Received this email today from Betty’s new “parents.”  This is what makes fostering so rewarding.

Margie writes:

“We have had Ms. Betty for a week and she has been fun, funny, and a delight. She is aggressively affectionate. The other cats have settled down quite a bit. But, it was Ms. Betty doing most of the growling. She cuddles up wherever I am at. We have been leaving the door open for now and she sleeps right beside me. As I am typing this email she is sitting on my lap grooming herself.

The other night we were eating and I had cooked some chicken in a crockpot and it was on our plates. The only “rule” I have is for the cats not to be on the table while we are eating. If they are and are not bothering anything then it really does not bother us and I don’t try to keep them off.

Anyways, Ms. Betty is still a kitten and she is curious. She got on the table, started sniffing in the plates. I was going to put her on the floor but before I could, she got the chicken on my plate and ran off the table with it in her mouth. When she got to the floor she had dropped it and she walked away licking her lips as if  to say,

‘it sure did taste good.’   It was quite humorous.

Just thought I would email you to tell you, and let you know she really is doing fine.”

Had I not sprung her from the shelter, Betty wouldn’t be alive today and Phil and Margie would not be enjoying such a wonderful kitty.

 

 

His name is Junior or JR.  It’s the only name he answers to.  Anyway, JR’s last day at the shelter was last Wednesday.  So Tuesday afternoon, he went home with me.

This video was taken this morning in the front yard with Binky.

What a different purrsonality from Betty.  Whereas Betty was wide open…as they say around here…into everything, going 100mph, constantly demanding attention, this guy is much calmer.

He loves to play as you can see, but he’s quiet with a tiny little mew you can barely hear.

He’ll make a great addition to the fe-lion crew if he doesn’t get adopted.

Meantime, the last of the stray tom cats is now at the shelter. They said they would likely neuter him and have him live at the shelter as the resident mouser. Spike is also a resident mouser.  They’re good people there. Euthanasia rate is 30%. The rest are adopted out, pulled by no-kill shelters into foster care, or a truck from North Shore Animal League in NYC comes down and takes all the puppies they have.  All puppies are pre-adopted and once there, they are immediately adopted out.

I’m happy to be able to help in my small way by fostering a kitten now and then.

Ok, I have or had 14 cats..12 adults and two kittens.  This morning, I met Phil and Margie at a Petsmart in Atlanta and gave them Betty.

They hadn’t seen her in person before and when I took her out of the carrier, she immediately crawled up into Phil’s arms and began nuzzling his nose and purring.  Case closed. She purred the entire time Margie held her as well.

After going over vet records, food, likes and dislikes, cute things she does, etc. we went to the toy aisle and picked out some new toys for her and then it was goodbye.  I didn’t get upset..in fact I was happy to see her go to such a good home.

Midgie and I got home about mid-afternoon and after a lunch we both collapsed on the couch for a nap.  When I woke up it was time to feed the fe=lions.  Everyone came running, but it was noticeably quiet and calm. Betty was yeowling for her meal like I was going to forget her.  Binky is in the backyard playing now catching bugs while Lily, Rosie and Rusty look on. No tearing around the lawn after dinner.

So it’s a little quiet, and I miss the kitten chaos, but it’s all good. They’ll be sending me photos and I’ll share them and how she’s doing as time goes by.