Sammy And The Kittens

Sammy joined us last week, a 6 year old ball obsessed mixed breed dog. When he came to his meet and greet with a ball in his mouth, I silently said 'uh oh'. That's all he wants to do and isn't much into pets and cuddles; although by the end of his stay he did get better with being petted. He sleeps good but barks at every little sound during the day. Oh and he has nightmares and howls which is great way to be woken up.

Faith was very excited to get her first kitten foster from the clinic. She had asked the vet a couple of months ago if there was a possibility of being hired there and the vet was very honest and said that she needs to do other things besides just the vaccine clinic. So she's still going just twice a week but staying all day and adding other things to her job list including post spay/neuter care. Every animal has to have sub Q fluids and she does them all as well as waking them up to put back in a cage. She got to see part of an amputation but then had to go eat lunch, ha. She came back to find the leg in the garbage. 

A group of kittens were transported from Yakima, probably born on the street because they all had eye problems. Two of them had to have BOTH eyes removed and the ones Faith brought home needs meds in one eye each plus one needed an oral med. She took them back for a thorough checkup and they are so much improved, no eyes will be removed. The gray one will have to have his eyeball scraped to remove the white cloud though, eesh. 

I was so impressed with how she organized the meds, made a schedule and logged application of meds. There were 10 entries per day from 8 am to 10 pm. She swiftly picks them up, holds one eye open and puts a drop in just a few seconds. For the oral med, she puts the syringe to the side of the mouth and pushes right in. She would normally take them to the clinic with her when she goes but one day was going to be too busy so she had to leave them home.....with......ME! I made it though with a little help from Tony. 

They will be neutered tomorrow and then back with us for a few days of recovery before being ready for adoption! They've grown so much and have been a lot of fun to have here. I hope she gets to do more fostering soon. She even got to name them: Orzo (black) and Cous Cous (gray).

Faith and I were going to watch over Garfield, a long time kitty friend but we found out she had to put him down the night before. He was a sweet old boy but he came home from being MIA for a day and couldn't walk, so it was the best decision. RIP Mr. G.