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21 Jul 2014

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….

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

10 Jul 2014

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Are You Ready? For a happy ending???: Thursday Purrsday

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!

Remember these cute little ‘Tossed Away” kittens???

Dumped Alive in Dumpster

This is a seriously happy ending…but first…the BAD news their foster Doc Josie discovered…

Doc Josie told Mom L that she thought Tango, the white with tabby markings, seemed to be favoring his hind left leg. Even though he tried to play and jump on his panfur brother Charlie…Tango was clearly not on the top of his game.

Doc Josie, who is a co-founder of Civic Feline Clinic (my former feline specialist Doc) took Tango to Doc Ellis (my current feline specialist Doc) to get X-rays. You will remember that Doc Ellis is the feline specialist who saved my Cuzin Leo’s life…right? No? Don’t recall…click HERE

Check out this very informative X-ray…

Doc Josie and Doc Ellis have determined that Tango’s femur break is healing on its own. Meaning he does not require any surgery or a pin at such a young age. He is approximately 6 weeks or so old.

It may have happened when the kittens were in the dumpster and humans threw in stuff not knowing that another ‘human’ had already dumped 4 live kittens in the same dump. Doesn’t matter what the details are…it only matters that Tango is going to be just fine!!!

Check him out playing “Smacky Paw Tag” with his brofur Charlie…

They are both chowing down cat food…they really enjoy being together…wouldn’t it be nice if they might have some pals??

And WHAMMMOOOOO!!!!

The Universe delivered a couple of pals to capture Tango and Charlie’s attention…(still being fostered by Doc Josie who has a whole flock of feathered friends)…these chicks were dumped at a Petco store during adoption day for Community Concern 4 Cats who immediately whisked the chicks to Doc Josie.

ONLY Doc Josie would toss a couple of chicks in with two carnivore kittens with such aplomb…trusting that size and curiosity would entertain all…gotta luvluvluv Doc Josie’s ‘tude! (apologies photo is blurred…smart phone spurr of moment!)

And now for the potentially HAPPY ENDING…

It appears that BOTH these kittens have a serious adopter…very very serious…we cannot confirm just yet…but stay TUNED to learn Tango and Charlie’s ending…it’s gonna be really great…paws crossed!