Critters!
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I would like to introduce you all to Versace.
"If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
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My original reason for coming to this thread...
Indi and Sati's new mommy emailed the shelter with some pictures of them in their new home and it has made my DAY.
Guys, if you adopt, tell your shelter how it's going, send some pics. It is ALWAYS appreciated.
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THE CUTE IS TOO MUCH I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
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It was snowing today. Winnie felt very sad about being forced to dive face-first into everything, and wanted back in after she run across the yard like an absolute idiot first.
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@arkandel "Mama, I got cold and wet somehow! Please make me be warm and dry again!"
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Okay I KNOW I should get up when kitty starts pawing at my blankets and face in the morning.
So the big cut in my lip is honestly my fault.
I wish she would do this at 6 and not 5 though. X.x
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@silverfox I feel this pain.
I've been trying to switch my cats from a 'grazing on dry food all day/night' thing to a 'fed good wet food at specific times of the day' thing. It's largely working, but it also means that they will incessantly pester me to wake up in the morning to feed them because THEY think enough time has passed.
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Three years ago, my cat was mostly charcoal. Surprise! He's a tabby.
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This is my Calypso every morning. Today I woke up before she decided to get up and I got to kiss her sleepy head awake in adorable revenge.
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I have NO IDEA how, but this little punk has figured out how to open my kitchen cabinets and drawers and it's practically all she does now. She finds it especially funny to climb into them at 3 AM and startle me awake by knocking shit out of them, and then loudly complain when I try to take her out.
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I have NO IDEA how, but this little punk has figured out how to open my kitchen cabinets and drawers and it's practically all she does now. She finds it especially funny to climb into them at 3 AM and startle me awake by knocking shit out of them, and then loudly complain when I try to take her out.
Childproofing! Not just for children!
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We took our holiday guest back today because an adult intro-suite opened up. Starla is an absolute sweetie who will be the BEST cat for someone. She is scared of the other cats in the shelter but hopefully will adjust.
She changed SO MUCH since being in foster care. She had one baby and fought like HELL at first to protect him. We were afraid she was feral from how fierce she was.
Now she is just a total love bug. I had to be in bed last night because of pain and she was ALL over me. Rubbing against my face, flopping for belly rubs... just
They didn't let us stay fosterless for long! Another person surrendered this sweetie today. She is about five months old but not super socialized. HE KEPT HER IN A CAGE AND NEVER GAVE HER A NAME!!!
This is her right out of her cage:
And after hearing our Calypso's voice through the door:
Clearly Calypso told her this was a safe and good place to be!!
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I didn't believe my shelter director when she said that January is the best month for adult cats to get adopted. (Fewer kittens born/avaliable with the holiday adoptions, people feeling like some mature companionship, etc.) But damn if she wasn't right. We have had sooooo many adults adopted the last two weeks. A couple were kitties that have been at the shelter for years - long enough to be a total institution. Despite there still being 60+ cats at the shelter it feels EMPTY without them. I made the food on Saturday and ended up making easily 7-8 cans too much.
I'm soooo happy for all of them being able to go to their forever home.
We actually had to tell people we just didn't have a kitty that matched what they were looking for. Most of the cats we have left are a) bonded pairs, b) recovering ferals who just aren't safe to adopt out, as shown by the scratches on the back of my legs where Tuffy got mad I turned my back on him, c) sanctuary cats who are too sick to be adopted out.
One of the adoption counselors is now eyeing the local shelters and their Texas connections and wondering if it is time for another rescue trip since we have the space. (TWO FULL ROOMS EMPTY!!)
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Sooooo...
I'll just leave this here.
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click to showThe stinker who is up on the pipes is going to be TROUBLE come adoption time. He is a love bug. I touches him and he MELTED into a pile of purring goo with his belly exposed for more ruffles.
I can't get over how much the black ones look like our pot babies! The biggest difference is that these guys/gals have some more gray splotches on their belly/sides and not just on their ruffs. The gray is also much lighter Steel vs storm gray.
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@silverfox can you mail all 3 of them to me, pls
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@silverfox You get so many floofs!!!
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I'm really lucky! A lot of the fosters are on break right now (kitten seasons is over, their own cats are ill, vacations, have a foster cat that hates others and so they can't take another, or had ringworm babies recently and are still quarantined) so we got them despite also getting the last two that needed a foster!
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@silverfox Lucky duck! I will live vicariously though floofy pics! XD
