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24 Jul 2014

Loving Being Loved: Thursday Purrsday

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

So truth be told…”I” Savannah and The Kid Sage may just be (not yet confirmed) relatively spoilt adult rescue cats…just a thought…no conclusions as yet.

Which bring me to my Thankful Thursday blog post…I do try very hard to honor Pepi Smart Dog’s Thankful Thursday Blog Hop by making sure my Thursday blog post is about the events that make me purr like crazy.

Hope you will all hop over to Pepi’s and visit lots of other Thankful blog posts…click on the badge below to be transported…

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This week I am a bit embarrassed to be posting about something very selfish which caused me to purrr….Dad P and Mom L decided that our home needed more ‘catification’…and brought home a totally modern new cat tower!! (be sure to hover over photos for cations and to click to bigify to view complete captions)

This is, of course, after all the ‘drama’ of it arriving with these fateful words…”Some Assembly Required”. Those little words drive FEAR into Dad P’s heart…he shudders, shakes and moans…no, no…seriously…I am totally NOT kidding…just ask Mom L (in a secret coded message)

This cat tower caught Dad P’s eye when the cats at Katnip Lounge won this model at Blog Paws when all the contents of the Cat Lounge were given away. The gang over at The Lounge report they LOVE this tower.

And so it arrived….

Wow! That’s a lot of parts

Dad? Can you do this?

Seriously…you’re kidding

Love ya Dad P but I am outta here

And then the snoopervison began…such as it was…heh…heh…

Good so far Dad

Yep, should fit…

hmm…kind’a boring…

I can help from here…

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And so Dad P labored on…alone…continued over several blog posts…a certain NOT TO BE MISSED series of how the White Tower was built, and then used, at Castle Savannah…heh…heh…

Paw Pats, Savannah

21 Jul 2014

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The Generosity of Others: Monday Meowsie News

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I have a couple of newsie items I have been holding onto until ‘the‘ right time to share them with you. In fact, I have had them stashed in my Three Way Teleport Tunnel, where I keep important items for safe keeping.

Today is ‘that‘ right time. And both pieces of news have to do with others showing generosity toward us…meaning me, The Kid Sage and a sweet adult rescue cat named Tiny who is awaiting her forever family.

I have introduced Tiny to you once before. You can click HERE to refresh your memory.

If you recall, Tiny has now been at my former shelter for over a year. Like me, she keeps getting passed over. She is a cat who thrives on human interaction and contact. She has been living in the staff offices for several months now and her job, as she sees it, is to accompany anyone who enters the toilet facility to insure that they are not alone and that they come out alive.

Seriously, Tiny is a “sink cat” par excellence! (click photos to view complete captions please)

Let me get comfy…

Have everything you need?

You sure?

I’ve got your back if you need anything

Given Tiny’s preference for visiting with humans while she is ensconced in the sink…I had a totally brilliant idea…Tiny needs something in her “Hope Chest” to take along with her to her home when her forever family finally comes to collect her…so I sent Mom L off to get Tiny her very own Sink Bed.

Our warmest thanks go to these humans who made this possible:

Miss Kate Benjamin of Hauspanther who responded immediately to Mom L’s request for information as to who to contact…Miss Kate volunteered to give the vendor a shout out. And they responded with this email to Mom L…

“Send us the shipping address and we will get Tiny’s bed into production”…just like that!!! …no green papers exchanged hands! What generous people. So a huge big paw hug and thank you for the owners of Little Cat Design.

The bed arrived and Mom L let The Kid Sage do product inspection…

Yep…looks the right size to me

And it was delivered by Mom L and Dad P to Tiny at Kitty Corner…first they placed it in ‘her’ sink thinking she would just hop right in…heh…heh…

What is that?!!

Next they asked her to inspect it while it sat on a chair…

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Needless to say, Tiny’s new bed is being kept safe so it doesn’t get broken before her new family, when they find her, can take it home with Tiny.

PLEASE…help Tiny send out more “special Tiny energy” into the universe so her family can find her…SHARE…SHARE…SHARE…on your blogs, Twitter and Face Book…

Now my second Meowsie News is about the generosity shown by my long time pals, Archie, Oscar and Henry from My Three Moggies. We started blogging about the same time and have been pals ever since. I am embarrassed to say that I do not even recall “WHY” I received this prezzie from them…I recall that I won something or someone asked that their win be sent to me???

Anyway…this wonderful bunch of goodness arrived and I let The Kid Sage do the honors of checking out the contents…guess what she caught her laser focus???…

The loot! Notice that black cat nip toy

TREATS!!

paw, paw…

chomp…chew…

Got it!!!

Thanks lots Archie, Henry and Oscar for thinking of us and for sending such tasty and fun prezzies…

Paw Pats, Savannah

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17 Jul 2014

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“I Hear You Do Cat Rescue”: Thursday Purrsday

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

The pet sitter being interviewed to care for me and The Kid Sage was lovely…such a soft voice and such a warm spirit…but…

…as the peeps’ chat was ending she said the words Mom L and Dad P struggle with…

“I heard from ____ that you do some volunteer work with cat rescue??”

Dad P and Mom L wish they could turn away…it is so very, very hard to acknowledge that inquiry…the end result bring such great responsibility…and it does not always end well…

Did they turn away??…Nope…enter the reason we are purring up a storm on this Thursday Purrsday…and hope you enjoy our contribution to Pepi Smart Dog’s Thankful Thursday blog hop.

The back story…

Pet sitter sold a condo in which Tigger’s person lived with 2 grown sons and TIgger
Person could only afford apartment for self and two grown sons which allowed “NO PETS”
Pet sitter loves all animals and asked for help for 10 year old Tigger
Tigger’s guardian only adopted Tigger because a neighbor, 3 years before, also had to move and ‘could not find rental allowing pets’ so Tigger was looking for a home
Pet sitter asked Mom L and Dad P…”can you help?”

Next steps…

Mom L and Dad P say ‘of course’…
Rescues we know only pull from the kill shelter…Tigger MUST be “Owner Surrendered” to this shelter before we can even begin to help
Guardian has no problem surrendering Tigger…best they can do for him
Mom L engages my savior Miss Tammy…and Miss Tammy starts to work her network
Miss Tammy tries to find someone to agree to pull Tigger…as with every where in the USA…all are full
Mom L discovers The Cat House on The Kings sanctuary from my former Adoption Manager at Kitty Corner…Miss Chrissy
Mom L discovers it will cost $900 minimal to surrender Tigger…it is worth it…trust us
Miss Tammy visits Tigger at the kill shelter…

ohhh…thank you for the scritches

I think I love you…

Can I come home with you???

Time is running out…Tigger was owner surrendered on a Sunday…as a 10 year old male, neuter…good temperament…needing a dental work up…that’s all. Yet he was scheduled within one week to be killed…no blame on the kill shelter…just recognition of how short their time is even if the cat is very domesticated and loving.

Long story short…the pet sitter found a neighbor, Miss Foster Mom, who agreed to take Tigger as foster for TWO WEEKS only. We completely understand her reason and support it. But now Tigger has a place to go…we can “pull” him from the kill shelter if only we can get an accepted rescue to pull him under their ‘umbrella’.

Miss Tammy and Miss Chrissy agree…Tigger, two day before he was to be killed, will come to my former free roaming cat shelter…Kitty Corner.

Hearing this…the kill shelter moves him to their free roaming area…and Tigger immediately starts to attack, stalk and fight with the other cats…He had to be returned to his cage. Now we know…he CANNOT be moved to our free roaming shelter at Kitty Corner.

Finally we can move him to the foster who will keep him for two weeks…Tigger is FREE!!! And pulled under the umbrella of my former rescue.

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Tigger has had some issues with wanting to eat…but a visit today to vet helped him out lots. Please send Tigger LOTS of healing purrs that he starts to eat normally. He has been having a rough time.

Tigger is looking for his furrever castle like my Cuzin Leo did a year ago. And Tigger can ONLY be the ONLY cat. He may never have been with other cats in his whole ten years.

If anyone can find Tigger a loving, acceptable, one cat only home within 100 miles of San Francisco Bay Area…Mom L and Dad P will not only deliver him…but will donate $100 to the adopter’s favorite rescue where they also volunteer.

Thank for helping Tigger with sharing his need…we appreciate all your purrs…but he desperately needs your active involvement to share him…he only has another week left with his foster. Then…who knows…maybe back to the kill shelter….