FROM THE HOME FRONT
TALES OF THE SAFE HAVEN KITTIES
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, volunteers and staff have been requested to stay at home. Some can perform necessary work remotely, but our kitties need to be cared for, and remote access just doesn’t work for them! Fortunately, we have a small core group who is able to fulfill the needs of the kitties, and for this we are very grateful.
We have heard from many volunteers who miss being able to visit our feline residents. Fortunately, we have a couple of older kittens who have a cats-eye view of the adult cat rooms from their enclosed catio on the upper floor of Safe Haven. To provide our volunteers and supporters with their “kitty fixes”, Franklin (far left) and Flicka have graciously offered to be our cat reporters and send out weekly updates on life at Safe Haven.
In early May, Franklin and Flicka were adopted! Before they left the shelter for their furrever home, they passed the “From the Home Front” baton to Merry, one of our official office cats. Merry was very pleased to be selected to carry on the Home Front weekly report. As an office cat, she has access to a large enclosed deck adjacent to the office area, with a purrfect view of the adult catios on the lower level. And because she is a tortie, Merry has the confidence necessary to succeed in her new role at the shelter.
Here is the collection of “Tales of the Safe Haven Kitties.” We hope you enjoy them!
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Slide Show of the Week Featuring Miss Pepper starring in “Don’t Steal My Food” |
For the safety of everyone, face masks should be worn in all public locations. Face masks sewn by PFOA’s devoted potholder team are available now. For your minimum suggested donation of $20.00, you receive one mask and one additional mask is donated to a person in need. Your donation benefits our kitties and community – two worthy causes.
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When you think of a bonded pair of kitties who would really love to have a furrever home, who comes to mind? Peeka and Boo, that’s who! These sisters have been through so much change and loss in their lives—way too much for their 8 1/2 years! Well, they now have that furrever home they wanted, and the change in Peeka was really fast. The first night they were home, Peeka crawled up on her new dad’s chest and made herself comfortable! Here’s the first photo we got from her new family—a relaxed, friendly cat, sitting in the middle of the room, watching her mom get ready for the day.
He was a stray, pretty much on his own, until he found a house with a kitty door. So he started going in and out, and adopted the people who lived there. Of course, with a kitty door comes … kitties. There were several of them living there, and Mike must have decided that one more couldn’t hurt, so he immediately made friends with all of them. Well, most of them. He really tried, but there was one cat that did NOT like him—at all.
Doncha just love it when it’s all good news?
SPATZI
SPANKY
LUCY-ALICE
So, with the other kitties still scared and Garland doing pretty well, Garland got to move to the main shelter. He’s downstairs in B4, and I think he and Suzie might have a thing going. Remember I talked about the handsome bachelor cat last week? Well, that’s Garland. But now Suzie has competition, ‘cause Miss Pepper just came back to the shelter a couple of days ago, and Miss Pepper and Garland are roommates!
He loves to snuggle into their shoulder and purrs real loud so they know how happy that makes him. There must be an alarm clock inside of him because at 11 am he lets his office staff know it’s lunch time and he’s requesting that his Fancy Feast beef with gravy be warmed to just the right temperature for him.
