Ups and Downs...

So here was my day :

Wake up.

Take dogs out to pee.

Answer some emails.

Get the kiddos off to school.

Feed and medicate everyone here.

Organize adoption paperwork then load up creatures in the car.

Stop at the foster home to drop off the hound x setter that was here overnight after his neuter yesterday.

Drive to see the very nice man who was interested in meeting Earl Gray.

Well the good news for today is that Earl Gray finally found a home! Poor bug has been in foster care since last October - 8 months now - and he has finally found his place to be. Yipee!

Drive up to the Global store to pick up donations of food, scritch and play with Diamond for a bit. Diamond is one of our program cats and he is being featured in the store while he waits for a home. Diamond is AMAZING - so sweet and loving and absolutely gorgeous! (Anybody need to adopt a nice young cat??!?!) :o)

Drive home.

Take dogs out to pee and a quick walk.

Feed and medicate everyone who needs it.

On the very sad side of things, the tiniest of the orphan kittens had died. They all seemed to be doing okay for the last few days, so that was a very sad and awful thing to discover...

Clean litter boxes.

Feed and medicate.

Answer phone calls and emails.

Feed human family.

Take dogs to pee and romp.

Tuck various creatures into bed and get ready to do something very similar again tomorrow...

So how was your day?
Shelly and crew

So far so good!

Well - I am please to report that everyone is still alive this morning - yay!I did drive to the emergency clinic last night to get some mammalac to supplement them, because skinny little mom is going to have a hard time dealing with eight babies I imagine.

The littlest new guy looked close to dead last night but seems to be perkier this morning so I am hoping they will pull through.

All I hope is that they are healthy or I will have doomed both groups. That is the big risk of putting them in.

Also, many cats DO take other babies readily enough, but on occasion the mom will kill the newcomers right off the bat or just ignore them completely until they perish.
Thankfully she seems to like them.

Pheeww!
Shelly and crew

Surprise!

So, things have been lurching along nicely - the odd crisis - nothing completely shattering...

And I am starting to think things are under control. Hah!

On the positive side, I heard from the people who adopted Benny today (my former foster chihuahua with attitude!) and he is working in really well - yipee!

I have a really nice couple coming by on Sunday to see Kes, the slightly older but bouncy and playful cocker spaniel that is here - also yipee (with fingers crossed).

The new office fosters (Molly and Winston) are doing well, and we are continuing to work on Annabelle and her kittens.

The recovering parvo pup Fitz is doing well and his foster momma is not going to put up with any of his spoiled shihtzu habits!

Sooo - guess what I found waiting for me tonight?
I was on kid duties - flute lesson, vocal lesson, then haircuts and grocery shopping...
We arrived home and hubby said "Thank goodness you're here - there are REALLY little kittens in the garage!"
Well - there are 4 orphans - maybe 2 weeks old in a ratty box with an old tshirt and an open can of wet food that they can't even hope to eat.:o(
Stoopidly - I don't have any feline mammalac in the house and it is too late to get any from the vet, or pet store and the closest would be the emergency clinic which is about 45 minutes away. Doh!
So I did exactly what you should never do. I couldn't see any fleas or mites, they seemed to have clean butts and noses... So I rubbed them on the other 4 kittens and gave them to my nursing momma. Thankfully she took to them and has nursed them. They don't seem too dehydrated or cold so they might be okay. I just hope they don't have something horrible that I have now passed along to the other healthy kittens. (Which is why it is generally a bad idea)

They are about half the size of the mommas real kittens and amazing, but one of the kittens (4 weeks old) was actually grooming the new guys while they were trying to nurse. It was so cute!
They are all sleeping in one big furry pile now.

Anyway, I hope they are all still going in the morning...
Man, I am getting too old for this type of excitement!

I hope your day is a bit more boring. :o)
ttys, Shelly and crew