HomeJuly 30, 1997
HBD Bobby in Bosnia
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Max's buttI cleaned Max's butt again. The orange squash faced Persian seems to need a daily bath. While I cleaned the poop off his hind legs and tail etc., Eileen washed his face to get the eye discharge off. He always has eye discharge. Eileen calls it "Persian face". I don't know that much about Persians, but I gather chronic eye discharge is common. After all this bathing, I cleaned his cage and fed him. When I checked off his chart, I noticed he was surrendered because the owner could no longer take care of him. I'll say! When he came in he was so matted we had to have the groomer shave large portions of his body. He looks very strange with his square fuzzy head and half naked body. He is one high maintenance cat! adoptionsFred Flintstone got adopted by an elder through Purrfect Companions. Martha is her buddy. The woman calls Martha like 3 times a day just to say how wonderful Fred is (she dropped the Flintstone from the name). Fred is a cutie. He looks a lot like my Wilbur only with a normal tail. So, Purrfect Companions is working. At least one elder besides the poster guy is enjoying the health benefits of having a cat. A bunch of kittens that have been living in foster homes also got adopted. Oh, gee and somebody else who I now don't remember. Not one of the more dramatic ones. It'll come to me. anticsSlinky vs JaguarWe have this huge yellow bucket where we keep the kitty litter. I don't know how many gallons it is, but I poured in 4 big bags of litter and it wasn't full. It sits next to the fridge. Since the fridge top was in use as an adjunct to the dish drainer, Jaguar decided to keep his watch over his domain from the top of the litter bucket. Slinky saw Jaguar on the lid and decided he just had to be there too. He leaped up. Jaguar snarled, bared his teeth, and put his ears back. Slinky bared his teeth and put his ears back. Standoff! They stayed this way for a good 10 minutes - not moving a muscle but in full threat mobilization. I laughed. Eileen heard me laugh and came over to see what was so funny. She laughed and went to the office to see if Dawna had her camera. Dawna came out, sans camera, and watched. Finally, one of the new volunteers needed to get some litter out of the bucket so Dawna broke up the standoff by kicking the bottom part of the bucket a couple of times. They jumped off. and then there was PuddumsJaguar jumped to the left. No problem. Slinky jumped to the right. Right in front of Puddums! Puddums growled deeply. Slinky put his ears back. A fight seemed imminent - Puddums is not known for getting along with other cats to put it mildly. I grabbed a towel and held it between Puddums and Slinky so they couldn't see each other. As Puddums walked cautiously to the middle of the room, I kept the towel between him and Slinky. Puddums found a place away from Slinky, and we all started breathing again. QuincyQuincy was in the socialization room we use for exercise for the cats that can't mix with the others because they haven't had their tests and/or shots yet. It was time to start giving the keep-ins their 20 minutes of exercise each. The two new volunteers were afraid to pick up Quincy. Quincy bites. I get many opportunities to use my glow in the dark planetary bandaids courtesy of Quincy. Roberta was not in today. Therefore, I boldly walked into the socialization room and picked Quincy up by the scruff of the neck and marched out to the main room. The other volunteers were in awe at Quincy limp in my hands. Not a mark on me! No blood! I put her down. She snarled a little, but still didn't bite. A milestone in shelter history!
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liberationMichael and a couple of the other rabies quarantine cats are in the main room now, free at last. The 6 month quarantine is up! No sign of rabies. Now they can find homes. Wounds of unknown origin need not be a death sentence if you have the patience and dedication to go through the quarantine process. |