Kittens!

I've been working cats for a while. There's only one other KA who likes cats, and I don't mind, so that's what I do.

A while back, I pulled this guy from stray:

They named him Dark Angel and put him in CQ. This is back when we were at capacity and were fighting for every free space.

The front desk offered to put him up front in a kennel with them, so at least people could see him when they walked in. He had a huge sign saying he was available and awesome.

Soon after, a litter of kittens that had been running around behind the front desk were discovered to have panleuk and euthanized. DA was quarantined to his kennel. Probably fine because of age and never actually touching the floor, but at risk because of being a stray and possibly coming into contact with things/people the kittens had touched.

He was adopted anyway =)

That's when I found another kitten in stray but didn't pull him because he was sick. Receiving wanted him checked before they put him in CI for treatment. He waited for vet attention for 3 days. Finally, someone from receiving checked him themselves, and he had sores (indicative of calici). He was euthanized. Had the vets looked at him earlier, he would either have been euthanized or treated, but wouldn't have spent those three days rotting in the feral room. I'm still upset about that.

Week before last, I tried to stay in CQ as much as possible because of recent panleuk "outbreaks." On two separate occasions, about a week apart, kittens were found with panleukopenia. On the second occasion, in an effort to contain the outbreak, a dozen kittens were euthanized. I'm not sure how much about that I can say here, but someone should have been fired, no one has been, and I am still pissed about this.

Despite my best efforts, the past two weeks I've been in CS, the feral room. There were some cats and kittens I was monitoring and thinking of pulling, but luckily someone got to them first.

Mickey So Fine "feral"

Mickey So Fine "available for adoption!"

Poor Mickey. I don't know what happened to him before he got to us, but he has some pretty ugly marks on his face, what looked burns to me. You can kind of see them in the pictures. He was not ready for the floor, in my opinion, but it's better than being in the back. Hopefully he'll come around.

This past Saturday I pulled four kittens:

They named the first one after me, not knowing there were three more on the way.

Rasin & Craisin

First, I just pulled Rasin and requested his name be Raisin. Little spelling error, oh well. Then I decided to pull his brother, Craisin, the wee one in the back, in hopes that some time in CQ would help him out. Miraculously, he decided he wanted to be nice, too, and he got put on the adoption floor.

This is my favorite:

Haymitch "feral"

Haymitch "available?"

Not sure if he made it to the adoption floor yet. He had a pretty nasty booboo on his neck. Said it looked like a pustule. Ick. He is absolutely stunning and a wonderful, snuggly purr box. I was tempted to bring him home, but he needed to be looked at by the vets. I guess he looks like Zsasz to me. We still miss him.

UPDATE: Haymitch went into foster, got very fat, and was adopted by a lovely family.

It's been pretty busy in the cat rooms. We have a new volunteer who has been doing a fantastic job cuddling and adoption counseling. There have been some notable adoptions, but we could always use more.

Now, for another week. We'll see what happens.