Howdy everyone.
Just recently I've started doing something I've wanted to do for a long time: volunteer at our local shelter. I love animals of all kinds, but I've got a lot of experience with dogs and cats form a young age and so our Humane Society is a great place to help animals (and the staff) in need of assistance.
Mainly I walk dogs, clean up after them, and help where the staff needs it such as with laundry or folding fliers, ect. No one day is the same as the next and all the new animals are unique in appearance and personality, as well as story.
While I don't work with the cats as much as the dogs (they don't need walked) I do get to know some of them and spend time with them, talking to them, snuggling them, and of course looking forward to them getting a great new home. Sometimes I can't help but wish I could take them all myself, but we already have a number of cats, some of which are rescues, so I just do what I can for them where they are.
Anyways, I love sharing stories and pictures of animals, so I thought I would do that for these little guys.
Butters curled up on a blanket. We do have a nice number of long-haired cats that come in as well. They are so gorgeous, though sometimes they are matted and need a chance to grow back in their coat with the proper grooming. This guy was more fortunate, as he was surrendered by an owner and not as a stray.
Here is Moo. The poor guy was badly over-weight as well as suffering from issues with throwing up. He had free-run of the hospital room, but seemed most content curled up in his crate on a soft blanket. He eventually got adopted, which was awesome! He still needed to loose some weight though.
I love this guy, he's such a sweetie. His name is Mr. Cool, and that just adds to his awesome factor. He apparently was a stray but has swollen, cracked and bleeding paw pads and so he has lots of soft blankets and soft litter in his pan so that he can heal up well before being put up for adoption. He calls for you to come and pet him and just loves attention.
And we can't forget the little orphaned kitties that come in. Either they lost their mother or someone found them abandoned or an owner didn't want to keep the kittens of their unspayed cat. Whatever the story, this little guy is very healthy and lively and loves his bottle (ba ba). He has a warm heat-pad to sit on if he wants and goes home with someone at night to be given round-the-clock feedings and attention.
Many kittens that are switched to milk replacer have constipation issues, and little Boodle is no different. However, with plenty of smart staff members and a good vet, I'm sure he'll manage to "go" soon.
Shantelle is a extremely friendly little tortie kitten who came in with a broken hind leg. She needed a cast at first, but in this photo you can see it has been removed. She got around fine with her cast, though she often would lay down and drag her self around to get attention. She would call for me and I would go and spend some time with her between walking dogs. She won me over, I have to admit.
She healed up nicely and was adopted.
Here is poor Rags when he first came in, barely able to breath or see, he was in terrible condition. He had an injury as well as a respiratory infection. It took him probably over a month to get over it enough that he is now up for adoption and so sweet and talkative. He doesn't get along with the other cats always, so he spends the closed hours in one of the visitor rooms and open hours up front, available for people to coo over. He still has crusty eyes, but that is just from his long struggle with sickness.
Oh, and a close of up Boodle. The sweet little guy just open his eyes, so is probably around 2 weeks of age. He still toddles about and gives little cries when he's hungry. I love watching how kittens eyes roll back in their head when they begin nursing on a bottle. One of the most content times of their life.
Thanks for reading. Hope to update more. : )
Just recently I've started doing something I've wanted to do for a long time: volunteer at our local shelter. I love animals of all kinds, but I've got a lot of experience with dogs and cats form a young age and so our Humane Society is a great place to help animals (and the staff) in need of assistance.
Mainly I walk dogs, clean up after them, and help where the staff needs it such as with laundry or folding fliers, ect. No one day is the same as the next and all the new animals are unique in appearance and personality, as well as story.
While I don't work with the cats as much as the dogs (they don't need walked) I do get to know some of them and spend time with them, talking to them, snuggling them, and of course looking forward to them getting a great new home. Sometimes I can't help but wish I could take them all myself, but we already have a number of cats, some of which are rescues, so I just do what I can for them where they are.
Anyways, I love sharing stories and pictures of animals, so I thought I would do that for these little guys.
Butters curled up on a blanket. We do have a nice number of long-haired cats that come in as well. They are so gorgeous, though sometimes they are matted and need a chance to grow back in their coat with the proper grooming. This guy was more fortunate, as he was surrendered by an owner and not as a stray.
Here is Moo. The poor guy was badly over-weight as well as suffering from issues with throwing up. He had free-run of the hospital room, but seemed most content curled up in his crate on a soft blanket. He eventually got adopted, which was awesome! He still needed to loose some weight though.
I love this guy, he's such a sweetie. His name is Mr. Cool, and that just adds to his awesome factor. He apparently was a stray but has swollen, cracked and bleeding paw pads and so he has lots of soft blankets and soft litter in his pan so that he can heal up well before being put up for adoption. He calls for you to come and pet him and just loves attention.
And we can't forget the little orphaned kitties that come in. Either they lost their mother or someone found them abandoned or an owner didn't want to keep the kittens of their unspayed cat. Whatever the story, this little guy is very healthy and lively and loves his bottle (ba ba). He has a warm heat-pad to sit on if he wants and goes home with someone at night to be given round-the-clock feedings and attention.
Many kittens that are switched to milk replacer have constipation issues, and little Boodle is no different. However, with plenty of smart staff members and a good vet, I'm sure he'll manage to "go" soon.
Shantelle is a extremely friendly little tortie kitten who came in with a broken hind leg. She needed a cast at first, but in this photo you can see it has been removed. She got around fine with her cast, though she often would lay down and drag her self around to get attention. She would call for me and I would go and spend some time with her between walking dogs. She won me over, I have to admit.
She healed up nicely and was adopted.
Here is poor Rags when he first came in, barely able to breath or see, he was in terrible condition. He had an injury as well as a respiratory infection. It took him probably over a month to get over it enough that he is now up for adoption and so sweet and talkative. He doesn't get along with the other cats always, so he spends the closed hours in one of the visitor rooms and open hours up front, available for people to coo over. He still has crusty eyes, but that is just from his long struggle with sickness.
Oh, and a close of up Boodle. The sweet little guy just open his eyes, so is probably around 2 weeks of age. He still toddles about and gives little cries when he's hungry. I love watching how kittens eyes roll back in their head when they begin nursing on a bottle. One of the most content times of their life.
Thanks for reading. Hope to update more. : )
