More Shuffling Around!

A lot of comings and goings to report!  We had to bring Camille back to the Shelter as she had a seizure over the weekend.  Once at the Shelter she did have another one. We are having bloodwork done and started her on anti convulsive meds.  Poor old girl!

Peter has been adopted along with a female cat from the Shelter.  Both will be picked up on Friday so to make things easier on the adopter we brought him back and he will head home from the Shelter along with his new sister, Triscuit!

We had an opportunity to transfer cats to a small no kill private shelter in Massachusetts and jumped on it!  The transfer was set up through the No More Homeless Pets Best Friends Network Program.  We seized the opportunity to establish a relationship with this organization as we will need them once kitten season hits.  The name of the organization is Second Chance Animal Shelter.  You can learn more about them here: http://www.secondchanceanimals.org/

Once this opportunity was presented a transport was set up with the help of the Best Friends Network which was actually three legs.  Our wonderful Kitty Garcia (aka Tuesday morning Kitty) drove seven cats up the Parkway and met someone from the Montclair Animal Shelter who took leg number two which is meeting someone from Second Chance in Connecticut, completing leg number three!  Wonderful!!

So, we pulled Tink and Bart and transferred them to Second Chance.  Below are the cats that arrived today:

Phoebe came into the Shelter in June of last year.  She was found on the side of the road by a Good Samaritan, brought home and placed in a carrier overnight pending a vet check the next day.  Well, overnight she gave birth to seven kittens in that carrier!  Seven black kittens!  She was a good mom and subsequently all her kittens were adopted. Phoebe is a quiet, very affectionate girl, about four years old.  She would be best as an only pet in a quiet home - however we will entertain applications with other animals and decide from there.

Phoebe

Suzie is a seven month old torti that came in as a stray in October.  She is sweet and is fine with other cats! She lived in a quiet foster home with other cats for a while.

Suzie

Taz came into the Shelter as a stray at six weeks old and is accustomed to people! He may seem shy at first however he is very sweet and will push his head into your hand for a petting session! He loves other cats.  He does have the runny eye that comes and goes so do not be concerned if you see it.

Taz

And last,  but far from least,  is Sweetie.  Would you look at that face???  Sweetie hit her second anniversary here at the Shelter on January 31.  Two years in a cage.   Police in North Wildwood received an anonymous call in January of 2014 that two cats were in a box at the Super Fresh parking lot at 25th Street and Delaware Avenue.  Sweetie was in that box with another cat we named Valentine - a male Siamese. Valentine was adopted.  We think Sweetie is about five years old now.  We allowed Sweetie to walk around the main cat room to stay active and stretch her legs and she loved it!  She was a tad afraid and hissy at first so may revert just a little with this change in environment.  Read her reactions and let her set the pace. 

Sweetie

February schedule is good!!  The only remaining openings are the Adoption Table on Sundays, February 21 and 28.  (Meanwhile our Leona who we miss DEARLY is doing well and will be back when she is all better!!) 

The first adoption event of 2016 is February 12 - 14.  We will have dogs at the store all three days and additional cats if we can. 

There was an open box of Fresh Step Litter in the cage area and Peter had a box full of the clay.  Please refrain from using the clay litter.  We lobbied hard to get back to the pine to avoid the dust and mess of the clay.  If a cat does not care for the pine litter initially give it a while.  We certainly do not want to go back that clay mess!!