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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
