More Updates

I've neglected the blog for a few weeks - I had a very busy project at my job and was working about 18 hours a day for a couple weeks.  I've spent the last two weeks catching up on everything I pushed aside for work - vet visits, cleaning, etc.

1. Princessa was adopted and went home at the end of September.  Princessa is the first cat I tried to pull from Animal Care & Control.  She was pregnant at the time, and I tried to get her while she was still pregnant so she would have a safe place to have her kittens.  In the time it took the shelter to get back to us about her, she was spayed and her kittens aborted.  She was still healthy at the time and had a chance of being adopted, so we took Rondo instead.  About a week later, Princessa ended up on the kill list with a cold, so we took her after all.  She had to go the the vet straight from the shelter, and she was there for a month before I finally got her home.  She was with us for a few months.  A couple had seen her briefly at Petco and I was in the back of the store - the other volunteers got their contact info and I was able to bring Princessa to their home the next day to meet her in a calmer setting.  She wasted no time in jumping up on their bed and curling up, and that sealed the deal.  She is so sweet, and it was shocking that it took so long for her to be adopted.  

2. Sheri FINALLY got to go home!  She and her kittens finally got rid of the ringworm and I am happy to say it is out of our house now.  Her new owner is so thrilled with her, and she gets along fabulously with her new brother cat.

3. Shirley, one of the cats I originally caught for TNR, was adopted last weekend.  She was NOT with Anjellicle, but the rescue group who paid for her vetting found a home for her quite unexpected.  Either way, I'm still very happy for her!

4. I have a few new fosters: 

Caleb, an 8-month-old cat who fell out of a third-story window and broke his leg.  He had surgery and he is on strict cage rest with us.  He's doing REALLY well and you wouldn't even know his leg was broken unless you really watched him.  He's also very sweet, and I think he'll get along with the rest of our clan very nicely when he's able to leave the cage.  He has a checkup next Tuesday, so we'll see!

Joshua, who was 7 weeks old and a woman found him out on the street alone.  She brought him to Anjellicle while we were holding an adoption event.  He's pretty small for his age, but very lovey.  He has "mommy issues," as we call it, where he tries to suckle on the people who hold him.

Jake, a 4-month-old kitten who has burn marks all the way down his head and back.  I traded another volunteer another kitten I was fostering in order to take him, since she couldn't due to vaccines and such.  Very very sweet boy, and my husband's coworker is actually adopting him.  She is an amazing woman and he'll have a great life with her.  His burns are healing nicely, but he might always have a stripe of missing fur due to scars.

Star, a 1-year-old who was pulled from AC&C but didn't have a foster.  She looks EXACTLY like Dusty, so I asked if I could foster her.  She has already been adopted and is going home this weekend.

I have a new foster coming tomorrow, Katy.  She is 1.5 years old and came into the shelter with a kitten, the owner gave them up because of too many pets.  Spay and neuter your pets, people!  She was on the kill list this past Wednesday and I couldn't stop looking at her, so I asked to pull her.  She gets along with both cats and dogs.  I can't wait to meet her!