Chili posted:

Tendai posted:

I know what whoever I get for PISS next year is getting if they have a cat

Chili posted:

Thank you all for attending my little pity party around giving up Gummi. I owe you all a bit of an update!

Pictures and maybe video later, but for now, Panda, Polar, and Gummi have all moved on and will be finding forever homes!

So for now we're left with Mama, Teddy, and Grizzly.

Also, we learned that Teddy is, in fact, a little girl! It's always hard to tell when they're young, and they simply guessed wrong last time. So she's been outnumbered until now.

Last bit of good news is that they just started a foster mentoring program at our SPCA. The plan is to have veteran fosters be available to support new fosters should they need assistance. So they give out phone numbers/email and hook up new folks with some support. They're starting the program off small and they only picked a few, but they chose us! That was a nice way to soften the blow of handing over some of our kitties.

So all is well here. Grizzly and Teddy probably have about a week left with us before they can go back. Lilly will have another week or two as she'll need to dry up before they can spay her.

triple clutcher posted:

"Meow us a song, you're the Butters cat
Meow us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a furry belly
And we think that feline's alright ..."

Maggie Fletcher posted:

You guys....

I sent my foster back to the shelter last weekend to make room for my new special needs (sort of) foster (she needs to be a solo cat, and is not adoptable, so she needs to be a permanent foster in a home with no other cats. I was the only member of the organization without a permanent cat). The previous cat flourished at the shelter (think free-range, no-kill, no cages except for cats in quarantine/under vet care) with other cats but wasn't so great with people, and wasn't happy at my home.

I picked up my new foster yesterday and she's breaking my heart. She's sweet, beautiful, and very docile. Put up no fuss with the vet, and will accept pets and I even got a tiny purr out of her yesterday. But she's depressed. She's with us because her owner died, and she bonded really strongly to the owner. Over time, she bonded with the temporary caretaker, and we've uprooted her again. I can tell she's lonely and sad and misses her person. Her eyes are so sad, and all I want to do is make her feel happy and safe. She's 12 and deserves a forever home, and although she's not technically adoptable, I think it's fair to say she's going to live out her days at my home.

I've spent only a couple hours with her and I'm in love already. If she were adoptable, I'd be a foster fail.

ComicsandSlushies posted:

sorry if this is the wrong thread to ask this but I wasn't sure if I should go to the general cat thread or this one.

A momma cat and her baby have taken up residence under my trailer. I'm totally cool with this but if the momma cat has more babies this might be a problem so I wanna take her to get fixed. Problem is I have no idea who to call to come get her as she will run away if I approach her, animal control or a local shelter?

if someone can point me in the right direction (or if I'm in the wrong thread the proper one) I'd really appreciate it

smilingfish posted:

We're taking care of our friend's 3-month-old kitten Smew for a week.


Our own 10-year-old cat, Charlie, seems to be a bit wary of her.

Maggie Fletcher posted:

My poor scaredy cat foster...I think we've had a slight setback. I went out and bought a bunch of her favorite food, some new treats to try, and a laser pointer. She's not very adventurous food-wise, or food-motivated. She doesn't go for Temptations, which every cat on the planet loves (she'll eat them eventually if I leave them in her dish, but otherwise ignores them). She is TERRIFIED of the laser pointer. I didn't shine it at her or anything, just a few feet away from her, and she ran away. I shone it on the opposite wall and she stared at it like it was coming to get her. I finally calmed her down with some really stinky freeze dried salmon, and I may try again as she gets bolder, keeping the laser pointed across the room from her so it's not a threat, but it's just the weirdest thing to see a cat legitimately fearful of a dot on the floor.

neongrey posted:

Oh gosh, I totally forgot, here's the cat cuddling from earlier in the month. https://imgur.com/a/ceifn

taiyoko posted:

If you currently don't have enough kitties in your life, Tiny Kittens is currently livestreaming three feral pregnant mamas that have been brought in and are all due to give birth in the next week or two. All the kittens will be fixed before adoption, and the moms as well before they're either adopted (if they can be successfully socialized) or returned to their colony. They do a lot of good work with TNR and adoptions, so I thought I'd share.

Wroughtirony posted:

"Oh, I could never stop a beating heart, animal or human.”

sneakyfrog posted:

get your loving animals spayed or neutered unless you plan on keeping all their goddamn offspring.

I would steal that ladies cat.



also what the hell does catholicism have to do with it? they eat meat so obviously animals dont count towards heaven.

Bobby Digital posted:

A familiar story: https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/obese-shelter-cat-bronson-weight-loss-journey