Miss Hayley Mills

Remember this little girl?  Hayley was our little miracle girl who came through emergency eye enucleation (removal) surgery at a little less than 2 weeks old and weighing only half a pound. 

Well, look at her now! She's all grown up.  She was spayed on Monday and will be available for adoption this weekend.  She really did not want to sit still for the camera until we put the pedastal by the wall so we have shadowing in the picture (and no time to touch it up in photoshop) but it's a good picture of her.  Although she looks bigger than she really is.  She's 12.5 weeks old and is still a petite girl. 

We have a 100% spay/neuter before adoption policy, no exceptions.  We will never adopt out an cat that has not been sterilized.  We get many requests and applications from people wanting to adopt our kittens when they are too young to be sterilized and we could have many more adoptions each week if we adopted them out that young, but we won't.  We are absolutely committed to helping end pet overpopulation. 

We make sure every cat and kitten is fully vetted before they are adopted.  That means they are all tested for FeLV/FIV, have their initial FVRCP+FeLV vaccination and booster, rabies vaccination, spayed/neutered, treated for intestinal parasites/fleas/earmites, and microchipped with Home Again microchips with shelter paid registration.

Prison kittens update

Well, the friendly mama and her five babies and the other set of two babies born to a feral mama all go to be spayed/neutered tomorrow.  They are all so sweet (they were born inside the prison gates and had lots of handling and socialization from the inmates).  They'll be available for adoption next week.

The second five prison kittens (born outside the prison gates so extremely extremely feral at 6 weeks) went to a new foster home this weekend.  Elizabeth and her son, Phillip, used to TNR in New York and are used to interacting with very feral kittens.  Phillip is 17 and is home during the day and able to give the kittens a lot more one-on-one socialization than I could.  They picked up the kittens Saturday and we decided it was best to seperate Alcatraz from the other kittens since he was the most hardcore -- the old "divide and conquer".  Apparently it's working because Liz just let me know that Phillip was able to hold Alcatraz today.  That little kitten was more fierce than some adult ferals I've had so this is huge, huge, huge!!  I am very thankful for Liz and Phillip.  Not only are they fostering the last set of prison kittens, but they adopted Bridgey last year and are now volunteering with Alley Cats and Angels.

We love our adopters and volunteers! You are all awesome.

Adoptions

We had four adoptions this week. Bessie and Bandit were adopted together.  Isaak Newton was adopted and he'll go to his new home in a few weeks.  And Sloan was adopted.  Bye babies, we will all miss you but you went/are going to great homes and that's why we rescue.

Bessie

Bandit

Isaak Newton

Sloan

Alter an Alley Cat

If you had asked me last year, how many cats we thought we could sponsor spay/neuters for this year, I would have said 5 a month so 60 total.  Well, as of today, June 24, 2010 - we have already sponsored 75 (actually we sponsored 74 through 76 today) spay/neuter surgeries and vaccinations for cats owned by low-income families and feral cats whose caregivers cannot afford the cost of spay/neuter.

Alley Cats and Angels pays for all medical costs through our Alter an Alley Cat fund so and there is no cost to the cat owner or the caregiver.  If the caregiver can make a donation to offset the cost of the surgery, great but most cannot and we do not turn someone away as long as they are in need and we have the funds to sponsor the spay/neuter. 

Seventy-six (76) so far this year -- and the year is only half over.  How phenomenal is that?

*The Alter an Alley Cat fund is on an as-funds are available basis.  If you need a sponsored spay/neuter, please fill out the online application on our website: http://alleycatsandangels.org/neuterform.htm.

The Joys of Fostering

Come on, you know you want to - how can you resist this?!! Kittens provide endless hours of entertainment for their foster parents.  Email us today at info@alleycatsandangels.org.

We'll even provide you with a few rolls of toliet paper just for kitten entertainment (although we are on a budget so it will be cheap 1-ply). Picture courtesy of one of our foster moms.

Cassie, sweet kitten with upper eyelid agenesis