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18 Oct 2015

Cutie Presents Her First Selfie

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

You know I have been posting a series of interviews with Adult Homeless Foster Cats. My interviews are to help them reveal their hopes and dreams for their purrfect forever home. Read here, here and here.

On one of Mom L’s photo shoots, she met this precious little dainty ladycat named Cutie. She was a bottle baby, abandoned by her feline Mom; but thankfully a member of Community Concern 4 Cats found her in their backyard and nursed her through her kittenhood.

Please meet CUTIE!

Oh hello everyone. This is my very first Selfie ever, so I hope I get it right. I know it was hard for the camera lady because I can be a little moody and when I get tired of rubbing against humans to get pets, I sorta, well…kinda…ummm…ok, ok…I take a swat just to let them know I am done. There, I confessed my true nature, please don’t hold it again me, please?

Where do I look?

Oh, I moved my head and made it blur. Let me try again. I was hoping to be able to show off my gorgeous furs. You see I am NOT white with black…I am white with CHARCOAL GRAY!!!

Hey camera lady, did you move that time?

Let’s try again…

oh my, I am so sorry I bumped your camera

One more, I promise I will do my best.

*mwahhh* There! I gave your camera a smooch!

Hope you liked my Selfie, I think I did very well. And you know I am available for adoption to a human with lots of patience…but I do love to be pet on my own terms of course.

Savannah allowed me add this short video to prove I really do so enjoy humans to rub against and to pet me.

I get to join the gang of cats from The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfie blog hop…whatever that is. You can learn more about me at gemmaos at sbcglobal dot net.

Click on the badge above to transport to the blog hop. It’s a ton of fun!

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Adult Cat Rescue and tagged adopt adult cat, CC4C, paw it forward, shelter rescue cat, special need cat rescue

16 Oct 2015

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I Am An Adult Homeless Foster Cat…Meet Patches

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I am back again with Part Three of my multiple series of Paw It Forward Blog Posts titled: “I Am An Adult Homeless Foster Cat: Savannah reveals hopes and dreams“.

As you already know if you visited me on Sunday Selfie, I introduced this new Paw It Forward series of posts that I will be doing between September and December, 2015.

The series is to bring everyone up to speed on the most critical back log in our current foster care system; the Adult Homeless Foster Cats. And the operative word is ‘Adult’

If you missed my Part One Introduction, click HERE and for Part Two click HERE.

Please join me with my second guest Adult Homeless Foster Cat…

PATCHES

Hey Guys; pleased to make your acquaintance

Savannah: “Hi Patches! I appreciate you having me over to do this interview. Ummm…would you mind skootching over just a tad so I can get my iPad out?

Patches: “ahhh…maybe just a teeny bit…but no fur touching, ok Savvy?”

Savannah: “Oh sure thing kid; I know you are just a tad touchy about other cats touching you unless you are the one to get the tussle and hustle going…heh…heh. *pulls out iPad* There, I got my iPad, so let’s get started.”

“I know this is not your ‘real’ home because this is a foster home. Would you mind sharing with me how long you have been in this foster home? And also, have you been fostered by anyone else?”

Patches:*squirms a bit uncomfortably*”Well, truth be known Savannah, I was actually in another foster home. Now that foster place, just like where I am now, is part of the foster care network within Community Concern 4 Cats (CC4C). But even though the foster human cared for me with shelter and food and water, there just wasn’t enough space for me to play and learn how to be social with the other cats.”

What do you mean I am ‘not’ in charge??

Savannah: “Patches, how did you first come to be a foster cat with Community Concern 4 Cats?”

Patches: “Mouses! This part is hard Savannah. You see, I was very young, just a kitten. I don’t know if I had siblings or where my Mom Cat had gone off to. You see my first foster person found me in the cat colony he feeds which has grown up around a public kill shelter. People don’t want to pay to surrender their adults or Mom Cats with kittens so they just drive into the parking area and abandon us there.”

Savannah: *slaps paw to forehead* “You have gotta be kidding me Patches…*shakes head and rolls eyes*…no, no…I know you are not kidding me. I know humans abandon us cats and even the woofies just like we are nothing but some rubbish they can toss out of a car. Go on, please.”

This is so hard to talk about

Patches: *flips a tiny tear away* “Thanks for understanding. So anyway, this nice man left out a humane trap with some food in it and of course I was always starving so I dashed right in and *WHAM!*I was trapped. He made sure I was spayed, had my vaccines and tested for FeLV and got a good vet checkup. And he really tried but he had several others cats to care for as well and I didn’t always get enough socialization with humans or other cats at such a young age.

He took me to adoption events; he really, really tried to make sure wherever my forever family is that they could find me. But unfortunately, I did not ‘show’ well. I was very nervous and hid in the corner of my cage. The other young kittens like me would go to the humans waving their fingers in the cage to get pets. I stayed away.”

Must you jab your fingers at me???

Savannah: “That is exactly what happened to me Patches. I was older though and even more afraid of the humans.” Tell me why you were moved to this current foster home.

Patches: Oh gosh. I just became a nervous wreck. I started to scratch my head constantly out of anxiety. So now, not only was I reserved, nervous and scared…but I looked such a fright! So the nice foster person asked another foster person, a lady, if she would give me a place to live so I could calm down. Thankfully she was willing to help me out.”

Savannah: “By that time you must have been like a year old, right?”

Patches: “Yep; and I have lived with this really nice lady in a wonderful large space for over a year now. Her resident cat and I got along just fine until…

Savannah: “Until what…?”

Patches: “Until I was actually adopted by a nice enough lady. But you see, I don’t care for lots of noise and especially not loud human voices…you know what it sounds like at the pet store adoption sites, right? All those humans were talking loudly and all the woofies making such a clamor. I learned to be very afraid of loud voices and this lady adopter was really loud. So I hid all the time. She wanted a cat who would do whatever she wanted immediately and wasn’t very patient with me. She returned me to the same foster lady. So here I am, back again.

But when I came back; for some reason, I tried to sneak up on the resident cat and I scared her outta at least one or maybe even two of her nine lives.

She has never forgiven me; maybe because I keep going for the ‘stare down’ if the foster lady gives me a chance. Now resident Ava flees in terror if she sees me and of course I want to play rough and tumble…not a good situation for sure Savannah, not good at all. The lady has to keep us in separate parts of the house.

But I think it is because I am a Tomboy Savvy. I think I might be OK with another cat if the cat was ready to get down with me and wrestle and play and chase each other.”

Savannah: “I think it is about time for you, Patches, to tell the world all your hopes and dreams for your forever home. Are you up for that?”

Patches: “Do you mean I can talk about my hopes and dreams for my very own forever home, truly? Pawsome! Well, first *holds up one claw to tick off her hopes and dreams list*…

My new family must like to play fetch with me. I retrieve! Seriously, I do and I love doing it over and over again.

They also will need to make sure they take the time to brush me; it is something that I simply cannot do without.

Oh yes, and they need never worry about any flies in their home ever again; I am a total fly huntress!

If they are hoping for a lap cat, then they will need to be very, very patient. I do adore sleeping with my foster human, and she can pick me up, no problem. I never ever have scratched or bitten any human. I just don’t ‘do’ laps yet.

And I do prefer soft spoken humans and any time they want to whisper softly into my ears to tell me how much they love me, and give me smoochies on my head, that will be great by me!

Savannah: “I can see you have thought about this very deeply Patches. You are seriously longing for your very own forever family. They will need to be clear that you, Patches, set the rules for engagement…is that correct?”

Patches: “Oh my cat! Savvy, you nailed it right on the catnip!! Yes, I am a bit of a ‘control girl’ and so I prefer to set my own standards and have the humans come along.

*koff, koff…ahem* Apologies, just clearing my throat…so let me reframe that last part. I just need and want caring kindness, loving devotion, lots of brushies and interactive play and humans to snuggle with to watch TV and with whom I can sleep peacefully and safely at night.

Savvy, have I asked for too much?” *one more quick wipe of leaky eyes*

Savannah: *reaches to place a soft paw pat on Patches’ shoulder*…No dear heart, you are describing your very own personal hopes and dreams for you forever family and home.”

And so ends the third post in my new series…

“I Am An Adult Homeless Foster Cat: Savannah reveals hopes and dreams”

Thank all of you who stopped by to learn about Patches; and especially those of you who take the time to SHARE SHARE SHARE Patches’ search for her forever castle where she will be forever safe and cherished.

If you are interested in adopting Patches or in helping share her availability…here is her contact information:

https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/32205210

Stay tuned for my next “I Am An Adult Homeless Foster Cat: Savannah reveals hopes and dreams” blog post on Monday, October 19^th. This series will conclude October 26^th.

You really do not want to miss one single Interview with Savannah…just sayin’…

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Adult Cat Rescue and tagged adopt adult cat, paw it forward

28 Sep 2015

75 Comments

We Are Adult Homeless Foster Cats: Savannah Reveals Hopes and Dreams

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

As you already know if you visited me on Sunday Selfie, I introduced a new Paw It Forward series of posts that I will be doing between September and December, with my wrap up post in January 2016.

The series is to bring everyone up to speed on the most critical back log in our current foster care system; the Adult Homeless Foster Cats. And the operative word is ‘Adult’.

Let’s get started with my first guests…Chanel and Coco.

Savannah: “Hiya Coco and Channel! I am just tickled gray and white to be able to have a chat with you both about your current circumstances as Adult Homeless Foster cats.”

Chanel: “Well, first, Savannah…we are tickled black (that’s Coco who is an all-black panther girl) and black and white (that’s me, because I am a Tuxedo lady) to get to have this interview with you.

And yes, we are currently in what humans’ refer to as ‘a foster home’. That means, at least to us, that we have a human who will protect us for as long as they can and feed us and give us as much attention as they are able given that they always have other adult cats, even kittens, to care for as well. But this is not our true forever home.”

Savannah: “Ladies, are you telling me that this is just a ‘temp’ place for you? It sounds like you are sort’ a like houseguests.”

Coco: “Exactly Savvy, that’s it. Don’t get us wrong, the lady here is very nice. She brought us and 3 Mom Cats with their kittens to her home. All in all there were 21 of us counting the three litters of kittens.”

Chanel: *interrupts Coco and starts talking* “Let me tell this part Coco…*Coco rolls her eyes*…before we came here, we were kind of ‘camping out’ in the property of a much older human lady. She didn’t know how to care for us really well, but she did try to feed us.

Chanel steps in…

But then two of the Mom Cats had kittens because the older lady didn’t bother to have any of us spayed; you see we were all girl cats…five of us. And then the kittens started arriving. Thankfully Coco and I were trapped and spayed before we ever had kittens. The older lady finally allowed her neighbor, the nice woman who is our foster, to ask a rescue called Community Concern 4 Cats (CC4C) to come on her property and trap all of us…kittens and adults. We all were given our vaccines, wormed, tested for FIV and of course, spayed.”

Savannah: *leans over and gives each a soft paw pat* “I heard you; you have meals and a warm dry place to live. But it isn’t the same as being able to go around and mark everything with your cheek scent to claim it as your very own.”

Coco: *Coco looks at Chanel; both get pink cheeks* “Coco speaks first; “Savvy, we know we are lucky to be in this nice foster home. The lady even built this very nice catio so we can go outdoors and still be safe and get lots of fresh air whiffies and whatnot. But as you said, we are still homeless because we cannot stay here forever.

I know I cannot live here forever

In fact, the lady is going to have some work done so the room we are allowed to live in will be used for her project so we will be moving to another foster home. It makes us really anxious because we have no idea what our new foster place will be like. What if it is smaller? Or we don’t have a way to get outside, safely, for fresh air? It is a worry for us.”

Savannah: “MOUSES! Just the thing that is tough for us adult cats to handle; being moved around and having lots of changes. Tell me what happened to the kittens. I only see the two of you and then the three Mom Cats.”

Chanel: “Oh, *waves a paw of dismissal* heck, those kittens were all adopted into their very own forever castles fast as can be. But you see Savvy, Coco and I were already about seven months old when we were trapped and now we are about 20 months old. And all three of the Mom Cats are about two years old now. All five of us are ‘adult cats’ and most humans want kittens.”

Savannah: “Oh My Cat! You two are caught in the ‘adult cat’ dilemma just like I was. Once we are beyond the ‘squeeee’ kitten stage, the humans seem to become less interested in us even though we have nine lives filled to the brim with cuteness just for them to discover!.” *Savvy takes a deep breath*

Adult Homeless Foster Cat dilemma

I hate to ask, but why do you think the two of you have not been swept up by a family so you can make them happy and feel loved?”

*Coco looks shyly at Savvy, then looks away embarrassed*

Chanel: *Chanel sees Coco and skootches closer to her to put a paw on her sister’s shoulder for comfort* “Savvy, we are both adults as we have been saying and most humans want kittens. But, even though we are still very playful and kitten like and full of energy, we have another drawback.

Well actually, *Chanel hugs Coco*, Coco has a bigger drawback than even me; you see she is an all-black panther girl and humans tend to look past black cats almost as if they don’t notice them.

Yes, I am right in front of you…and I am a black panfur girl

I at least have some white markings and cute white paws so I was actually adopted a few months ago.”

Cats other than my Sister Coco are a bit scary

Savannah: “Really??!! How exciting. But here you are so what happened?”

Chanel: “Savvy, I just was afraid of the resident cats and I kind of, sort of, acted a bit snooty toward them…*cough, ahem*…actually I was aggressive toward them so the humans brought me back.

I didn’t mean to be like that; but with Coco I am really comfy and I know I can trust her to not hurt me. I did not know those other cats so I defended myself even when I probably didn’t need to.”

Savannah: “Oh Chanel, I am so sorry. But tell me more about the challenge with Coco having all-black furs. I think she is gorgeous and black is totally the most slimming color, right?”

See, I am totally your most slimming affect

Chanel: “You are so right Savvy. I mean look at me, I am black but with lots of white markings…*Chanel looks over her shoulder as her backside, then back to look down at the front of her body* ummm…Savvy?”

Savannah: “Yes Chanel?”

Chanel: “Do you think my white markings make me look fat?”

Do I look fat?

Savannah *giggling* “No, no Chanel, not one bit. But what about Coco, I see she is still a little removed from this conversation.”

Chanel *glancing sideways at Coco* “Well, she is, as I said, embarrassed to be all-black because even if it isn’t true that black cats get overlooked the most, it still feels that way to her.

You know Savvy, when Coco and I snuggle together for naptime and at night…I try to rub against her really hard hoping some of my white furs will rub off permanently on her…*sigh*…so far no luck.”

*Savannah sees a tiny tear leak from Coco’s golden eyes and reaches over to gently wipe it off*

Savannah: “Alrighty girls, please, each of you, describe what you hope for in your real human family and what you dream your forever castle will look like.

Coco, will you go first?”

Coco: “Oh Savvy, I am delighted to describe my hopes for a human family and my dreams of my forever castle. First, of course, I want my sister Chanel to go with me. I pray to Ceiling Cat every day that we can be together.

We love and adore each other…best furriends

As for my forever family, I adore talking to humans so I hope they don’t mind me being so chatty. And of course, I like to have humans play with me so I hope they will spend time playing with me each day and brushing me and letting me sleep in their lap. And as for my forever castle…I hope to have access to outdoor whiffies! I cannot live outside; I have become a comfortable indoor ladycat. But I so love having the catio to visit every day; but, an open window with a screen would be great too.”

Chanel: “My turn! First, ditto on being in the same forever castle as my sister Coco. If I cannot go with her, then I really want my very OWN forever castle and family and not have to share with other cats.

I like to be picked up and cuddled and laps are a great place for taking naps. And climbing is literally the ‘cat’s meow’ as far as I am concerned. And the higher the better so a nice tall cat tree will be great.

Oh yeah, and I also like to have interactive time with humans so I simply must have a family that enjoys waving my wand toys.

Do you think we are asking for too much Savvy?”

Are we asking for too much?

Savannah: “No Coco and Chanel, you are hoping and dreaming of all that you both deserve. I will do my best to help bring your hopes and dreams into reality for each of you.

Thank you for sharing your story and your hopes and dreams of your forever family and a castle that you can call HOME!”

Chanel steps in…

See, I am totally your most slimming affect

I know I cannot live here forever

Cats other than my Sister Coco are a bit scary

Yes, I am right in front of you…and I am a black panfur girl

And to my readers, thank you for coming to visit us today. If you would please SHARE SHARE SHARE Coco and Chanel’s story and help them make their hopes and dreams come true, I will be forever grateful.

Both can be found on the following links:

Community Concern 4 Cats: search using their names:click HERE…

Coco: https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/33217007

Chanel: https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/33217008

If you missed my introduction to this series, click here: Introduction: We Are Adult Homeless Foster Cats…Revealing Hopes and Dreams with Savannah. This post was Part One of a six part series. Part Two will be posted October 26^th, 2015.