Hot Diggity....Iggy was adopted

Iggy was adopted by a nice young couple Monday.  He'll have two big kitty sisters to keep him company (or keep him in line!).  This boy truly had some spectacular markings and is a very sweet boy.

Adoption update

Bennie was adopted yesterday.  He's a sassy little orange and white tabby kitten about 3.5 months old.  His sisters will miss him, but he was adopted by a wonderful family with two children and two other cats.

50/50 Raffle Fundraiser - Please Help Support the Cats

Alley Cats and Angels is holding a 50/50 raffle to benefit our medical/surgical fund. We have had thousands of dollars in non-routine medical/surgical procedures this year, with more to come as Cassie becomes old enough for the procedure for her eyes (she will be old enough in approximately 1-1.5 months). 

The winner of the raffle will receive a cash prize equal to 50% of the total ticket sales. Tickets are 1 for $5.00 or 5 for $20.00 and are on sale now through August 14th. Please see attached flyer for more information. http://www.alleycatsandangels.org/50-50Raffle.pdf

Some of our unexpected expenses this year include:

• Zammie, multiple vet visits and full diagnostic workup and finally surgery.  Zammie has Ehlors-Danlos Syndrome and his vet care so far is over $750 this year
• Hayley Mills, our little miracle girl who was a little less than 2 weeks old and only weighed half a pound had to have emergency surgery to remove a ruptured eye.
• Cassie, another "occular unicorn" has upper eyelid agenesis -- meaning she has no upper eyelids.  We knew Cassie had this condition when we took her in but we could not turn her away even though we knew she would have huge medical expenses.  Cassie has some vision in her eyes and in order to preserve that vision, per the specialist at Animal Eye Care once she is old enough (3-4 months old), we can start her medical to save her eyesight (first step is removing the hair around the eyes that irritates the eyes since there are no eyelids to protect the eyes.  Next step is creating (either from excess skin or cryogenically) upper eyelids and surgery and follow-on care.
• CeCe (otherwise known as itty bitty cow kitty) is Cassie's sibling and has been to the vet three times in one week and had to undergo a surgical procedure a couple of weeks ago.  She will need continued care to get her healthy.  Her medical to date is over $500.
• Meredith Grey, one of the Grey's Anatomy kittens had surgery for an encapsulated hernia and required a partial bowel resection.  Her surgery was almost $500.

We do not turn away the medical cases if we have room to take them in.  However, we need to raise money so we can continue to get them the quality medical care they need and deserve.  Please help support the cats and buy some raffle tickets.  And please ask your friends and co-workers to buy some.  IT'S ALL FOR THE CATS.

Adoptions last night

Webber (handsome medium haired black kitten) and Isis (pretty little petite gray tabby with white) were adopted together last night.  Although we think they are almost the same age (based on estimated age at intake), they are not litter mates.  But they played and snuggled with each other very well at the adoption center so it is a good pairing.

We are happy for the kitties and we're sure Victoria and her family will be very happy with these two wonderful kittens.  I did warn them about kittens and forehead soccer in the middle of the night.  :-)

A HUGE THANK YOU to our foster homes and volunteers

The board of directors and cats of Alley Cats and Angels would like to thank all of our foster homes and volunteers. When we started in 2008, we had three foster homes, now we have over two dozen with more foster applications coming in.  We started with maybe five volunteers and now we have quite a few (I didn't count them, sorry). As cliched as it sounds, we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  Without you, we could not save as many cats as we have. 

Whether you foster one cat/kitten or you foster six, you make a difference.  We can take in cats because you care enough to foster.  You open your hearts and homes to the cats and you help us save lives.

And volunteers who don't foster also make it possible for us to do what we do.  Without the volunteers helping our adoption counselors staff adoption events, keeping the cats clean when we are in the Petsmart adoption centers, doing follow-up calls to fosters and adopted cats, keeping the best financial records around (our treasurer is fantastic!), doing all the paperwork and keeping us organized, transporting cats to and from vet appointments, and helping raise money, we wouldn't be able to help all the cats we do.  You also help us save lives.