Hey everyone!
The two spicy kittens that came in last week with upper respiratory distress are on the mend and looking good!
We gave the little ones a fuzzy blanket just to see how they would react, and they didn't disappoint... Enjoy the show...
These two boys are well on their way to being socialized and finding their forever homes for sure!
It’s been a minute, but we’re back.
Today we have two sweet boys – both very feral – who have terrible cases of upper repertory infections as well as some goopy eyes.
These kittens were found in a group of 5, all abandoned in a local woman’s backyard.
These two were apparently the “bad boys” of the bunch, so we were selected to socialize them.
To be honest, they are fakers and are quickly becoming little cuddlers.
We are presently treating both of them while they enjoy a little quarantine time in the intake room before they can mix with gen-pop.
Here are some pictures we took in the morning before we gave them their medications, and they already look a thousand times better, so everything is headed in the right direction!
Updates to come.
He cowered in the corner for days.
Sadly he was not a feral, just very, very scared.
We were able to discern this because he is fully grown, not emaciated, and unneutered.
If he were feral, he would be hissing and spitting and tearing the cage to bits wanting to get back outside.
Also, his coat would be dull and rough and he would have scars from fights and ragged ears from bites.
Yet, his fur is soft and his only wound is an abrasion on his nose from trying to get out of the trap.
And on the third day here this sweet boy let us pet him and did not protest in the slightest!
Those are the sad telltale signs of a cat who has been dumped.
He is scheduled to be neutered tomorrow, and then when he comes back and we're going to work non-stop on socializing him so he can find a forever home as quickly as possible.
This boy will not get dumped out in the cold ever again.
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!
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.
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...
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!
