robbin's Rescue - march 2021 edition

Hello Again,


    I would like to start off this month by wishing all of our readers a HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY, and a HAPPY PASSOVER.  Remember that Daylight Savings begins on March 14th, so don’t forget to fix your clocks.


    Now I would like to tell you about some of the rescues that I have been involved in recently.


MICKEY
    I noticed a new, sweet, black cat – very pathetic looking, with a ripped, infected ear.  He cried to me, but when I went near him, he growled.  So, I realized that Mickey had to be trapped.  At first, he did not go into the trap because he had already eaten, and wasn’t hungry.  I decided to come back later to try, and trap him.  When I went back, I brought sardines, and salmon and he went right in.  My friend, who is a nurse, said that she would take care of him after he was checked by a veterinarian, and try to get him socialized.  The veterinarian said that Mickey had an infection.  Mickey received treatment for the infection, was given shots and was neutered.  My friend then took him to her house to recover, and will work with him to be socialized.  When he is ready, he will go to a rescue group.  He was in pain, but is coming along well.  They say that in about two weeks, he should be ready to go up for adoption.  There is always a reason why an animal reacts badly, just like a person.  Be kind, and analyze.


MINNIE
    Driving my feeding rounds in the cold months is difficult.  It is heartbreaking when you do not see the cats, and it is just as heartbreaking when you see them walking on the ice, and falling in the snow.  They say that you get stronger as you get older – not true.  You become more sensitive, and situations like this are more difficult to accept.  Anyway, I saw a small female cat, and immediately called her Minnie.  She was hungry, cold, thin and alone.  I got my trap out immediately, put food in it and hid.  Minnie went right in.  I then got into my car, and called a woman that I know who helps cats, and works with them to get them socialized.  Luckily, she was not overwhelmed – it is difficult right now, with the pandemic going on.  I brought Minnie to the woman, and she told me that she could work with Minnie, and hopefully or eventually, get her a forever home.  We then had Minnie spayed, and checked out.  We are building her up, and she will be worked with.  By next month’s newsletter, we will know how everything turns out with Minnie.  I will keep you posted.  Meanwhile, Minnie is safe.


SPRINKLES
    I know how bad it has been for these poor animals in this horrible, freezing, uninhabitable weather.  I don’t know what more to do.  I go out very carefully, and slowly.  It has been dangerous, and stressful, but I go because it is the food that keeps them alive.  I was driving down one block to get to my feeding spot, and when I got there I noticed how difficult it is for the cats that I do see, to try to get over the snowbanks.  While watching this, I pray that they will be able to get to the food.  I see so many new felines, and I don’t know where they are coming from.  People are just dumping them off.  With the pandemic, there is really no one accepting animals, but I did luck out with Sprinkles, an older Tortoise Shell, who was so scared and confused.  I had to trap her, which was difficult, but I did it and got her into warmth in my car.  I made an appointment with the veterinarian to have her checked out, spayed etc., and thanks to Save Our Strays, she was found a forever home.  Sprinkles was adopted by a single, older man who had just lost his cat, was lonely and wanted a companion.  Sprinkles is slowly becoming affectionate, and she and this nice man are becoming quite a pair.


P.S.:-  Save Our Strays, paid for all the medical bills in the above stories.  They also contribute a large
           amount of food that is fed to our stray colonies.

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