Well, we made a new kitty shelter for Juli, and he is home. It was in the 40s today, and is supposed to be again tomorrow, so at least he'll have a few days to adjust to being back outside.
He looked so scared! He slunked off behind a neighbor's trailer at first (many of the trailers are here year-round even though the people aren't), but we coaxed him back with wet food.
There were a number of scraps with the crowd that has remained resident here, but they seem to have got it worked out and ate a very peaceful dinner.
We rubbed Juli down with a washcloth, and tossed it in the new shelter. All we can do is hope he moves in there. He's missing some hair on his legs and back-end, but the Vet thinks he should be fine, even if it gets cold again. The most important thing is that we're here most of the time, so we can keep a close eye on him. We really can't afford to board him for two months, so I really hope he'll be ok. The best would be if one of the kitties moves into the new shelter with him to help keep him warm - although there's more than enough shelter for them all already.
(We wrapped the shelter with heat tape and coiled some in the bottom as well. Even slightly hairless, he should be pretty toasty - IF he moves in there. Keep your fingers crossed!)
And Munchie...well...as of Monday morning, they were going to keep her. (The cat of the lady we adopted her to didn't take to Munchie IN ONE DAY, so she dropped Munchkin off at a cousin's house Sunday night!!!!). Then as of Monday night, they didn't want to keep her as the hubby is apparently severly allergic to cats. BUT the next day he bummed some Zyrtec from someone he works with, and they were going to keep her again. BUT then as of Wednesday, they didn't want to keep her, because basically she moved in to their folding couch/bed, and wouldn't come up except when they were asleep.
We told our assistant, Linda, to tell them just to ignore her, and if his allergies were OK, then we'd come Saturday to pick her up.
So they started ignoring her, and of course, then she wanted attention. So as of today, she was out and playing with them, so now they want to keep her.
Gary is about out of his mind with all of this. He finally told Linda he doesn't want to know whether they're keeping her or not. If they decide not to, take her to the Vet and board her until Saturday, and we'll pick her up and pay the bill. Linda told me today that when she told that to the hubby of her cousin, he FREAKED and said absolutely not!
So.... I guess we'll find out Saturday where things stand.
As of right now, they want to keep her. She IS beautiful, and she IS so cute! It's just these people have no patience! And Linda DID give them all the handouts I gave her... so if they bothered reading any of it, they SHOULD have a clue!
Poor baby Munchie is in my prayers. At least these people WANT to love her, and that's ok.
But it has been one heck of a week!
He looked so scared! He slunked off behind a neighbor's trailer at first (many of the trailers are here year-round even though the people aren't), but we coaxed him back with wet food.
There were a number of scraps with the crowd that has remained resident here, but they seem to have got it worked out and ate a very peaceful dinner.
We rubbed Juli down with a washcloth, and tossed it in the new shelter. All we can do is hope he moves in there. He's missing some hair on his legs and back-end, but the Vet thinks he should be fine, even if it gets cold again. The most important thing is that we're here most of the time, so we can keep a close eye on him. We really can't afford to board him for two months, so I really hope he'll be ok. The best would be if one of the kitties moves into the new shelter with him to help keep him warm - although there's more than enough shelter for them all already.
(We wrapped the shelter with heat tape and coiled some in the bottom as well. Even slightly hairless, he should be pretty toasty - IF he moves in there. Keep your fingers crossed!)
And Munchie...well...as of Monday morning, they were going to keep her. (The cat of the lady we adopted her to didn't take to Munchie IN ONE DAY, so she dropped Munchkin off at a cousin's house Sunday night!!!!). Then as of Monday night, they didn't want to keep her as the hubby is apparently severly allergic to cats. BUT the next day he bummed some Zyrtec from someone he works with, and they were going to keep her again. BUT then as of Wednesday, they didn't want to keep her, because basically she moved in to their folding couch/bed, and wouldn't come up except when they were asleep.
We told our assistant, Linda, to tell them just to ignore her, and if his allergies were OK, then we'd come Saturday to pick her up.
So they started ignoring her, and of course, then she wanted attention. So as of today, she was out and playing with them, so now they want to keep her.
Gary is about out of his mind with all of this. He finally told Linda he doesn't want to know whether they're keeping her or not. If they decide not to, take her to the Vet and board her until Saturday, and we'll pick her up and pay the bill. Linda told me today that when she told that to the hubby of her cousin, he FREAKED and said absolutely not!
So.... I guess we'll find out Saturday where things stand.
As of right now, they want to keep her. She IS beautiful, and she IS so cute! It's just these people have no patience! And Linda DID give them all the handouts I gave her... so if they bothered reading any of it, they SHOULD have a clue!
Poor baby Munchie is in my prayers. At least these people WANT to love her, and that's ok.
But it has been one heck of a week!