an assortment of cat-related DISPATCHES, collected over April, May & June, from the front desk
Tuesday at the shelter.
Nothing much new. I did find Pickles, our huge cat, attempting to enter one of the dry cat food containers. She flipped up the lid and had her head and one front leg inside, while trying to balance her rotund body on one spindly back leg. Fortunately, the container was less than half full and she could not quite reach the food. No luck for her.
Felix, a very nice cat was adopted by two little boys who told me " he is so swell he is a rock star".
Many fascinating calls as well, some of which I cannot describe here as they are not good topics for an open forum. But just so you know, we do NOT agree with the caller who had heard that keeping a female cat upside down several times a day would prevent her from getting pregnant.
Five white kittens, about 5 weeks old were brought in as strays.
Here is a tidbit you may not know. Presently I think there are 16 kitten litters out with fosters. Andrea, et al, must get all these litters ready to go prior to their foster. Flea removal may have to be done by hand for the small ones. Chemicals are too dangerous for babies. They get examined, wormed and inoculated. Every one of those fosters gets instruction sheets and all kittens have to return for additional inoculations and weight checks per the instruction schedule. A staff member does this with dozens and dozens of babies. This takes a LOT of time. Just a FYI.
Two kittens were adopted but we took in 3 or 4 adult cats. Litters are also now slowly reentering the shelter from their foster families.
