I am a cat lover, I work at my local animal shelter

kutin

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
49
Purraise
0
Location
Valparaiso, IN
Hello! I am a 16 year old female, blond hair, blue eyes, I am a sophmore in high school, all that boring stuff.


Now the fun stuff! I work (volunteered previously for 2 years before) at my local animal shelter. It is a kill shelter, which unfortuanately, kills many cats and kittens each year. But, that's the yucky stuff that you don't want to hear about. I enjoy spending time with both the dogs and the cats, but the cats are my little project, because there are not many people at the shelter that actually spend time with the cats. At the shelter I spend my time cleaning the cat room, taking pictures of the cats for my webshots homepage, and doing the other wonderful cleaning tasks.


I want to be either a veterinarian or a veterinary technician when I go to college.

My family owns a 10 year old Beagle, and 2 cats!
One of the cats name is Socks, and he is a beautiful silver tabby with white mixed in. We got him from the local humane society 2 years ago, and he is about 3 years old. He is beautiful!

Our other cat is quite the clown. He is a 1 and a half year old brown tabby with white mixed in. I think he is partially mentally retarded because he was very sick at a young age. As the story goes, we fostered him and his family when he was a kitten from the shelter that I work at, and at our house they came down with an upper respiratory virus. One kitten died from it, it was so bad. One night we found Milo with snot covering his entire nose, and he was breathing heavily through his mouth. His lips and tongue were blue. After we cleaned him up and they all got better, it was time to take them back to the shelter. Suddenly, we found that there was no way that we could live without the little bundle of fur that we later named Milo. He has grown up into a clown, doing strange things. He shreds toilet paper, has an obcession with hiding under things (rugs, paper, boxes, etc), "burys" his food and water, even though there is nothing to bury them with, amoung other crazy antics. I'm sure you will hear about them all very soon.

My nickname for Milo is "Kutin", which I got from putting "cute" and "kitten" together. Milo thinks his name is Kutin, because every time I say it he meows. So that is the meaning behind my screename.


We love out two cats immensly, and they are the center of our lives! (Not to mention Milo always has to be the center of attention, because whenever we don't pay enough attention to him, he plops down in the middle of the floor, right in the walking path so that we nearly break our necks tripping over him!)


Well, that's me in a nutshell!

 

tnr1

TCS Member
Veteran
Joined
Oct 5, 2003
Messages
7,980
Purraise
13
Location
Northern Virginia
So glad you made it here. I just want to say that Kutin goes that extra mile to post about cats and dogs in need of homes at Petfinder. Thank you for all you do Kutin!!

Katie
 

purrfectcatlove

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Jul 6, 2003
Messages
6,816
Purraise
2
Location
Georgia USA
Welcome Kutin , it is nice meeting you . How nice of you to voluteer at the local shelter . I hope you enjoy your stay on TCS
 

greycat2

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Aug 6, 2003
Messages
3,311
Purraise
138
Welcome aboard Kutin toy you and your family - your Beagle included.


Thanks for volunteering at your local shelter and taking in your feline friends.
 

oava

TCS Member
Super Cat
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Messages
843
Purraise
1
Welcome
your job is one I would like to do.
 
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #6

kutin

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
49
Purraise
0
Location
Valparaiso, IN
Purrfectcatlove-
Are those ALL your cats?!?!? WOW. That's so awesome.


Thanks, all. Nice to see you TNR1!!


Below is a picute of our other cat, Socks. He wasn't in the Christmas mood.

 

mom of 10 cats

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Feb 6, 2003
Messages
5,643
Purraise
4
Location
Longmont, CO
Welcome! I volunteer at my local shelter too, I maintain their Petfinder site. Coal, Lilith, Sasha, Romeo and Phoenix all came from that shelter (and indirectly, so did Lil's 6 kittens, LOL!). I am forever falling in love with cats there and wanting to take them home. But I am at my limit!
 

stormy

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Dec 7, 2003
Messages
10,359
Purraise
21
Location
NJ
hi kutin!!!
welcome to the forum, i think you have such great goals for yourself and you are doing a wonderful thing working at the shelter and careing for those kitties!!:flash:
 

valanhb

TCS Member
Veteran
Joined
Mar 2, 2002
Messages
32,530
Purraise
100
Location
Lakewood (Denver suburb), Colorado
Welcome to the site! Milo and Socks are both really cute!


I agree, you have set admirable goals for yourself, and I think it is wonderful for you to help the kitties in your shelter, even if some of the job isn't all purrs and snuggles.
 
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #11

kutin

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
49
Purraise
0
Location
Valparaiso, IN
Thanks, everyone.


I really enjoy my job at the shelter, "hairballs" included. I just try to focus on the good things, and it is all worthwhile to me.
 

subee

TCS Member
Adult Cat
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Messages
200
Purraise
1
Location
Indiana
I am very glad to hear from you and welcome to this wonderful site. I admire your stamina to work at a kill shelter. I am sure you brighten everyone's day with your love of animals. Way to go girl!
BTW Where is our winter weather?? It feels like spring!
 
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #13

kutin

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
49
Purraise
0
Location
Valparaiso, IN
Originally posted by Subee
I am very glad to hear from you and welcome to this wonderful site. I admire your stamina to work at a kill shelter. I am sure you brighten everyone's day with your love of animals. Way to go girl!
BTW Where is our winter weather?? It feels like spring!
I have no idea where our winter weather is, but let me say that I am lovin' it!!! I hate winter. It would be the only reason I would ever move from Indiana! Where in IN are you located?

Thanks, too, for your kind comment. I am only a fraction of what you compliment me as!
But thank you.


BELOW IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF MILO, OR "KUTIN"!!

 

subee

TCS Member
Adult Cat
Joined
Dec 19, 2003
Messages
200
Purraise
1
Location
Indiana
New Haven, Indiana. Close to Fort Wayne. I love the winter weather. That is why I stay. And also why I have a 4 wheel drive truck.

No, you deserve all the compliments that come your way. You are a very special person.
 
Top