There had been more progress on getting homes for the kitties, with Sam going to his new home the weekend of January 15th. I also knew that I wanted to get Fiona and the new black kitty spayed and got them scheduled for January 24. With that, I had dialed back a bit on finding them homes until after they were fixed.
Blaze loves to show off her tummy!
The very unfortunate thing in all of this, and one I could never had predicted nor would have ever have wanted to anticipate in November when we started to try to rescue cats, is that a family member of mine was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in early January. The news was, and is, devasting and so much of my time has, and is, suddenly gone to and is going to researching this cancer and to planning for his needed care and treatment.
My brain around the rescue cats kind of shut down with this news. That said, the three here were a welcome distraction many nights when we will go down to the spare bedroom to play with them and give them attention. And I just needed to take the time to take a beat and grieve for our old life and with this new life with cancer at the center of all my attention and focus.
Where I am finding I don't have the energy is on socializing these remaining kitties and finding them new homes. And while they are all three lovely and sweet cats, I don't think it is fair to them, nor to us, to keep them holed up in our spare bedroom indefinitely. With that, I have started to put some feelers out to rescue orgs to see if someone else may be able to foster them and/or to see if I could take them to a rescue place.
Ideally, Fiona and Blaze would be adopted together as Fiona, with her lowered vision, could really use a friend/seeing eye cat and she and Blaze get along great and love to play.
Blaze and Fiona, the two office assistants
I've vacillated on the other black kitty, if I'm going to just keep her. She is somewhat shy but quite sweet. She has recently developed some scabs on her back, which is something I've never seen on a cat who is on flea/tick meds, and which need to be looked at by a vet, and her right eye comes and goes with tearing up a bit. Part of me says I should just keep her and add her to our multi-pet household and the other part of me wonders if I am up for another pet during our current situation.
New Black Kitty/NBK who needs a name (I've called her Black Betty and Freya but nothing is sticking) and is looking pretty
All things considered, we did quite well in getting these cats out of the abandonment situation that happened in October. The first three I captured, plus Sam, have all found homes. L captured and decided to keep the male tabby with the bad eye, whom she's named Tony, and she's getting his and the other gray male kitty with eye issues, who she also captured, in for surgery.
With that, the only one we were never able to successfully capture was another male orange tabby. I went up on January 28 with a trap and he was just too wise to take the, literal, bait. And since then, I believe the jerk has moved back in to the cabin so I've not gone back since. And with a cancer diagnosis in my life now taking the primary focus, I've actually not even checked in recently with L to see how things are going with the two kitties she currently has, who soon will be getting their needed eye surgeries.
So, that is where we are. I never imagined that this is where we'd be by January, with a horrible cancer diagnosis, or else I probably would have not volunteered to help. But who could have possibly known? That said, I am glad that I was able to help with getting the 4 who I rescued in to their new homes and I know these 3 I have now will land in a good place. I care about them too much not to ensure that happens for them.
Blaze is a clown
With that, please let me know if you know of anyone would is looking for a cat(s). If I do end up finding a new foster/rescue for these three, I will update here with that rescue's contact information around adoption.
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