Tigger - adopted Dec 2012

Tigger was a sweet boy who got adopted very quickly from Petsmart Dec 2012

Chucks cats

Oct 9, 2012

I have three new fosters in my garage needing names.  There are two more also in the litter but the ones I have right now are a solid black long haired and two orange/tan with white.  Chuck wanted to name the black male long haired, star on chest and very long white tufts Velvet.  I had in my head violet but I don't think either name goes for a male.   Velvet more than Violet that is for sure.  Pictures will be posted soon.  I named one of the others Tanner.  Still need another name.  The gender of the black was confirmed at the vet.  I was pretty sure he was a boy but sometimes that long hair makes it difficult.  He is the sweetest thing and one of the loudest purrers on the planet.  His two siblings are a little more reserved at this point.  They let me pet them and will purr but they don't take the initiative as the black one does.  They are kind of like where Tuxie was.  Tuxie however now takes the initiative.  If I'm close to his cage he'll put his paw through the bars to get my attention.  The other two in the litters are another solid black long hair and a calico named Peaches who likes to ride on Chuck's shoulders while he is doing everything.  He said she almost fell asleep cause she almost fell off.  I have got to get some pics of all of them so I can post them.

Checkers/Tucker and Tanner have been adopted.  Casper and Peaches have also been adopted.  And the oldest but the newest to me - a calico Kappa - got adopted today.

Veranda for pepper or feeding station for ferals...

Veranda for Pepper?
My sister had a great suggestion for Pepper - make a veranda so he can be outside but not outside.  I've thought about screening my back porch.  I just haven't done it yet.  sometime.... 
Since it is where I feed the ferals that might be a little problematic cause they would freak out being confined.  A matter for more thought and consideration.

Coal - adopted Sept 2012

Coal came from a friend of an IOWHS member.  The gal he came from was feeding 2 ferals but this one showed up who was very friendly and she believed the cat was abandoned by someone who had moved out of their house.  He was described as having a fluffy tail and being an expensive cat.  So the working name - sight unseen was Diamond.  When I picked him up I said Diamond was in appropriate for this male.  It just didn't fit.  At the time I was helping TNR some other feral cats; whose kittens were being fostered by the home owner and being put up for adoption.  When she saw the cat, she came up with Coal which was perfect for this handsome guy.  He was in Petsmart less than 24 hours when I got the call of someone who was interested in adopting him.

He loved riding in the car and the new owners said they take him everywhere.  They recently adopted another cat from IOWHS.  I finalized the adoption for another foster parent.

Lola - adopted

May 2012 - Lola was a sweet female that was picked up at a Gas station in IOW.  The gal who rescued her was going to keep her but her own cats picked on her so she surrendered her.  Lola was a very sweet girl.  She wasn't quite so sure what she thought about Eustis' energy.  She really liked Grayson.  At that time I didn't let a foster out if Grayson was also out at the same time.  But she would like by his cage and he would lie by hers when she was out so I did end up letting them out together and they got along very well.

Eustis - adopted

Eustis is a grey tabby kitten found at the Ft Eustis mail room.  How she got there no one knows.  She was quite scared and skiddish when I got her but she came around quite quickly and got quite clingy but fortunately was adopted before I got too attached to her.

She was adopted by a CNU student who had never had a cat before.  Living in the house owned by his parents who had moved out of the country, he had permission to get a cat when he was old enough.  He called in a panic that evening.   He had lost her.  He didn't think she had gotten out of the house.  I went over to the house in the morning before work.  She was hiding in one of the few places available in the sparsely furnished house - under the couch.    He didn't think she could get under there but there she was.

I had recommended that she be give limited range of the house for a while.  I think she was overwhelmed.  She needed some more places to hide.  She was a beautiful sweet playful kitten and I'm sure her owner is having fun with her.

She was adopted on Sept 5, 2012.

OSO kittens - May 2012

May  - June 2012.  Five kittens from a neighbor.  She had 2 females who were not spayed and "never" got outside.  All it took was for her to get out once while she was in heat and five kittens were the result.  She had had several litters and this needed to stop.  I offered to assist and scheduled appointments for the Mom and daughter to be spayed.  The weekend before the surgeries, I went over to her house to get arrange the details of getting the cats to the van etc and saw furrballs.  Well one surgery was going to have to wait.  The daughter from a previous litter had never had kittens and never would.  She had surgery on schedule and later the Mom did.  At that point I took the kittens.  The owner said she had an adopter for one of the kittens but several days later called me to tell me the adoption didn't happen and would I take the fifth which I did.   The neighbors daughter was upset that she would have to say goodbye to the babies.   All are adopted in great homes.  She was a little rough with them so it took a little while for them to trust me and not run.

At that time I wasn't naming them but let the adopter name the cats.  

Reapor (named by his adopter)  - the last one to get adopted but I thought he'd be the first.  He was one of the most playful energetic kitties.  Going to Petsmart on a weekend was an adventure for sure.  While all the other kittens would be trying to sleep he would do his best to reach into or up into their cage to play with them.  He was a bundle of energy and a real boy.  The litter of 5 had 3 long haired grey tabbies. black with white chest and solid grey.  

Kitsie was adopted by a gal who had no plans to adopt.  She was mourning the loss of a cat she had adopted from the SPCA which had lots of medical issues and wound up costing a lot financially.  Her vet said t was a bad spay operation.  She fell in love with Kitsie and adopted her.  

This little girl was the first one to warm up to me.  She was also adopted the first weekend I took them up to Petsmart along with her brother also a grey tabby.  I had so much fun with these kitties

Here she is again with a sibling behind her.  Her hair wasn't really long sort of medium length.  But she was so cute and friendly and would come and greet me right away.

Timothy - adopted

Timothy was never really my foster or my responsibility.  He came from out of the area and was going to go right into the cages at Petsmart.  He came from a gal who had too many cats - should I say she was a bit of a hoarder.  He was examined at Banfield where it was discovered he had an ear condition requiring medication.  One of other fosters asked me if I would take him for  a week and give him his meds.  He was the sweetest boy and got along with everyone.  He was a wonderful patient too.  I had Sandy from Portsmouth and my cat Pepper at the time.  If I'd known I could have adopted him, I might have but he did find a great home and for that I'm grateful.