all ready for kittens

Just thought I would share with you how the floor came out.  You can see the overlap at the end, I'm not sure if I want to glue that up or try cutting it flush.  I'm thinking I'll glue it, I can always cut it later.

Eli is not impressed...

 He would have rather I spent the day patting his belly.

(this was supposed to post on the 5th... Since this I did attach that flap to the wall and it came out pretty nicely.   Now if it can stand up to kittens, that we'll have to wait and see)

good news is bad news

Well I want to be upset, but it is hard...

I can't believe it has been a week since I turned in the kittens and have not heard back from the shelter about taking more.  I finally screwed up the courage to call the other shelter and offer my fostering services but have not heard back from them yet either (they were a little confused as to when the foster coordinator was going to be in, and apparently she wasn't in all weekend)

So I wrote to the shelter and asked about the mom with the babies I mentioned earlier.  They decided to keep them at the shelter because they want to do frequent wrap changes on the baby with the bad legs.  (the baby with the bad skull didn't make it).  I want to whine that I can bring it in frequently, but I won't.  If being there is best for them, then being there is best for them.

I had stopped in prior to emailing to see if they were still there (which is how I knew the little one didn't make it) and there was just a few kittens waiting in the back room and none that needed fostering.  I checked the sign out sheet and very few supplies are leaving the shelter for fosters at this point so it looks like there just aren't that many kittens who need help.  Which is a great thing (although looking at craigslist you can see there are still a ton of kittens looking for homes - so in a few months when the second round of kittens starts you know the shelter will be full) but it makes my poor little foster room so lonely and empty... and this blog not all that interesting.  I can post photos of my crew, but those don't seem all that interesting to the readers... and with the heat they aren't being all that interesting to me either.  Just a whole heck of a lot of "dead kitty" impersonations.

I am still waiting to hear back from the second shelter.  I'm assuming they are going to call while I'm at work today, and we'll see what they have to say.

another food recall

Looks like a limited area, but I'm a little surprised I didn't hear about it anyway..

from http://www.thedailytail.com/

Nestlé Purina is recalling bags of dry cat food shipped to Colorado, Idaho and Oregon, which may have been distributed to other Western states. The foods may be contaminated with Salmonella. The following products with both the “Best By” date and production codes shown are included in this recall:




Name Bag Best By Date* UPC Code

Cat Chow Naturals Dry Cat Food 6.3 lb. AUG 2012 10331083 13 17800 11320

Friskies Grillers Blend Dry Cat Food 3.15 lb. AUG 2012 10381083 06 50000 08450

Friskies Grillers Blend Dry Cat Food 16 lb. AUG 2012 10381083 06 50000 57578

* “Best By” Date and Production Code is found on the back or bottom of the bag.

Free Food and a contest..

Romeo the Cat is running a contest in conjunction with PetCo.  First off, you can stop in at an PetCo and get two cans of Royal Canin cat food free (not the food you feed your kitties, then you can donate it to your local shelter).  What fun right?  I mean who doesn't like free cat food!  And what makes it all the better is for everyone they give away, Royal Canin is donating another to the PetCo Foundation.

So the contest is that if you broadcast this giveaway you can win a chance to donate to the shelter of your choosing.  Either money if you win the grand prize or food if you win one of the two second prizes. 

so broadcast I will.  :)

and now for something completely different