FERAL INCOMING!!!! A Sweet Little Man Who Had A Rough Time During The Cold Snap (#657)

We just got in a sweet little black cat that was so traumatized by the blast of freezing arctic air that hit us last week that I actually thought he was BLIND!

He did not move when I opened his cage.

He did not react when I put his food down.

He did not even notice when I took his picture.

From the looks of his eyes, I began to think he couldn't see us.

After about three days, he finally seemed to snap out of whatever state he was in – I think he was just overwhelmed to be out of the cold – and he began talking and actually demanding to be pet.

By the fourth day, we were picking him up and holding him, and he was wolfing down whole cans of food.

It turns out his eyes may have been the result of damage from the severe cold weather mixed with an eye infection.

So he's going to stay with us for a few more days to heal up and get his eyes back in working order and then be put up for adoption because he's a mush!

Here are a few extra pics of the sweet boy.

No more cold nights for this little man!

KITTEN INCOMING! Pumpkin And Casper Are Going To Their Forever Home (#655-656)

About 2 years ago, we rescued a gorgeous cat for an elderly woman who had just lost her husband, so she needed help to capture the feral cat. 

The cat, a Maine Coon, which is an exceptionally large breed, was emaciated and weighed only 8 pounds fully grown!

Those who know adult Maine Coons usually weigh in at 20 pounds EASY at that age!

So we nursed her back to health and found her a great home, and it all ended up great.

Here she is today...

Fast forward to last month.

The very same woman called us out of the blue, saying she had found two beautiful orange boy kittens abandoned in her neighborhood in Bayshore, NY.

We told them to call their local shelter because that is quite a ways from us but the woman refused and said she would only turn them over to us because she knew what a great job we had done and didn't think her shelter would give them enough attention.

Also, she said she knew we would find the two little ones a good home.

We couldn't say no.

Pumpkin and Casper go in for their final vet visit and neutering tomorrow and they already have a home lined up when they get back.

Another happy adoption!

We will try to get pictures of the two after they have settled in.

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!! Romeo Traps Me By Rolling On My Shoes! (VIDEO)

Okay... How to explain this?

When Romeo came in, he was so high-strung and all over the place we didn't know if he was feral or just traumatized from being dumped into the colony we found him in.

It was neither.

As it turns out, Romeo was most likely abandoned and was just so happy to be back inside with people he went crazy every time you pet him or tried to leave because he didn't want you to stop petting him or to leave!

One method he used to get you to stay with him was rolling on your shoes so wildly that you were trapped and couldn't go anywhere.

It was both heartbreaking and adorable.

Here is a video of him trapping me – and my dirty shoes! – in the shelter when I was about to leave... Watch, and you'll see what I mean...

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Handsome Tuxedo Boy With A Terribly Damaged Foot Recuperating With Us (#654)

Hey all,

This is Romeo, who was trapped outside a high-class pizza joint in Riverhead last week.

There is a small colony that resides at the restaurant that the owners usually take care of, but Romeo was new to the entourage and, as such, was unfixed.

That was the least of the problems.

From what we can tell, it looks as though a car ran over the poor man's right foot and left him in rough shape.

If you look at the above picture, you can make out the discoloration of the foot he is not putting weight on.

He has been to the vet, who gave him a powerful antibiotic and examined the foot while he was under anesthesia when he was being neutered.

The wound appears to be 7-10 days old and healing already.

Romeo also seems to have a problem with his left inner eyelid, which appears to be partially closed all the time.

We will have to address that at his checkup.

After being fixed, we decided we couldn't put him back outside injured, so he is hanging out in the shelter's intake room for a few weeks until he is ready to fend for himself.

Here are a few more pics of the handsome devil!

He's a sweet boy!

FERAL ADOPTIONS!!!! All The Feral Kittens Are Ready For Their Forever Homes! (5 PHOTOS)

Well, that took a while!

That being said, all of these wonderful kittens that were found at the hoarder's trailer are now officially ready for adoption!

They are all cured of their respiratory infections, eye infections, fleas, ticks, lice, and SO MANY WORMS!!!!!

They are loving, beautiful, snuggly furbabies just waiting for you to come and get them.

Here they are and their page on our PetFinder site in no particular order:

Schmoo

Click HERE for his Petfinder page!

Marigold

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

PinkyPuss!

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

Goldeneye

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

Foxborough

Little Foxy has already been adopted! YAY!

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Three More Kittens Just Arrived From The Hoarder's Trailer (#651-653)

Hey, everyone.

Just heartbreaking.

These three kittens just arrived from the hoarder's trailer, where they were kept inside and without sunlight from the moment they were taken in by him.

The man is mentally ill and genuinely loves the cats but is incapable of understanding how to care for them.

It is so very sad.

The orange and stripped kittens are so feral they cannot be touched – we can't even tell if they are male or female – while the grey boy kitten is nothing but love and is starved for human contact.

It is so hard to figure out how all of these cats came from the same situation.

What is indisputable is that they are full of worms and fleas and suffer from upper respiratory infections and eye infections.

The little grey has mites in his ears that are so bad he can barely stand up due to bad balance because of an inner ear infection... That is why his head is tilted in all the pictures!

It is going to be a long road back to health for these babies.

Here are a few more pictures of the little ones...

FIERCE!

Pensive

Tilted!

Updates will keep rolling in.

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Hoarder Kept Dozens Of Cats And Kittens In His Trailer With No Light Or Fresh Air (#647-650)

Hey all!

These are the cases you hate to see.

We were alerted that a mentally ill man was hoarding cats and kittens in his small trailer, which he had blackened out all the windows and kept tightly sealed all day long.

The man – who genuinely loved the cats – did not know he was hurting them, but the conditions were so bad and unsanitary that they all had upper respiratory ailments, eye infections, and were terribly underweight.

The above pictures were taken almost two weeks after the cats arrived here with us giving them constant antibiotics (Clavamox), Terramycin for their eyes, and fleas meds.

You can imagine the shape they were in when they got here.

There are at least 12 more that are either headed here or to foster homes.

These little ones are very feral and hate being handled... This is going to be a tough socialization that could take months.

Here are a few more pictures of the babies as they are getting used to being in the intake room with access to sunlight and fresh air...

We are receiving 3 more of these poor kittens today so updates to come.