Former Foster Friday - Radar!!

Remember our sweet boy Radar?  He had two brothers Hawkeye and Trapper.

When I brought them back to be neutered I was told that Radar had caught the eye of an employee and would not be going up for adoption but going home with her.

Well she found me earlier in the week and sent me some photos of him.  She renamed him "Blue"  (aww.. darn.  I kinda liked Radar.. but Blue so does seem to suit him - so totally can't complain!)

Poor Blue, he looks so darn stressed!! ;)

Doesn't he just look like he's got a bit of mischief in him??   This is what she had to say

at the end of winter break my family adopted one of your fosters, "Radar"! I figured I'd send you a message and some pictures since I know, at least from personal experience, it's always nice to see how they're doing!
His name is now "Blue", and he's an absolute gem. I've never met a more social, happy kitten. He loves to play with our dogs and cat. He's just a love bug. Thank you so much for all you do for AWS, and thank you for raising Radar so well, as well as his brothers and so many other kittens I know you have fostered for us. 

Aww.. It is nice to see how they are doing..  Blue looks so beautiful..  Thank you so much!

(photos used with permission)
I also thought I would share that I heard through the grapevine that "Hawkeye" went home with a family whose last name is "Pierce".  Wouldn't it be incredibly awesome if they kept his name?? (not that it would be horrid if they changed it, but I can just giggle at imagining the vet records for him)

Well this closes out the February Former Foster Friday posts.  I would so love to keep this up (anyone reading this have one of my kittens?? my email addy is right there on the side bar) but I haven't heard from anyone else in a while.  I do have to say, I loved doing it.  Paws crossed that some more find me soon.

A good day..

Well despite the fact that yesterday was Monday and my husband was out of town, and I had a killer headache for most of the day, I have to say that yesterday was all in all a good day.

It started out with Jack snuggling with me, licking my nose, wanting to be close to me.  He was avoiding being on the bed while he was having his medical issues, so to have him  up there when I woke up was really nice.

Then the shelter called to let me know I could bring the kittens in to be neutered.  I was so pleasantly shocked that they did.  Not only because there was space for them, but that the message got through the chain of staff and someone followed through.  Part of me was kinda hoping the phone call wouldn't happen and they would still be here, but they do need to go back so off they went.

During the day I made adoption cards for them, so after work I ran to the shelter to drop those off, and my boys did very well and looked very good.  Hawkeye and I cuddled, Trapper ran free and said hello to another kitty in a different cage.  Radar was just looking for mischief.  Talking to the staff it turns out Radar already has a home.  One of the staff members has a brother who saw him before I got him and wanted him.

so good for him.  This just means Hawkeye and Trapper needs a new home.  Together would be awesome, but if not that's OK too.

I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home.  I found large cans of pumpkin on sale for half price.  So I got a bakers dozen.  There were a few more left, but I just couldn't face carrying them to the car then into the house. (big headache.. remember)

I got home and had two packages waiting for me.  The first from a friend of mine..

How cute is this??  It is one of those mini books that are the size of a coaster.  I can't wait to read it once my head stops hurting..

and I also got a very large package sent priority mail from Purina.  I couldn't stop giggling because I knew exactly what it was.. the tote I won at the end of last year..

 it is nice and roomy, and I can imagine it will be awesome for all kinds of things.  CatLadyLand is one of those blogs I adore, and I love that I can tote around her logo.. cause Cats Are Funny.. (Of course this spurs me to want to make my own logo.. I just need to find someone willing to do it for little to no money.. )

I'm looking forward to bringing it to BlogPaws..

Trapper

Getting a good shot of the black spot in Trapper's eye wasn't easy.  It doesn't help that his eye was still inflamed when I tried..

The MASH trio are of size now and are doing well.  Their eyes still produce a bit of goop and they still sneeze occasionally, but they have been doing this for a week.  They aren't so bad they need meds, heck they are so active that you barely notice unless you are looking for it.  They so totally thing they are the Flying Wallendas, throwing themselves off of anything and everything and flying through the air and making graceful landings.  Their new owners are so going to need to know about their pension for doing this..

That and they so need a few extra baskets..

There is a good chance they are going back today depending on what the shelter adopted out this weekend..   (more adoptions means less change because kittens are neutered before going up for adoption and adults are after if they need it.  the more that are scheduled to go home means more in line at the clinic)

On the right track

And totally acting like kittens again..

What I saw when I walked in the kitten room.. 

Seriously?? how on earth did you even FIND that basket to sit in???


So the sneezes have mostly cleared up.  The eating is a little better.  The eyes are almost completely healed.  I had the worst time with Radar and the eye ointment.  I pride myself on being able to medicate any feline in my house just short of the three feral mothers I've dealt with that wouldn't let me touch them, but Radar would buck so hard that I was afraid of damaging his eyeball because he would lurch forward.  I even burrito-ed him with in an inch of his life, and still he found a way to scare me.  So I took to giving him colloidal silver drops instead.  Since I could hold the dropper further away, I knew he wouldn't impale himself on it.  Yesterday I ended up medicating Hawkeye and Trapper while they were standing waiting for food, and I thought what the heck, lets give it a try on Radar standing on his own two feet - and it worked really well for the first eye.  He couldn't see it coming since I came at him from the side.  Once he realized what I was doing I had to be quick, and I got the other eye done before he really got things wound up.

After being dewormed they started eating better.  I weighed them yesterday and Radar and Hawk were under by a few ounces.  I thought they were of weight when I brought them home, so I am guessing they lost quite a bit.  Last night everyone was of weight and then some - so they are eating up a storm!  It was their "clucky day" according to the food they got ;)  (yes, for some reason that tickles me)

So I'm guessing they'll be ready to go back by the weekend.  I can still feel ribs, but hopefully a few good days of an abundance of food and that will be taken care of.

What do you mean how did I find this??
I'm a kitten, it is a basket.. DUH!

a video of them playing from a few days ago when they had a plethora of food choices..

Macro Kitties

I am loving the second of my new lens because I'm able to take photos of the kitties where they live - all up in my face!  These boys are so demanding and so attention seeking that it is almost overwhelming.

While there has been some improvements at this point, there has also been a disturbing amount of sneezing going on.  I am hoping that it is just a passing thing and it isn't URI starting to break.  As you can see Radar has "Horner's Syndrome" going on.  It should abate with some time, mean while I'm keeping his eyes moisturized and treated with a triple antibiotic ointment.  They do not eat nearly as much as I would like them to, but they are eating.  and they are able to find every single dust particle in that room and cover themselves with it daily :)

Trapper (the larger of the two black kitties) also has a black pigment spot on his right eye.  You can see it in that first photo but only if you know to look for it.  It is in the very outer corner of his eye, and being black it looks very much like part of his eyelid.  I doubt it is anything to worry about, but I will be mentioning it to the shelter when they go back for adoption.

Wordless Whisker Wednesday

What a difference a lens makes

I got a new lens for my camera for Christmas...

With Good comes Bad, and with Bad comes Good

I posted on Facebook that I had a very special moment yesterday morning.  I didn't feel comfortable sharing the details because I was in a special secret foster situation.  The shelter I foster for also has a program that allows people who feel the need to leave their homes because they don't feel safe.  Knowing that people in abusive situations often won't leave because of their pets the shelter takes them in and fosters them for up to 30 days to allow them a chance to get back on their feet.  Because we never know how the partner in the domestic situation is going to react, it was suggested that blogging about it wouldn't be a good idea. (and wasn't that hard on me!!)

I took on four pretty uniquely named cats, so I don't really feel comfortable sharing their names.  There were special needs, and I was uniquely suited to care for them.  It took a while for them to relax with me, but one of the four never did.  She would hide when ever I came in the room.  I was able to pull her out and hug and kiss her, but she would never fail to tell me she much preferred to be hidden.  Well just over a week with me and she came out on her own, ate well, looked at me, let me pat her.  I was so proud of her for being so brave and trusting me.  They were all very awesome cats and I was really enjoying their company.  Yesterday afternoon I got a call that the person was ready to take the cats back.  So off they went.  I was sad that they were leaving so soon, but happy that they were able to reunite with their owner - who loves them very very much - and that they would be going to a safer place.

This was a very emotional foster situation for me for a couple of reasons - I  don't feel the need to go into all of the details - so after dropping them off I said I wanted to ask about kittens but wasn't sure I should.  Chances are they wouldn't have had any for me, but before I could really even finish speculating about if they had any, the shelter staff I was talking to told me there were.  Me being me, I couldn't help but go take a look.

Three little boys, two black, one gray with white..  all purring up a storm and seeking attention.  I so needed that.  They have slightly goopy eyes, so we'll be waiting till those clear up.  They are of weight, but yet underweight.  aka they are over 2.5 lbs but they feel like fur and bones.  So a few days of love and food and paws crossed they'll go back in 2013 with no complications.

I joked I was going to call them Larry Daryl and Daryl.. but we ended up with Hawkeye and Trapper for the two black ones and Radar for the gray and white.  Hawkeye is smaller than Trapper.  He's also quite a lover, spending some time licking my fingers and purring my ear.  I wanted to originally call Radar after a third member of the "Swamp" but I didn't think "Ferret Face" was appropriate, and Charles didn't have a nickname..   I suppose I could call him BJ, but that just didn't seem right.  I thought about Blake or Potter, but Radar seems to work pretty well.  I don't know if it will stick, but then again he isn't going to be here very long now is he *knock wood*