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17 Jul 2014

“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….

Can You Help Tigger?

Paw Pats, Savannah, Mom L and Dad P and The Kid Sage

Posted in Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat recovery, kitty corner, paw it forward, scared cat, shelter rescue cat, special need cat rescue, trust

23 Jun 2014

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Be the Miracle: Monday Meowsie News

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!

This is a bit of a long blog post but I am hoping you will stick with me and Mom L. I am going to allow her to start off. We have a story to share and in my next post, some news about my recovery progress of which The Kid Sage has become an important part.

First…Mom L has to start off…this is about Pawing It Forward in the Spirit of one of the greatest Cat Leaders ever…Leader Otis, The Blog of Otis. You see, Leader Otis’ blog and his web site were the very first cat blog we found. His leadership and wisdom has meant a lot to all of us; Dad P follows his blog just like I do.

Savvy: “Mom L? Your turn now”

Mom L: “Thanks Nana…I appreciate you letting me start off.”

So everyone, Mom Linda Here.

I have waited 6 months before I attempted to share our story about bringing The Kid Sage into Savannah’s castle.

Peter and I missed having Cuzin Leo and Peter so wanted a cat who would not be as timid of him as sweet Nana is. She shows Peter lots of affection, but she is, and likely will remain, more wary of men than women for whatever reason.

We decided to wait patiently for a black panther cat…from research we knew that gender was less a consideration than personality and age. We needed a non-dominant cat, outgoing, but calm and the age needed to be between 10 mos to 2 years. Nana is about 7-8 years and we wanted a cat who was still young enough to not be quite territorial. And a black panther because we know from our volunteer work that black cats truly are not adopted very quickly.

We visited cats whenever we found a likely candidate…we started searching about September, 2013–but no one fit our need. Contra Costa Humane Society, where you all know we found our very special and precious Princess Savannah *Mom L blows Nana a kiss*…and we volunteer there as well…well the adoption manager Miss Chrissy knew of our search and kept an eye out for cats she could pull from the county shelter who might fit our needs.

She called one day in last October, two sisters were pulled from the county…they were coal black, no white anywhere, and about 15 months old. They had been left by their former guardians in a box inside a Pet Food Express store. We learned later that the guardians had cared for these two girls so well, and had socialized them to be perfect little calm lady cats. Those first guardians were being forced to live on the street and did not want their two girls to have to live like that. We are fortunate to have been able to adopt Sage….her sister was adopted quickly as well.

Back to my story. We visited Kitty Corner, our CCHS free roam cat shelter…on Monday, October 28, 2013. Here is our first encounter with The Kid Sage…

Peter and Sage

Yea! She likes men!

We stayed a while to see her with the other cats, to play with her and get to know her…she was so affectionate right from the beginning…you can fast forward to about 1:26 and you can see her head butt Peter…won his heart right there!

So we went home to ponder adopting another cat knowing how timid and lacking in self confidence Nana is. Unknown to us, on that very day Monday October 28 2013, Leader Otis took his trip to The Bridge after a very long battle with a nerve disease.

We did not know until Brother Henry posted on Wednesday, October 30th that Leader Otis had passed from our world…

His Guardians cared for him so well and loved him so very much. On Thursday, October 31, 2013…Leader Otis’ Guardians posted his final message to all his followers…here is the part he said that forever changed the lives of Peter, me, Savannah and Sage:

The miracle that saved My life happened seven years ago when two humans looked out into their yard and saw a desperate, starving kitten looking back at them. They didn’t know who I was or where I had come from. They didn’t know what potential lay within Me, or the cat that I could become. They only knew that I needed their help. The miracle happened when they made the choice to rescue Me.

Although My spirit has departed, a part of Me will remain. When you look out into the world without walls and see a cat in need looking back at you, I will be there by your side. You will feel My soft breath on your cheek and My purrs of encouragement in your ear. Listen closely, and through the purrs you will hear My final commandment come to you in a whisper.

Be the miracle.

Friday morning, November 1, 2013, as soon as the adoption manager arrived at work…we accepted Leader Otis’ whispers we could already hear in our heads, and his purrs we were feeling in our hearts…and we took Sage home with us to her personal Promised Land. We fostered her two months to make sure we thought we could work with Nana to accept another cat…and on January 3, 2014, we officially made Sage part of our family.

We thank Leader Otis for encouraging us to Be The Miracle for a cat who started out in limbo in a box in a pet food store…a cat who has changed our lives forever.

That is how Sage came to be in her forever home. I felt it was time to share how much Leader Otis’s passing and final message meant to the final motivation to make a life changing decision for all of us. What true joy!

Thank you Savannah for allowing me space and time on your blog to tell Sage’s story…Leader Otis is not forgotten…he continues to be a guiding spirit in bringing many cats to their forever homes…with safe, loving and healthy living environments…

And I appreciate you all for hanging in until the end of this very long post…June is Adopt a Cat month…please encourage others to “Be The Miracle“…perhaps you know someone who might want to Be The Miracle for this precious cat…

Scuttles

What? You said you want me???

Please click HERE to learn all about here…she is waiting…desperately…for her future guardian to recognize her and to Be The Miracle for her…don’t let her languish without knowing her true home…please share her urgent plea for a home. Thank you for sharing

Many hugs, Mom Linda and Savannah

peeEss please be sure to return on Thursday for those promised photos of the progress Savannah and Sage are making

Posted in Mental Recovery, Sage's Life Experiences, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat recovery, contra costa humane society, kitty corner, scared cat, shelter rescue cat, special need cat rescue, trust

19 Jun 2014

33 Comments

Got Box?: Thursday Purrsday

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Remember Sylvester??? I asked for your purrs and soft woos and warm nose touches…he is a resident at my former shelter Kitty Corner…and I was so afraid he was succumbing to hepatic lipidosis.

Sylvester is still in vet hospital…he has had an ultrasound but still needs one more test. BUT…your healing energy was fully receive by Sylvester; he has been eating on his own for several days now and does not require hydration anymore. We still do not know what precipitated his fast weight loss…but it does not look like hepatic lipidosis!! Woo Hoo!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR CARING ABOUT SYLVESTER

I will of course update you about what we learn from further testing.

We are thankful for Sylvester’s continued improvement and so join Pepi Smart Dogs Thankful Thursday Blog Hop…click the badge to be transported to other Thankful posts.

Now we also join with thousands of other paw bloggers for…

INTERNATIONAL BOX DAY 2014

I was not known at my former shelter to be a cat who cared about anything as adventurous as “being in a box”…well, well, well…I surely surprised everyone, didn’t I???