2012 in Review - Part 1

So we decided to look back over 2012.....we thought maybe do the highs and lows in separate posts but decided no one would want to read an entire post about the lows of the year. MOL  So we decided to run 6 months at a time.....here is the first half!!!

We started off 2012 with Caramel and Mocha......  Mocha was our tiny baby that mom discovered had an old rib injury that reminded us once again why we rescue....she is in a MUCH better place with her new family now. :)

We gotted our first new cat tree too!!

And this past spring was when things got heated in Florida as TNR came to the forefront with a hotel chain. We have said before that we are ALL for TNR and Junior is the best example.

Before the coffee kittens were adopted, Martin came to stay with us for a while. After he went back, the shelter decided he was going to have to go back to the woman who rescued him since his behavior was unpredictable. Mom ran into Miss Jen this fall and got to see a picture of Martin after Miss Jen found him a new forever home. YEAH for Martin!!

While we were trying to solve the mystery of Caramel's enduring snot, Cheerio came to spend some time with us. Mom has seen his mom at Petco a few times and while he is still shy, he has come around and routinely loves on his new dad. :)

In March we got a call about one of the cats that had been trapped and adopted by a neighbor. It seems that the lady was moving and rather than being responsible, she just left Madam outside. Fortunately, mom was able to catch her and after some minor drama, placed her at Petco and she was adopted by a very nice older couple.....

 The end of March brought a new adventure.  Marble and Silver came to the house. Marble had been spayed and Silver came in as a tiny orphaned kitten. The rescue got lucky and Marble decided that Silver was a nice baby and took her as her own.  You can read mom's favorite Silver memory here

 Oh yeah - and mom got new ink.....

April brought some serious sadness as we were joined by Louisa and her kittens who ran for the Bridge so very soon.....

May brought some serious craziness as we had Wendy and the fast food kittens and then Wild Bill, Annie, Sally Mae and Doc Holiday join us in a short period of time....Ultimately Wild Bill and Annie Oakley ran for the Bridge, but we are glad they got a chance to be loved and safe. And their mom got spayed and the neighborhood where they were found made an effort to do some serious TNR - so they did make an impact in several lives.

 OMG - can you believe that it was JUNE when the alcohol kittens joined us?????  Holy cats....

after staring at the picture, mom thinks the one up front might be Bourb

Stay tuned tomorrow for Part 2

Things on Thursday....

Hollie (at Petco - see Tuesday) is a tortie. Miss Beckie from the rescue called the store yesterday and she isn't hiding anymore and is coming out to greet people. Bobo is kind of whiny cause he is lonely. The plans to bring his brother over aren't going to pan out as his brother now has the snot. Poor baby...

Caramel went to see the v-e-t yesterday. The vet said that he was being undermedicated and that a higher dose of doxy should help. She was a little short with mom at first but did come around and realized that mom was doing what she was originally told. He weighs about 3.46 pounds now (holy moly) and should hopefully be sneaking up (silently) on his sister in about a week. :)

While at the v-e-t mom asked about Mocha - she asked if someone had a chance to look at the x-ray. A radiologist did look at it (no idea why no one called with a follow up). Turns out it isn't a birth defect (and in some good news, mom has been keeping track and it doesn't seem to curve in quite so far, so it does seem to be growing as she does). The x-ray showed 3 fractured ribs and lung contusions from a previous injury. Someone hurt this baby and caused that damage. We and mom are pretty angry..... mom would like to hunt that person down and kick them - though sadly, in this state, she would do more time in jail for that than the person would for hurting Mocha. At least now we know what happened and that she isn't going to suffer in the future. She did go with Caramel to the v-e-t this morning for "moral support"....she scratched mom and used some bad werds - we don't think that was very supportive.

Finally, the weather was nice today. Mom took some time off from work for "mental health" and....she OPENED SOME WINDOWS!!! It isn't supposed to stay nice around here, but the fresh air was a nice break for February.

weekend wrapup.....

Friday night mom did another transport. Normally these happen over the weekend, but they managed to pull Gracie from a high kill shelter to a foster home and needed to get her on another transport leaving Saturday. So mom did her part on Friday after work. Poor Gracie (they are calling her a boxer mix) was terrified and rode the entire trip in the wheel well by the passenger front seat. (the picture is of her on another part of the trip)

Any FYI - for those of you who have seen Oskar the blind kitten and his brother Klaus on YouTube - they now have a blog.

As hoped, we spent the weekend relaxing. Mom got out the wands and the treats, so Tim had to stop giving her the back of disdain. Mo and Junior decided to try out the new tree a little more. Tim tried the hammock part of it, but couldn't get himself turned around so he gave up. Plus mom has seen Mo and the kittens sleeping on the top shelf.

"ok - now how do I get down?"

"comfy - and Spud can't reach me up here"

"yep - just hangin'"

Caramel prefers the condo

the crazies.....

Mom tried to get it on video or get pictures last night, but it didn't work. Junior had a MAJOR case of the crazies last night and the kittens were right there with him. It makes mom laugh...ok, until Junior chased Ivy around the house and annoyed the heck out of her.... But up and down the hall, up and down the stairs.....

Mom has seen both kittens sleeping on top of the tree, so at least we know they can get up there.....

Otherwise, we were just thankful to be inside and warm......

weekend wrapup

Well, the snotty kids are still....snotty. :)  Caramel just doens't understand why EVERYONE knows he is coming when he tries to sneak up on them (hint - the heavy breathing gives him away). Mom says he isn't the brightest lightbulb.
       Hey - on that note, maybe that solves the Ivy mystery from Friday - she stands close to the light to get smarter.....hahahahahaha (sounds of feets running as their sister reads that part)

OK - while they are off whapping each other, I (the mom) will fill you in on the rest of the weekend.

Transport Saturday: Polo (boston/french bulldog mix) and Bunny (Rat terrier mix [though I think she may be more papillion])

Bunny

Bunny

Polo

They are on their way from a shelter to foster home. :)

The snotty kittens are now on a different drug. Hopefully this one will work. Poor Caramel fell asleep on my lap on Sunday and has to breath through his mouth.

Otherwise, a slow weekend...we napped on Sunday.

weekend wrapup.....

Yep, those kittens are pretty danged cute. They also had ear mites, so their ears looked a little slimy in the last picture. Both are pretty sweet - Caramel just purrs when mom picks him up (ok - it is more like "purrrr snort purrrr snort"). Mocha is getting better about being picked up - mom says she doesn't blame her for being a little hand shy right now but knows she will come around. For now, they are eating (though mom laughs cause she put out the gooshy fuds which they are ignoring but they are eating the dry stuff) and drinking. Not much else she can do for them except run the vaporizer a couple of times per day.
(oh - and to Admiral's mom - our mom was thinking about you last night when she was loving on Mocha....) 
Once they are feeling better, mom says they are going to get a b-a-t-h....yikes!!

Otherwise, nothing too exciting here this weekend. Mom bought some "calming" treats to try on us. Spud likes them, Tommy not so much. Figures.....

Mom also worked an adoption event on Sunday and 5 kitties went home. Now they need to "restock" the Petco tonight with new cats. 2 of the 5 were even a bonded pair - they were adopted after a week and a half in the store - mom said she was pretty amazed cause she was SURE it would take longer. And Cathie finally got to go home - her family had done the application a while ago but the pipes burst in their house and they are just now moving back in from a hotel. :) We are certainly glad to see all these kitties get their own homes - and that the adoption process at the new Petco is going so well....