FFRC Weekly Blog Week Ending January 18, 2025
Adoptions:
None, but several coming up!
New Cats:
Stubbs: White kitty with black markings. Male about 4 months old with a shortened tail (not sure if short by injury or born that way). He was found wandering around outside by a sister of a friend of a friend of a sister (or something like that!) He’s a purrer, a big biscuit maker and very cool with everything. Speaking of cool, we have no doubt he’s happy to be inside where it is nice and warm.
Health Updates:
Steven’s “pillow foot” is looking a little better after a few days of treatment. This is a long healing process, but Steven actually seems to be enjoying being in his own pen. He likes his beauty sleep.
While there are a few cats with some sniffles and winter yuckies, everyone is doing well.
Other Updates:
The annual Betty White Challenge was a great week of celebrating a wonderful animal advocate while raising money for FFRC. Our Friends, once again, stepped up and helped us pay off some large bills for medicine, litter and insurance.
Last year $11,287.11 was raised and this year $13,475 was raised! Despite inflation, and so many natural disasters affecting so many, our Friends went above and beyond. We are truly blessed. Thank you, thank you, thank you. To those who were able to give and those who couldn’t give financially but gave through prayers and encouragement, we are so grateful and blessed.
And how wonderful is it that over three years since her passing, people all over the world honored and celebrated one person who touched so many lives, both human and furry? Betty White’s legacy lives on and as long as there are animals in need, will continue for many, many years to come.
Holds:
This one will make you smile and shout with joy: Piet will be adopted on Tuesday, time will be announced later.
Piet is 11 years old (yup, you read that right, 11 years old!) and will be adopted by the family that adopted Sanford!! For those who didn’t know, Sanford was adopted as a kitten from FFRC in 2016, he was adopted into a home that had adopted Piet in 2013. So while they were not blood siblings, they were siblings in every other sense of the word. In April 2023 both were surrendered back to FFRC due to family dynamics changing.
Sanford was adopted in August, 2024 and the family decided he needed his sister back so Piet and Sanford will once again be sharing a home together!
More good news, Hooper and Hopper are going to be adopted, together! The brothers get to go together, brothers forever! Adoption is tentatively scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 pmish.
Other:
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” -- Helen Keller
Stubbs