Pictures as Promised

Here are the most recent pictures from  the Cat House.  First are a series of shots of Dory and the boys, Homer and Chuck playing with the CatsMeow toy donated to AFCHs and offered to  them.  They do love it!

 

 

And here is a picture of Dory, the curious , fully laid back "part feral" rescue. What's a " part feral?" I hear you ask.  It is a cat who was rescued as a part of a feral's litter, and then was tamed by a human, me, who  took on the task because I was working on my patience, and thought this would be a good mutually beneficial project.  It was! 

 

 

Now her sister, Daisy, is with me, because she has not advanced as quickly to "laid back."  She is a new "patience project" for me.  She still prefers the condo and her hidey hole.  However she did come out a little yesterday and ate some wet food in the regular food area.

 

Here are some picks of her.  Notice she still lays her ears back  which is her way of saying, "I'm afraid and will hiss and growl if you approach". However, she is as passive  and docile as her sister when you hold her. It has only been 6 days since she arrived and she has these two boys to adapt  to, whereas her sister just had a couple cute kittens to   cope with. Here are the boys invading Daisy's space in the condo when it is opened up. I would hiss and growl too!  Give me my space you boisterous boys!   

New Girl at the Cat House

Dory's sister has come to the Cat House.  She had an excellent foster home but was still terrified at the adoption events and just hid out.  Marian thinks perhaps a change in venue will help her come out.  However, she has been with me since last Saturday and so far has just lain low in the condo in the little black hideout pillow that none of the other cats cared much for.  She hisses and grumbles at me and all the other kitties but especially Homer. She does let me hold her.  She is eating and was very hungry this morning.  She ate both wet and dry.  It willl be difficult  to get a photo, but I am going to try and then post the boys playing with the Cat's Meow and Daisy hiding out.

There were so many wonderful adoptions last week.  Petunia was adopted, June and Bonnie too.  They were all older kitties, not juveniles or kittens. Below is a picture of Petunia.  She is one big girl!

Petunia

Petunia  is also the poster girl for the up and coming Furr Ball, our fundraiser dinner dance and silent auction in March.

Cat Passions and Peeves

The Cat House got a new toy!  "As seen on TV", the CatsMeow. They all love it!  Of course Homer was the first to pounce on it, but even Dori got in the act, swatting at the little red tail that sticks out from under the yellow cloth.  Winnie played with the toy this morning while I sipped coffee and blessed Marian for gifting us so that I did not have to   play with Winnie with the laser light first thing in the morning.  This TV thing  really is a good deal.
Instead of  getting pictures of the fosters with the toy today, though, I made it a priority to clip nails which were getting way too long.  I did Winnie yesterday and figured if I could get that 12 pound squirming mass  of fur's  nails clipped I could certainly do  the fosters.  I did it.  Homer needed the most work.  I had to  wrap him to prevent wriggling and fainting in coils, but got him done.  Chuck was next and since he is still little he was easy enough.  I got down on the floor with  Dory and, as usual, she was not happy with the process but was absolutely docile throughout.  Afterwards of course, she ran from me when I reached out to  pet her.  That's how she expresses her disapproval: she darts away when you reach to pet her.  She did forgive and forget before I left, however.  Tomorrow I  will get photos of the kitties at play with the new wonder toy. So that's it.  The passion is the new toy and the peeve was nail clipping.  Homer was the character as usual.  He squirmed and cried  while he was being done, but was in my face and on my head while I was trying to work on Dory.  I had to  shoo him away in order to see her little toes and get the clipper positioned to clip without getting the quick.
For me, the "To Do" list was either vacuum the carpets or clip cat nails and I chose the latter. Priorities, priorities.  I've got mine right.

Star Wars Pincess and Chewbacca adopted

Princess Leah and Chewy were delivered  to their new purrmanent home tonight!  Here they are  on January 7.

 

Chewbacca getting to be a big boy

 

Leah, always the Pincess, becoming a gentler   monarch as she matures

 

 

Still, I am told they exited the carrier in their usual confident and curious way.  Adopted by a well organized and responsible young  man.

 

Three more  are still available, Chuck and and Homer the characters, and Dory  who  has become a  very beautiful young cat. She is still a little twitchy when  things change, but she is observant, curious and pensive as I have mentioned and no longer terrified by change.       

Love and Caring

This is a photo of my very own two kids.  Winnie would love Mika to play, but Mika is more the "mom" type.  She vigorously washes Winnie's ear every evening when they are both across my lap on the couch.   Winnie loves it!!

Mika also has her other "babies" and at Christmas she got three new ones.  She chews on them:  Winnie would not like ear nibbling! Here is Mika with her new babies.  Mika also visits the Cat House with me and all the fosters become adapted to this gentle little rescue dog. They are fascinated by her wagging tail and big brown eyes. 

 

Here is Mika with her new baby bone, crocodile, Lamb Chop (behind the puppy)  and puppy. As I write I count ten of these beloved soft toys strewn over the den carpet.   

My Hope got a Change!

Hope got adopted ! Hurray!  She went to a family with an 18 year old young man and a 16 year old young woman and their parents.  She will never be without a purrson   to love her or as far as I know have to compete with another kitty for attention. Here she is is in November:

 

She is just a wee bit bigger now,  but  her face and gorgeous eyes are even more beautiful now.  She loved to chase her tail which was 1/3 again as long as her body which meant it got her attention easily, and kept her entertained until dizziness set in.

 

In a week in which I had a terrible cold followed closely on by the flu,  she was the "Happy New Year, Lynn"   news.  Dory came home alone and  misses her buddy, Hope.  Dory  is in the Cat House  with Homer and Chuck and is having to learn relaxation all over again.  She is beautiful, sleek and black and gives me that wise Tuxedo cat look that signifies incredulity  at  the behavior of those rowdy boys.  She is deigning to  allow  me to pet her but is not yet seeking lap time.  Too long at Petco, (two weeks). I think she will  do well in the kind of home that Hope found, or with  an  older  person and   and  a cat who is less rambunctious. 

 

Here is wonderful Miss Dory with Hope's siter Faith who was adopted a month ago.

This is Dory's pensive look.   Tuxedo cats all have that look I have noticed.  I always wonder what has them so deep in thought.

Passion: Animal Friends Connection Humane Society

I think it is time to post this link to the main cat sanctuary where a number of our more mature kitties are housed and some  younger kids under observation  for health issues..  There are also vignettes of at least a couple of the kitties  in other foster care homes.  Here is the link: www.animalfriendsconnect.org/pets.htm 
The dogs rescued and adoptable are also listed there.
Animal Friends also has a Facebook page with happy tails and rescue alerts and networking for found pets.

Meanwhile, at the Cat House, my annex to the sanctuary the group were into  brief wet food snacking, on the run petting and purring for the staff(me) as a "Thank You" for snack  and litter cleaning, and then  were off to toys!  Princess Leah was the  observer this morning.  Chucky trotted around with  his mini foil toy in his mouth, Chewy was into the swirly rubber ball toy, and Homer batted around the pink plastic jingle bell toy. 

WANTED: Purrfect Purrmanent Homes for Four

Three of my fosters went to Petsmart for adoptions  for 10 days and just got home Sunday evening.  I also brought home Homer's buddy, Chucky who integrated without incident.  Homer as you will see is very photogenic and cute as a button.  He is in his hidey sham that drapes over a folding chair.  When Dory is home they often curl up together in this sham, 

 

 

Homer is playful, loving and affectionate with cats, persons, and gentle dogs.  He still plays with Chuck but then he also plays with Leah and Chewy and Dory when she will. He is gentle with Hope, somehow realizing she is not as rough and tumble as the others.

 And now we have Princess Leah who was huffy and hissy at the drop of a hat when she first came to the Cat House but is now brave, rough and tumble at play and loving and sweet with persons of the human kind, settling in for petting when her play time winds down.  She is a gorgeous torti(?), although as one can see not apt  to sit still for photo ops and very sensitive to the flash on the camera.

 In these photos she is trying to get Homer to come out and play.  However when he naps, he naps.  He returned to serious napping immediately after I got my shots of him.

Chewy and Chuck came out to play and the photos of them today mostly reflect the serious wrestling that went on and other occupations typical of cats like chowing down after serious exercise.

Chewy is undercat here  even though he is a bit bigger but his mouth is ready for nipping the neck of the pinner.
After a little break shown here they went off  to share a bite.

Nice face on shot of Chuck.  Here is one more of chuck that shows how well he integrated.

 

 

And finally the Princess, in Princess pose.  

 

Although Chewy and Leah are sibs and companionable, and Homer and Chuck have been long time buddies starting during their sanctuary days, they can be mixed and matched because they all love one another and play well together.