Savannah's Paw Tracks

Autobiography of a Former Shelter Cat

Archive for the month “May, 2013”

Friday Frolics and Other Things

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Thank you all who came by to visit, read, leave comments…on my post on Thankful Thursday.  It was a very special post for me…

…even though I am not especially happy about Foster Brofur Leo being in MY home…I am truly purrleased he is starting to make a turn around…THANK CEILING CAT!!!

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UPDATE: Foster brofur Leo had to got the vet place again yesterday…Mom and Dad messed up a teeny bit and got some air bubbles caught in his feeding tube giving him his meds…but he is all sorted out again…and well…still being stubborn about eating on his own.  But…we know he can do it…he may just have forgotten how…my personal vet, Dr Ellis, she knows all about this stuff…she will help us move Leo through his turn around…paws crossed.

So here is a bit of Friday Frolics…just a little bitty sound video of Foster Brofur Leo on his way to his vet check-up…he HATES being in the car when it moves…heh…heh…you must have volume up loud to hear his voice…

And for even more FROLICS…Starring ME of course…

Finally…I thought my post yesterday was like…well…according to “best blog writing protocol”…ummm…way too long…so I left out a very impawtant story about a donation made from a very special furriend of Savannah’s Paw Tracks…unknown to me until he reached out and helped my foster brofur Leo…

As all of you know…we all have many RWB (Readers Without Blogs)…such as Mistletoe and Hitch and my special furriend Dinah…they visit us every day they can…they read…sometimes leave comments…or they just read and move on…’cuz they don’t have blogs themselves or whatnot…

When I very first mentioned Foster brofur Leo…and his illness…and humbly asked if my furriends could spare some sofa/pocket change to help his medical costs…one unknown furriend contacted me and Mom Linda…his name is “Boots”…and he has been reading my bloggy for sometime I guess…

Anywho…here is what Boots had his staff write to me and Mom Linda…

“…Hi, I am Boots, the Household Tiger and I live in St. Louis, MO.  I discovered Ms Savvy Do Savannah while doing a Google search on  “grey cats” during lunch one day. I (Boots Mom) was so charmed by her/your blog that I started following it on a regular basis. The story of Leo is near and dear to my heart as I lost my( Boot’s Mom’s Dad)  father’s cat Pillsbury to the same issue, just a couple of months after my Dad passed away.  I don’t want anyone else to go through through what we through with Pillsy.”

In Boots honor, his Mom and Dad made a donation to Leo’s Med costs at CC Humane Society.  So…isn’t it amazing that all of us have followers, RWB (Readers Without Blogs) who read, love us, most often don’t comment as they do not have a paw blog, or Face Book page or a Twitter handle…but they read our posts and love our anipal/paw blog community as much as all of us active members do.  Boots and his Guardians are those RWB readers; just like Mistletoe and Hitch and Dinah…who help us out in our efforts to rescue animals and improve animal welfare.

So to acknowledge Boots and his contribution to Leo’s medical costs…let me introduce you to him…don’t you think we must be related???

…now the next set of three photos…

Last but surely not least…let me remind you all that our very good furriend Chancy and Baby Boy and the kitties have moved…here is their new address..be sure to follow them…

What’s Going On At Mumsy’s blog, formerly Chancy the Gardener and two other blogs rolled into one…PURRFECT!

Thank you all for your pawsome support in my chaotic time…I am trying so hard to come back to all of you in your comment queues and Twitter and FB comments.

Paw Pats, Savannah

What A Thankful Thursday

HIYA!!   SAVANNAH HERE!!!

This is gonna be like a really long post…so you might want to grab some noms and a fave beverage and pull up a soft blankie and sit a while…

SERIOUSLY…I know “great” blogs are short…but you are really gonna wanna read this WHOLE BOOK…’cuz you are ALL the main characters…JUST SAYIN’…

That’s why I am sittin’ here in this chair…

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I just have a ton of things to be thankful for…and so much of those things are all about the treasure of having furriends who pitch in to help even without being asked…and when asked…they do it with their whole heart.

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First, I think most of you remember I have a foster brofur, Leo, who has been in my our care for a month now.  He has hepatic lipidosis or commonly called fatty liver syndrome.  You can read about it here in one of my posts…or visit this LINK HERE to learn from Sparkle…

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It was in that post, May 9, that I asked if anyone had some spare green papers, silver coins, lying around unused, that Mom and Dad could use a bit of help as Leo’s medical costs, which they fully committed to paying cuz his shelter, Contra Costa Humane Society is not very big and their vet care fund is always so stretched rescuin’ lots of adult cats and woofies.  Mom and Dad had paid $2,285 USD for Leo’s two night stay in animal hospital, blood work, ultrasound and feeding tube operation.

Anywho, I asked that one time…and guess what happened?

Several of my furriends immediately jumped to action and Mom found $245 USD in her paypal account in a few days!! Unbelievable…and over half of those who responded at that time were from out of USA…our global paw blog community so totally ROCKS!!!

Next I got the surprise of my life…my blue eyed mancat furriend and his blonde bombshell side kick…yes, I mean Alfie and Mollie!…they asked, well, actually I guess Mum Stella asked “can I help?”  We said sure and that was it for then.

An email from Mum Stella truly shocked me and Mom Linda to the core…they were gonna do not only a raffle but an AUCTION to help raise funds for Leo!!!

Mollie and Alfie and Mum Stella outdid themselves, on May 20th they had not only the AUCTION but the RAFFLE up and running…click HERE to read the post about the Auction.

…Alfie…(Mr Blue Eyes himself…purrrs…)

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…Mollie…

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Of course, they needed more staff, so their good pal Miss Misaki jumped in with all four paws to assist with sorting the Raffle tickets, numbers etc…Misaki even took time out from eating her ice cream cone to make sure efurryone remembered to get their raffle tickets and to make bids at the auction…click HERE to read her post.

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Now you ask “how could just those two bloggers get the word out and about and beg solicit furriends to donate items to the auction????….well of course there were even MORE of my furriends who helped…my mentor Sammy was cat on the spot getting the word out on every one of his posts once Mollie and Alfie got the ball ,nip mouse event rolling…click HERE to read one of Sammy’s post about the auction/raffle.

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And…of course my furry good furriends, My Three Moggies, were right in there helping strong arm encourage furriends to donate auction items and then to bully motivate them to make bids and buy raffles tickets…AND GUESS WHAT ELSE THEY DID?????….

My Three Moggies donated a PAWSOME Raffle First Prize…£50/$75 voucher for pet toys and products on Amazon…click HERE to read their announcement.

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Of course the Second Place Raffle Prize was also super duper special…it was donated from Mollie and Alfie’s shop…it was one of Mum Stella’s very special hand drawn cartooned mouse pads…check out the two she did for ME a while ago…

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And one more GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the WINNERS of the First Grand Prize from the Raffle…da’ Tabbies-O-Trout Towne…they gave LEO their Amazon voucher for $75 USD to spend on what ever he needs or to give to his shelter roomies at Kitty Corner.

WHAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISHED ON BEHALF OF LEO

AUCTION/RAFFLE/DONATIONS MADE DURING EVENT
TOTAL RAISED: $919.91

DONATIONS MADE TO CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY DIRECTLY DUE TO YOUR RESPONSE TO MY ASK and/or as part of the AUCTION/RAFFLE EVENT
Approximately $1,000.00 USD

GRAND TOTAL…RAISED FOR LEO IN ONLY TEN DAYS
$1,919.91

I am so respectful of all that so many have done for Leo, whom none of you have met.  Trust me…he is worth it…and Dr. Ellis, his very special personal Vet (mine too…heh…heh) is totally his head cheerleader!!  Dr Ellis owns and loves her Civic Feline Clinic vet practice.  Without her and her PAWSOME staff, Leo would not be with us right now…IMHFO (in my humble feline opinion)…I mean seriously, what Vet ever gives the peeps a personal mobile number over a long weekend in case they need help for Leo????!!!

Purrlease, visit their Face Book page and give them a great big “LIKE“…Civic Feline Face Book Page

Okey dokey…here are the photos you will so enjoy…

…Leo’s last feeding at Civic Feline Clinic with Mom Linda the very day she returned from her trip to Blog Paws..

…and now Leo coming back to us…his loving Foster Furramily…

…then after Ceiling Cat Daughter left…his new Hotel Suite…

AND NOW…THE BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL…THIS IS WHY YOU KEPT ON READING THIS PAWFUL LONG POST…HEH…HEH…

…yup! That was Leo eating some kibble…not enough yet…but we are all so encouraged!

Last but absolutely NOT LEAST…Leo’s personal vet clinic…the PAWSOME Civic Feline Clinic

I so hope you hung in for the WHOLE post…if not…come back later and try a few more scrolls of the mousie thingy…just sayin’

This is for PepiSmartDogs Thankful Thursday Blog Hop…

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Paw Pats, Savannah

Monday Meowsie News…NOT

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!

I have a great post almost ready…but my Ceiling Cat Daughter is still here…bummer, huh?

I have been starting my night off in my chair in Mom’s office…it’s lonely and I miss Mom and Dad…sigh

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Here are some pics of Mom Linda that Ceiling Cat Daughter took…(I really secretly like her lots…heh…heh)…anywho…she wanted my readers to see Mom Linda prepping Leo’s tube feeding…only time Ceiling Cat Daughter Claudia and I have ever seen Mom Linda in an apron..

I promise to have a full update on Leo either Tuesday or Wednesday.  And I will have a very long Thankful Thursday post.  We have Ceiling Cat Daughter (CKD) again tonight… so I have only a short post…I really like her ‘cuz she knows us kittehs…CKD Claudia has lots of experience in TNR from her former home where lots of not so responsible peeps sort of dumped kittehs…and they showed up at CKD Claudia’s home…so she trapped them, got them spayed/neutered and released them…and she saw fewer and fewer ferals over time…truly…I luvluvluv her and her work to save more and more of us kittehs…

Thank you all for hanging in with us.

Paw pats, Savannah

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