Savannah's Paw Tracks

29 May 2016

Joy and Sadness—Rescue Hurts

HIYA! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

*wiping leaky eyes*

Oh, hey everyone. Glad you stopped by to have a look at my favorite Sunday Selfie contribution of the WHOLE YEAR! I am again joining the gang Kitties Blue for their infamous Sunday Selfie Blog Hop. Paw that badge and be transported over to some of the most fun photos ever!!

Yes, I am serious, this is, and will always be, my most fave photo submission for 2016. And it hurts as much as it gives joy. Trust me. Remember the kittens and their feral Mom Cat. I introduced the kittens about eight weeks ago? here, here

The kittens slept through their first Vet visit. Mom L had to haul each one from its slumber to get weighed. They are so very confident, thanks to their foster family and their feral Mom Cat who trusted this family to protect her and her kittens.

A day at the Vet’s.

They settled in quickly at Contra Costa Humane Society‘s free roaming small shelter for cats, Kitty Corner, my former home.

Oh, hiya! we are just waiting for our permanent home

The Mom Cat, Muñeca, has been crying and crying hoping to find her kittens and bring them to her. Mom L and I have been helping the foster family understand the joy and heartbreak of helping a feral Mom cat and her kittens. Thankfully, the foster family wanted Muñeca to be returned to them. She will be forever cared for and loved. She has been spayed, microchipped to the foster family, vaccinated, combo tested, wormed etc. She will have a safe life free from further kittens.

As Mom L has told me before, there is always great JOY and sometimes great HEART BREAK when we get into a PAW IT FORWARD project.

Let me know what’cha think of our latest PAW IT FORWARD project and PLEASE share with our readers what your experience is with doing the same thing.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Community Cats and tagged KITTEN SEASON, paw it forward, real rescue stories, trust

27 May 2016

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Where Do They Hide That Option?

HIYA! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Kitties and Woofies one and all. I have a total conundrum. I am sure it is just me, but I can so use your assistance.

Where, oh where, do these evil online products HIDE their “auto renewal” agreements?? I mean, here’s the deal. I must justify all my expenditures to Mom L, as she does have those disgusting but usable opposable thumbs, na’ mean???

Once again, I decided, as is my right ‘cuz I own this blog, to experiment with a particular product which shall go unnamed. Now when I experiment with said product types, I always, always try to insure that I have hunted down and ~~killed~~ deleted any and all buttons that force me to agree to “auto renewal”.

Sadly, I must admit, I missed one. Yes, yes—Mom L found one of those ridiculous charges on my our credit card bill.

GOBSMACKED I WAS!!!

Say what? I most certainly DID NOT PAW THAT BUTTON!!

But, now whoever “THEY” is, seem to want all my special ID numbers. Do you all think this might be someone attempting to steal MY IDENTITY??? *SHOCK*

Have any of you been held hostage by that unfound “auto renewal” button? Please, please share with me in comments how in Ceiling Cat’s name did you get OUT OF IT!!

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged Savannahs progress, trust

25 May 2016

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One Thousand Posts and Counting

HIYA! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Oh My Cat!! Who would have EVER thought I would be posting my ONE THOUSANDTH BLOG POST!! Certainly not me and totally NOT Mom Linda!! (aka Mom L)

We started with very humble intentions of sharing with volunteers about my life after Contra Costa Humane Society’s Kitty Corner. Kitty Corner is a free roaming, private, no kill shelter for adult and special need cats pulled from my local municipal shelter. And yes, they also take in kittens from the shelter during “kitten season”. But their focus is on adult cats—like me.

Mom started taking my dictation around the second week I was with her and Dad P, which was December 9, 2011. Here is the first letter I sent to my former roomies and caretakers. I was with Mom and Dad for about twelve days. Mom thought it would be fun to have me send a note back to my roomies and let them know how great I was doing in foster care.

I think this was probably my fifth blog post. I was just learning how to communicate my messages to Mom L, ‘cuz as you know, she has those silly thumbs! 12/21/2011

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO MY ROOMIES AT KITTY CORNER

FROM SAVANNAH

Me trying to look relaxed

Hi Guys! Just wanted to let you know how I am doing with my Foster Mom (FM) and Foster Dad (FD). They are so cute! They just wait on me hand and foot, no kidding, really—who knew!! I share their, well, I guess now “our”, master bedroom and bath—and they let me roam the whole house, even up stairs now. Pretty cool, huh?

Just hangin’ out on FM’s toes

So, here’s what I am up to. You can see me in the photo above, just relaxing, sitting on FM’s toes—yes my butt is on her feet. Warm. I had just been playing with my new catnip toy, running around and amusing her—she likes that. I also have a scratching post, actually two—one down stairs and one up stairs—crazy huh? They just love spoiling me!! Anyways, I hide out under their, oops, I mean our, bed most of the day. But I come out, entertain them, let them pet me lots and I go exploring around when they are not watching—love those birds on their our deck.

His footisies are warm

One thing I learned about myself, and its kind’a embarrassing—I am afraid of my FD—not him personally—just that he is a “guy”. I am warming up to him—he is really kind and talks gushy to me—such a cutie he is. Above you can see a photo of me with him, and yes, I am sitting on his toes too. I don’t know what it is; I just like having my butt resting on someone’s feet. Go figure.

So I really am finding I like to be petted, and then I can’t stop myself, I just start purring! I love when FM pets me all the way out to the tip of my tail. She sometimes just pets my tail and holds it—really nice, I like that. FM and I have been working on my waistline—I know—some of you were too nice to say, but I was getting a bit pudgy. So we have this routine to help my gluts get tighter which slims down my waist a bit. She starts her pet at my head and when she get to my back-end, I lift my butt all the way off the floor, then she starts again, while I lower, then we repeat it 5 times for two sets. Whew!! It is tiring, but I am looooookking gooood—woo hoo! (2016,I realized this is a condition known as EB, or elevator butt.)

Who knew “clean” could be so tiring???

Well, just a couple of more things and then I have to run—I am really very busy these days, not like I was when I was hanging out at KC. Really, you guys just would not believe it is me and only a week away so far. Now,above you see me just crashed on our bed. This was cleaning day—some stranger shows up and cleans the house—scary! So when she left, FD and FM found me crashed on the bed. I was exhausted from being on guard. I let them get in bed with me, but I never moved. FM uses her electric blanket—LOVE THAT! So I stayed close to her all night. Well, gotta go now, catch ya all later, Savannah

Here is a whole bunch of photos of Mom L’s cherished photos of my first year and the next three years with her and Dad P.

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If you have a favorite photo, let me know in comments and Mom L and Dad P will make a one dollar USD donation to Contra Costa Humane Society for every comment up to one hundred!!! Woo Hoo!!