I'm glad the month of May is almost over.....

This month has been a very hard month for us. We have taken in close to 100 homeless kittens - many of which came from bad situations and were sickly. I think we can officially say that kitten season is here.
We lost several kittens to disease. We will never forget the little ones: Blaze, Edison, Hawthorne & Jupiter. They were loved.
We also had 2 cats returned from different homes, but both had foreign body obstructions in their intestines. One of course was PFP with the 4 feet of sewing thread, and the other was Lucy who had a chunk of rubber stuck in her intestine.
With the bad economy we are getting more and more requests from people wanting to surrender their pets because the have lost their job, their home, or in some cases both.
We had yet another kitty, Mr. Kitty, left on our doorstep last week. I was quite surprised last Thursday when I returned to the shelter at 7pm to get my car after an event, and found a cat on the doorstep.

It's not all bad news though, and I need to take some time to focus on some of the positive things that have happened:

1. Arfy's Mercantile now has one of our adoptable kitties at their store in hopes that someone will come along and fall in love. Our first kitty we had there, Lilly, was adopted 2 weeks after arriving to Arfy's. Currently we have a wonderful, 7 year old orange tabby named Pauly that is hanging out at Arfy's waiting for his forever home to come along.
Thank you Robin for giving us this opportunity!!!!

2. Aspen Grove Vet Clinic has partnered with us for the month of June and will have adoptable kittens at their clinic throughout the month. They will be offering specials to the adopters of those kittens. On Tuesday we took Latte & Cocotte over there, and they have both already been adopted. We will be dropping a new litter off at their clinic tomorrow.
Thank you Robin, Jamie, & Dr.Bobby!!!!!!!!

3. We have raised over half of the money needed to pay for PFP's surgery. A big thanks to the recent donors: Mary W., Donna W., and Johanna M.
PFP had her staples out on Wednesday, and is back in the adoption room and up to her usual hijinks!

4. Our wonderful Jan L. renewed her Smitten with Kittens membership at the Top Cat level. Lela C. upgraded her Smitten with Kittens membership to the tabby level. Thank you Jan & Lela!

5. Our birthday party is Sunday! Of course we can't help but be excited about that. It's hard to believe we will be starting our 4th year in just a few days.

We hope to see you Sunday at our Birthday Party!