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zzz-giveBIG 2023 Update – May 2, 7am

zzz-giveBIG 2023 Update – May 2, 7am

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A GiveBIG good morning to you! Thanks to our early giving donors and our early risers, we have raised $3,118 in support of our foster programs and our amazing foster families.

Although some days it still feels like winter in Seattle, the number of calls about mama cats with babies is letting us know that spring has indeed sprung. During the height of the pandemic, spay and neuter surgeries were suspended. Although clinics are once again performing those surgeries, the demand is much higher than the availability. We anticipate seeing more kittens in the next several years than we’ve seen in recent prior years.

Luckily, we have foster families who can welcome a mom cat and her babies into their homes. Although tending young is instinctual, some of these mamas are barely out of kittenhood themselves. They often need support to keep their babies fed, clean, and healthy. It can be a tiresome and messy job sometimes. But these little precious ones have a way of squirming their way into their fosters’ hearts, making the day when they are ready for their forever home, bittersweet.

Meet Nom Nom and her babies (Oreo, Nutella, Noodles, and Potsticker).

Just two weeks ago this mama cat (Nom Nom) and her babies (Oreo, Nutella, Noodles, and Potsticker) were relinquished by a woman who had 10 other cats in a two-bedroom apartment. Through the years she’d considered getting her cats altered but didn’t. Pretty quickly the numbers were too big to handle.

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Percy

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Chicho, now called “Percy” ( or “Prince Charming” if you’re my mother) has been an amazing addition to my life! The first day I took him home he was a little shy and hid away, but I woke up the next morning to him curled between my knees and purring up a storm.

After that his shyness seemed to disappear, now he is a total lovebug and hardly ever leaves my side. He has a very nice cat tree in the living room next to a big window with lots of sun, but in true cat fashion he seems to have picked the window sill behind my bed as his favorite place instead.

My mother jokes that he’s a rich gentleman in a cat’s body, spoiled and demanding but so polite about it you want to satisfy his every whim, and I can’t exactly disagree! 

He has so many little quirks that I’m still learning about, and I love each and every one. Like how he has determined that everything in a bowl is his, I can leave fresh fish out on a plate and he won’t touch it but the second I have oatmeal or soup in a bowl he needs to have it. Or how he insists on being cuddled at night , and will insistently chirp at me if I’m not in bed at our normal time.

He normally prefers cuddles and pets to playtime, but when he’s in the mood he’ll pick up and follow me around with the toy he wants (normally his worm on a string) until I stop what I’m doing and play with him. I love my spoiled prince to bits and I don’t know what I’d do without him.

–  Katelin

Spin & Ivy (aka Benson & Katie)

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We are loving these two! They are so incredibly sweet and fun. We have since renamed them Spin and Ivy.

Spin is the all black spiderman, and we have an almost 6 year old son that is currently obsessed with superheroes. I work from home and they have been hanging out with me in our office during the days, which really helps make work more enjoyable!

Andrea

Kip & Kiku

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Kip and Kiku are happily running the show in our house. 

It took a long time for them to settle in (as Bonne VeVea knows).  Their “feral instincts” never left them, but they’re comfortable with us—unless we move too quickly!  They really don’t care to have visitors but I guess that’s not that unusual. 

We love them to death and enjoy the cuddles that they now offer more frequently.  They’re very smart and know a lot of words.  Kiku especially likes watching animals on TV!

Jay and Bonnie 

Emmy and Libby

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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

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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

Kitten Group

Kitten Group

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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.

Nimbus

Nimbus

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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.

Van & Maurice

Van & Maurice

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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.