Last weekend, the kittens in my home were very unhappy to have to take a trip to the vet for an FVRCP vaccine.
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Deworm your Kitten
Spay/Neuter your Pets PLEASE
Yesterday morning, I was getting in my car to head to work, when I saw a cat trying to get into our condo building.
Aging in Cats
Another colleague in rescue (I have many of them) shared a Journal Article about cat aging, what’s typical, and what one should look out for that might indicate a problem.
Volunteer Demographics
One day in class I wondered if anyone had data about volunteer demographics. Who volunteers in animal rescue?
From my own observations, it seems predominantly female. Besides one male, most of the male volunteers I’ve met are spouses of volunteers, like my own husband.
Adoption Event
Today was another adoption event at PetSmart.
Kitten Season: First Litter
Those of us in cat rescue brace ourselves for kitten season every Spring. The weather becomes warmer, and stray cats begin mating, or people who didn’t bother to spay their cats bring in their unwanted and now pregnant mamas (it sounds awful doesn’t it?) People in charge of feral colonies also begin keeping an eye out for new litters.
I don’t actually work with Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, but a fellow volunteer does. She got a call for neonatal kittens, four days old. There were five kittens left in a feral colony, and when mama cat never returned, AWLA was called and thus my friend was too.
Animal Rescue and Technology
The other day I read an article about an Oklahoma ASPCA using technology to adopt cats.
Adoptions and New Fosters
I went to another adoption event yesterday. My foster Fern was adopted, and I took home two 6 month old kittens in exchange: Tinker and Bell.
Smartphone Ethnography: Another Foster Family
I met with another fellow foster colleague, and learned about her foster fail pets and current foster pet.
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