November, 2003:

MONDAY’s UPDATE on the Spay/Neuter Project:  Unfortunately, we were unable to trap anyone for transport on Monday morning.  The cats that kept going in the traps were ones that had already visited the doctor!  They must have liked spending the night in a nice, warm clinic!  We’ll try again tomorrow.  Keep your fingers crossed! 

FRIDAY - Well, Felines & Friends Spay/Neuter project in Hollywood is doing great.  Again, with Rick’s help, we transported another female and another male to Shenandoah Animal Hospital for their “operations”!  And again, we were lucky – the female was not yet pregnant… but she was approximately 5 months old and a prime candidate!

November, 2003 - It was a harrowing and stressful four days for one Felines & Friends foster family.  A very special little boy, Timothy, who had originally been a “foster,” but now has become part of the family, slipped out the front door on his 83-year-old “Dad.”  He literally disappeared within an hour!  Felines & Friends searched the neighborhood, calling his name; we put up flyers on light poles and telephone poles and put a “Lost” ad in the Los Angeles Times.  We contacted the West Los Angeles Shelter to tell them to be on the lookout and then, on Sunday, made up individual flyers and distributed them, on foot, to every mailbox within a 5 block radius.  Sunday evening the call came, “We have Timmy!”  It seems he was found on Saturday (who knows where he was from Wednesday night till then), when he ran into a house when the front door was opened!  He was two blocks away, and when they put him back out (the gentleman has cat allergies), he took over their cat’s doghouse!  They were kind enough to feed him and realized that he must belong to someone!  They were ecstatic when they found the flyer in their mailbox.  The reunion was dramatic!  Felines & Friends picked up “Dad” and took him to the location.  The lady of the house opened the back bedroom door (they brought him back in when they read the flyer), and when Dad called, “Timmy!” that little guy leapt into his Dad’s arms!  He spent his first night back home under the covers in bed with Dad!  He’s going for micro-chipping this Friday – but we don’t think Timmy will ever again be so adventurous! 

October, 2003 - Felines & Friends took in two FIV+ kitties – a beautiful female, white with black splotches, about two years old – and we’re calling her Felice.  She is so sweet and loving.  Skippy is a buff black kitty, (he WAS all male!), with a lovely personality.  Both these cats came to us via one of our board members, who had heard they were at a veterinary hospital and were about to be euthanized.  Both these cats are very healthy – however, both of them needed dentals (a usual occurrence on FIV+ cats).  They’re now in foster care and adding lots of affection to the dynamics of the household!

November, 2003 - Felines & Friends has begun a spay/neuter project in the Hollywood area.  With the help of one of our key people, Rick, we have thus far – this week – trapped 4 of the cats.  They have been spayed and neutered, had their shots (rabies included, as they are being re-released), dentals (their teeth were in terrible shape), and have been wormed and de-fleaed.  There is a family who will continue to feed the colony and notify us if any new residents show up.  With Rick making trips to and from the vet through next week, we hope to have this project wrapped up shortly after Thanksgiving.   Felines & Friends was lucky enough to have wonderful benefactors present us with a donation to cover the veterinary costs of this undertaking.  Thank you, Claire and Bob!

Baskerville and Spike who were staying in our "suite" in the cat waiting room at Shenandoah) were adopted to a wonderful home.  We definitely wanted then to go together, as the brothers were quite bonded.  A client at Shenandoah, who had just lost her little one, just fell in love with them.