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!

Our first onecause check came today!

Thanks to those of you that have done your online shopping
through onecause.com. We got our first check today for $37.81.

Thank You!

A Huge Thank You to Suzanne R., Chandra K., and Keri W. for their generous donations towards PFP's medical bills!!!!!

We are almost half way to our goal!

Here's a vidoe of Miss Fancy for your enjoyment!

PFP Update

PFP is doing great today!

She is ready to run around and play,

and thanks to James C.'s generous donation

we have already raised

1/10th of the money needed for her medical bills!

Thank you James!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're the best!

Watch your lunch everyone! Knockturn is hungry!

Knockturn is a 7 week old kitten that came in last week with 15 other kittens, from the same home! The stress of a new house, new food, and being de-wormed made his stomach a little more than upset. His foster home brought him in yesterday because he wasn't feeling very well.
After treatment for a bacterial overgrowth and dehydration - and lots of TLC from his foster home, Knockturn was feeling much better today.
When he came in for a re-check today he tried to steal Judy's veggie chips. Then he discovered her burrito and decided he liked that MUCH better.
Don't worry though, we only let him have a bite and then it was back to boring old kitten food.
We all had a good laugh though, and thought you might too.

Check it out for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB9JMDnRGNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bslRm6S1R0I

Princess Fancy Pants needs your help..

Most of our volunteers, and many of our supporters may remember a precious little black & white kitty that was at our shelter for several months named Princess Fancy Pants.

After all, with that quirky personality and adorable face to go with it, who could forget her?

Well, PFP (as we call her for short), has had a rough time

lately and could use some help.

Here is PFP's story:

PFP was originally brought to FCCR in May of 2008. Her name was just Princess,

but we decided to add on the Fancy Pants part. At the time we

had no idea how well the name would fit.

PFP lost her home because of her previous owner's disability.

She was no longer able to care for this sweet little kitty.

PFP has a very unique personality. She is easily overstimulated, and doesn't like to be held.

She LOVES toys, especially fluffy balls, and loves being pet.

She is one of those special kitties that takes a

true cat-lover to appreciate. A.K.A.: FEISTY!

Because of her personality, PFP was at our shelter for several months

before being adopted. She was adopted just before Christmas,

and we were all THRILLED that she would be home for the holidays.

An update with her adopter 3 months later told us that PFP

was doing well in her new home.

Unfortunately, 6 months into her new home PFP got sick.

Not just a little sick, but REALLY sick. The veterinarian

wouldn't know what was wrong with her without taking radiographs

and doing other diagnostic work.

PFP's new adopter could not afford what PFP needed, and immediately called us for help.

At FCCR we are 100% committed to every kitty that comes through

our doors for life.

We immediately told the owner that we would be more than happy

to take PFP back and do whatever needed to be done.

Conveniently, the veterinary hospital that PFP was

already located at just happened to be one of the

veterinary hospitals that is highly supportive of what we do.

Fort Collins Animal Hospital!

Dr.Steyn told us that she would help us out with the medical costs for

what PFP needed.

Radiographs of PFP's abdomen showed that she had something obstructing her intestines. She would have to go to surgery.

4 HOURS later, Dr.Christie Long finished closing PFP up after removing

4 feet (yes, 4 feet) of sewing thread from PFP's small intestine.

This poor little girl's intestine had perforated (ripped) in 13 different places.

She had to have 26 inches of small intestine removed.

That night PFP was taken to the VCA Emergency Hospital for overnight care.

The following day PFP had to receive a blood transfusion.

The blood was grudgingly donated by one of Fort Collins Animal Hospital's

clinic kitties, Kitty Kitty.

To make a long story short-er, PFP had to have a massive

amount of medical care.

She is not out of the woods yet, and may have complications with digestion in the future.

We are incredibly grateful to Fort Collins Animal Hospital for saving this

precious life. They went above and beyond the call of duty, even though

they knew it was partially a charity case.

Now we need to ask our community's help with 2 things:

1. We need help paying for PFP's medical care. Although Fort Collins Animal Hopital gave us a more than generous discount, they do need to recoup some of the money spent. FCCR needs to raise $1,000 for our sweet girl. Trust me, her life is worth it!

2. PFP needs a forever home. A home with someone that can afford to take care of any veterinary needs, and that will love her for who she is.

Someone that doesn't sew would be an extra bonus. :) Just kidding, but you would need to put the sewing thread away when you were done using it.

If you are interested in donating to help Princess Fancy Pants, you can do so in several ways:

1. Online at http://www.fortcollinscatrescue.org/ Just click on the Donate Now button.

2. By mail - 2321 E. Mulberry St. #1 Fort Collins, C) 80524

3. In person! This way you can meet PFP, and we can thank you in person!