Lucy, is that really you?

Is this the same cat that sent me to the hospital a year ago?  Yeah, it really is.  Lucy's progress has been just amazing since the first of the year. It took our girl about 9 months to even show her face regularly upstairs but once she decided the General Population and I were OK, she's made huge strides.

And, if you think that's pretty cool, check these out:

Yes, that is precious Lucy, in my lap!!!  I hardly dared to breathe, but she's consenting to lap time fairly regularly now.  The day she jumps up, I'll know she's turned a huge corner. 

And sleeping with Sophie!!!  Sophie is everyone's friend, so it's exciting, but not surprising.

And if I could have gotten to the cell on my nightstand last night, you'd have a shot of her sleeping between my legs!!! Yep, that was Lucy's idea - I really didn't breathe then!

She's a love hound now.  Big time!  Like I said - amazing!  Oh, the feral is still in her.  She still startles easily.  And shies away when I change position (if I'm standing when she comes into a room, fine, but if I'm seated and then stand, for instance, she'll skitter away a few feet and regard me warily for a few seconds).  

So it looks like she's on the right track and the train... errrr, Lucy... shows no signs of slowing down in her transition to house cat status.  If she keeps this up for another six months or so, we'll start the search for her furever home.  She gets along great with the GP ever since she started spending time with us, which is a blessing.

There's good news, too, on the Buddy front and for Trudy & Lawrence, but we'll save those for other posts.  Jerry is fully healed now but is keeping to the basement and still hides when I come down.  

Sweet Wendy honored Moblin with one of her classic "toot" LOLs last month (and I hang my head in shame that it took me almost a month to get another post up to thank her!):.  

http://wendyslolspot.blogspot.com/2012/02/toot-toot-tootsie-hello.html

Looking forward to sending this to her furever mom.  Yes, Moblin is no longer on foster-to-adopt.  She's just plain adopted!

So, more soon!  I miss you all!!!

Tabby Update

I liked the Tracy lady.  And I like the Sara lady.  You lady, not so much.

A quick update - our little Tabby is now little Moblin and has a fursis, Grue.  As you might guess from the pic, the vet visit wasn't her favorite thing, but she held up quite well and we got a clean bill of health.  Sara reports Moblin is starting to settle in - loves tummy rubs and playing.  Sis, Grue, on the other hand isn't quite sure about the addition to the family and we've got some hissies and chasing going on - kind of to be expected since Grue has been the queen of the castle for so long.  More as we go along!

Thankful Thursday - (pretty sure it will be an) Adoption in 11 minutes!

Oh, my! Today was truly amazing! And no, this is NOT the way it is usually done!

If you can remember back to the last time I posted (ahem!), the Casa is kinda full up. One of my cat-allergic colleagues contacted me on Friday asking if I could help find a foster spot for sweet little cat whom she was sheltering (story below). See sweet Miz Tabby:

I asked around with a few folks I knew did fostering and found they were full up, too. Wednesday, I "asked around" the 'tute by putting up these pics, and Tracy's story on the 'tute's social network (kind of an in-house Facebook).

Within a half hour or so, three wonderful ladies had stepped forward to say they'd foster her. Thank you Kay, Cheryl and Sara (and Elizabeth for spreading the word)!! You all ROCK!

Sara, who had responded to the post in a mere 11 minutes, mentioned that if Miz Tabby and her darlin' got along, she'd look at adopting her. Squeeeeeee! It doesn't get any better than that! So Saturday we swoop over to Doc Andrew, get Tabby tested, get her shots, make sure she's spayed (we think she is) and deliver her to new foster-to-adopt mom, Sara!!

Here's the email that started it all:

Hi Lisa,

Hoping you and Space Paws might be able to help me. Wednesday night, I stepped outside to hear this desperate meowing. I saw a cat at my neighbor’s door and thought maybe one of their cats had gotten locked out. I bent down to see if I could get her to come over to me, and she came to me at a dead run, headbutted my hand, and then stood there eagerly waiting for me to unlock the door. The moment I opened it, she ran inside.

We’ve been checking with the shelters and posting signs, but no one is turning up to claim this little girl. She’s an incredibly sweet, affectionate cat, well-cared-for and clean, looks perfectly healthy. She’s extremely calm and obviously very used to being with a family – she comes when you call, obeys when you tell her no, doesn’t object to being picked up and pushed around. I’m allergic and am usually a bit intimidated by cats since I don’t know anything about them, but this one is such a sweetheart I’m completely comfortable with handling her, and she’s very tolerant of my clumsiness.

So my husband and I have been holding onto her to keep her safe and out of the cold, but we both have cat allergies and can’t keep her. We’d take her to the shelter, but she’s the gentlest, friendliest, most affectionate cat we’ve ever met … she runs over, meowing and chirping, to greet you when you enter the house or wake up in the morning, she likes to hook your hand with a paw and nuzzle it when you’re petting her, she purrs like a little motor when she’s near you.

She doesn’t do a lot of jumping or climbing – we’ve had to shoo her off the table once, and she likes to sleep on the top of the sofa, but she’s shown no interest in the bookshelves or countertops. She’d make such a perfect pet for someone looking for a calm, loving, companion-type cat.

We can hold onto her for a few more days while we try to find her owner, but then we have to figure out what to do, I was wondering if anyone in the Space Paws rescue group might be able to foster her? I’d be willing to pay for shots, fixing, etc. for her (my friend who owns cats and checked her out said she’d be surprised if she wasn’t already fixed.)

That’s it … let me know what you think. I’ve attached a couple pics. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Tracy

Tracy, there's a special place for folks like you and your hubby who are willing to go out of your comfort zone, and endure being uncomfortable to boot, to help a little critter. Thank you!

Do I work with a great bunch of people or what??!