Good news and a beautiful kitty for adoption UPDATE

Three weeks ago one of our favorite FIV+ cats, Schmidt was adopted. My husband and I had the good fortune to foster him for two weeks and he was a joy to have around. His new Mom has already emailed us several times to let us know he is doing wonderfully and likes to sit on her lap and snuggle as much as possible. Schmidt was very popular with the volunteers and staff thanks to his gentle, sweet personality.

Luckily for adopters, Schmidt was not the only wonderful FIV+ boy looking for a forever home. One of my other favorite FIV+ cats is Tater. He is a gorgeous cat. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was somehow related to the now popular Bengal breed. He has a lot of their personality characteristics too...sleek, athletic and an impressive feather toy hunter. Tater is very fond of toys and is always trying to convince the other cats to wrestle with him. He is also very affectionate and loves people. Tater especially likes to be held so he can snuggle into your shoulder and purr. Tater is a whole lot of fun and would be great in a home with cats, dogs or kids. I love to watch him run and play, then when he's all worn out pick him up and smush him. As you can see, he likes to hang over the back of my shoulder so he can watch the people go by. Tater is really the life of the party, he is so much fun to have around and to play with. He's going to bring a lot of life and laughter to a lucky family's home.

If you or someone you know would like to foster or adopt an FIV kitty please contact the shelter!

UPDATE: TATER WAS ADOPTED! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPREAD THE WORD!

Sunshine's Lucky Day

Hand's down, the luckiest day of her short life so far.

Yesterday, this cute little 6-week-old kitten was seen and very fortunately rescued from the middle of 5th Street Extended by my co-worker's daughter. Several cars were seen swerving to miss hitting this baby (thank goodness) but one compassionate person stopped to scoop her up out of harm's way.

She was brought to our office soaking wet from the yesterday's downpour, lethargic, and malnourished. But once she arrived, she had plenty of caretakers. We weren't quite sure what to do with her, but after several people volunteered to care for her temporarily until we figured it out, we placed a call down the street to Monticello Animal Hospital, who agreed to keep her for the night and check her out.

This morning, she returned to our office with a good medical report. And between yesterday and today, another one of my co-workers whose cat recently died, decided to give this little girl a permanent, loving home. Her new name (at least temporarily) is Sunshine.

Little Miss Sunshine this morning