The City - Once Again

Hello!  It's been a whirlwind summer.  I have once again rescued well over 50 cats from the streets, I am sure it is more. but we have not tallied it up due to the fact that Google Drive erased half my information because I keep very good records of each cat with any information on them as possible.  Most were kittens, but we rescued some adult cats which it was obvious they had been dumped at some point and just didn’t belong on the street.

I am having a serious problem right now with one of my shelters.  It's on Seventh Street, tucked into a small corner in the back of a vacant lot.  There are about 8 small, wooden shelters underneath boards and a large brand new brown tarp.  It has been there for over 10 years and has housed and sheltered many cats during our wicked wintery weather months.  Today, it houses an over 10-year-old tabby that calls this home and a beautiful grey cat that will actually be rescued next week as I’ve been offered to have him fostered by a kind couple.  It's home to many cats, we just don’t see them when we are there to feed every other day for less than five minutes. 

The reason that the city has been made aware of this is because a crazy woman leased this lot to use as a garden.  She never did, and for the summer, she burned wood and brought the craziest pieces of furniture to use there.  She had a pulpit, church benches, and other crazy stuff.  She planted plastic flowers all over the place too.  Neighbors eventually complained, and the city came by and told her to take a hike and remove all her crazy stuff.  That’s when they spotted my shelter in the corner in the back, where there was a flier with my information on it.  I received a call from Chris Fitzgerald who I believe originally tried to help me.  I wrote him an email with many facts, and he shared that with his boss, and several other top city people, and he still came back to me telling me that wanted the shelters gone.  Here is my initial letter to Chris:

Good morning, Chris, I am sorry we didn't connect yesterday. Hopefully, you received the message I left you at 5:03 last evening  :)

I am afraid I am guilty of not contacting Diane Powell and David Langley, who both have reached out to me.  It's been a long time since the City has challenged the future of one of my shelters and I am not great at negotiation.

I have many reasons why the shelter on the vacant lot on 7th Street should not be moved:

1.  First and foremost, this lot would not be an issue if the woman who 'leased' the lot for a garden from the City this past spring hadn't damaged the property and had neighbors complain about her and the crazy setup she had.  My shelter is tucked into the back corner and has been for over 10 years now and is barely noticeable.  I have never had a complaint about it in all this time.  It has been home to many cats over the years and has saved countless lives from the harsh winter storms we have.   When this woman started her ‘garden’, she trashed the lot and did not use it as a garden. 

2.  There are many cats that call this home.  They have been there for over seven years.  As you know, there are just some cats that you can't rescue because they never warm up to you, so I've left them but still care for them.  There is, however, one cat that runs to us as we pull up there that is the next on our list to rescue, he is so sweet.  We just need to free up the few fosters I have so that we can take him.  All cats there have been neutered and vaccinated and do not cause any harm to anyone.

3.  As far as pest control, I feed these cats every other day due to the cost.  I leave them food and return to pick up any remaining food that same day.  These cats are great at catching mice and rodents because they leave me little ‘presents’ sometimes. Cats will eat anything when they are hungry.  Sadly enough.

3.  The shelters there are all handmade wooden shelters.  We call them 'the apartments' as they could house many cats if needed.  You can't see them as there is wood around it to keep the snow out, and a board and tarp over them.  We are planning on replacing the tarp with a brand-new one that will blend in and will not be noticed.

4.  As you might recall, I met with city officials several years ago, and with Karen St. Aubin's help two years ago, I understood I had an 'unwritten agreement’ that if I placed my rescue information in the shelters, they would not be removed.

5.  The city has also acknowledged my work of TNR and rescuing by honoring me with a proclamation for a Janine Wagner Day in November back in 2014.

I have attached the articles that have been written about me, my website, and my blog I started to write about what I do since 2012.  I’ve even attached a picture of the lot after this woman was supposed to start a garden.

http://www.janinethebeanrescue.org/about/

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/picture-gallery/news/2015/03/11/lp-janine-wagner-cats/70163822/

http://thebean10.blogspot.com/

https://13wham.com/news/top-stories/womans-mission-to-help-stray-cats-thwarted-by-city-hall

In closing, I hope and pray the city allows this shelter to stay.  I cannot relocate these cats, and there is not a vacant lot nearby to move to.

 

I then wrote a letter to Diane Powell, head of the vacant lots, etc.  Here is that letter:

 

Dear Ms. Powell,

I apologize for the delay in reaching out to you. I was hoping this situation with my cat shelter in the vacant lot on Seventh Street would have been resolved with my last email, which I believe Chris Fitzgerald copied you on. Between my full time job, and trying to help save the animal world in Rochester (we rescues get dozens of calls for help from the public with cats and kittens on a weekly basis), I find myself pulling my hair out when I have time to breathe, rather than dealing with yet another situation that is wrong with this city.

I attach pictures that show the improvement of the lot – we mowed the long grass and cut down and removed a dead tree limb – both creating an eyesore on this once beautiful piece of land before the crazy woman received a garden permit and ruined the lot by burning wood and bringing insane objects onto the lawn.  She is the only reason this land has come to light – because of her disrespect for the permit she was issued.  I also had a garden permit on Pennsylvania Avenue between Third and Fourth Street where I had planted beautiful grasses, annual flowers, and vegetables.  In addition to the shelter, we have also added a new tarp that further hides the shelter from prying eyes.

I hope that city officials, and I mean no disrespect to you, are worrying about the mayhem in our city rather than removing the only shelter that these cats have from harm and inclement weather, especially with our long brutal winter looming ahead.  There is so much sadness that all homeless animals are facing, especially with our only emergency service closing at the end of November.  Please give these animals a break.

I look forward to hearing back from you at your convenience.

 

So there you have it.  I have been getting messages from Chris asking me if I want help to move the shelters.  There is no other vacant lot on that street, and what is the actual reason they want it moved?  I think he mentioned in his last voicemail that someone wanted to use the lot as a garden lease.  I don’t believe it.

The other problem is, that I don’t have the fight I had back in 2016 when they removed a shelter from Short Street. We met at the mayor’s office and did a few news stories and videos.  Since then I really have had no problem.  And that was thanks to Karin St. Aubin who was in the position that Diane Powell is now in, where we had an unwritten agreement that if I left my fliers in the shelters, I should be safe.

If anyone has a true suggestion or can write on my behalf, or do anything, please help me.

Here are the kittens we are getting soon, and here are those we have already in foster (and don't forget, these are the precious babies we find on the streets most times - SHAME ON THE CITY OF ROCHESTER to try to hurt people in rescue!!!!!!:

AND those still on the street:

You can click on each photo to see close up.  Please consider foster and adoption, and please stick up for these city cats to the City of Rochester, and to Chris.Fitzgerald.  Thank you.

PS, we are in desperate need of dry and wet food for adult cats and kittens!

Have a great day!

Hello!

 Pictures are scattered below - you can click on each one and see it up close.

Well hi there.  It’s been a very long time, and between my last post and now, we have rescued many, many cats.  I am upset that I kept a document in Google Drive as my spreadsheet on all my rescues since 2019, and its missing from my files.  Its very upsetting because it has all my information – kittens rescued, from where, names, sex, vet appointments, name of fosters, adopters, etc.  It was quite extensive and I am upset that its missing.  I used to average 80 cats a year off the streets, and I thought that with me slowing down and not doing any trapping myself personally, the numbers would dwindle extensively, but there were actually 60 cats rescued last year, and so far this year, there are about 40. 

These kittens (teenagers) are starving beside Goodman Street and run to me every time I pull up.  Near corner of Ferndale.  Very sweet and hungry.

I have since changed jobs, am as happy as I ever have been, and hopefully, this will be my last job!  Although many of you might think RESCUE is my job, nope, I need a real job to pay the bills, and donations would never touch my personal expenses.  Speaking of donations, my donation bank is dwindling fast due to my spending $300 per week on cat food.  I am getting nervous for the first time since starting this, as expenses have gone way up.  Sick kittens we take into rescue, and food purchased for the homeless cats I feed.  The average price for a bag of food is $15.98 from Chewy.  Esther has taken over a few more of my spots, so she is doing SEVEN locations of mine, and I am doing FOURTEEN!  So I need to order food for her to do my spots and for myself.  It really adds up.  I wish I had more donations of cat food if not cash.   I still have some ASS picking up the plates on the corner of 4^th Street and Central Park where a family of mostly black, fixed cats wait for me every day.  I do go to two locations by myself each morning when I don’t have help every other day.

Speaking of help, one of my paid volunteers is quitting and that leaves me in a real bind.  I have two people that are somewhat interested in helping so I need to BEG them to help.  I just cannot continue without help.  My ankle is too weak to walk on vacant lots which is uneven ground.  I am hoping these two could work out.  

My other needs are Iams kitten food, chicken or turkey pate, adult dry cat food, large cans of shredded cat food (dollar stores sell these), paper plates and bowls, and tarps.  No bright colors, just dark colors like brown and dark green or camouflage. 

 Sheryl with a cat that needs a home on Melville:

At present I am fostering EIGHT  kittens – three are from Garson/Chamberlain - two boys and one girl.  The fourth is Mr. Bojangles.  The remaining four are from Handy Street (and I am sure Kristin had something to do with it!) 😊  Seven are being fostered by Tamera but she has gone on vacation and now I have these kittens.  Kittens are very cute, but not my favorite.  They are so much work, and my porch is a bit small for all these kittens!  But nevertheless, they are safe and loved.  And three are already adopted!  We also have three sweet adult cats that she is caring for as well, who need a home desperately.  They are very beautiful and sweet.  They can be found on https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/ny/rochester/janinethebean-rescue-inc-ny1339/

 These are four kittens that Tamera is fostering - NOT adopted yet:  We have Inky Blinky Pinky and Clyde:

Kristen has four kittens – one with a broken leg from a different litter, and the other litter, mom still with them, were just born about seven weeks ago.  I don’t know where these kittens came from.

 

We get so many calls from people needing help with kittens.  Or they need to rehome a cat.  I want to strangle them.  Our rescues are full to capacity!  Don’t ask us to do the work, do it yourself, with our advice!  We will help in some capacity!~

PLEASE do your part.  Support your rescues (especially mine as I am the smallest in Rochester).  THANK YOU!!!  I’ve Missed you!!!

My George:

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

 

TGIT!

 I am back.  Even before I nearly sliced off the tip of my right index finger at Easter cutting potatoes for au gratin, I've been too busy to write, nor was I inclined to write a post.  I can't type now because of the growth of this new skin.  I couldn't even unlock my phone, my print had changed!  Sometimes, this 'mission' of saving and feeding cats gets to me.  I'm getting older.  I still love early mornings hearing the birds singing and watching the sun rise; the feeling I get when I am done and driving home is good too.  You know you've helped feed some pretty hungry cats with no one else to feed them.  Yet, despite the sadness starting out in the morning, I still do it.  I feel like I am a warrior fighting the good fight.  Especially when you have two spots where someone picks up the plates and water dish daily.  I just don't get the point of it.  Its just evil.

I have rescued a lot of cats lately, and found them homes!  This little one -- someone called me on Sunday and said they found a kitten after the mother ran away from it (the woman's dog went after the mother), and she said, 'I tried to call local rescues, but no one would answer my calls.'  I told her I would take it if she could find a way to bring it over.  So here comes this kitten, not even three weeks old.  I immediately started the bottle feeding.  Ugh.  And yes, a mother cat is still out there, most likely nursing its siblings.  A rescue told me they would try for the mom and kittens and have never gotten back to me.  In the meantime 'Ralphie' has had 'diarrhea' the past two days. After I have to 'stimulate' Ralphie to pee, out comes this loose stuff - totally gross, to say the least!  I didn't think young kittens could do that, especially being on the bottle! So he was brought to Pittsford Animal Hospital, and $200+ later, I hope he'll get better.  He's as cute as a button but should have been with the mom.  Here is Ralphie:

I picked up a dead cat this morning at my Ferndale shelter.  It was a cat I've never seen before, a dilute tortie.  Rigor had set in.  It had half its body hanging out of the shelter, half in.  The girl that helped me this morning has never seen a dead cat, so it was traumatic for her.  I felt so bad for her.  And the cat, but I see dead cats all the time and it doesn't phase me much anymore.  It all goes back to spaying and neutering.  And let me tell you, I don't care what stage a cat is in pregnancy, it's criminal to bring more cats into this world.  I had a very pregnant cat I rescued, Lucy, and she was full term, but we got her in quickly, and she is one happy little thing now.  I need to get her from where she is right now into a closer foster because she is beautiful.  The elder woman who has her has a flip phone and it doesn't get very good pics.  I've GOT to post her.  She is a silver-speckled cat if you've ever seen that.

We also have rescued Velvet (adopted this weekend), Smokey, still waiting for a home; Bear, who is in his new home; the four little black kittens from Weicher Street: Fluffy, Frederika, (OMG I can't remember the other two names!) ____ _____ have all gone to their new homes.

We rescued Callie from Short Street after we discovered she had babies in the shelter that night.  Thanks very much to all involved.  Especially Roc the Dogs, Lori and Carol Ann.  BIG thanks to them.

I am very appreciative of everyone that donated toward my Facebook birthday fundraiser/  I am still waiting on the money. Still, in the meantime, it will go towards feeding these cats.  Remember, I go out 4 days a week (every other day).  I use FIVE 16-lb bags of dry food and 30 cans of wet food.  Dry food is up to 15.98 per bag, and a case of wet food is $20 something.  Do the math.  I spend at least $300 per week on food.  I don't know how long this will last.

And let's not forget Pearl, still waiting for her forever home!

Have a great day!

March Madness!

That's my bad Brady.  Such a troublemaker.  Here he is staring at me.  

To begin with, that crazy SOB Maryleigh is back.  She is back and with a vengeance.  This is the woman who has some serious mental issues that I have been dealing with for years and years and years.  She is very mean and spiteful, so it's hard to feel sorry for her.  She has killed kittens and cats and buried them in vacant lots near her house.  The police and Humane Society have paid visits to her many times.  She used to take my shelters, she used to take the cat food, and the containers I left in various spots where I had shelters on Webster near Parsells.  My current location is off Ferndale Crescent close to Goodman.  We started to notice plastic jugs that were cut at the bottom to form a bowl, and inside were mashed potatoes or rice, tuna, and chicken with bones, all sorts of gross things, and she was leaving these inside the shelter I have.  I had left notes saying not to leave chicken bones, as they were killing the cats there,  Not knowing for sure it was this person because I had not seen her in a few years, I finally caught her walking away from there this past week, turned around, followed her, opened window and said Maryleigh, stay away from those cats!  Stop leaving your mushy food!  There were a few other choice things I said and of course, she spits venom when she talks.  She has a very filthy mouth.  Worse than a sailor!  And she was wearing her Freddie Krueger mask that she wears, with a couple more regular Covid masks over that, and she had a hat on so she looked especially strange.

The very next day, we went to the shelter, and she had drilled the board shut so not only could the cats not get in, but it was hard for us to open.  She is very wicked, and I hate involving the police again, and then again, what can they really do.  She is back to her old shenanigans, this morning all the plates and bowls were gone, replaced with her mush, and she puts some kind of pink pill on top as it's crushed up and disintegrated by the time I find it.

So, I am not sure what I am going to do about it, but I would love to catch her.  I wish I had the time to sit there and watch and wait.

In other news, I woke Monday morning at my usual 3:45 am, did my thing, and headed out the door to pick up Christina and Lindsey who help me out occasionally, and as I opened my porch door and looked down, there was a carrier, with a small towel covering the top, and a half bag of Meow Mix.  I thought for sure it was empty.  Who would leave an animal in the dark in the cold outside like that?  But sure enough, it was not just one cat, it was TWO.  I was shocked.  I immediately picked it up, peeked inside, brought it in, got bowls and a litter box, and placed the carrier in the tiny bathroom.  When I opened it, out came a very beautiful pure grey cat, pregnant, and I assume its brother, a very very very fluffy black boy, siblings I believe because of their young age, couldn't be more than one year, very very scared.  Thank God I worked remotely that day, I couldn't bare the thought of leaving these very frightened cats alone in there.  I went in a million times to sit and talk quietly while they jumped every time I opened the door.  Thank God for two people, Kim in Honeoye Falls who is fostering Pearl, and Tamera, my foster on Grand.  Both offered to foster.  I chose Tamera because I have to get these cats vetted ASAP.  

Click on the picture to see closer

I still can't believe that this happened.  Can you?

In the meantime, the other foster kitties are doing well and waiting for a home.  We have Velvet, we have Garcon, and we have Pearl.  And now we have Blacky and Grey!  (gotta pick out names for them!)  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider fostering and adoption.  Just this very morning, on Grand Avenue, we saw a very young kitten - almost pure white except for two dark ears, starving, skittish.  I jumped out onto the icy street to leave a can of food and some dry.  Poor baby.  I am haunted when I see this stuff.  Please consider fostering.  We can get these babies off the street if you just provide a small room and some love.

Have a great day!

Garçon

We got another kitty!  This sweet black beauty from Garson Avenue would run to the truck when I pulled up every other day, and I could hear his cries.  I would open the door, and from the first time I tried to coax him in (most likely during a storm), he began to do this on his own from thereon, beginning last Fall.  I would open the door, and he gets on my lap and first gives me a hug, literally, and then waits for me to open a container of wet food, and he starts to eat.  Meanwhile, I am petting him, and rubbing his cold little pads on his feet, and talking to him.  My friend and former adopter (of 4 cats!) and her fiancé go with me some mornings.  Christina and Lindsey.  Last week, we rescued Romeo, a gorgeous grey beauty from Garson Avenue also.  C & L were supposed to just foster this grey cat who was very lovey-dovey to all its feeders, and now they are keeping him, and have changed his name to Toby.  They said that they would foster the black cat at the next stop on Garson, and there he was yesterday, jumping into my lap.  This time, he wouldn’t get out after I opened the door.  So while he stayed in the truck, I got out, went to the back to get the carrier, got back in with the carrier, and we just pushed him in.  It was good timing because of the ice storm we had overnight last night. C & L are not keeping Garçon (pronounced the French way).  In fact, they have someone coming over today to meet him!  He is a former TNR, so he has his ear tipped, but he is the sweetest boy in the world.  So affectionate and sweet.  Here is Romeo:

 

And we have another black kitty in my rescue that my foster Tamera rescued from the corner of Grand and Stout.  She suspected she was pregnant so she swooped her up and we had her spayed last week.  She is gorgeous.  Her name is Velvet.  She needs a home!

 

And don’t forget about our other beauty, Pearl!  She is still – is it two years now?  Still waiting for her forever home.  My foster and former adopter Kim and her friend Julia have taken such great care of Pearl at Kim’s horse barns.  Pearl is spoiled and pampered but needs a real house to chill in.

 

As for more kitties that are ready for rescue, we have one at Parsells near Webster.  A sweet brown and white tabby actually stands on his back legs to get a pet.  He is a sweetheart as well.  There is also a family of black cats that live at the church parking lot area off Central Park and Fourth street that runs to me EVERY morning when I drive there to slide plates of food under the church van that has been enclosed inside a fence for years.  And for some reason, there is a person that comes there every day and removes the plates of food and water dish.  I just don’t understand how someone can remove sustenance for a homeless hungry animal.  It’s the meanest thing I can imagine doing.  I don’t know if they don’t like me for doing it, or they don’t like cats.  I am trying to figure out the wording for a note I would like to leave.  Any suggestions?  I obviously do not want to tell the person to ‘f*** off as that won’t do any good.

I am still in need of boards – 2 or 3 feet x 4 feet would be best. And dark-colored, or it can be spray painted dark.  Have to keep these shelters camouflaged as best as I can so that they are not messed with.  I am also in need of regular-sized aluminum pans.  Not sure of the measurements, but maybe 9” x 13”?  I remember the man on Niagara street a few years back who was stealing the boards.  He didn’t like me feeding there (what his problem was I have no idea – this was against a vacant building at the time), so he would come there every day and take the board we placed to cover the food – it served as a lean-to to keep the food covered from snow or rain.  This was before we built a shelter there.   He must have stolen over 50 boards.  I always dreamed of catching him and following him to his home and finding all my boards in his backyard.  People can be so cruel.

I can always use dry food.  I go through 7 16-lb bags each morning I go out (every other day).  I go through 30 regular-sized cans of cat food, although I prefer the larger size cans because its fewer cans that I have to open.  We find those in dollar stores.  Expensive at 1.25 a can, but they are so convenient for me.

I have an update on Garrett, the kitty I rescued in 2019 and was fostered by Max before he was adopted.  I rescued him from Grand and Stout also, and he has been thriving through the years in his new home.  I am so grateful for his new mom keeping me updated on him with pictures.  All he ever does is sleep!  But he does like to birdwatch when he isn't sleeping or eating.  😻

Have a great day and spread the word! 

 

Random Things

The streets of Rochester are mystifying at times. You just have to shake your head at some of the most random things.  I'll start with the most recent:  I was out this weekend with Sheryl, doing our thing, refreshing a few huts with straw because we knew a cold front was coming in...  on Seventh Street, 2nd to last stop (The "Apartments" - this is a large shelter with many small wooden huts underneath a tarp and have been there for years), we finish feeding, and cross Bay Street to Syd & Johnny's car repair, and I hear a thumpety-thump when we leave to start driving down Bay Street towards home.  I pulled over in front of a well-lit little closed convenience store (it was 6:00 am.), and get out and go to look at the back left tire to see what it is, and sure enough, a bullet!  What the ?????  a bullet???  yes, a bullet.  So I start to pull on it, and Sheryl says you'd better not do that, what if you pull it out and the tire deflates, what if it went through the tire?  So I didn't.  I drove home, and we are in disbelief still.  I go to Midas tire the next day, and tell them about it - three guys come out to look at it - and after inspection, they found the hole in the tire, but no bullet.  It fell out!  And my tire is still good thank God!  I have four-wheel drive so I would have to replace all four tires, which sucks because I just bought four new ones last fall.  But randomly getting a bullet stuck in your tire.  Now that's random.,

Talk about Random Things.  There is so much more randomness that Sheryl and I have seen, we constantly say we should do a whole post on what we have seen over the years...  but I can't remember right now.  I will be seeing her tomorrow so will have to get some more details, and finish up this blog then.

I had a call last night from a woman named Yolanda, and she lives off East Main Street and asked for help with a cat - asking if I had some shelter - I did and I got right up and drove over to investigate because we are having a cold snap beginning today, and I didn't want any cat left that I knew about.  What a nice woman.  She has a cat inside and said she tried to introduce but there was hissing.  The kitty ran right up to her when she met me outside her duplex.  I brought over a $40 shelter (thank you Cat!) that was snug and warm and set a can of wet food on the porch and the cat gobbled it up.  It was starving.  Then I felt her belly as she ate and she is prego.  Yup.  So need to formulate a plan.  I need a foster for this cat to go to after she goes to the clinic.  Anybody?  

All you need is a room with some food and love!  

Have a great day!

 

Pearl

 It's been a month.  A crazy month.  Before I forget (I did forget - I forgot that I wrote about this in my last post!!!  Forgive me...  but there might be a few new details here...  hee hee) –  I rescued three kitties this month.  The first was Fluffy from Melville Street.  Fluffy is the kitty that has been getting into my truck, and onto my lap each time I pulled up since the beginning of fall.  He is a LOVER boy, and he is a former TNR.  I swear, when you TNR a cat that is semi-feral, it CAN become socialized very quickly because even though they were trapped, they learn to trust you after that because you still come back to feed them.  And that is his story.  And he’s been out there for at least 5 years now.  I had the opportunity for Kristin’s mom to foster him in hopes of Kristin’s cousin adopting him.  That did not turn out, but soon after posting him on Petfinder, we found a good guy to adopt him. He goes to his new home this weekend. 

My next rescue was Momma.  Momma has been around for a long time too.  She gave birth to four kittens next to Sid & Johnny’s garage on Bay Street years ago.  I rescued all four kittens, but she was elusive to go into the trap, she was semi-feral too.  Finally, I got her.  And had to release her.  A beautiful fluffy black cat that I called ‘hoppity' because she would run across the road, onto 7^th Street, and into the back of a lot that I have shelters at.  And she would hop through snow and tall grass.  So cute.  She would lose her fur often - so bad that she looked nearly bald, but it would eventually grow back.  She has been rubbing in between our feet ever since, and I had to get her off the street.  A kind woman offered to take her in. 

The third and last rescue was a kitten from Grand Avenue.  This kitten, it turns out is over 10 weeks old according to a vet, but looked to be not even 6 weeks old.  And she was very docile.  I suspected something was wrong with her after the first night in my bathroom.  She was as sweet as could be and cuddled in with me when I would visit her after I brought her home, and then the next morning she was very lethargic.  I posted on Facebook, and tried to find a vet – I must have called five of them.  No one could see her, especially with the symptoms I mentioned. They thought it could be something contagious.  Then another rescue reached out and offered to take it to their vet.  The head of the rescue came personally to get the kitten while I was at work, and off the little one went to be seen.  And for me, never to be seen again.  Apparently, there is a woman that is known to the vet that had to have her cat put down and the vet felt that the woman would be a great person to take the kitten once it healed.  The kitten, who I named Prince (before I knew it was actually a girl), ‘Princess’ had very bad diarrhea and needed fluids, and to be treated for all sorts of parasites.  After spending the week with the vet – and the vet tech at her own home – she finally has had a normal stool and is ready to go to a home.  Thanks to the rescue that took her, and thanks to my friends, helpers, and former adopters Christina and Lindsey who found the kitten in the shelter originally.

There are a good handful of cats that need to be rescued from the streets.  One is a very sweet former TNR who is all-black.  He is another one that jumps on my lap and sits there until I have to leave – on Garson.  There is a very sweet, sweet, young brown Tabby on Melville that runs to the truck, and meows all the way back to the shelter each time.  There is a beautiful grey cat on Garson that is super sweet.  And another brown and white tabby on Parsells that would rather be a pet than eat.  Such sweet sweet animals!  If you have a home with a spare room, please consider fostering.  That’s all they need is a room with a window, food, and a litter box.   I will get them adopted!  Promise!  

And let's not forget about Pearl, who has been waiting for over a year now for her forever home.  It takes just one very special person out there to give her a chance.  Here is her bio, and her beautiful pictures!  She is SO pretty!  💓

Say hello to Pearl, a sweet, shy white and black kitty looking for a special home in the Rochester area.

Pearl has beautiful bright eyes and harlequin cat markings. She is a petite adult female cat, probably five years old and weighing less than 10 pounds.

Pearl would like a quiet home where she can explore, find her favorite spots to watch the world, and enjoy a lap to snuggle on and receive scratches behind the ears.

She will be shy and timid at first, but will reward a gentle person whom she trusts with love and a purr which shows why we could call her “Purrl” instead!

Are you ready to give Pearl the kind, caring home that she deserves?

Pearl is spayed, fully vetted, litter trained, and in good health. If you are interested in adopting Pearl, please contact us at: janinethebeanrescue@gmail.com

Or complete an adoption application at: http://www.janinethebeanrescue.org/cat-adoption-form/

Half of Pearl’s $150 adoption fee is sponsored by a donor.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!