Ri's Reality

When my cat had kittens I called my father to let him know he was a grandparent. Although, he did not agree with that statement or even like it even a smidgeon, he loved me enough to understand. My animals are my children. A friend of mine is employed as a supervisor in a bank. Her job is to approve... Sign in to see full entry.

This is Charlotte, a failure to thrive kitten. Some kittens just don't make it. We were so fearful this was going to be the case with this beauty. Charlotte fought and has a heart a gold. She has recovered from everything and even a systemic staph infection. Of course, her growth has been stunted---... Sign in to see full entry.

Remember Banshee--- well we finally decided on a name. Rosebud--- Rosie for short. She was from the poor poor baby blog. We have shaved her down and once she gets over her kitty cold we will bathe her again. Persians ARE not meant to be this skinny and raggedy. But she is coming along nicely. The... Sign in to see full entry.

This is owl. She was found wandering the streets by another rescue. Once they were sure she did not die on them- they asked us to take her. She came to us looking like that. S he is still too skinny to shave down completely. It looks like someone took a weed whacker to her. She weighs 3 pounds. Poor... Sign in to see full entry.

We run a rescue. We have a home full of cats. And our two dogs. Some people are better with animals than they are with people. Some people prefer animals to people. We still prefer people, and we love people. But we operate a rescue because we want to make a difference and we care. We can because we... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday I leaving the library and headed for class. Traffic jam- took another route. Down a side street with plenty of vehicles behind me, I noticed a yellow lab puppy walking around sans collar in the the middle of the street. Get to class on time? personal Priority won out over professional... Sign in to see full entry.

We received an query email last night. A women found a cat, estimated to be around five years, old (not sure how she estimated---- if you go by teeth and tartar as most do, then one needs to know that persians look older than they are because they have more problems associated with their lack of... Sign in to see full entry.

We intaked a cat in last night that had been found wondering around the streets. A flame point himmie. Usually the way to distinguish flame points from cream points is that the body of a cream is slight ivory in color as well as the lighter points. A female is white in body coat with the re points.... Sign in to see full entry.

Most people are under the old assumption that there is nothing wrong with declawing. Basically what declawing means is to amputate the first knuckle. If the claws themsevels are all that is removed the, like nails they would grow back. Think about it. So the entire first knuckle is removed.... Sign in to see full entry.

Okay, we got Tobey and Solomon back. They are scared but we have secured new foster parents that are willing to take them in until we kind find them a new forever home. But they are safe now and their new parents will love them and spoil them. All is well. We had another previous adopter come by... Sign in to see full entry.