Merry Catsmas!

Seymour says Happy Holidays, and thanks for the spring toy, now throw it, again and again....and again.

It's been a busy couple of days, first a big storm Christmas Eve to dig out of, and today bone chilling cold, it's not an easy life for our feral friends, but we made sure they had full bellies, and me too after a 12 hour day.  Today I fed 59 cats, 25 ferals, 34 catsitting clients, no time to feed my own, and I've been sick for over two weeks now, it makes everything harder.

Hope you are all having a lovely holiday and snuggling with your cats!  Off to bed for me!

Bakery kitten out of the cold!

My friend Steff who feeds feral cats at her house emailed me earlier this week.  A co-worker of hers was at a bakery last weekend and a kitten ran up to her looking for food, of course she told Steff who emailed me.

The bakery is way in the west end and I've been sick and now very busy with catsits but luckily Lesley was going near there and agreed to check it out.  I don't think either of us expected she would just randomly show up and the kitten would appear but she packed a kitten trap anyway.  Next thing I know Lesley called and said she had the kitten!  There he was in the lot and was so hungry that he practically fought her to get into the trap!  Yay Lesley to the rescue!  Then the challenge was where did he go?

Thankfully Susan answered when I called and agreed to take him, we set up a crate but it quickly became apparent he wasn't feral, he started purring immediately.  When we picked him up to check his gender we noticed he had a bloody bum so off to the vet we went.  They thought it was from diarrhea and that he's about 5 months old.  We've named him Rusty after the bakery and he's a sweetheart.  He's not hungry and cold anymore, our little pre-Christmas rescue!

Meet Gizmo!

Well it wasn't much trouble rescuing that orange cat, he went right into a carrier and has turned out to be quite the friendly guy.  He's also got a terrible URI you can hear his wheezy breathing from miles away, but he's on meds now and eating well.  Gizmo is about 3 years old no chip and not neutered, so glad he is out of this brutally cold weather.

I find these next three months difficult every year.  I think about all my feral friends outside, even though they have shelters I know it's hard for them.  Gary was sitting at the back door this morning, I don't think he misses his outdoor life though.  He was at a colony for years this will be his third winter inside, and he likes to snuggle with me on the sofa at night, a far better life.  His buddies aren't as friendly and still out there but are well cared for.

Awash in orange cats

It's funny but we have an orange cat theme going on with our latest rescues.  There are Colbert and Kimmel, our Black Friday specials who are doing well after two weeks inside, now I just need to find them a home!

At our 7 colony another new cat has showed up recently, we call him Mr Orange, I really don't know where these new cats are coming from....

Then Jackie found a cat in a desolate area near her house, and we quickly trapped it last week, he is now at Lesley's for assessment and doesn't seem feral at all, just a shy cat!

And last but not least we are trying to get this cat off the street, the feeder says he is friendly, but we have cats stuffed in every room everywhere, it's hard to turn away with the cold weather coming on hard and fast.