Lucy

 

WEDNESDAY NEWS: This little girl walked up to my foster's driveway on Grand Avenue on Sunday and it was noticed that she was limping. The foster reached out to me for help, and little 'Lucy' was brought to Pittsford Animal Hospital today for x-rays, she has multiple fractures in her leg, and will have the leg amputated in the morning. A bone protruded into her belly to cause a laceration. I am asking for help to pay her vet bill which is estimated at $1500. Any little bit will help - if you would like to directly pay at Pittsford the number is 585.271.7700, or you can go to my website at janinethebeanrescue.org and pay by the donate button. I am extremely grateful for any help you can provide. Any extra proceeds will go to the care and feeding of the other babies that have no homes on the streets of the Beechwood neighborhood. Thank you so much.

UPDATE: Lucy made it through surgery and was on her feet and tried to spring out of the cage she was in within minutes after she was awake from anesthesia. She has had major surgery and they did find infections - her bone had gone through her skin and they could actually see her bladder through a thin veil of tissue. They had to close that up and insert a drain. Now we just pray her infection heals up. My foster Tamera will have the hard part, with the antibiotics, and the pain medicine. She is going away camping with family and planning to take Lucy with her when she is discharged tomorrow, to keep a good eye on her. Lucy will remain in a cage to limit her movement. The caregivers at Pittsford have fallen in love with her, and so far, three offers of adoption have come in! She is pretty special.

Many thanks to those that donated so quickly. Honest to God, when decisions have to be made right then and there, and high estimates of cost are confronting me, I lose my $%@. I really do. At one point, before I began to think clearly, we were going to put Lucy to sleep. I had my foster crying. on the phone. I felt terrible and still do.

Thank you genuinely, for allowing me to help the animals that need us the most. I cannot continue to do this without your kindness and generosity. As long as there are good people in this world wanting to help and make a difference for these animals, we can save them, one at a time. 💓

Updates on Lucy tomorrow (hopefully), and Monday.

Thanks everybody, and have a great day!

Summertime When The Weather Is Fine

 This kitty is looking for a home.  He is just under a year.  Very sweet.  Short Street.

My Wish List:

• Straw (one bag only – no bales)
• Paper plates (large size)
• Paper bowls
• Tarps (camo and dark green or brown)
• 2-gallon zip lock baggies
• Always always always wet and dry cat food

Happy Summer!  Great season for the cats on the streets.  They can laze away in the sun, but when it storms, it storms.  I am sure they take cover, but I think about them regardless. 

I’ve been feeding a mostly black cat outside my porch the past two months.  I don’t know where it came from, but it waits on the steps each morning at 3:30 am.  I give it a bowl of dry and a tablespoon of wet before it gobbles it down and I have to take it away because of the ants.  Damned ants!  I love all creatures, but I hate ants!  And they can’t help it that they are not a good looking bug.  And they can’t help their size. As a matter of fact, the smallest, and the largest ants gross me out.  Its not fair to them, I know.  They didn’t ask to be ants.  OK, enough of these ‘antics’.  Ha ha.

There is a black cat on Melville with a broken leg.  Its dangling. Sheryl spotted it two weeks ago and when we went to get it in the carrier (its friendly), it wouldn’t come to her (scared of me I suppose).  Esther, my helper at 5 of my spots, tried this morning, after I had seen it this past Wednesday, two days ago, but it wouldn’t come for her.  She will try again tomorrow, and the day after and the day after until we can get her.  Poor thing, I can’t imagine the pain.  So let’s hope she has some luck.  She has also taken it upon herself to find help for the cat, including foster care.  If only one person would sponsor a cat in this capacity, we would have fewer sick and injured cats on the streets.

On Saturday, I got a call from a mechanic friend and said his worker drove in to work from Horseheads, NY with a kitten in the backseat.  He thinks his son put it in before he left for work.  Apparently there is a farm down the road from him with all sorts of cats and kittens. So I naturally told him I would come and see whats going on, and I drove there, saw the sweet little kitten, and took it home.  Today is Friday, and the kitten is adopted.  I brought it to its new home last evening.  The girl is in LOVE and has renamed it Willow from Richie.  Here is Richie. She was adopted FAST.  Sweetest little thing...

Chloe (tabby) and Fender (orange and white runt) are also being adopted together!  Its wonderful when we can get two kittens adopted together.  They really bond with each other, and when there is no other animal in the house, its lonely for one. Their picture below:

The mother of Chloe, April, Duke and Licorice – the clan that was rescued/found on Birr Street in the city, is at the vet now being spayed.  Unfortunately, she didn’t come around to socializing and we have to return her today to where she came from. Two nice women feed and care for the cats around their homes.  They are awesome.

Pearl from Parsells continues to make small steps at being social.  She has a long history, beginning with her months at Sheryls in hiding, to being caught and driven to Honeoye Falls where she has been slowly coming around thanks to Kim and Julia.  Thanks to these two fabulous women for taking a chance with her and believing in her!  Now to find her a home!  Pearl below:

Sheryl continues to foster two ‘kittens’ that she has had since winter – they were found on North Clinton Avenue by some construction workers and reached out to us for help.  Thank you Sheryl.  These two do not show good, but are slowly coming around to Sheryl.  Once kittens get past a certain age, they start to become feral.  These two are slow learners, that they are safe and can now trust again!

Kristin introduced me to a man that is disabled this past week, and he is looking for a cat as a companion.  There is a cat on Seventh Street and Central that is just the sweetest little boy ever.  He wants nothing but to be petted, and fed of course, but he would rather be petted.  I thought of this kitty, and the man, and put in a request at the clinic for same day vetting and rescue.  Wish us luck!  Here is a pic of this kitty, I am calling Sweetie for now.

PLEASE CONSIDER FOSTER AND ADOPTION.  YOU ARE SAVING LIVES!

Have a great day!

 

 

He's Baaaack.....

Yes, Brady is back.  Brady brat is home.  Early Wednesday morning, I saw a silhouette of a cat in the window.  I thought a cat was sitting on top of the A/C unit on the INSIDE.  This was 2:30 am. so wasn't quite sure.  Didn't have my glasses on so I got up and looked closer, and sure enough, he was sitting on the OUTSIDE of the A/C unit.  I went to the porch, opened door thinking he would run inside, but no, he was too scared to jump down apparently.  I had to open the porch window so he could just jump through that.  He had no problem jumping when he first escaped sometime early Sunday morning!  I immediately put Advantage flea stuff on him -- God knows where he's been and what he's encountered.  He's been sleeping ever since.  I wish I had a body cam strapped to him. I would love to see what he was doing!

I know the cost of living has gone way up this past year, and inflation is at its worse.  But on top of our normal living expenses, I have to worry about feeding over 100 cats 4 x a week.  I am not getting donations like I used to.  It costs me 6 16-lb bags of dry food, and 30 normal sized cans of wet food = that's $90 something JUST FOR A DAY.  On top of that, I now have to pay to have people go with me.  That's $40.  So that's on average $130 JUST FOR A DAY.   Remember, I've had to cut back to EVERY OTHER DAY because of the cost.  What's that for a year?  Can anyone do the math.  That's INSANE.

I want to thank those that have volunteered either their time or their money in various forms (ie, cat food, gas, foster care, straw, shelters, caring for some of my colonies, trapping, giving me spots at the clinic, etc.).

• June & Gary
• Kim B.
• Erin
• Kristin
• Sheryl
• Tamera
• Esther
• Sherry
• Jeanne
• Benita
• Katherine
• Kim S.
• Julia
• Connie
• Deb
• Michelle
• Lori
• Chloe
• Sue
• Danielle
• Chuck
• Kim
• Cyndy
• Rick
• Paula
• Kimberly
• Elisabeth
• Lorraine
• Donna
• Karla
• Debbie
• Maura's Mom
• Tracy C
• Katharina
• Deborah
• Eustress
• Laurie

I know I've missed someone here, but hopefully you will see your name if you have helped me.  If you don't see your name, remind me!  This list does not include ALL monetary donations.  I am just so grateful, even if you donated a bag of straw.  Its all appreciated.

Have a GREAT day!  (PS, someone do the math!)  😊

Brady

Lots happening!  First and foremost, my baby boy Brady got out through a window that had an A/C unit in it.  It has the accordian things at each side, and one came loose and out he went.  Unbeknownst to me – must have happened this past Saturday, and I did not discover it until Sunday morning.  So here it is, Day 3.  I am sick.  I’ve been calling and calling, and was up at 1:30 this morning calling and calling for him.  I drove down the street this morning calling and calling.  My bratty Brady.  I can’t tell you how many times in a day he is scolded by me, but he knows how much I love him.  I am praying he finds his way back home.  Please say a prayer for Brady.

I have a few pics to share of life on the streets, and some of the kitties waiting for homes.  We also have seven kittens and two adults (two of these are older kittens) in foster care that need homes.  We got little Licorice adopted out with Cloe, her sibling, even though they look nothing alike.  Licorice was the runt and we believe Mom left him in the shed behind the house while she cared for the other three in a shelter on a porch of a nice lady’s house.  I’ve been fostering him since, and Tamera has the other three.  Duke is the only other boy, and he went to his new home also.  His new mom is a former adopter of Winston.  He is loving it.  He was the hyper one out of the bunch, although Licorice is coming in second.  Wild man.  His favorite toy is an empty long-sized Kleenex box.  He gets in, and out pops his head, then back in again and he looks out from under the plastic flaps.  Adorable.  And he runs sideways like a spider, as my sister describes it.  Its hilarious.  He and Cloe go to their new home this Saturday.

That leaves April, Boomer, Whispurr, Sabrina, Olaf, Lily and Poppy (all above)  – all kittens, although Lily and Poppy are older kittens.  Sweet things, but they don’t show well because of their shyness.  But they have been in foster care far too long so we are hoping to get them a new loving home soon.

My former adopter Kim offered her barn in Honeoye Falls, and has been working on socializing Purrlie, the white cat I rescued end of this past winter off Parsells Street.  She is coming around, slowly, but surely.  She will make someone a wonderful cat once she gets over her shyness.  And we have a new boy Norman that is being vetted today, who came from a bad situation, and a kind worker at the clinic asked if I could try to help him.

In the meantime, above are a few others that need help in getting them off the streets:

Please spay and neuter your cats.  There are far too many out there without a home.  And PLEASE consider foster care. You are saving the life of a cat, and helping them to find a good home.

Have a great day!