Adopt a Special Pet, Day 4: Oscar
Who could resist that face and those lovely orange stripes? Oscar is waiting for that perfect forever home. Could it be your home?As we continue our celebration of Adopt-an-Awesomely-Special-Pet Week (known to some as Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week), we’d like to introduce you to Oscar, currently in the care of Save Our Strays, a rescue headquartered in Fairfield, Maine. If you’ve heard that orange male tabby cats are the... Read More
Adopt a Special Pet, Day 2: Griffin
Griffin is a sweet, special guy waiting for his forever home. Could that home be with you?In the second of our articles for Adopt-an-Awesomely-Special-Pet Week (known to some as Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week), we’re pleased to feature Griffin, a beautiful cream-colored tabby boy with white boots and mittens and gorgeous long hair. This gorgeous guy is currently a ward of the SPCA of Hancock County in Trenton, Maine. Griffin, like... Read More
Mama’s New Mission: Be the Change for FIV-Positive Cats
Mama’s on her way home from BlogPaws West, a gathering of people who blog about pets, so we’ll make our usual weekly advice post tomorrow. But we did want to convey a message from Mama about some of the things she learned. Once again, she was amazed at the nationwide — and actually, worldwide — community of people who share their love of animals through their blogs, and through their actions in the “real... Read More
Meet the Blind Cat Rescue Kitties: Angel and Maggie
Thank you, everyone, for your donations to the Paws and Effect Be The Change Challenge to support Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary! Today we’re going to introduce you to two more of the cats you’re helping. Angel (top) and Maggie Angel was apparently born blind. She was saved by a small rescue in Florida, and from there she found a home. Unfortunately, her new owner was evicted from his apartment because he had seven more... Read More
Meet the Blind Cat Rescue Kitties: Alchemy
Alchemy is one of the cats at Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary in St. Pauls, North Carolina. He was born with micropthalmia (underdeveloped eyes) and was dumped at a shelter when he was only 8 weeks old. He was adopted by someone who kept him in a 3×3-foot cage in a filthy home for the first five months of his life. After he was rescued, he adapted well to his new life in a clean home, but at about 1 year of age, he began having... Read More
Be The Change: Help raise funds for Blind Cat Rescue
As part of the Be The Change Challenge, originated at the 2010 BlogPaws Conference, Paws and Effect is raising funds for the kitties at Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary in St. Pauls, North Carolina. Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary provides a no-kill, cage-free environment for the blind cats they rescue from high-kill shelters and from people who can’t take care of them. We believe blind cats deserve the opportunity to live... Read More
I found a stray cat. What do I do?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: A week ago, this poor 3-legged cat wandered into my garden, and I started to leave milk and bacon outside. She now comes to my garden at about 5 p.m. every day and I figured she only eats smoked ham. Now I’m able to feed her with my hand (as opposed to previously leaving stuff in a plate outside). It looks like she has a good friend, a fat cat who stands a couple of meters away from... Read More
