FFRC Blog week ending May 17, 2025
Adoptions:
None.
New Cats:
These are the stories that make you so mad, but remember the people responsible do not deserve our energy, the cats need our energy and good thoughts to be focused on them. On Thursday we had our monthly Humane Ohio Day and a woman was dropping off her kitty to be spayed. Bless her heart and eyesight, she noticed on her way out of the driveway that there was a crate outside the window near Kitty Kabanna. This was at 5:30 in the morning. The woman saw there was movement in the crate and saw at least two adult cats. She told Debbie who got the crate. Inside were three cats in a small sized crate. These cats are not in healthy condition but are friendly.
A gray and white un-neutered male (about a year and half old). Possible herpes infection, eyes very ‘junky’, URI, ear mites, fleas. (he’s actually the healthiest of the three).
A black and white un-neutered male (he is about a year and half old.) ear mites, fleas and horrible herpes virus. One of his eyes will probably have to be removed (there are no signs of sight in that eye and the eyeball is badly infected). The other eye is also infected but may be salvageable.
The last one is a calico female. She does not appear to be spayed. At this point, we aren’t sure how old she is but think it may be around the same age as the other two. Her teeth are some of the worst teeth we’ve seen. There are layers and layers of tarter buildup making it almost impossible to see how she could eat without pain. Her entire mouth is inflamed and is, quite honestly, one of the worst mouths we’ve ever seen. She has fleas and ear mites. She is the sickest of the three. Her mouth is so bad that she may have cancer or something else going on. Under her tongue appears to be masses. She may also have periodontal disease. We have her on some pretty strong meds.
Despite their situation, they all appear to be ‘happy’ to be finally free of whatever their lives were like. They are playing a little and relaxing.
Health Updates:
Sinopa’s test results came back and she does NOT have FIP. She did have a very strong virus but is now doing so much better. She does have a bit of an inflamed bowel, but that is being treated. Since she and the babies have all tested negative for FIP and showing no more signs of the virus, we have put her babies back in with her. Sadly, before we did, one of her babies (we had named her Flower) had passed. This was a case of ‘failure to thrive’. We named her ‘Flower’. And like some flowers, she bloomed for only a short time, but her time was a beautiful reminder of how precious life is. Just before she passed, we knew it would not be long and she was put in with her momma who seemed to know she was passing and hugged her close.
When her babies were put back with Sinopa, she recognized them immediately and began licking them and loving on them. She is no longer capable of nursing, but a mother cat can teach the young so much about cleaning and playing and well, being a cat. They are not yet eating on their own, so we continue to hand feed them, but we believe sometime next week they will be eating food (gruel and things).
And her babies now all have names:
The boys:
Marvin is a gray kitty and the smallest of the babies
Fonzie is also a gray kitty.
BB Tank is the largest kitten and he is brown
The girl:
Jelly is a brown tiger with a dark face
And the two babies we will always hold in our memories and hearts: Baby Bear and Flower.
All the cats that had the virus are virus free and slowly will be making their way into the Main Center. Some will take a while as they get acclimated to their new environment. All the prior sick cats are gaining weight and getting back to being healthy cats. Popsicle came out to say hi to the cam and he insisted on being put on the floor and he and Eric immediately started to play.
Holds:
Spitfire will be adopted sometime this week. (TBD)
Other Updates:
We have a new staff member, Vanessa. She will be taking the shifts that Carmine had and she’ll be filling in some early mornings. Welcome Vanessa!
Heinz and Jacci (the cat) are now reunited and we didn’t realize just how bonded these two are, but now it is clearly on display that they are inseparable. They constantly groom and rub each other. They are truly best friends and we will ensure they are adopted together.
In the coming weeks we will have information regarding our biggest fundraiser of the year (the Improve-A-Thon). So stay tuned.
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“Some people talk to animals, not many listen though. That’s the problem”. -- Winnie the Pooh
