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FFRC Blog week ending July 19, 2025
FFRC Blog week ending July 19, 2025
Adoptions:
Macaroni and Pickles: Originally these two were being fostered with the hopes it would become an adoption. It really all depended on the family’s dog and if he would accept them and they would accept him. It took about 20 minutes until it became clear, this is a loving family that has two cats and a dog! Congratulations to our Macaroni and Pickles for being voted on the island by the family dog, Tanner while the cats decided Tanner makes for a good snuggle buddy! Their names did change a little bit. Macaroni is now Mac and Pickles is now Piccolo.
New Cats:
None.
Health Updates:
(see Other Updates below for Pania.)
Dusty Rose had all her teeth removed due to a major infection and plaque buildup and now that she is on the road to recovery and we now have an estimated age. We believe she is about 8 years old. She looks great, everything about her is thriving. Now that she has her horrible teeth removed, she is eating normally and has started to gain weight. Remember she came in grossly underweight. We are hopeful she will continue to thrive.
Jude has become a ‘chunka monk’. He is doing very well.
Ruffles is also doing well. We think he may end up being more of a medium hair cat.
Finney is doing great with his little button. His button will be removed in another two weeks or so. Remember, the button was to allow his lips to heal better. Most cats after button removal heal in a way that you don’t even know they had a button.
Holds:
None
Other Updates:
Sadly, our sweet, lovable, loving Pania passed away at the age of 13 and half years old.
Many of you have been asking about what happened to Pania. Below is a brief history of her medical issues over the years.
Pania came to FFRC in 2012 when she was just 7 months old. She was found on a street by herself. The people that rescued her realized she needed help as she had bulging eyes and did not look well at all.
More than likely she had the herpes virus which affected her eyes. One eye which was badly infected was removed, it was so bad there is no way she could see out of it. The other eye was bulging and appeared to be blind but there was some indication she may see light shadows.
While blind cats have been adopted out, successfully, by FFRC, it was determined given her frail health she would become a permanent resident. Over time she got much stronger, but would have periodic health setbacks.
She had a terrible skin condition which would flare up from time to time, causing much discomfort. She was always given treatment and eventually would recover.
She would suffer from bad bouts of bronchitis and chronic sinusitis. Again, she was always treated and recovered. As she has aged, her recovery times have taken longer.
In 2023 her remaining eye had swelling, off and on. By late 2024 she began losing weight and her rashes got more severe and she had a URI.
Early this year she was losing weight and xrays showed she had a small mass on her liver. Her age and other issues with her health made surgery not in her best interest. As this year has gone by, she has slowed down a lot. She took a fall and had a seizure in February.
And one final seizure, she kept losing weight and seemed to be having some memory issues. She passed peacefully with loving arms around her.
Sometimes medicine no longer works and the body says ‘it is time to go and find peace”.
Pania is at peace now, having spent 13 years enjoying life, surrounded by loving arms and thousands of Friends around the world.
Be happy she had a life of love, and is now at peace, still loved.
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Sazaz is enjoying her little private area. She can come out, but she seems content where she is while her little wound on her back heals. Her back is more of a skin issue than an injury.
We had a Christmas in July Raffle last week and raised $5,500.
Thank you to Mike and Lola for providing the beautiful baskets. To all that bought a ticket, to the winners, the bumper uppers and everyone for encouraging and sharing about the raffle.
-------- A final thought about Pania. Pania never let her blindness slow her down. Her personality emerged based on her, not her blindness. Her little meows were when she wanted to let us know, “hey, pay attention to me and give me….Pania Flakes or other treats. If she got confused and turned around where she was sure, she would give a meow to ask for help.
We all have our memories of Pania that we hold close to our hearts. When you are confronted with something you are a little unsure on how to proceed, remember how many times Pania would climb a condo or tower, with one foot in front of the other to ensure her next step was safe. She was cautious but courageous. She was an inspiration to so many of us. But to her, she was a cat, first and foremost, never letting anything make her stop being a cat, in all her glory. She left her mark and left us better people for “seeing” her for the cat she was.
Our Princess Pania in all her beauty, dinging for some Pania Flakes!
FFRC Blog week ending July 12, 2025
FFRC Blog week ending July 12, 2025
Note: Due to unforeseen stuff, this is a long blog, encompassing information from June 21 until July 13. Because of the ‘catch-up’ mode, there may be entries that are sparse or missing. When you fall behind on something like this it’s like swimming in an ocean when you know you gotta stay afloat then remember you can’t swim.
Anyway, here it goes!
Adoptions:
Eileen was adopted and is now Irene. She was a returned girl originally adopted in 2020. She’s almost 5 and when she came back was dehydrated and fleas all over. She’s all clean up and just wanted to go somewhere that will love and keep her safe. She’s hit the jackpot. Sweet girl who just didn’t love being around all the noise of the rescue. Now her life is quiet and full of love.
Macaroni and Pickles: This bonded pair came to us in March, 2025. They were in a loving home, but the dynamics of the family changed and they had to surrender both for their best interests. We were determined to see them adopted together which is one of the hardest things to do in a rescue environment. But a loving family out there came in to pick two other cats and then met them and fell in love. Pickles and Macaroni wouldn’t let them pick anyone but them. They insisted on it. They have a dog (who is quite old) and neither Macaroni nor Pickles are fond of dogs so we are calling this a “Foster to adoption”. As of right now they are being fostered but we are thinking positive thoughts that it will become an outright adoption. Pickles is female at almost 3 years old. Macaroni is the boy and also almost 3. Their original home had 4 big pitbulls so they are cautious about dogs. But while you should never put pickles in your macaroni, these two simply go together and hopefully, will grow old together. They deserve that.
Breaking news update! Both cats have met the family dog Tanner and all three have sniffed one another and decided ‘smelly cats and smelly dog’ make for friends in the making!
When people ask “how could you do a rescue. Too much stress, I couldn’t do it.” It is these stories of knowing the cat you gave a hand to, the cat you let into your heart is safe, healthy, happy and most of all, loved! We all do what we do for them. Cats are our energy and inspiration.
Foxy: Foxy was adopted! This sweet girl was found wandering the streets in April 2024. She was scared, skinny and in need of TLC She was adopted out in January, 2025 but returned in April, 2025 as the owner developed health issues and could no longer care for her.
She is about 10 years old and enjoys serenity now and always. She’s a big fan of chicken and her new home loved giving their previous kitty rotisserie chicken once a week. She’ll keep her name but instead of Foxy, it’ll be Foxi. The spell change better fits our sweet girl.
New Cats:
Phoebe: One of four kittens found under Debbie's car in the morning. A little skittish but very friendly. Very dirty and needing baths. Loads of flea dirt and dead fleas. 4 months old female.
Dottie: One of four kittens found under Debbie's car in the morning. A little skittish but very friendly. Very dirty and needing baths. Loads of flea dirt and dead fleas. 4 months old female.
Bueller: One of four kittens found under Debbie's car in the morning. A little skittish but very friendly. Very dirty and needing baths. Loads of flea dirt and dead fleas. 4 month old male.
Hayden: One of four kittens found under Debbie's car in the morning. A little skittish but very friendly. Very dirty and needing baths. Loads of flea dirt and dead fleas
River: Volunteer found less than 14 day old infant. We don’t have gender yet as he/she’s keeping it from us. We are syringe feeding him. He/she is an inky.
Finney:. Two- week old baby found all by himself. Possibly thrown from the car.. Brown tiger but very pale, lots of fleas, upper lip laceration, Bottom lip pulled down which normally happens when thrown from a car. He was brought to the vet and had a ‘button’ inserted to help his lips heal. Button will be removed after healing.
Gandalf: Two-year old was surrendered from a family that has adopted from us before. He’s a good boy but was just a little ‘rough’ with the kittens in their home. He’s not mean, but sometimes older kitties play rough with kittens, not realizing while kittens are flexible, they are not indestructible. Some have asked if he was adopted from us originally. He was not. While we did have a Gandalf in the past, this isn’t him. Can you imagine how many ‘Fluffys’ we’ve had! He’s in good health and
Bon Bon: Little girl about 8 weeks old found in the middle of the road with a sibling who had passed. She was brought into Fountain City Vets and is a brown tiger baby. She’s a little skittish but when held is a purr baby. She also loves belly rubs.
Ruffles: Found all by himself in a wood pile, we thought Ruffles was a girl but then, well he’s a boy. He’ll be altered when he’s ready. When found we put him at less than a month old. The things that “pop up” every day are amazing and we just go with the flow
Health Updates:
Amy continues to do well with her FIP treatment. She has regained weight and energy and loves to play again. Her treatment continues.
Lena had 12 teeth removed and after recovering she is eating well and doing well.
Holds:
None
Other Updates:
Sadly we lost two babies
as Hot Pockets and Beetles both passed.
Hot Pockets. He developed a high fever and open mouth breathing. He had a high fever. He came to us on June 11, 2025. We estimated he was a little over a month old when he came in. He passed peacefully.
Beetles. He came in when he was just over a week old. He battled a very high fever and his bladder ceased outputting. He was simply too young for any type of surgery. He passed with loving arms around him.
Losing a cat saddens us all. However, there are cases where medicine simply can’t fix those problems and nature prevails. We mourn them, hold them in our hearts forever and are comforted in the knowledge they knew love, no matter how short a time. Sometimes they are meant to be on this earth for a short while, always teaching us how precious life is, no matter its length.
“If you are having a bad day, take a nap and when you wake up embrace a new beginning vow to have a great day. See beyond the houses and your eyes, it’s ok to shoot for the moon. You are stronger than you think.”
Apple having fun because fun is fun!
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