Hi! It’s Peaches. I have been kinda bored since the last foster kitten left. Mom says I have been a pill! I’m just very smart and have lots of energy so I’m always looking for something to do or someone to play with.
Mom promised to bring me some playmates so I was excited when she left for the MSPCA Saturday morning. I thought she was going to bring home some kittens who liked to run and tumble. Instead she brought home this scrawny, smelly ball of fur. Mom says we will call her Stormy for now. I thought that was a silly name for a girl but Mom says the name is appropriate.
Stormy was found starving and half frozen in a recent snow storm. When she arrived at the shelter the staff wasn’t sure she was going to make it. (See the MSPCA at Nevins Farm 12/31 blog http://www.mspca.org/adoption/methuen-nevins/blogs/adoption-center-blog/) I can see why. She looks pathetic! She is skin and bones. She was dirty and didn’t smell very good. Mom and her friend Suzanne gave Stormy a bath before she came here, but Stormy has yucky diarrhea so she needs a bath every time she uses the litter pan. She would have long orange and white hair but it’s in pretty bad condition right now. Lack of nutrition has made it dull and thin. She must have been covered in mats because it looks like someone took a scissors to her. They may have gotten the knots off but they did nothing to enhance her looks! Mom says it looks like the haircuts her cousin used to give her dolls! After a few more baths and some thorough brushing Stormy is actually starting to look like a cat. I think she may need a few more dunkings before she actually smells like one though!
She has only been here a few days and she is already doing better. She is eating well. I am jealous because Stormy gets to eat whatever she wants whenever she wants. Mom says that’s just because Stormy is too skinny and needs to gain weight and, once she is healthy she will be on the same diet as I am. I’m still jealous.
I must admit, when Stormy is back on her feet she is going to be a beautiful cat. She is going to have a gorgeous orange and white coat when it all grows out. She is already capturing everyone’s heart with her sweet personality. Stormy has an uphill battle but, if anyone can pull her through it is the staff, vet and foster team at the MSPCA! Get well soon Stormy – I need a partner in crime!
Hi Nancy - I am so glad you have Stormy. It took everything I had not to walk out of there with her last Wednesday. But she was just too much like my last fosters that I didn't think I was up to it just then. I cuddled with her for a while to get that purr started and then figured if she was still around by Sat. you would scoop her up. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I am amused by Peaches being bored without new fosters. Doyle keeps meowing and leading me down to the foster room door and looking at me like "do you know how long it has been since you went in there?" I finally had to let him in to show him there were no cats in there.
I will be foster free as long as I can stay strong. Two volunteer days so far that I managed to leave empty handed, although Hope was looking pitiful and tugging at me. We will see if I make home empty handed another day or not.