robbin's nest - june - 2024

ROBBIN’S NEST
 
Hello again.
 
June is here, and I would like to start off this month, by wishing all fathers, both human and animal, a HAPPY FATHER’S DAY.  Now that the warmer weather is finally here, it is more important than ever to be aware of the strays out there.  In the summer it is just as hard for them to find food, and especially water as it doesn’t rain as much this time of year.  Food that is thrown out, and put in the garbage is not always an option, since the heat spoils the food.  Although the warmer weather is a welcome break for all of us, the strays always need our help.
 
            Now I would like to tell you about some of the rescues that I have been involved in recently.
 
ANGEL –
            While driving to one of my colonies to feed, I looked to the left and saw a Tabby cat between two old buildings, just laying there.  I stopped the car, and went to investigate.  The cat, a female, didn’t run away.  I had food in my hands to show that I was a friend, and coaxed her to come to me.  Meanwhile, before I got out of my car I had set up a carrier in case I was successful in getting her, so that she would go right in.  It was not as easy as I thought it would be to get her to go in, but with my one arm, I grabbed her by the scruff, and put her in the carrier.  She must have been dumped there, because she was friendly.  I took her to a veterinarian to be checked etc.  Then got someone to foster her, until she was adopted.  We called her Angel, because she was an angel, and within two and a half weeks, she was adopted.  She is now living in Queens.
 
NUGGET –
            Nugget is an all-black female domestic short-haired cat, with 2 baby kittens that I saw about a block and a half from another one of my colonies, in an empty lot.  I had to get a rescuer friend of mine to help me trap her.  We put food in a trap, and the mother went right in.  Then we got the 2 kittens, who were also all black, and put them in with her.  The kittens are only about 2 wks old, so they and the mother will have to be fostered together until the kittens are ready for adoption, and she is ready to be spayed.  Meanwhile, they are all safe, and I will keep you updated.
 
BOBBY –
            Bobby is a white, and black cat who showed up at one of my feeding spot.  He looked vert straggly, and sick.  He also had diarrhea.  We tried to get him with a trap, to no avail, so we to use a drop trap instead.  We finally got him, and rushed to a veterinarian to be checked completely and treated.  He was there for a couple of days, but because he was feral, the veterinarian had problems handling him.  So, after three days, I had a rescuer that I know, who knew how to handle him go with me to pick him up.  We got whatever medicine that we needed from the veterinarian, and the rescuer took him home, and for eight days gave him the medicine that he needed.  Then, when his stomach was better, we brought him to another veterinarian, and found that he needed dental work.  He had eight teeth pulled, and the rescuer took him home to recuperate.  A week later, when he was much better, since he knew my feeding colony, we put him back here.  He looks great, is doing fine and is comfortable there.  Bobby is doing okay.
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