The five KFC Colony kittens that we rescued in October were finally admitted into PAWS Chicago last Thursday. They’ve come a long way since we first saw them in their junkyard home. Check out how big they’ve gotten since! This was from their last ride to PAWS after a few vet visits. While they… Read more »
TNR friends make the best friends. Joann offered to help me pick out frames at the store she works at for some of my dad’s art, and also told me about their holiday coupons. My dad died in 2003 and I’ve been putting this off because I would always get too emotional. I took this… Read more »
Elissa, owner of Rockstar Pets – a doggy daycare, has been fostering and socializing Clara and Darren, two kittens we trapped in mid-October. They were very scared when we first got them and needed human interaction immediately so that they could eventually be adopted out. Elissa has lots of socialization experience and started immediately…. Read more »
Smokey and Samantha are kittens from the Kitchen Colony that Patrice trapped before we met and started helping her. She found a foster home for them, and is now happy to report they are foster failures! The fosterer decided to adopt them together. In the meantime their brother, Crunchy, required surgery for his broken… Read more »
The Rockstar Colony lost their home two years ago. It was torn down and the feeders moved away. This is pretty common – the KFC Colony last month lost their home as we started TNR. You just have to find help for the cats from somewhere else, a lot of times close by. A… Read more »
Wally showed up sick in the V Colony last summer. The first vet I took him to told me to euthanize him. The second vet tested him as FeLV+, and told me to give him a chance anyways. I’m glad I found the second vet and listened to him. Wally ended up beating the… Read more »
Clara and Darren are kitten siblings, about 9-10 weeks old, that we’re getting ready for adoption. We trapped them from the Kitchen Colony. My friend Mr. King is a professional photographer and offered his services. Thank you, Mr. King! Be sure to check out his site. I can’t stop looking at these photos!… Read more »
Sometimes feral cats need a little bit of recovery time BEFORE surgery. Such was the case with Sydney. PAWS Chicago said she was a bit too sick with a URI to get spayed. They gave her a shot of Convenia, an antibiotic, and said she needed some time to get better. Sydney was… Read more »
Willow N. contacted me a few weeks ago, asking if anyone I knew needed outdoor cat houses. Willow is amazing. She is part of the CACC Cat Transfer Team, and fosters for CARF: The Critical Animal Relief Foundation. Joann and I went to her house together to pick up the outdoor cat shelters…. Read more »
Otherwise known as “Poses with Pink Noses.” Frostie wants to help find homes for all of our foster kittens! Here he is helping us network Tigger. Or maybe he wants to adopt a little brother for himself?