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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Mixing FeLv & non FeLv ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2. Re: Please add Papoose to CLS - Jeni ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. Re: Bandy's eye appt. (Barb Moermond)
4. Re: Adoptions (was OT: heartbroken) (Wolf, Leah R.)
5. Re: Rachel's ramble (Rachel Martineau)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:25:32 EDT
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 01:33:44 EDT
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Subject: Re: Please add Papoose to CLS - Jeni
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Jeni,
I can understand your pain at losing Papoose. I am sending you healing
thoughts and prayers
Karen in California and her "Angel Ms. Clyde"
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:12:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Barb Moermond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bandy's eye appt.
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Kerry, that is excellent news!!!!
Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone,
Just wanted to update you all on Bandy's eye appointment last
Thursday..We finally have some good news..and the doctor was even
shocked...His eyes have improved..So for the moment, he can see some..He
isn't running into things or being as cautious as he was 2 wks ago...His
eyes aren't cloudy right now either...So we are on a maintenance dose of
the prednisolone acetate and atropine...He gets the pred drops twice daily
and atropine once daily now...we do a re-check if all is well in July
otherwise I am to call if there is any change between now and then...He
will have to remain on the drops the rest of his life though and the
dosage adjusted according to how he responds...He said the fibrin clots
were gone, but he has some scarring on the retina due to all of this...It
is just part of his disease or I guess that is the cause of it..They did a
toxo test, but it was negative..I think he was checked for this last
August, too. Anyway, I am happy that he can see some...He is
now climbing on things again..but he can't judge distance too well...I
watched him yesterday, and he was very cautious about getting down...I
guess he will learn how to deal with all of this...I am thinking about
getting some pads to put on the floor near where he climbs so he won't
hurt himself again...He likes to climb so I don't want to take that away
from him...
Anyway, head butts to all and hope your kitties are doing good today..
Kerry, Bandy, Inky and Angels Buster, Lil Rascal and Snoopy
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 08:21:17 -0400
From: "Wolf, Leah R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adoptions (was OT: heartbroken)
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I adopted my Felv+ Bubba from the Friends of Montgomery County Animals via
PetsMart. I discovered him and FMCA at a Cat Fanciers cat show in DC,
where they had an "exhibit" of several of their rescued cats and a picture
of Bubba. (I have a soft spot in my heart for these positive cats since
one of our sweetest yellow tabbies, a stray whom we rescued, died of the
disease at about one year of age.) I was a goner when I saw the photo of
this beautiful big gray tabby. After exchanging phone calls and e-mails
with the woman who was fostering him, we arranged that she would bring him
to the PetsMart in Germantown with her next group of cats needing homes.
So that is where we actually met and adopted him, but we had not gone to
the store "cold" looking for a cat. In fact, we weren't looking to adopt
a cat at all when we went to the cat show; I think that God wanted me to
take my son to this cat show specifically to bring Bubba to us.
This was two years ago now. He is a fabulous cat, as healthy as anyone
could want.
We have adopted two more of these special cats since, both from rescue
groups. Mikey was a very sick kitten and died within a year. We adopted
Buddy (originally named King Tut by the rescue group), a black and white
Maine Coon three months ago. He also is healthy and gets along very well
with Bubba.
Leah
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From: Susan Hoffman
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Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Adoptions (was OT: heartbroken)
Thanks. Adoptions are hard work. I call in-home adoptions cocktails
parties without the cocktails. I feel like I'm constantly receiving
visitors at a time when I would like to curl up with a good book and maybe
take a nap. And I am picky, do a lot of screening. The process requires
daily effort. There are a lot of times when I think it would just be
easier to stop dealing with adoptions and just keep the ones who are here.
But I know there are a lot of cats I could not take in if I did that.
(Could not do it with dogs. One week with one puppy last year cured me of
any thought of having a dog. And started me on the way to ripping up
carpets and innstalling laminate flooring.)
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the tips Susan! What you say about our little refugees
lives being better in the right forever home makes perfect sense. I've
had nightmare placements that haven't worked out, (even though I work very
hard and drive people crazy with my persistence to make the right
matches), and I've had dream placements that I'm forever grateful for. It
used to be that I felt like no one was going to give them as good a home
as I could. That's changed. My home isn't the safe haven it once was.
Dogs come to me as well as cats and the numbers become overwhelming very
fast when you're dealing with canines! Anyway, I just wanted to thank you
for taking the time to share some practical ways to look for homes. Keep
up the good work, the world needs you.
Nina
Susan Hoffman wrote:
NOT the shelter. You have to be committed to finding good forever
homes. Adoptions are hard work. I understand the temptation to just
close up shop and keep the ones you have but if you do that there comes a
point when you have to stop taking in anyone new. And there are too many
out there whose lives depend on getting into a foster/rescue situation.
I don't do caged petstore adoptions. The cats do not show well
unnder those conditions and it just isn't an efficient use of time.
Here's what I do:
1. Craigslist.org -- Everyone -- kittens, seniors, special needs --
gets listed on craigslist. There are craigslist boards across the
country. Some are more active than others. I'm in the San Francisco area
with a very active craigslist and I do most of my adoptions through
craigslist. (Also recruit foster homes via craigslist.) Listing is free.
Take great photos.
2. Pennysaver and other newspapers -- I'm looking at the Pennysaver
newspaper for cats in foster homes in the Sacramento area. That
craigslist is less active. A friend in the Los Angeles area has great
success with adoptions via the Pennysaver so I'm thinking about using it
in Sacramento too.
3. Network -- This is especially helpful with harder-to-place cats.
(a) A friend who works at a medical university is posting my epileptic
kitten there for adoption. I figure the right home for Connie will be
someone who is epileptic or who has an epileptic family member or perhaps
has had a dog that is of a breed prone to epilepsy. It will be someone
who understands how easily controllable this is. (b) This same friend has
an FIV+ foster cat and we are looking for a home together for that cat and
an FIV+ Siamese mix who is coming my way. (c) Another friend helped me
place a senior 12+ year old Himi last year with a retired couple that she
knew.
4. Get creative -- Senior cats are a good fit for seniors and
retirees, a population less likely to be online. Find the pet-friendly
retirement communities in your area and see if they have a bulletin board
where you can list senior cats. Again, take great photos.
5. Online resources -- My FeLV+ girl is now listed online at a
couple of places that feature special needs cats.
(http://tinyurl.com/o553l) And I'm networking....and getting creative.
She's going to be one of the harder to adopt simply because of the stigma
still attached to FeLV.
6. Foster homes -- I've cultivated a few foster homes because that
way (a) I can take more cats and (b) I can separate out populations. Tiny
kittens have no business in my house -- I've seen too much uri and
ringwork over the past couple of years -- so they go elsewhere. The FeLV+
girl is in an only-cat foster home. I have another foster home that gets
one or two adults who donn't do well in multi-cat situations. I take the
ones who have health or socialization issues at my house. Foster homes
allow me to take in more animals and to take certain risks that I could
not take if all the cats had to come to my house. The cats are better
cared for and get more individualized attention this way.
I have to do adoptions. If I don't do adoptions I can't do rescue.
I spend my weeks screening potential adopters, clean the house on
Saturday, and have approved adopters come primarily on Sunday, though
sometimes I can have someone come in the evening during the week if the
house is clean enough. (And, yes, I do have a fulltime job and a
social/romantic life. I also have a long-suffering roommate who is a
bigger softie than me and he helps with these guys.)
So, please, reconsider on keeping them all yourself. There are
people who will adopt many of those cats. You just have to rethink your
approach to adoptions so you can find those people. As you get cats
adopted out you make room to take in others. And a good adoptive home
with one or two or three cats in residence and with financial and other
resources not stretched so thin is really a better lifetime environment
for an animal. They get over me awfully fast when I find them the right
forever home. And that is as it should be.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 09:21:48 -0400
From: "Rachel Martineau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rachel's ramble
To: [email protected]
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*Awww THANK YOU Nina! I pray the feral Momma (she's a Persian mix BTW) is
negative. If she's positive, I'll have a really hard time placing her. I
don't know of any feral positive colonies to put her in and she's old (at
least 6-7) so rehab would be so time intensive, something I don't have the
time or resources to commit to with all the other kitties I have. It
would
be best if she were negative and I could just TNR her, get her back to
health and let her go in a feral colony. Thank you for keeping us your
prayers! We're big believers in the power of prayer around here! I'll
keep
you updated on when I find the kittens. I've been going back to the home
every few days searching, but I don't ever hear them, which concerns me.
*
**
*Hugs,
Rachel*
*Operation Foster Felix
**www.operationfosterfelix.org* <http://www.operationfosterfelix.org/>
*Sharing Our Hearts, Homes & Litter Boxes *
**
*"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know
each
other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do
not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan George *
On 5/13/06, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh honey, go ahead and ramble away! It sounds like you've got you're
hands full fighting the good fight. Who are you going to vent to except
those of us that care just as deeply? I'm sorry about the little felv+
that
didn't make it and pleased to hear about the one that seems to be
bouncing
back despite the odds. You must be one great cat caregiver! That poor
feral Momma may not be positive. Life on the street, as I'm sure you
know,
can be so hard on these little angels. Unfortunately sickly kittens are
not
that unusual under the circumstances, and so many, even healthy seeming
kittens born on the street, don't make it through their first year. That
poor Momma must be so worn out! Keep good thoughts, I'll be sending
prayers
and good thoughts your way as well. Let us know if you find her kittens
and
when you finally catch her.
Bless you for all you do,
Nina
Rachel Martineau wrote:
*I'm in Dayton, OH. Two of the adults are asymptomatic and healthy as
can
be. One was a light positive so I'm praying that a retest will be
negative. I originally pulled two adults, one who is still with me and
recovering from a ton of infections and slowing improving. Sadly the
other
little guy had a ruptured bladder and it was too late for him. All of
these
cats came from the same home, where there were other cats that tested
negative. *
*There is another female on the property who recently had a litter (3
weeks) in a garage. She is a purely feral though and I can't locate the
kittens. The garage is a maze and I don't want to trap her yet in case I
can't find the babies. From what I've been told, she is has been around
for
at least 6 years and had litter upon litter, most who die or that look
miserable. She herself looks terrible and I have a sick feeling she is
positive as well. *
**
*Sorry to ramble, but thank you for asking.*
**
*~ Rachel*
*Operation Foster Felix
**www.operationfosterfelix.org* <http://www.operationfosterfelix.org/>
*Sharing Our Hearts, Homes & Litter Boxes *
**
*"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know
each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what
you
do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan
George
*
On 5/13/06, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> /where are you Rachel?
>
> t
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> *Awww Tad,*
> **
> *BLESS YOU!!! I wish there were more people out there like you! I
> have
> 3 adult FeLV+ and a whole litter of 8 week old kittens in rescue that
> need
> homes. Sometimes it seems like an impossible feat to find them homes,
> but
> seeing messages like this make my day. *
> **
> *Purrs and headbutts from the whole clan here!*
>
> *~ Rachel*
>
> *Operation Foster Felix
> **www.operationfosterfelix.org* <http://www.operationfosterfelix.org/>
> *Sharing Our Hearts, Homes & Litter Boxes *
> **
> *"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know
> each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and
> what you
> do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan
> George
> *
>
>
>
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