Oh no..

Riding home saw a young cat dead against the curb. And it was raining. Seeing ran over animals always makes me sad but when their bodies are exposed to the elements it seems worse, like if her death didn't matter to the world. RIP little black cat.

Herpes

(back to Special Needs) So we have seven fosters now, of which three are special needs; that is health needs. The Macros (Ramon, Philou and Fiorella) are FHV+ meaning they have the herpes virus. Feline herpes attacks the respiratory system. And they could have tongue, lips and mouth ulcers. It is chronic but quite bearable both for cat and owner.
They can only be adopted into a household that already has kitties with herpes or no other cats.
Considering that two siblings must be adopted together the Macros can be the answer to your prayers. When they were weeks old up to about two months they did have herpes symptoms; watery eyes, sneezing, congestion. Ramon had it the worst, Philou not so congested but had a nose ulcer and Fio didn't have one single symptom. Our vet told us she'd be the carrier, she still is fine and if nobody knew she comes from a litter with herpes, nobody could tell. Same for Philou, though he does have a scarred nostril.
Ramon's nose gets congested sometimes and his eyes tear but it is minimal.
They are fed good food, kept clean and I do add L-Lysine to their food wich helps. In photo Ramon looking lopsided.

Special Needs

As you can see from my adoption list, some are special needs. These kitties require more time, more vets followups and other than 'super healthy' cats but not all are like that.

Because there are cats that have chronic diseases, those are not given_by shelters, rescuers and some vets_the respect they should have. And care. Many consider them 'unadoptable', if the cat is in a open-police shelter it is likely it'll be euthanized. And if in an no-kill or foster home, it'll be ages before she's adopted, I do know of a no-kill where cats have lived out their lives there because nobody wanted them. And their lives were much longer than a few years.

Anything in caps with the positive sign at the end scares the public. And then there are other conditions and handicaps that can be deterrents. The key is in educating the adopter and encouraging her to research a particular problem. (continued on next post)

Here I am

Whew..had sometime resetting my password but here I'm again..good to be able to post. Not much has happened lately(concerning the snooduhs) Though I finally have a Petfinder page yea

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NE105.html and was at a meeting pre-TNR proposal in Beatrice..looks promising. Met Rita Hydo & talked with her today on the phone, I'd like to see her rescue facility sometime.

I hope somebody will ask about my fosters..Jerome has uveitis(probably b/c of his FIV status) he's better now he's fulla meds tho his tummy is protesting so I'll check tomorrow with MSC how to go about it.

Photo is Gerard atop patio enclosure last summer.

Homeless No More Cat Rescue that is the group's name, Bigger the name than the group but one has to start someplace. Right now we've seven fosters.
We thrive on kitties being adopted to good homes
or similar happy ocassions.
We are not a shelter, just a group of two rescuers, my husband and I. We do the rescuing, vetting, sheltering at our home(that gets full fast) and adopting out.
We're involved in TNR too, in fact that is how our cat work started six years ago. There's a feral colony, some not feral but strays and neighborhood cats at the back of my husbands former business. They tell me that ever sonce anybody remembers there were cats there, so it ebbed and flowed until we trapped and neutered them all, some we got to adopt out and others became our housecats. However the majority lived their lives at the colony. When we took over there were 16 regulars and 4 'onandoffs' cats plus two litters, fast forward two years when the last litter was born there and today only four cats remain. The patriarch died last year and the oldest queen is still there, as is one of her daughters. Both are true ferals, there is a friendly stray we TNRed this year and another younger feral queen.
If we had room we'd have removed them long time ago as numbers are low but as of yet they live in Juju Colony. Juju's the older queen sister, she was shot at the colony in 06', ever since it has been Juju's Colony in her memory.

Why adopting two kittens is better than adopting 'just one'

Franny Syufi comented in AboutCom on 10 reasons adopting 2 kittens is better than one.

1) You'll be saving two lives.

2)One kitten can become lonely.

3)One kitten can drive an older cat nuts.

4) Two kittens will 'self-train'.

5) They help each other burn energy off.

6) Fewer behavior problems with two kittens.

7) Curiosity overcomes 'food finickiness'

8) They act as pillows for each other.

9) Having two kittens is insanely fun.

10) They each will have a friend for life.

Good thought! Now that I've two litters for adoption I'm hoping that some will go together (in pic Marie and sis Celeste)

For Adoption; Celeste

Celeste is a six months old girl for adoption. She's spayed and vaccinated for rabies and distemper. Celeste is and will be a very pretty cat that gets along with people and other cats.
Something killed their mom when they were tiny, Celeste brother had a bite wound, because of that violent past and b/c they haven't met any it's preferable she goes to a home without dogs.