Let's Talk About How They Rescue Us

 If you've ever talked to our Director & Founder, you know that she feels passionately that animals can be our salvation. For many people, there comes a darkness which can seem crushing and overwhelming, and the only reason some people stay put is because they have an animal companion who has taught them that there is such a thing as unconditional, pure, untainted love that comes with no expectations or fine print. The trust and love of a companion animal is entirely unmatched by any other relationship for many. 

If you read the page "Audrey's Story" (CW; ideation, talk of unaliving oneself), you'll see a story of a cat whose circumstances were less ideal than our Founder thought and whose life was changed by arriving at her doorstep. What our Founder didn't expect was how significantly Audrey would affect her own life and will to live. 

Right now, we have 2 sets of bonded cats who seem to have been placed on this Earth for the same reason Audrey came to our Founder. They are Topaz & Jewel, and Jonjamin & Bethicca. 

Topaz is the most amazing, snuggly, chatty little girl who runs right up to her people and tells them all about how she loves them and what her day was like. She lets you know it's time to go to bed, and when it's time to settle down. Her insistent affection is a bright spot in any day. Her sister, Jewel, is more aloof but when she decides it's time for love, it's time for love. They've been in care for so long together that they are bonded and they have to go together to a home with no dogs. 

Jonjamin and Bethicca are also meant to be someone's heart cats. Between Jonjamin's enthusiastic biscuit making snuggle sessions and Bethicca's animated chatting, it's impossible to be angry or even particularly sad around them.

If you would like to meet either of our dynamic duos, drop us a message or an email and we can set up a meet and greet.

Exciting News! Also, let's talk about food for a minute.

Since the inception of our rescue's formation, we have fed our cats & kittens Royal Canin food. Even prior to that, the founder of our rescue has been a staunch supporter of and advocate for the feeding of Royal Canin. As of today, we are officially a Royal Canin shelter partner. That means that any time you adopt one of our companion cats or dogs, you get a sample of their food, plus some wicked coupons. It also means that your companion animal is coming to you with a balanced nutritional foundation.

I've been asked more than once why we don't feed a cheaper food. After all, it's a shelter (or in my own case, we have a lot of permanent residents) so funds are tight. And it's true, they really are tight. However experience with other foods has proven to me that with a few exceptions, Royal Canin has led to healthier coats, healthier GI systems, fewer instances of UT crystals recurring (our George got them terribly for a year or two, until one of our vets told us to try the RC Urinary S/O to prevent the formation of them. We haven't looked back from RC since then, and have used the range of foods to help sort out any issues our kitties were having (here's looking at you, CALM). That said, if you feed a higher quality food, you have fewer health issues which saves on vet bills. You also put a little more money up front for the higher quality food, but you're spending less on litter and food because the food is packed with more nutrients and fewer fillers than a lot of your lower end foods. Transitioning is fairly simple, by mixing 75/25 current food with new, then 50/50, then 25/75. This allows for the digestive flora to respond to the new food slowly rather than do a rapid truffle shuffle in order to "recognize" the new chemical makeup of the nutrient delivery vehicle. (Don't let "chemical makeup" scare you though; those words apply to literally everything in our world. Meat, vegetables, even your skin has a chemical makeup, and it doesn't mean it's been altered or is dangerous.) Transitioning slowly reduces the instances of diarrhea or vomiting, or of the food being rejected entirely by the animal.

That said, there are a lot of families struggling to make ends meet right now, and can't even afford to feed a lower end food let alone a really good one. No animal should ever have to go hungry, and with that in mind we still collect food donations. Those donations go back into the community by helping to feed the companion animals of families who need that leg up, for as long as they need it and for as long as we have the food to give. If you or someone you know is in need of food for their companion animal, please feel free to drop us a line.