Not quite a year old, brothers Lenny (above) and Tony (below) are looking for a home together. When their cage door is opened, bold curious Lenny leaps into action! Shy Tony is more cautious, and he has a very cute pink nose.
Many years ago, when I first started volunteering at PAWS, there was a cat who lived in one of the shelter offices. More specifically, this cat lived under a chair in the office. When anyone came into the room to clean or feed, the poor traumatized cat would scoot under the chair and hiss. This went on for some months.
One day a woman came to PAWS looking for a cat companion. The adoption councilor brought her into the office and she sat in the chair. The cat came out from underneath, jumped in her lap, and started to purr!
I’ve often wondered, was it something in the woman’s tone of voice? Was it her perfume? Did the woman trigger a memory of the cat’s loved ones?
When I’m discouraged about some of the shelter cats’ prospects, when it seems like they’ll never find a new home and loving family, I think about this story.
There’s always hope.
Two year old Mocha came to the shelter just last week. She’s friendly and enjoys the company of people and other cats.
UPDATE: Good news, Mocha has been adopted!
“Play with me play with me play with me pleeeeeese!”
“Will you play with me?”
Yankee is happy that there’s a place where he can get away from pesky kittens. Poor Kosmo!
Yankee and his orange sister Doodle are still available at the Shelter. Tabby brothers Kosmo and Kramer almost had a home, but the adoption didn’t work out. The second time will surely be the charm!
Here are just a few of the Shelter cats and kittens we cared for and loved in the past year. They’re all celebrating today in their very own homes. My wish for the New Year is a safe and loving family for all animals, and for people too.
Their names have probably changed now that they’ve been adopted, but starting at the top from left to right, here are:
Emmanuel, Calypso, Sophie, Pedro, Tallahassee, Luisa, Pixiedoodle, Gideon, Cameron, Yoshi, Leo, Lynne, Kiet, Levi, Trinket, Willow, and Charleston.
Kosmo and Kramer are together in a new home for the Holidays.
Marmalade has left the building too…
as well as Puck!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around the Shelter.
Some cats and kittens at the Shelter are so appealing, it’s surprising that they aren’t adopted immediately. Thicket, who spent months of her kittenhood charming the staff and volunteers, has finally gone to her new home.
Maybe she was just waiting for the right family.
You can see Thicket’s baby picture HERE.
For more wonderful news from PAWS, please visit our friends at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life.
Sunday at the Shelter was a pleasure. I started out by cleaning and playing in the kitten room where I met little Trinket.
What a sweetheart!
Luke has such a beautiful soft coat! He’s friendly, sweet, playful, and he’s got a very cute tail.
I wrote about Blanche a few months ago- you can see her kitten pictures HERE. As she has grown up, she’s developed some beautiful subtle markings.
Update: Blanche has been adopted!
Sunday, little Divine was alone in a cage at the shelter.
Her siblings Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, and RuPaul were already adopted.
I hope she gets a home of her own very soon,
long before she grows into her large ears!
Speaking of ears, this is interesting…
