robbin's nest - january - 2023

​ROBBIN’S NEST
         
Hello again.
 
          January – a new year.  As you get older, time flies faster.  I would like to start off this month by wishing all of our friends, and members a Happy, and Healthy New Year.  Winter is now in full swing, and I hope that everyone has their shelters up, and working for the strays, to keep them protected from the elements.  Please remember to stock them with dry food, and water.
 
          On another note, I would like to tell you about some of the rescues that I have been involved in lately:
 
MAX & MILO –
          This is a sad story.  Two years ago, we spayed and neutered two cats, Max and Milo, for a girl who lived in Brighton.  We took the mother, spayed her and found her a wonderful home, with a friend of one of my co-workers.  We were hoping that the girl from Brighton would take her, but she only wanted Max and Milo.  I was hesitant, but we gave them back to her, with shots and healthy.  Before we gave them to her, we kept them for a few weeks to build them up, until they were healthy.  Two years later, I received a phone call from the super of the building where the girl from Brighton lived, telling me that she had moved out, and abandoned Max and Milo.  I told the super to hold them until the morning, and that I would pick them up then, because I had to work until midnight.  I was so upset.  When I went there, the two black siblings were in good shape, but petrified.  I brought them to my friend Alison’s finished basement, and we set them up and checked them out.  Well, we spoke to a neighbor of Alison’s, who had recently lost her cat to kidney disease, and when we told her about Max and Milo she felt so bad that she decided to adopt them both.
 
PINKY –
          Let me tell you about Pinky. She just appeared at one of my feeding spots one morning.  All white, about 6 weeks old and with a black spot by her nose, which looked like a beauty mark.  So cute, really adorable and frightened, but as soon as I held her, she started to calm down.  Pinky is in good health, and when I brought her to one of my friends, who fosters for me, she fell in love with Pinky and decided to keep her.  We brought Pinky to the veterinarian to be checked out, and she was fine.
This situation was unusual, because there were no other kittens on or around my feeding spot, so I figured that she must have been put there.  Anyway, she is safe, and in a forever home.
 
JOEY     
          It really bothers me to have to put a cat back into a colony or feeding spot, but when they are feral I have no choice.  So, we had Joey, a male Tiger Tabby, neutered and given all his shots, but he did not want to be around people.  So, I had to put him back where I found him.  What was good about it though was that I found him by one of my feeding spots.  So, he was put back where he will always have food, and eyes on him.