I love Cats

I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep. - Charlotte Bronte SunshineI was asked to help this beautiful new-born kitten by a kind young man named Christopher who contacted...

On the plus side for today:Coming home to really cute kittens12 free cans of kitten foodFree parkingBoss in a good mood and it's the end of my work weekWe've raised over $2000 for Teddy's surgeryOn the minus side:Blinky has been peeing all over the place since the kitten's arrivalToo many things to do in every dayNew kittens at Gloria's and...

There's been a lot of thinking and discussion lately around what to do about Teddy and his ears that need surgery.  I was feeling daunted by the procedure and the amount of money it would cost but then Sandi met a woman in Florida who had just had the procedure done on her cat.  I spoke to her and what she told me gave me hope....

Look what the Easter bunny brought, a basket of kittens!  There are six kittens in total from a feral mom , I think they are only about 4 weeks old, so young they don't even know they should be feral, they are all purring and playful.Happy Easter to all, it's a beautiful day.  Spring means boatwork at the yard, Teddy's feeding station...

It's been a stressful week, no wonder I'm now sick with a cold.  Violet and I managed to trap Bright Eyes with the drop trap on Tuesday evening.  I'm always on pins and needles when I have a feral at the vet, waiting to hear what they find.  This time they found nothing, she looked fine, her teeth weren't a problem, we ran...

Freddy had a rough start to life but all that is different now, he's on his journey to a better life.  He was born outside in an alley sometime late last year and the man who feeds the cats brought Freddy and his siblings inside in January, a bit later than we normally bring in feral kittens so they were all shy.He found a home for two...

I didn't sleep well at all Saturday night, I kept seeing the image of Audrey's mangled body in my mind. Of course now I'm terrified he will come back with his dog even though the guy who saw it and kind of knows him assures me he won't bring the dog back and feels bad about it.  That's not good enough, it's happened twice and two cats are dead.  As soon as I can get more information about him I will be pursuing it with...

Today was one of the worst afternoons imaginable.  It started well, I took a pregnant cat to the clinic this morning and helped out, the weather was great, and off we went to feed.As we pulled up to the dumpsters we heard yelling and somebody comes out saying something about a hurt cat.  We run over to discover Audrey on the ground...

Teddy is one of the originals at the colony, at sixteen pounds he's an imposing fellow with quite the personality.  He is very dominant and seems to only tolerate certain females.  At one point when we had friendlier cats he caught on and would allow us to pat him, now he keeps his distance a bit more but still there is a relationship,...

On Sunday I picked up the first batch of kittens from the Bowmanville house.  I shouldn't call her a hoarder, she doesn't want to keep the cats, so she may not fit the definition of a hoarder, but I don't know what else to call someone who isn't sure how many cats are in her home.I took these three cuties to THS on Monday, not a moment...

Angel lady, she called me.  That's the third time in a year I've been called that.  Well this time angel lady took it on the road.  Wednesday night Avril and I headed out to Bowmanville to meet Katie and assess a hoarding situation in the making.  I guess it started the usual way, Katie had some unfixed cats, they had...

After a long hiatus due to the brutal winter it is time to get back to trapping.  On Saturday we were trying to get a female living in an alley but only managed to get one male.  Still every cat TNRed is a good thing.The only thing that will get me out of the house early on a Sunday is cats, with a TNR clinic Sunday morning, I loaded...