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Photo Album: We now have a photo album in the reception area featuring our patients. Please bring pictures of your pets for all clients to see!
Molly Fund: One of our clients lost her precious pet, Molly, after a battle with cancer. She became a steward to help cats that need homes for various reasons (she has even adopted an older cat that the owner could no longer keep). She donated some money to be used toward cats that need to find a home. The donation is used for food and medical care while they are at The Cat's Meow until we can locate a suitable, caring home. We decided to create a fund for such situations and entitle it the Molly Fund in memory of her pet. Others have added toward the cause, and several adult cats and kittens have been cared for and adopted because of this generosity. Please let us know if you are interested in contributing to the Molly Fund.
Donations: Before you throw out those bath towels, please think of our kitties. We use towels to put in the cages for the cats to rest on and to keep cats warm during and after surgery. If you have extra cat items that you no longer use, we can probably put them to use. Also, for those of you with access to medical supplies that are being thrown away, we appreciate donations of that kind for various minor procedures. Thank you for thinking of the kitties!
Medications: Because we treat cats only and cats are notorious for being difficult to medicate, we work closely with a veterinary compounding pharmacy to formulate alternative routes of medication. Many medications can be made into chews (treats with medication in them flavored like seafood, chicken, etc.), liquids flavored with tuna and other flavors, capsules that could be opened and sprinkled onto canned food, and even transdermal gels (similar to nicotine patches, where the medication absorbs through the skin to get into the system).
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Don't have time for an appointment? Many
of our clients leave their pets with us on the way to work and pick them up at lunch
or on their way home after work. If you would like to do this instead of
an appointment or if your cat is sick and you can't make an appointment, just
let us know. We'll have you fill out a Drop-off
Questionnaire when you arrive or you can print one, fill it out, and have it ready.
Boarding your cat soon?
You
may fill out our boarding form ahead of
time so that the paperwork will already be finished when you are dropping kitty
off (just make sure you have a reservation and please let our receptionist know
that you have downloaded a form already.)
FORMS!!!: If you are a
new client, you may print and fill out a
personal information sheet before your visit. If you have a new cat (or a
cat that is a new patient to us), you can fill out a
patient information sheet.
By downloading these, you can fill them out in your own time and not have to
arrive as early for your appointment. You may even fax the completed
form(s) to us at (817) 263-5290 and receive $5 off your first visit.
Housesoiling
Problems? We'll
be glad to talk with you about it-the longer it continues, the more difficult it
is to fix. Please call to schedule an appointment. To save yourself
some time, you can print our Housesoiling
Questionnaire and fill it out before you arrive. There are numerous
sources on the internet. Here's one link to info about feline inappropriate
elimination. If the suggestions do not help, we will be happy to
consult with you about some different things to try and perhaps even behavioral
modification drugs.
The following is a scanned image of outdoor cat shelter ideas one of our clients gave to us:
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In addition to providing shelter for feral (wild) cats, many people choose to have them altered to prevent further reproduction. Catching feral cats is not always easy. Here is a link for humanely trapping cats: http://www.alleycat.org/pdf/humane.pdf
Holly's a puss in boots 13 May 2003
By SARAH
ALLELY Holly stockpiles her loot at the back door of her home in The Gardens. But if she's disturbed on her journey, she simply drops her goods in the street. This petite and friendly female doesn't look like the stealing type. But this feline tabby has a shoe fetish rivalled by few others. This cool cat even goes the extra mile to ensure she gets matching pairs. She will determinedly retrace her steps to pick up the second shoe. Kay McKillion thought she was targeted by thieves when the seventh pair of shoes disappeared from her Norman Close doorstep. Mrs McKillion called the police to complain. "Every time someone walked past my house I would go out and see if they were wearing my shoes," she says. The mystery was solved when a neighbour told her about Holly and Mrs McKillion was directed to the house in Charles Prevost Drive, where boxes of shoes lie waiting to be claimed. Holly's owner, James, doesn't know what to do with his cat burglar, who collects three pairs of shoes in an average night's work. "She's not dangerous, she's not wild, she doesn't scratch. This is all she does." But James believes Holly knows she's up to no good, because she only steals when no one's looking. She has been caught with stolen goods in her mouth only twice by her owner, once when walking the streets and a second time while attempting to jump a two metre fence. "We try and keep her inside at night, but she's quite clever." James and his family moved from Weymouth last year, where Holly's habit was even worse. "After six months we'd be putting out bags of shoes. A lot of people in Weymouth would have lost a lot of shoes and then it would have suddenly stopped when we moved!" He says some shoes are able to be returned to their rightful owners as Holly's antics became known around her neighbourhood. One neighbour clocked the cat stockpiling shoes by a tall fence at the end of his garden and circulated a flyer informing shoeless neighbours. The seven-year-old cat started collecting shoes after she was spayed three years ago and James wonders if there's some connection. Steve Merchant, of the Manukau Veterinary Group, says cats have a nesting instinct which often drives them to steal and take their goods to bed with them. "I don't think cats know they are doing it, it's probably a subconscious urge," Mr Merchant says. In his experience, cat burglars are females who usually hoard soft items like gloves, jerseys and slippers not shoes. Mr Merchant says Holly could be collecting shoes to replace kittens, but says people often mistakenly blame changes in their cats on spaying. "A lot of older unspayed cats are quite stressed and getting them de-sexed releases them from all that, so they can just enjoy life and do things they wouldn't normally have time for, like playing and stealing." Holly's owners would like to return the stolen shoes to their owners, so if you live in The Gardens and have lost some shoes, phone: 266-8585.
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