Last week, two of our most shy kitties were trapped under bags of food for several days. We discovered them when we did a headcount on Saturday, and, amazingly, they were stressed but doing fine. It was hard to believe they squeezed themselves into the tiny space under the boxes, but they did. Lesson learned: give them better hidey holes, and do frequent headcounts!
The two returned boys, Gremlin the Soft, and Sebastian (brown & white), have readjusted perfectly and are two of the liveliest kits in the bunch - very adoptable!
Sebastian and Rolli (tuxedo greeter with the big head) are both escape artists - so be on the lookout when you enter and exit!
Julius, the short orange male with a stripey thick tail, had a big breakthrough this week: he allows people to pet him now - I wouldn't quite say he seeks it out, but he purrs a lot and enjoys the attention!
Darcy, the caged gray & white, was transferred to the Vet on Wednesday evening for a little testing before we release her into the big room.
A HUGE thanks to our volunteers this week: Mark, Nansi & Katta, all of whom added many hours of care, hard work, and love to the time spent by me (MK), Nelia, and Samantha. Great job, one and all!
Also, we're still waiting to hear the outcome of the fundraiser at El Coyote on Tuesday. There were lots of supporters, and we hope lots was raised to cover those Vet bills!
In other news, Olivia, our beautiful long-haired calico, will be going to her new human on Saturday, and this week there will have been two visits by potential adopters/fosters! This would not be possible if not for everyone's hard work keeping the place clean, stocked, and orderly, and keeping the cats calm and happy. One down, 39 to go...
A quick reminder that on alternate Thursdays, our new housekeeper, Alicia, comes to dump and scrub the litter boxes, and wash the floors. Ideally, the boxes should be scooped & sifted 2x per day, and topped off just a little as needed. By doing this, the litter will be nice and ready to be changed out on Friday. Litter is expensive, and it would be efficient to target a burn rate of 50 lbs per week.
Feel free to post your observations and news in the comments! I'll do a news posting for each week here on the blog, and separate postings for bigger matters etc. Also, feel free to send ideas or content that you'd like to see here, and I'll post it!
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