Cat Rescue Concludes

On Tuesday, I was fortunate to hear from Montgomery County Humane Society agreeing to shelter Fiona, Blaze and New Black Kitty until they are adopted. They are a no-kill rescue that also runs vaccine clinics and low-cost spay/neuters. All these girls got their spays completed here so I have a lot of confidence in them and their abilities to find these girls their new homes. 

Away they go!

It is a lot quieter around here and I will admit that I miss them and their antics. But since I went in to this knowing that I wasn't going to keep them forever, at some point they were going to leave regardless. And I know they will end up in great homes. 

With the holiday weekend coming up, they may not show up on the MCHS website until Tuesday but when they do, they will be listed here: https://www.mchumane.org/adoptable-cats/ And applications can be filled out here: https://www.mchumane.org/adoptable-pets/cat-adoption-application/

So, how did we do with our Adventure in Rescuing West Virginia Kitties? Since early November, three months and some change, we were able to capture all but one of the 10 cats. Every cat you see above in the logo, except for the orange tabby, was captured. 

The first group were the three girls I called Miss Sass, Cinnamon and Pumpkin Spice. I caught them all in mid-November. 

Lovely Miss Sass

"Miss Sass" was adopted in early December as was "Pumpkin" and "Cinnamon", aka The Twins, who are looking a million times better than when they were captured with very bad upper respiratory infections and their previous "owners" had cut their whiskers which have since grown back. These two bonded girls were adopted out together. 

The Twins today in their new digs

I headed back up in mid-December to capture more cats and was able to catch Blaze, Sam and Fiona. 

They became the next trio to head back to the D.C. area with me. 

Blaze, Fiona and Sam hanging out in my cabin

Again, everyone was pretty sick with upper respiratory infections and I held off on getting Fiona the tortie spayed as she also had a potential eye and ear infection to deal with as well. Blaze was spayed and Sam we determined was definitely neutered. 

L., who had been doing the big task of feeding the other kitties at the abandoned cabin every day, captured the grey tabby boy with an infected eye and decided to keep him when it was apparent that he got along great with her other animals. Tony is going to need eye surgery to remove his right eye and get stitched up, which L is taking care of. 

Tony with his new buddy

I headed up again between Christmas and New Years to try to catch the remaining black kitty as the temps were dropping rapidly and snow was coming so we wanted to get as many as we could out of the outdoors and inside. The black kitty was not interested in getting caught by me, but L. was successful a few days later in capturing here and we met at a halfway point so I could bring the latest, and last, black kitty back with me. 

    

New Black Kitty (NBK) was a bit panicked when she was captured

And the "after" photo, making herself at home. She is a strikingly pretty cat. 

So, now I had a group of 4, and in mid-January, Sam went to his new home and they were thrilled to get him. 

Sam is definitely one of the chill-laxed cats I've ever met

L. was able to catch the big gray and white male who also has an infected eye. She's named him Frankie and while she is not going to keep him like Tony, she's gotten him neutered and he is scheduled for eye surgery in just a few days. Since he kind of stalks her female (but spayed) cat a bit too much, so L. is working to get him in a rescue soon to find his new home. We have a lead with Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County, who I'd reached out to about Fiona, Blaze and New Black Kitty, so our hope is that he can go there after he recuperates from his eye surgery. 

Frankie just after being scooped up

So, how did we do? 

1. Miss Sass
2. Pumpkin
3. Cinnamon
4. Fiona
5. Blaze
6. Sam
7. New Black Kitty
8. Tony
9. Frankie

Only 1 cat out of the 10 was just too elusive for us to catch. Both L. and I set traps for him but he just wasn't going to let us catch him. As an orange tabby, he looks like a bigger version of Sam and you can see him here in this photo below with New Black Kitty before we caught her. The cabin people have moved back in, so we don't feel comfortable trying to trap him with them there. Neighbors are keeping an eye on him. 

The elusive bigger orange tabby we were unable to capture

Not too bad for a team of 2! Along with a lot of awesome folks who donated food and a feeding station. And generous donations via GoFundMe which helped us with the costs of spaying 6 female cats, vet exams, medications and surgeries. Thank you again for all that support and help. We couldn't have done it without you!

If you are interested in adopting the 4 cats that are still looking for new homes, please keep checking the Animal Welfare League for Frankie and Montgomery County Humane Society for Blaze, Fiona and New Black Kitty. 

I'm going to keep this blog going for about another month to see if there are any additional updates. Thank you again, and take care! 

T. AKA The Crazy Cat Catching Lady