Results tagged “Fosters” from V2
Batman is apparently a terror, and needs a lot of room to run around and wrestle with other kitties. In his previous foster home, he was taking on the senior kitties and they weren't liking it one bit, so off he had to go. We're told he's the cookie-cutter copy of Wiley, which should make for some interesting match-ups once he gets over his initial shyness.
So far, so good, and Jasper's also been quite happy not to be Wiley's sparring partner for the past few days, too.
See all five photos here.
Poor Wiley... he's got a corneal abrasion (probably from tussling with Jasper), so he's on eye drops for two weeks and has to wear an Elizabethan Collar if he misbehaves and starts rubbing at the eye.
Luckily already, only two days later, he's showing a lot of improvement! Secretly, I think he knew he was going in for a neutering on Thursday and got himself injured so we'd have to go to the other vet and cancel that appointment.
With a mix of sadness and excitement, Pearl was adopted yesterday after a whirlwind romance by a family with several pre-teen kids and a big, cat-friendly dog. The flirtation started shortly after lunchtime, and by 5 pm their eyes had locked and they were drawn inextricably toward one another. The kids convinced mom to race to the shelter before closing to finish the paperwork, and by 7 pm she was whisked off on a new adventure, filled with exciting new toys, new rooms to explore, and big dogs to harass and chase around the house.
She's #1 for the day with 12 votes so far! You can help by going to this site, find her picture, and then click the green 'vote now' paw (it's shaded gray in the above picture because I already voted.) We'll have to wait and see how long she reigns supreme... there are a few tough competitors in there.
Colby Jack... and his (biological, this time) sister...
With a larger living space and an understanding cat (or at least a tolerant cat), the great Foster Cat adventure resumed this weekend after a bit of refresher training and a tour through the tragic world of the Isolation Room at the Seattle Animal Shelter.
Here is Pearl, found stray, abandoned and alone, in West Seattle. She was stuck in a cage by herself in the Cattery, looking for someone to teach her how to be social and friendly. During her time in the Cattery, she picked up a Kitty Cold, leaving her sneezy and ill. Some human attention and time away from the tiny cages was in order.
Jiffy, meanwhile, was found stray, abandoned and alone, in front of the Seattle Animal Shelter building in Interbay. He too needed socialization, and to gain some weight before he could be neutered and put up for adoption. Like Pearl, he was stuck alone in a cage, but in his case the cage was in a converted closet that was pressed into service as a make-shift kitten overflow room due to the prolific and productive nature of unfixed cats in warm climates.
Luckily, kittens are naturally apt to get along with other kittens, and having a playmate and sleeping partner makes everyone feel better, both physically and emotionally.
See the gallery here. (Also stay tuned for news of KittenKam!)
Dulcie and Carmela were less than two days from being transfered to another foster home in preparation for me moving, when I received news that a couple was interested in the cats. They came over this morning to meet them, the cats did everything that I trained them to do, and sure enough it was love at first sight.
This evening they're probably hiding under some new furniture, but the important thing is they found a new home together where they'll get lots of attention, and not a minute too soon.
That's now nine fosters in the door, nine fosters successfully out the door, and now an indefinite hiatus.
I found quite a bit of video from the foster kittens back in mid-summer. Here's a snippet, which took me way longer to prepare than anticipated, but now that I remember how to work with video on a computer maybe I can do some more in the future...
No pictures this week since my poor laptop is currently grinding out some thesis figures, but instead here are the just-minted links to the Petfinder pages for the current foster cats, which have a few photos and nice write-ups courtesy of yours truly.
Adopt them this week and I'll even throw in a litter box, extra litter, some food and some toys!
Meet the new fosters, Docee and Putz (name change pending.) These two have a sad story - their previous guardian lost his home (apparently due to a fire, but details are sketchy) and because he was in a halfway house program he had difficulty locating a new abode. They served as his service cats (specific reason unclear, but maybe for anxiety or similar social issues) but he was forced to take them to the Seattle Animal Shelter because he couldn't sufficiently care for them. It's quite brave for him to do that in the face of what must have been a lot of difficult emotions, and the shelter agreed to hold them for some time while he attempted to locate a stable housing situation. Unfortunately they are very shy and stopped eating at the shelter, so they were fostered out to a woman who already had several foster cats, and were forced to stay in her garage. They started eating again, but it was quite cold in there and not an ideal location, so the shelter sent out an SOS to find new digs. Enter me and my bleeding heart :)
It took them a few days to adjust here as well, but now they're very friendly to me, and Docee is a total lap cat (which is why I can't get a good picture of her!)
Docee, a tabby mix
Putz, a dilute tortie
Taken Sep 26, 2007 (click images to enlarge)
All three cats got adopted at the event last weekend! The kittens went together within the first five minutes of the event, which was awesome for both reasons, and Mishka was adopted right at the end of the event (officially, fifteen minutes after the event was over, but we were all willing to wait for that.) Once the kittens were gone, she curled up in a heap and slept for about three hours straight. These two shots were taken while her new human was filling out the paperwork with the shelter employees.
Miller Community Center, Capitol Hill, Seattle - Taken Sept 8, 2007 (click images to enlarge)
Griffin in one of his new hangouts - the top of my camping pack. Sept 2, 2007 (click image to enlarge)
Two of our former foster cats - Percy (L) and Django (R), dozing in the loft in our spare room - Mar 23, 2007 (click image to enlarge)
Mishka (mom), Sabine, and Griffin - Aug 18, 2007 (click images to enlarge)
(yes, I know those wasn't their names in the last post. I've given up on editing it to denote further changes.)
Meet the new foster cats. Here is Sabine (left) and her mother, Tipsy (right). Tipsy came pre-named (though by the time you read this, it will probably have been changed.) They were surrendered at the Seattle Animal Shelter by their prior humans due to "moving out of state".
Update: Replace all instances of 'Tipsy' in the current article with 'Majka' (pronounced 'Majka'.)
If you took Tipsy Majka, added a white spot on her nose, performed a sex change, and added about another Tipsy Majka's worth of mass, she would be Jasper. Sabine will probably look similar when grown up, although her colors might be lighter.
This is Sabine's tuxedo-cat brother, Sebastian. (Another new name. The two of them were recorded at the shelter as 'kitten-F' and 'kitten-M'.)
Sabine again, this time without mother-cat-interference. These are essentially the only shots we got of the kittens that aren't a blur of fur. We may need to invest in strobes and high-speed film.
Their mission for the next few weeks is to plump up a bit, get snip-snipped, and then act cute and fuzzy to potential new humans. I think we'll be successful.
It was the monthly foster cat adoption event today, and much to our delight (and probably hers as well), Suki was adopted!
Wallingford, Seattle, WA - Aug 11, 2007 (click image to enlarge)
Donnie, our first foster cat - Jan 29, 2007 (click image to enlarge)
Suki, our current Seattle Animal Shelter foster cat, is available for adoption!
Taken on our back porch, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA - July 8, 2007 (click image to enlarge)
NaNoWriMo 2007
