREET MAMA

This morning, I set a trap to catch a cat on Fourth Street.  I got the Tortie mom.  She was none too happy.  On top of that, we set up two shelters with a board over them at two locations - Stout Street, and Fourth Street.  There is heavy rain expected tomorrow, and I wanted to make sure the food was somewhat covered so that these poor cats with NOTHING can have a dry bite to eat.

Finally, here is a picture of a rescue done earlier this year from Central Park between Fifth and Sixth Streets.  This gal was hanging around every morning waiting for her gruel under a tree. Finally, we got her.   And here she is adopted, loving life in her new home. 

STORMI

Have a great day!