K A T

This weekend is the MSPCA at Nevins Farm annual Kitten Adopt-A-Thon, fondly referred to as KAT.  There will be over 70 kittens hoping to find families for Christmas.  There are lots and lots of adult cats with that same holiday wish!
www.mspca.org/adoption/methuen-nevins

In preparation for KAT all the kittens have to be spayed and neutered.  It’s quite a project to get that many kittens in from their foster homes, spayed and neutered, back to their foster homes to recover, then back to the shelter on adoption day so I took a day off to help out.  Yes, I know it’s a little strange to take a vacation day to go to work, but I had a blast!
 
I spent the day in surgery with a few other volunteers.  Susan and Claire are just as crazy about their foster kittens as I am so we got along famously!  We worked like a well oiled machine, moving effortlessly from check-in, to pre-op, to surgery, through recovery and discharge.  Our super surgery team consisted of vets Rachael and Meg, and Sara the vet tech.  Diane, another volunteer, washed and sterilized all the instruments (with 20+ surgeries there were lots of instruments!) and kept all the surgical supplies well stocked.  We had the radio on, we chattered away like a clucking brood of hens, we lavished love and attention on all our foster friends, and we made a small dent in the pet population.  You’re welcome Bob Barker!

I am embarrassed to say Squirrel behaved quite badly!  Squirrel does not like dogs, cats, loud noises or crowds of people.  Other than that she is a very sweet, cuddly girl!  Squirrel is going to participate in KAT so she had to be spayed.  She’s not crazy about the shelter so she was a little cranky when we arrived.  Her surgery went without a hitch and then…she woke up!  And she woke up swinging!  She was snarling and swatting.  Fortunately she was also not coordinated enough to do any damage.  When we got home she hissed at everyone, both 4-legged and 2, and bolted for the basement.  She was feeling much better by breakfast the next morning and has now made a complete recovery.  As you can tell, Squirrel is a little high strung and should probably go to a quiet home.  I hope we can find her the perfect match!

P.S.  The youngest fosters finally have names.  They were named after the 4 main characters from The Witches of Eastwick.  They are Jane and Darryl, and Alexandra and Sookie.  They need another week or 2 in foster.  Then they will be looking for forever families too!