Emmy and Libby, the two senior girls I adopted in 2020, bring joy to my life every day – even when they’re determined to eat my new Christmas tree!
I am grateful for everything MEOW’s staff, volunteers and board members do every day.
Ginny
Harlem and Schlyar (formerly George II and Henry III)
The boys are doing well, they enjoyed watching it snow and are turning into super snuggle bunnies. They always end up snuggling together after a good bout of rough housing with each other. They are such sweet boys.
Gretchen
Kittens are adorable, but there are just too many! We are absolutely committed to reducing the population of homeless cats, and we’re convinced that the solution is spay/neuter for every single cat and kitten, every single dog and puppy.
Although it has become more expensive, and more difficult to even secure appointments, spay and neuter surgeries are a vital part of what we provide through our Public Spay/Neuter Voucher Program for low-income pet owners.
$50 today can ensure that one female cat will never again go through pregnancy and eliminate the possibility of up to 3 additional litters, about 15 homeless kittens per year.
A $25 donation today will ensure that one male cat is no longer able to impregnate female cats and will eliminate the possibility of countless homeless kittens per year.
Recently, one of our amazing trappers was offered the opportunity to buy a tiny one week old kitten which a man said he had found in a log. For $40, a life was saved. Nimbus became part of our MEOW family.
“Isn’t kitten season over?”, you may ask. Not this year. Whether it’s due to global warming, the lack of spay/neuter services during the pandemic, or just Mother Nature, baby kitties are still coming and still in immediate need of nutritious kitten formula, then high quality kitten canned and kibble foods, vaccines, and alter surgeries.
Although kittens don’t often spend too much time in the shelter, their needs during foster care can be quite extensive. We promise we’ll be there to care for them tomorrow, and for as long as they need us, with your help.
Your donation of $100 today can provide formula, food, core vaccines, microchip, and alter surgery for one kitten, readying him or her for a forever family.
These boys are unrelated but have very similar stories. Each one came to MEOW as a result of a plea from an emergency vet hospital. Each one had been experiencing repeated urinary blockages.
Each one would require a life-saving surgery called PU, or Perineal Urethrostomy. In both cases, the owners were unable to afford the very expensive treatment and made the kindest decision, to relinquish their cat.
Thanks to MEOW’s Mercy Fund, both Van and Maurice have recovered from their surgeries and now have new forever homes.
Your donation of $500 today can help re-build our Mercy Fund coffers, so that in 2023 we can continue to be there for cats like Van and Maurice.
The underlying causes of seizures in cats are often hard to diagnose. This was the case with both River and Orange, two lucky kitties in our Ninth Life Foster program. River began having seizures as a kitten in 2019. Since then, she has experienced many ER hospital stays and extensive diagnostics, causing her specialists to believe she has primary epilepsy. With the diagnosis confirmed, the challenge now is to control her seizures by adjusting her medications as her needs change. River is loved and thriving in her Ninth Life foster home, determined to be like the other cats despite her challenges.
In another foster home, a blue kitty named Orange also began having seizures as a young kitten. More than a year later, her seizures are controlled, and she is doing well. Cats with seizure disorders can have a very good quality of life provided their seizures can be controlled. At MEOW, we’re committed to special needs cats like River and Orange. Because, you know, all nine lives are precious.
Thanks to your support today, our Ninth Life program can continue to provide the critical financial support for cats like River and Orange who have limited adoption options but no shortage of love and care in their Ninth Life foster home. Your donation of $200 today can provide a routine but necessary follow up veterinary exam for a Ninth Life cat.
The underlying causes of seizures in cats are often hard to diagnose. This was the case with both River and Orange, two lucky kitties in our Ninth Life Foster program. River began having seizures as a kitten in 2019. Since then, she has experienced many ER hospital stays and extensive diagnostics, causing her specialists to believe she has primary epilepsy. With the diagnosis confirmed, the challenge now is to control her seizures by adjusting her medications as her needs change. River is loved and thriving in her Ninth Life foster home, determined to be like the other cats despite her challenges.
In another foster home, a blue kitty named Orange also began having seizures as a young kitten. More than a year later, her seizures are controlled, and she is doing well. Cats with seizure disorders can have a very good quality of life provided their seizures can be controlled. At MEOW, we’re committed to special needs cats like River and Orange. Because, you know, all nine lives are precious.
Thanks to your support today, our Ninth Life program can continue to provide the critical financial support for cats like River and Orange who have limited adoption options but no shortage of love and care in their Ninth Life foster home. Your donation of $200 today can provide a routine but necessary follow up veterinary exam for a Ninth Life cat.
Adopted in 2011, sisters, Mustang Sally has short black hair and her glamorous sister Miss Cleo is the long haired Blue.
There were 2 others in their MEOW litter, all long- haired, but I had to have the little black runt of the litter, Sally, because on the days I visited MEOW for kitten “try-outs”, NO ONE wanted to play with her, so I said immediately, that is the one for me!!! She is our special girl and we are struggling with her weight because we spoil her!!
Happily eleven years old, our MEOW girls enjoy our house in Tacoma and have their own bedroom to lounge in while they yell at the birds and squirrels in the backyard ( safely through the window, of course!!).
Mrs Elliott
Thank you to everyone who made giveBIG 2022 a huge success raising over $46,000! As we say goodnight, we are so grateful for the support of so many, for all the right reasons! These funds will help ensure that we will be there for those who need us most, and continue to make good matches and build happy families.
MEOW is not a large shelter, nor do we have a large staff. That’s just fine with us. We appreciate being able to focus on each and every cat, the cute kittens, the rambunctious teen kitties, the young adults and the seniors, those with special medical needs, and those with special behavioral or emotional needs.
We make a lifetime commitment to each and every one, if ever they should need to be rehomed. Making good matches, building happy families, is our goal.
Meet Siskel & Ebert
These handsome 10-month-old boys came to us from a home with way too many cats. Not too much of a story there. They were with us for a short time before they found their forever family earlier this month.
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Thank you to everyone who donated over the past few days. As of 10:30 pm this evening, we, thanks to you, achieved and actually surpassed our ambitious goal of $40,000. We have now raised over $45,000 for the animals! Of course, we’ll be online until midnight, so if you haven’t donated yet, there is still time. These funds will help ensure that we will be there for those who need us most, including those who need extra attention, time,or understanding to be their best selves.
It’s not always an easy transition for a cat to lose his home or family and join us at the shelter. And sometimes cats come to us because they are having issues in their home. We are so fortunate to have wide in-house expertise as well as support from knowledgeable veterinarians to help determine an appropriate path to take with these animals to give them the best chance at finding their forever home and resolve issues or modify behavior so the cats can live their best lives. Change can require a good deal of time and effort on our part, and potentially the forever family as well. But we believe the commitment is worth it!
Meet Boots & Spunkie
Uncle Boots, a four-year-old tuxedo boy, and his niece Spunkie, a lovely three-year-old silky sleek black panther, recently came to MEOW after their previous owner lost her home. Both cats were understandably confused and a bit afraid after losing the only home they had ever known.
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Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. As of 5 pm this evening, we have raised $36,994. These funds will help ensure that we will be there for those who need us most, including the most vulnerable, the bottle babies.
We owe so much to our foster families, whose dedication and efforts allow us to accept those animals not ready for adoption. There is a small group of fosters who take that dedication to the next level by fostering the bottle babies.
The babies are so vulnerable, and the youngest ones need to be fed every two hours. Yes, it can be heartbreaking, but the sense of purpose it brings and the rewards when the bottle babies grow into rambunctious kittens can’t be matched.
Pakuk Gets Her Angel Wings
Late last month, a new litter was born in foster care. Very early, tiny Pakuk’s foster family noticed that the otherwise attentive mama cat wasn’t tending to little Pakuk. As it turned out, Pakuk was born with a severely cleft palate, which made nursing impossible. So, while mama tended to her other babies, Pakuk’s amazing rock star of a foster mom tube fed her, which is the only way she was able to get nourishment.
It was touch and go, and for a few weeks she’s proved true to her name, as Pakuk is an Inuit word for “fighter”. We knew it was going to be a tough road, but MEOW and especially Pakuk’s foster mom were going to do everything we could to give her the best chance possible.
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