Posts made by silverfox

@quinn

As a teacher (no, I don't have a list this year since I moved out of the classroom) I thank you for all of them.

Also, update! Their brother got his surgery today and is healing up well in the home of the shelter manager.

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@ganymede

You are amazing.

They are still scared witless, but here are pics of the four feral I have. Hubs is going to have to come help me tonight deworm the tabby because he is VERY scared to the point of violence. Much blood has been sacrificed.

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Shelter got a call from a woman about a kitten that was stuck in a fence and that she could see bone. No one else could go out. So the two head people are the shelter went out and rescued the kitten. Several vets wanted to euthanize the baby because the injury was so severe, but the shelter people weren't going for that. They had seen kittens hurt worse and pull through, plus this one despite the injury was fully active and engaging with them.

Found a vet that was willing to take the risk and check the baby out. Since the wound hadn't gone septic (I think that is the word?) they are going to do what it takes to get the baby to a point where they can amputate the leg. Since the kitten is so young he will do just fine growing up with the right home on three legs.

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The person who called about this baby also said that there were more kittens running around, so the shelter set a trap and caught four more (with maybe more to be caught.)

They are with me until a long term foster with fewer cats in the house comes back from vacation. They are very feral and will need lots of close love and attention to get over being afraid of people. ATM I won't handle the larger two without gloves.

Here is the only one that would let me take a picture.

I don't know if this is allowed, but the first kitten is going to cost between 7-10 thousand dollars to get back on his feet. If you know of anyone looking to donate, let me know, and I'll shoot you the shelter's donate link.

And the paperwork is signed!!

My husband's tiktoc sharing the news.

@greenflashlight

She is so very people centered that she doesn't mind tummy pets as long as she is already sleepy.

I've been in love with the singleton kitten, Calypso, we've had for a few weeks. She loves our Senior cat and our younger cat has reached a semi-peace agreement. Moreover, she adores me and follows me around the house like a puppy. The other day my husband texted saying he couldn't find her, but when I came home and said her name once she came stumbling down the stairs at sleepy full speed.

But my husband wasn't as sold. Caly is a but jumpy, and isn't as found of men. So I've been crossing my fingers and doing my best not to press. There wasn't room in the shelter for her ANYWAY, so there wasn't a rush.

Today husband watched her fall asleep veerrryyy slowly by our senior cat, and then wake up every time Kiva moved to see if she needed to move too. Out of the blue husband announced, "She's home forever."

So as soon as I get into the shelter to fill out the forms and pay the fee, this fluffball will officially be ours forever.

Welcome home Calypso.

@testament

My coworker wanted (note, not needed) a particular pattern of bulletin board boarder that has traditionally been in the Target Dollar Spot every year since... forever? She doesn't recycle it year by year because it has just always BEEN there. This year, it wasn't, and she was disappointed. (Mild, MILD!) When I went through my borders today I found three unopened packages of that particular boarder (I have a problem okay? The Target Dollar Shop is ADDICTIVE.)

It was soooo much fun to walk into her room and give it to her. I'm down the hallway and hearing her happy sounds as she tears down the other boarder she'd settled with and put up this boarder she really wanted. It makes me very very small tears in eyes happy.

Last year was //hard//, and this year will be difficult, but we'll get through it together.

@too-old-for-this

I am pprreeety sure that is Meowster.

@derp

Her name is Princess Meow Meow

(We didn't name this group, or it might be like.. Lilith or something.)

I feel like I should make a thread but that also seems super self indulgent so until I change my mind...

Meet our newest fosters. Juno and her 5 week old babies. Not the best pic, but she was stressed out so I snapped it so I could show they were home and safe then got out so she could settle.

We officially give these four back to the shelter on Sunday and I am going to miss them like mad. We have had them eight weeks (basically all summer vacation for me). They were less than 1 pound when we got them, and now they range from 3lb 4oz to 3lbs 15oz. They've had four different antibiotics to get healthy and have gone through two scratches.

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The doctor said with the new boot that I can move away from the crutches. It hurts more to walk without then but still less then my endo hurts so I'll just deal.

@testament

I dunno if it's the one that @Ganymede is an advocate of or if it's another one.

And let's be honest here, I'm ~lazy~ and instead of googling I'm taking twice as much time to post my ignorance here.

@testament

She-ra reboot? @Ganymede what is this.

Plz tell me using crutches gets easier.

That's something I love about the shelter I work for, even though it's also something that makes it have terrible reviews online.

With the exception of cats in quarantine or isolation (mostly ferals they're trying to rehab) all of the cats are allowed free range of the building. Some have specific rooms they stay in, but even within that room they're welcome to move about freely and choose where they want to sleep on any given day. A LOT of the cats are there for hospice care though, for one reason or another (typically medical) they're not adoptable and they keep them until they travel the rainbow bridge.

This pisses people off because they can't tell easily which cats are adoptable and which aren't. (This place won't put collars on the cats the reason for which I haven't quite learned yet.)

When that first scene on an alt shifts your entire view about on what you thought they'd be and it makes you want to play them more.

fingers crossed said shift is okay

@testament

Bless you for adopting an older cat.