Cat Tales: July 2014

Friday, July 4, 2014

Independence Day Babies

Happy Birthday Beauties!

These babies are only five days old today. Their momma, a once orphaned, young stray living on the streets, was discovered by my precious prayer friend Jodi and her family. They took her in about three weeks ago for their daughter. As they visited the vet with her, low and behold, they learned she was an expectant mother.

The kittens were born June 30--Momma is a black and white tuxedo cat who is a very loving and sociable feline according to Jodi. These kittens are sure to be the star of the show!

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that moves upon the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good (Genesis 1:20-22, 24-25 NLV).

Happy 4th of July Babies!

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Lost Cats Comes Home After 13 Years

Lost Cats Comes Home After 13 Years

Source:
http://www.lifewithcats.tv/2014/06/10/lost-cat-returns-home-after-13-years/

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Shelby turned up back at her St. Albans Park, Geelong, Australia home as a poorly looking stray 13 years after she’d gone missing, to the amazement of her family.
When Paula Harper-Adams found what she thought was a sorry looking young black and white cat in her front yard recently, she took the kitty to the Bellarine Vet Clinic to get it some help. When the vet staff told her that the cat was quite old, Paula began to wonder if it could possibly be Shelby, who had disappeared in 2001 and would now be nearly 18 years old.
“It was standing at the vet, where I had this moment, where I thought, could it possibly be our cat that ran away 13 years ago?” Paula said.
“I was convinced I was crazy, but I took a photo of the cat’s face, in case anyone responded to my Facebook post (for a missing animal), and left,’’ Paula said.
“I half joked that if I could find a photo of Shelby, I’d be back.
“Well, I went home and, like a woman possessed, searched through box after box until I found the photo I was looking for, Shelby.
“I took the photo back to the vet and the girls had a good look over her and the photo before coming back and announcing to me in the waiting room: ‘She is your cat.’ ’’
Paula says she burst into tears when it was confirmed by a comparison of the photos that Shelby had come back at long last.
Vet clinic co-ordinator Natalie Dorain said: “For someone to find their cat after such a long time and wondering what had happened to your cat all that time, I think we all sort of felt pretty emotional about that.”
Paula has no idea where Shelby has been for the paw 13 years, but she is overjoyed to have her back home. Paula’s children weren’t even born when Shelby went missing but they have excitedly welcomed her return. The only family member not pleased to see Shelby is the other resident cat.
Paula hopes her story will give hope to other families with missing pets.
“I want to say never give up.”