Virgo left the store yesterday and will be living with a fourteen year old cat named Frank. They have had multiple cats in their home in the past and hopefully will be adopting Venus as well.
Venus was brought to the Shelter yesterday with an injured paw. It is not known exactly what happened however she has a significant slice in the pad of one of her feet. Dallas, Driscoll, Venus and Virgo were out at the same time yesterday while the volunteer was cleaning. A fight broke out between the cats. Somehow Venus was injured. She subsequently ran up the front of the cages and hid in the rear of one of the top shelves. Initially we thought she hurt herself on a piece of metal running up the cages. However there was blood on the floor and the front of the cages indicating she was hurt before she ran up. She will be fine however needs cage rest for now.
We are processing a good application for Dallas and Driscoll. Hopefully I will have good news for them in a day or two.
Please be very careful when letting the cats out to exercise and socialize. We caution adopters not to allow new cats to immediately socialize with their resident cat when they go home. The same applies to Petsmart. If cats are caged together and interacting together than allow them to have exercise time together outside of the cage. If they are not caged together please use caution when putting them together. It is a confined space and cats cornered will feel stressed and that will lead to fights. Also, once a cat is upset you have a good chance of being bitten or scratched trying to return the cat to a cage. Some volunteers note: ..."everyone got out to play..." This does not necessarily mean they were all out together. Please err on the side of caution and have separate play and exercise time and allow the cats freedom in small groups.
Gentle reminder.... Refill the water, litter and food for the next volunteer if it is needed.
The schedule is complete for the rest of this month. Thank you all for everything!
