#rescue animals
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My cat, MaoMao is an older rescue cat who started out life as a very young, feral Mum to two kittens. When she was taken in she was deemed too feral to be homed with humans and so was placed into a barn, with an outdoor run to enjoy her days with other rounded up feral cats.
As many as five or six years later it was noticed that she couldn’t walk without severe pain and was diagnosed with advance stage pillow paw. She had surgery to fix her paws and during her isolation her handler realised two things: Her life in the feral-barn was not a good life for her (she didn’t get on with other cats and was extremely timid and undernourished). The second thing was that she actually did seem to like her human handler’s company (and belly rubs!), even if she was very afraid, flighty and slow to trust.
The next stage of her rehab she was homed with my friends who foster cats that may need some time getting used to humans or being taught how to love. { mandytsung&choplogik }. They looked after her for many months, and taught her what a loving home could be. She slowly progressed from hiding behind furniture and art canvases to learning to play and be petted and being social. All along she was the sweetest cat you could imagine. Still, she clearly had some issues, most of which seemed to revolve around her fear of humans.
Her paws healed, but pillow paw is a chronic auto-immune condition. Due to her health and the fact that she was so timid and afraid of new people, it didn’t look too likely that she would find a permanent home.
I met her while house sitting a couple of times and feeding her while my friends took trips for work. We clicked almost instantly, and we fast became tentative pals.
Cleverly, one time, my friends had me look after her for a week in my own home, while they went away. It was just one day into this week that it was clear she had Arrived to her forever home and she was never going to leave.
Now don’t get me wrong, that photo up there is not representative of the entire year we’ve lived together. It took a lot of hard work from us both to learn to trust and love each other.
We’ve come so far, and it has been the most rewarding and beautiful friendship I’ve had with an animal. She’s learned everything from hand gestures, to words and signs of affection. Each one I had to teach her with repetition, patience and respect for her wild tendencies.
She now talks and communicates with me in every way imaginable. She {mostly} listens to me and she definitely understands me. We have the utmost respect for each other. As a result, we are now so close that we can rub our heads into each other, we can spoon and we can sleep next to each other all night long. She comes when I call her and she’s learned to tell me in tender ways when something crosses a line. Earning the love, respect and trust of an animal that many would have passed over is truly something.
She is the smartest, sweetest cat I have ever known and I am so happy to love her and spoil her and provide her with her dream home.
She’s probably about 9 years old now. I hope we get to be pals for a long time.
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#tbt to this little cutie! #opttoadopt #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #rescuekitten #crittercrafting
In mid-March, I posted about a baby kitten my supervisor is fostering. Atticus, the kitten, is now almost two whole pounds and oh so playful! 67 more words
#tbt to this little cutie! #opttoadopt #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #rescuekitten #crittercrafting
In mid-March, I posted about a baby kitten my supervisor is fostering. Atticus, the kitten, is now almost two whole pounds and oh so playful!
#tbt to this little cutie! #opttoadopt #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #rescuekitten #crittercrafting
In mid-March, I posted about a baby kitten my supervisor is fostering. Atticus, the kitten, is now almost two whole pounds and oh so playful!
#tbt to this little cutie! #opttoadopt #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #rescuekitten #crittercrafting
In mid-March, I posted about a baby kitten my supervisor is fostering. Atticus, the kitten, is now almost two whole pounds and oh so playful!
This month, the kitties tried the I and Love and You wet food variety pack. Spoiler alert, it was a total hit!
The variety pack we got from Chewy had three varieties: beef pate (“beef, right meow!”), salmon pate (“savory salmon”), and turkey pate (“purple turkey”). I chose the salmon flavor, since the kitties tend to love fish flavors. They devoured it! I even gave them seconds! They give this…
This month, the kitties tried the I and Love and You wet food variety pack. Spoiler alert, it was a total hit!
The variety pack we got from Chewy had three varieties: beef pate (“beef, right meow!”), salmon pate (“savory salmon”), and turkey pate (“purple turkey”). I chose the salmon flavor, since the kitties tend to love fish flavors. They devoured it! I even gave them seconds! They give this…
This month, the kitties tried the I and Love and You wet food variety pack. Spoiler alert, it was a total hit!
The variety pack we got from Chewy had three varieties: beef pate (“beef, right meow!”), salmon pate (“savory salmon”), and turkey pate (“purple turkey”). I chose the salmon flavor, since the kitties tend to love fish flavors. They devoured it! I even gave them seconds! They give this…
Emaciated homeless cat finds a loving human
“I am on holiday this year in Thailand…I never intended to get a cat but she literally walked into my life and my heart just melted. Not many cats get saved as she did here in Thailand. I am so happy that I could at least give one stray a chance at a good life.”
Full story via Kitty Army
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Two Pyrenees mixes and a Siamese I’m trying to find fosters for
Texas is so flooded with animals it’s a struggle
Siamese is adoptable or rescue though, dogs have rescue backing already
Their names Nimbus and Lumi
Cat is Jupiter
Now I love alpacas too
I recently was lucky enough to find a few very adorable product testers!
Find these goat-tested/goat-approved stickers here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/643655745/halloween-goat-vinyl-sticker-sheet
Today we welcome our triple J goats -Julia, Jillian and Jacob; our all Australia little goatee family. If being lost and alone was not bad enough, the petite and pretty Julia, barely an adult herself, had somehow found her way into an outer Melbourne Pound. But on a brighter note she too had found her way into the heart of a kindly worker there. Only hours after the young doe surprised staff by giving birth to two little Mexican jumping beans of babies, Jillian and Jacob, the kindly staffer quickly sought a better life for the family of three.
Female goats are indeed loving mothers, they communicate with their babies by noises, both loud and soft, called bleats. Each mother ensuring her curious and cheeky young ones never stray too far away, with each mother and her kid or kids able to recognise the calls of the other soon after birth.
While Julia remains cautious of our advances, little Jillian and Jacob are not. Too innocent and young to know not all humans are kind, they are truly fortunate that now this is something they will never know. If only all animals could be so lucky…
OMG they are so cute. I want a rescue goat!
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Rescue Superpowers!
Great Public Service Announcement from the Animal Rescue Coalition. I love the music they used in the background. Excellent video. Music by Tiffany Thompson
I went to a local plant shop in New Orleans and apparently “garden cats” are a thing. I’m going to need 20~
((All of the cats were neutered, fully vetted, & cared for by the staff))
Here, have a dose of serotonin, compliments of Mabel Rose✨
Y’all meet Polly☺️~
Polly is an 8yo Maltese who was rescued by a local organization after her owner passed away. Despite being both purebred AND an absolute sweetheart, Polly had no applications (likely because of her age). She’s house trained, spayed, good with other animals, and all of her medical care has been paid for by the rescue. To top it all off, her adopt fee was less than a third of the cost of purchasing a puppy from a breeder!
Rescues are overwhelmed this time of the year, as puppies are born and begin to flood every local shelter. However, that means that more often than not older dogs like Polly get overlooked despite being EXCELLENT dogs, especially for those of us not wanting to deal with raising/training a puppy.
Luckily, Polly and her good manners are exactly what I was looking for, so she will be spending her retirement with me and my pack out in the country
If you’re to looking to adopt any time soon, please don’t forget all the lovely, well behaved seniors like Polly out there!
