FFRC Weekly Blog Week ending July 13, 2024
Adoptions:
Shakespeare was adopted! He goes to a family that adopted his sister last year (Chomper, now Margot). His new mom has already posted several pictures of the siblings reuniting. They look happy, loving and best of all, they look like a family.
Servalan was adopted into a home where he will have cat, dog and horse siblings. He’ll also have a bunny and lizard to call family. He’ll have lots of playmates and lots of love.
Two of the solar system babies were adopted: Mars and Eclipse. Eclipse will have a new name: Milkyway. Mars will be Mars.
Health Updates:
Our special girl, Grammy, passed. She came in earlier this year with her son, Buddy. Both came in with many health conditions. They were both given extensive medical treatments but Buddy passed several weeks ago and our Grammy passed this week. She leaves us with heavy hearts but also smiles knowing she was happy, loved and allowed to have a dignified passing, surrounded by love.
Last week a local trash collection company employee found four new born kittens in a garbage bag. Some of them even had the umbilical cord attached. Sadly, one of the smaller ones passed despite enormous efforts to save her. She was a gray kitten, given the name Stuffy. She may have only lived a few days, but she knew the touch of humans and most importantly, the love of humans.
Her remaining littermates are being fed every two hours by either Debbie or Megan. It is a tremendous undertaking but everything is being done to ensure these three survive and thrive. Prayers for them are certainly welcome.
Cheerio visited the vet this week for an inner ear infection. The issue is much deeper than originally thought and she’s being treated with strong antibiotics. It is believed this infection is related to the ear polyp she had removed a few months ago. She’ll be in Thumpers room for a while as she needs rest and limited activity. We hope she’ll be flinging soda cans around soon.
Pania also visited the vet this week. She has had a skin condition for several months now and it’s gotten a little worse so she is now being treated with different skin treatment. This skin condition can be a skin condition that is just that but it may also be indicative of something else. We are hopeful the skin condition will be calmer soon. Dr. Darcy is happy that her lungs sounded good and her nose is not stuffy as it has been in the past.
Percy continues to have ringworm. Megan said it’s one of the worst cases she’s seen so he’ll probably be kept semi-isolated for about 21 days. Percy is a little kitten who really wants a friend to play with. Xavi has been put in him and Xavi is on a preventive treatment against ringworm. They both are happy to be with each other and playing like kittens play. Ringworm is not painful, it’s similar to athlete's foot and humans can, and often do get ringworm.
Other Updates:
We’ve gotten an update from Colonel Mustard’s mom and the Colonel is doing very well. He’s happy and loving life.
Holds
None at this time.
FYI:
Our goal at FFRC is to do what’s best for the cats that come to us. We do what is in their best interest. It is our hope that we can find loving, forever homes for all of them. Every cat deserves to be the center of someone’s life and family. Sometimes, what’s best for the cat is to remain at FFRC, but each cat that becomes a resident means there’s less space for a cat needing our services.
We know all of us have certain ‘favorites’ and are sad when they are no longer seen on cam because they have been adopted. But being adopted is a good thing. It is what the cat needs and deserves. Just because something went wrong to bring them to FFRC should be held against that cat for having a family of their own.
There are some people who have expressed anger or disappointment with FFRC for adopting out their ‘favorite’ cat. We screen the applicant. We talk to them and ensure they are right for the cat they are adopting. For example, we probably wouldn’t adopt an older cat to a family with several young children, or a single kitten that would be left alone for most of the day. Every cat is different, every potential adopter is different. We try to match the right adopter with the right cat. Sometimes it is the cat that chooses the adopter. We know you love our cats, we do too. We hope you want each cat to be happy, healthy and part of a family. That’s what any cat lover wants for every cat.
