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Yesterday I took in two severely neglected Persians. They both
have been groomed (shaved and de-bugged), and one has had a full vetting (shots
and neuter, but not FELV tested). Anyways, the one I spent all the money on, he
was so matted that when they shaved him, his hair came off al in one piece. It
literally looks like someone has skinned a cat, the hair came off in ONE BIG
MATT! I didn't have enough money to get them both UTD of everything and both
neutered, so the other one just had a haircut and revolution treatment for fleas
and earmites. So, they are both much more comfortable now. Just wanted to share
my newest arrivals with you guys. I have NO idea if they are FELV+ or not, ran
out of funds for testing.
Anyways, I converted one of our closets into a isolation unit.
You guys may be interested in this, it really works great. It's a average sized
clothes closet, I took out the shelves and the clothes rod, and removed the wood
door. Then I took an old glass storm window from storage and it fit right into
the door frame, but only goes 3/4 of the way up the doorway. I made a little
frame of rabbit wire and wood to cover the upper 1/4 of the doorway, and I
secured the wire part to the top of the doorframe with wood screws, so it can
flap up from the bottom. Then I just angled in two wood screws in front of the
glass storm door frame in the doorframe, so all I have to do is unscrew two
screws (I only screw them in about halfway), and the "door" is easily removed. I
added a clamp lamp on one of the wood supports that held up the shelves. Now I
have a nice 2x5 isolation room with a glass door I can see through to check up
on the cats through, but my cats can't get nose-to-nose with the new cats
through. They can see each other, and get to know each other, but with a solid
glass barrier between them. It really works great. I put the old beat up foster
and smith cat tree in there, it has two levels, a half-round cup and a solid
tunnel, and now they have a place to get off the floor. I couldn't have done any
better, if I do say so myself!
Just had to share with you guys, I think it's a genius idea,
and what's the best is it doesn't consume any more floor space than before. I
added two more cats without any loss of space. Who knew closets could be
converted into cat rooms so easily! It looks surprisingly
professional!
Jenn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address
you can send them to, to help feed Bazil!
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