Post Cleaning Cats

Hopefully you all are enjoying the fresh new look and smell of the adoption center!  I did learn that some of the newly placed labels were falling off.  They were all reinforced with double sided tape on Sunday.

Ava went home from the Shelter.  She will have a canine sibling, a feline sibling and two human siblings. The two human siblings were so excited!!  In advance of taking her home one of them embroidered a blanket with her new name on it - Eva!

Please try to use a lot less litter.  On Friday afternoon we opened a 25 pound bag and put it in the bin.  This morning...less than 72 hours later...it needed to be replaced.  We all prefer this litter over the dusty old clay so PLEASE be careful!  If this litter becomes too costly PetSmart will have us go back to the clay.  Remember, just like the food, do not over do it.  Someone comes in twice a day.  Do not put any more than one level scoop of litter in the box.  It should look like about 3/4 of an inch (if that) covering the bottom of the box.

Also, after lining all the cages with the brown paper we trimmed about an inch or so off of each side.  They will now be cut to smaller sizes so can more easily be placed in the cages.

As you read the cage cards you will see that the ages of the cats appear as "12 mo or older" OR "Adult" OR "K" OR something else - rather than the actual age.  Why? Although I will agree with you all that it would be better to have an exact age on the card,  PetSmart district managers require that the cards say EXACTLY what appears on the rabies vaccination certificate.   The actual age of the cats can be found in their paperwork.  Please note that the paperwork will say INTAKE DATE.  Take that into consideration when calcualting the age.  This is the age the cat was when it came into the Shelter.  Some cats have been with us close to a year if not more. 

Here are the arrivals. You will recognize a few!

Lanie and Lacey were at PetSmart before.  Hopefully this time is a winner for them.  They are litter mates however may be adopted separately.  They are both sweet and we are baffled as to why they still remain with us.

Lacey and Lanie

Tiger is a big boy and needs the big cage to house his girth! He weighs over 23 pounds.  He is 4-5 years old and was surrendered to the Shelter due to litter box issues. This is really not uncommon for a cat this size.  Hopefully he can get some exercise at PetSmart.  Please let me know if he is urinating outside his litter box.

Big Tiger

Pip is a an 11 year old declawed calico that sadly has outlived two owners.  We do already have an application on her so some of you may never get a chance to meet her.

Pip

Tux is a six year old male and is a love bug.  His owner came upon some hard times and can no longer take care of him.  He was always kept indoors.  He did live with another cat, too.

Tux

Princess Sophia is a one year old torbi.  A Good Samaritan found her on the street and brought her to the Shelter for medical help.  They said they would be back for her and sadly never returned.  She is a love and will make a wonderful companion!

Princess Sophia

Bridgette and Brandon are litter mates well under a year old. It would be nice to see them go together however it is not required.   They were fostered togethered in a house with three dogs and several other cats.  They are resilient and love everyone!  Brandon has a chronic eye thing going on.  They came in as very small kittens without a mom.  As a result Brandon did not have her to continually clean him and help him to get his eyes opened. Unfortunately the eye is permanently damaged. 

Bridgette & Brandon

So...there you have it!!  All of the cats just waiting to meet you and to get placed into forever homes!

On Monday, September 15, at 11:00am I will be going over the adoption process with a couple of the PetSmart employees.  Moving forward a select few of them will be permitted to show cats and to take the adoption applications.  If you are interested in learning how it works let me know and feel free to join us.

And now the September schedule...below are the dates that still need to be filled.  Please let me know if you can cover any of them. Wes till could use a permanent every other Tuesday evening and a permanent something on Friday evenings.
Tuesday, September 9, PM Cleaning
Friday, September 12, PM Cleaning
Friday, September 19, PM Cleaning
Tuesday, September 23, PM Cleaning
Friday, September 26, PM Cleaning

I hope you all had a wonderful summer!  Temperatures will be dropping soon as fall is around the corner.