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[felicula]

I've been remiss. A week ago, on December 27, the family and I went down to the Wyoming County SPCA with two bags of cat litter to donate and brought home an adult cat to do our small part to ease their overpopulation of cats. They are a no-kill shelter, which means they don't get government funding. Their catsplosion may shut them down. If you have the room in your heart and home for an adult cat, their adoption fee is waived until January 7. If you have extra blankets, laundry detergent, purina food, or clay or scoopable litter, they welcome donations. I would recommend taking a visit down there, whether you have a little extra you could give or you want a cat. At any given time, I was surrounded by 10-20 cats. There are cats on shelves. There are cats in corners. There are cats in cages. The bulk of the cats are loose in the cat room. There are rows of giant food dishes, water dishes, and litter boxes. Amazingly enough, the smell is minimal for that many animals. We brought a laser pointer and had a load of fun watching a crowd of cats chasing after the evil red dot. mechanchaos brought the camera. Hopefully he'll put the pictures up on his flickr account one of these days.

Our new arrival's name is Dixie. She is a grey and white longhair cat who had lived at the shelter for most of her 3 1/2 years. The past couple days she has been allowed to interact with the other cats unsupervised. She purrs loudly when I pet her, and she loves playing with just about every cat toy I have introduced. So far the others have been a bit uncertain of her, just as she is uncertain of them. However, the evil red dot brings out the boldness in all of them.

So far, I don't have the results from Leo. Bloodwork went out, and they're developing the xrays. Things are bittersweet. It's nice that Dixie is in the house, and that Leo's problem isn't bladder-related, but I'm worried about what Leo's issues might be.

Comments

[endlessbard.livejournal.com]

Aww man...I'd love to take a cat off their hands and simultaneously give Arwen a new playmate, but I've no way to get down there. :-\

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Oof. They could certainly use the help if you can snag a ride from someone. We took 490W to the second exit for 33 (exit 2, I think), took 33 W into Batavia, then 98 south a little past the middle of Attica. Cat lovers with cars may be enticed by the prospect of getting to see a room with more than a hundred cats in it!

kittie!

[evilkinggumby.livejournal.com]

hugs! hopefully it's somethng simple like.. tinsel that got eaten or something..

i think i'da died seeing THAT many cats running around.. swarm of them.. lol... there was an old commercial for cat herders they did a whiles back for some insurance firm that sounds like that.. hehehe

Re: kittie!

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Actually, if it was eaten tinsel it could easily require surgery. Thankfully, it's not. I'll be posting an update soon.

Yeah, that room was not for folks who aren't fond of cats. (And now my apartment sports 5 cats.)

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to meet her!

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Hopefully that'll be soon!