FFRC Weekly Blog Week Ending January 4, 2025
Adoptions:
Sweet Bamboozle was adopted! This little boy was found wandering the streets of Defiance, last September. He was just two weeks old. After much love and a whole lot of bottle feeding, he started to grow and get longer! He’ll have an older brother, and keep his name (although, he’ll be called Bambo). He picked out his new family.
On New Year’s Eve, Checkers got adopted! Our 6 month old boy was found last August in the middle of the road, in obvious pain with cars running over him. He had a degloved tail (which eventually fell off). He was so scared and shy but with lots of love and patience he has learned to trust and has become a true love bug. His new name is Chedder Joe!
Maple was adopted! Maple was one of Brandi’s babies. She had been adopted earlier in the year but returned as the existing cat didn’t want any new cats and made things unworkable for Maple and her sister, Birch.
Maple will be getting a new name, Cassie. She will get to share her home with 3 tiny dogs, two of which are smaller than her!. The dogs have had a cat before and they all got along fine. Her new name, along with her new beginnings is now Cassie!
Porchie has gone to her new home!
Porchie is the nicest girl who just needed her own family. Porchie came to us in July, 2024. She was surrendered with Jefferson. Porchie is almost 6 years old. 6 isn’t old, but once a cat is over 5 it’s harder to adopt them out. So this adoption is so very sweet. She was adopted by former volunteer, Dennis. She’ll have 4 siblings to go home to. Dennis isn’t sure if she’ll keep her name.
New Cats:
Three kittens came in on New Year's Eve. They were caught by a cat rescue group who are hoping the three month old kittens can be adopted out. Their mom is feral and spayed by the group. Their dad was neutered too so their parents can focus on being cats. Hopefully these kittens (two girls and one boy) will get their own homes soon. They are all black and white and hard to tell apart. Each of them have a little (Bodie) in them.
They are:
Mya: she is the smallest one with a tiny little heart on her shoulder.
Jojo: she is the biggest one of the three.
Sylvester: He is the brother and only boy.
They are happy, crazy and playful, just the way we like it.
Health Updates:
Butterbean has some ‘snorkness’ going on and she is on meds. She’ll probably always be susceptible to upper respiratory issues.
Tulip is feeling much better after her eye infection. She is in the back room. Tulip is very shy and really doesn’t like to have a lot of cats around. She’ll probably not really come into the center and is happy being away from the action. We’re hoping she gets adopted by someone in a quiet home with no other cats.
Pania’s skin issue is flaring up again. She’s losing her hair and this is something she has always had and probably always will.
Other Updates:
We will be having our 4th annual Betty White fundraiser in the next few weeks to coincide with her birthday (January 17th). We’ll have more details soon. This has become one of our biggest fundraisers of the year (last year raised a little over $10,000). This also gives us a great way to remember a true animal lover.
Oscar and Salem are getting along much better and Salem seems to be accepting of Oscar! Patience is paying off!
Holds:
Lots of applications, so we are hopeful for lots of adoptions coming up.
Other:
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” -- Carl Reiner
Tulip
