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17 Sep 2014

Should An Adult Rescue Cat Work On Wednesday?

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HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I just thought I ought to start collecting some thoughts about how to get energized to work on Hump Day.

Yep…I heard the rumors…Mom L was having a little chat with The Kid Sage trying to help her understand why Mom L won’t be able to play with her as much on Tuesdays because she will be typing up my Wednesday post!

HUH!!??…that perked my ears up…so I stopped mid-action during my morning wash up and listened a little harder.

what did she say???

“Now Sage, you know how much I adore playing with you every day but on the days I type for Savvy, you also know I don’t play with you as long. Well Sagie baby…it looks like Tuesday may get a bit busier for me…Savvy wants to make some changes in her blog and she is looking at Wednesday as an interesting day to post. That means I can’t play as long with you on that day….”

Now, I never ever said zip about posting on Wednesday…I may have been thinking about giving myself new challenges…but Wednesday? Well…I know lots of you write posts on Wednesdays…maybe I should practice?

This will be short, very important…but short…just to see if I like working on Wednesday…

I do have something important to write about so let me give this ‘Wednesday Writing’ thing a try…

The Kitties Blue, at Cat On My Head, passed a really cool shimmery award to me…the Butterfly Light Award. I am so honored to have them think of me along with the other pawsome blogs they passed it to. If you don’t know them by now, just follow the link above and hop over and say ‘hello’.

There…that wasn’t so tough. Let me jot down some ideas for next Wednesday’s post. I have to be ready to do my big reveal on Oct 1…and after all…that’s a Wednesday!

The Kid Sage and I have already been thinking about how I can let everyone know to be looking for things to change on Oct 1…even our neighbors are gonna want to know about what’s happening on my bloggy…well…actually on my Twitter and Face Book too…(ooppps…said too much already…)

Paw Pats, Savannah

Posted in Adult Cat Rescue, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged award, spt change

11 Sep 2014

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Meet A New Adult Shelter Cat Rescue!!: Thursday Purrsday

Tigger Is Still Searching

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HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!

I’m excited, really, I just don’t show emotion

We are just thrilled to bring a very happy rescue story to you…it is about a panther mancat in Southern California who is now in his forever home living with very good friends of Mom L and Dad P.

I invited our new Cuzin to ask his Mom Marie to share his rescue story with all of you…I know how much we all luvluvluv Real Rescue Cats Talking!!

Please meet Cuzin Midnight!!

Hey Everyone…this is the photo that got me my home!

APAWS!! APAWS!! APAWS!!

I asked Mom Marie some questions…here are her responses…

How did you find Cuzin Midnight?

I found Midnight on Petfinder.com. He was at a shelter in Baldwin Park—outside Los Angeles.

We lost our rescue cat Marmalade (after 15 years) on May 16th.

Charles missed him so much that I decided we should think about adoption sooner rather than later. I was looking for a kitty that did not look like Marmalade since the loss was too recent and I didn’t think it was fair to the new kid. I think I looked at a hundred different cats before I saw Midnight.

He immediately stole my heart. I looked at more pictures and read more descriptions, but he was always “The One.” The Baldwin Park shelter is part of Los Angeles animal rescue, a kill shelter.

However, Midnight had an angel named Mary from United Hope for Animals. She is a cat person and she had met him at the shelter. Her cause was to find him a home. Without her, I am not sure that it would have happened. He was also accepted into the PETCO adoption program. A lovely lady who volunteers at the shelter takes cats to PETCO where they have an adoption center. We actually met Midnight at the PETCO store in West Covina (only about 5 minutes from the Baldwin Park shelter) and took him home from there. When the adoption is complete, PETCO gives a book of coupons for everything that you might need for your new friend.

Do you know how Midnight ended up in the kill shelter?

Midnight was surrendered by his owner. He is a wonderful cat so I am sure he came from a loving home. He was neutered and micro chipped when he arrived at the shelter.

Midnight came into the shelter on June 6th. He went home with us on June 20th. He wasn’t thrilled with the 110 mile car ride and he talked to us about it all the way home. Something about all these promises of a wonderful new home and all he could see was a very small carrier!!

Does Cuzin Midnight get along with your other fur family?

We have a Golden Retriever named Molly.

Molly…she has been a therapy woofie

Obviously, it is a concern when two adult kids have to meet and greet for the first time. No one could give us any idea if Midnight liked or hated dogs, so we had to take a chance.

Since Marmalade had trained Molly really well in social skills relating to cats, we were 99% sure that Molly would be okay with all of it. Midnight was the unknown. They met, they touched noses and sniffed and immediately settled into mutual tolerance.

Neither one has hissed, barked, cuffed or attacked the other. They both seem content with each other’s company. Midnight does like to leap over Molly at breakneck speed to get her attention and he thinks that her tail is the best toy he owns.

Molly just looks at him with a look that says, “I can’t believe you just did that.”

Our vet thinks that our little boy is about 3 years old. He becomes more playful each day and has blossomed into a beautiful boy. He is strictly an inside cat and makes no attempt to leave the house. He does spend time sitting on his cat perch watching for a lizard that lives in the small garden next to the kitchen. Also, a zillion hummingbirds enjoy the garden which affords hours of amusement.

We are very happy that we decided to adopt sooner rather than later. It does not make us miss or love Marmalade less since, clearly, we have enough space in our hearts to keep the old memories and to make new memories.

And now for those photos you have all been waiting for…first…we, The Kid Sage and I, decided to put together a little “Welcome to The Promised Land” gift box for our new Cuzin Midnight…and of course Sage…she had to snoopervise everything!

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…in fact she so closely snoopervised the Nip Ball that Mom L had to go get a new one for Cuzin Midnight! How could we send him the one The Kid Sage had slobbered on??

umm…tasty…

yeah…slurp…

..slurpity slurp slurp…

And now you can see Cuzin Midnight enjoying his new home and his Welcome to The Promised Land gift box…

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We are so pleased to join Pepi Smart Dog’s Thankful Thursday because we are truly thankful we have an adult shelter cat rescue as our new Cuzin! RESCUE ROCKS!! OPT TO ADOPT!! Just click on the badge to transport to other fab Thankful Thursday blog posts…this is a BLOG HOP!

Paw pats, Savannah

Head bonks, The Kid Sage

Posted in Adult Cat Rescue and tagged cat photo, cuzin midnight, real rescue stories

28 Aug 2014

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Hepatic Lipidosis?…Will You Help Save This Cat?

Thursday Purrsday…

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Ahem…koff, koff…aaaahhhheeemmm…*clears throat*…

This is not my normal, nor my continuing focus for my Thursday Purrsday blog post…but…somehow…someway…the feline condition known as “Fatty Livery Disease”…which is actually “Hepatic Lipidosis“…well…adult rescue shelter cats with this presenting disease just seem to be continually showing up in my life.

….this sweet ladycat came to my attention a couple of weeks ago…and I can no longer hold back asking all my furriends, followers, acquaintances…including my feline, woofie and bunny and piggie…pals….to take a moment to consider if you might be able to help an incredible animal rescue and sanctuary begin to cover the medical costs for precious LIGHTNING….

The beginning of Lightning’s story…as reported by Bright Haven Rescue and Sanctuary under whose care she thankfully had fallen…

“When she was adopted on June 18th,(at Martinez, CA Public Kill Shelter)…Lightning was a healthy 12 pounds. She was returned on August 1st weighing 7 pounds, just bones under her fur, and jaundiced. The cat had been allowed to starve. She developed fatty liver disease, also known as hepatic lipidosis. She would need a feeding tube to survive. Could we help her?”

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Lightning was in the final stages of Hepatic Lipidosis…just like my Cuzin Leo…(click here if you missed his story)…you can see that Lightning shows the same yellow jaundice all over her head as Cuzin Leo. I am pleased to tell you all that Cuzin Leo survived…as will precious Lightning…

...NOW COMES THE “BUT”...Lightning’s vet care costs continue to soar…even though she is currently in the loving and caring hands of a wonderful Bright Haven volunteer.

Bright Haven has set up a “You Caring: Pet Caring” crowd funding site…they are about half way to reaching the basic care cost to help Lightning through this unreal ordeal. If you or your friends, family, colleagues…acquaintances…strangers you meet on the street…can give even ONE USD…please consider donating to Lightning’s recovery costs.

She will survive…and she WILL have a perfect forever home. Bright Haven will make sure of that. Thankfully, she was brought under their care.

I appreciate you all so much for even reading this very long post…and if you do not have any green papers to Paw It Forward…PLEASE…PAW IT FORWARD JUST BY SHARING…

SHARING SAVES LIVES…even if we are continents away…the universe can bring positive energy where it is needed…that is my belief…and I, Savannah, am going to stick to it!