Would like you to meet Jaz and Tink. These are the two cats who were owner-surrendered because the owners are moving overseas. Tink, the Mackeral Tabby boy is already in general population and doing well.

Jaz is a bit of a challenge as she wasn’t eating as well as cats need to eat, so she is still in the bedroom. Because she is a white kitty she will more than likely just be our bedroom kitty if I can’t find the right home for her. White kitties are so susceptible to cancer of the ear if they get into direct sunlight.

They are both friendly, lovely kitties but Jaz is still on edge with all the other kitties here and who can blame her. It isn’t like I just have three cats for her to adjust to-

she rarely stays still because she wants to be petted all the time- she would be perfect for a retired couple with a lot of love and who stay home most of the time-

“Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I made my fruit pizza today, sat down in front of the television and ate over half of it! All in one sitting! Dexter did get some of the whipped cream though-

Below is the most recent photo of Mike’s leg and foot. It was taken yesterday at the surgeon’s office. Our next appointment they will run x-rays to hopefully see the beginning of healing happening inside. It will be at that time 6 weeks since his surgery. He isn’t coming home any time soon though- but the leg (to me) looks so much better.

BENIGN~BENIGN~BENIGN~ Hip Hip HOORAY!

I just agreed to take two older drop dead gorgeous calico kitties whose owner recently died and made no provisions for these beauties. Nothing mentioned in the will, no one in the family wants them so I said sure, I’ll take them! I have the room because of all the recent adoptions- but this is just a reminder to mention your animals in your final papers, put aside monies to care for them should you suddenly depart this life- otherwise they might end up like these two almost did- in a shelter to old for anyone to care about them. Good thing Mike is in the rehab center- his hospital bed in the living room is going to get crowded soon! LOL

A few days ago, I was presented with a small orange kitten who had been thrown out of a car at a high rate of speed. He thankfully landed in tall grasses and not on the road.

He lived but briefly- his injuries to much to overcome and his heart gave out. The vet did everything in her power to help this little one and on a Sunday to boot! But there was little to be done but love him till his last breath.

I had him less than eight hours- but at least within that time he died with someone holding him not alone in the field with no one around but raptors. They did not find the person who tossed him out of their life so cruely.

Today was a busy day. Mike went suddenly blind in his right eye and because Diiabetes can cause blindness, I was quite concerned. He went to the eye doctor who determined that he had a bleeder (one of the veins behind his retina break open and bleed and mix with the vititrous (I know I spelled that wrong) to tired to care- aka the eye juice and fill up the back of his eye and block his sight.

The good news is it is fixable, the bad news is they can’t do it like laser surgery in the office so he has to go to the hospital, this time in Salem to have it done. They will have to put two rods into his eyes and somehow separate the fluid from the blood and clean it all out. It is a day surgery unless there is a “complication.”

We got back quite late and I just had time to go over and pick up Jasmine and Tinker- the two kitties whose owner is going back to Australia and she couldn’t afford the thousands of dollars to ship the two cats and put them through quarantine, so I told her I would take them. Tinker is a sweet mackeral tabby neutered boy and Jasmine is pure white and right now hiding under the bed.

I felt so bad for Sharon, this type of owner-surrender is never easy and I could tell she had been crying all day. I could only hug her and tell her I will do right by these two lovely cats and thank her for all the goodies they came with.

Tomorrow, ShyAnn arrives back here and I really do hope that it is temporary and not another episode of the owners simply tiring of the cat and wanting a kitten. But time will tell- they say they are moving and as soon as they are settled, they will be back to get her. She doesn’t care for other cats so she will go upstairs where she liked to be before.

I don’t have photos of the new arrivals, but I do have an old one of ShyAnn she is a beautiful dilute calico-