The Alphabet Kittens

Meet the Alphabet Kittens, now ready for adoption, until 3:00 p.m. today at Bone Marché in St. Louis Park!

CC, DJ, and JR

CC, JR, and GG

CC

DJ

GG

JR

Meet the Alphabet Kittens at Bone Marché this Sunday

Sunday, February 22
Noon - 3:00 p.m.

Feline Rescue Meet and Greet
Learn about Feline Rescue's amazing work and meet the Alphabet Kittens.

Free Pet Portrait Sessions
Bring your pets for a free portrait sitting with KrisKreativ Pet Photography.

Bone Marché
3777 Park Center Blvd, St. Louis Park

McMuffin is Learning Italian

From Anne, McMuffin's new mom:

Hi everybody !

This is Micio speaking (formerly McMuffin). "Micio" means "cat" in Italian. I'm bi-lingual now
I wanted to tell you how happy I am in my Forever Home.

I have a darling little sister (Daisy). We stay together all day, and our favorite fun is running thru the 3-part tunnel, and wresting with each other in our human's bed in the middle of the night !!

My other new sister, Boots (Raisin) rules the house, and has not warmed to my incredible charms. But she will !!

Now, back to fun and games...

Misty Morning in Her New Home

Misty Morning, adopted recently from Feline Rescue Adoption Center, is already settling nicely into her home.

Bunch of photos and an update from her new family:

Shelby (Misty Morning) is doing very good in her new home. She loves looking out the window and snuggling up with her new parents. She is also quite the jumper and we find her on top of the refrigerator at night. I want to thank you again for this opportunity.

Thank you Carly and Bruce

Adventures of Worf: 4-month-old rescued kitten

Day 1: Arrived with another kitten Mimi and a bunch of dogs on transport from Lake Traverse Reservation Rescue in South Dakota. Mimi and I had been rescued after we were abandoned in a garage. Headed to Twin Cities to find adoptive homes. I escaped my carrier in the SUV and had to be recaptured, so the trip was even more eventful for me.

Day 2: Went to the vet for check-up and neutering. Yikes! I’m not happy! I’m not letting these scary people get anywhere near me!

Day 3: Arrived in foster home. Safely escaped into hiding without a trace.

Day 4: I was spotted in my hiding spot in the mop bucket by my foster human, who speaks kindly to me. I decided to hide under the bed instead, and then called attention to myself by meowing all night.

Day 5: I decided to venture out to eat and play. Discovered that the resident cat, Butters, is really nice and will bathe me. He says he can show me the ropes. 

Day 6: It’s Christmas. I let me foster human pet me and play with me. I love to play.

Day 7: Decided foster human was safe to snuggle with. I’ve become confident and curious.

Week 2: Got my ears cleaned out, met a service dog, bonded with new people. I still like to be near or touching resident cat most of the time. I will make a great companion for another cat.  And I love snuggling with people now too.

Meet Worf on Saturday, January 10^th from 1-3 at Woody’s Pet Food Deli in St. Paul, 647 South Snelling Ave. Call Molly for more info: 651-295-3758.

Time to catch up with Lionel

Lionel was a terrified and injured tomcat when rescued a few months ago. 

 

 

He found love and healing in his foster home and has moved mountains since becoming an indoor cat and befriending humans.

 

Lionel is the sweetest of the sweet, according to his fabulous foster mom, who can't say enough for this fine orange cat. In her words:

 

I'm always wrong with him - always! I never give him enough credit. I'm all worried and he always pulls thru. There is seriously nothing that orange boy can't do. I even cut 3 paws worth of his nails. I think he's gonna freak, he does fine. I think he's gonna die of the head cold, he pulls thru. I think he'll be too scared upstairs, he's perfect. I think he's gonna hurt the kittens, the kittens wap his face and kiss him and lay directly on top of him. I think he's gonna hurt my old cat TC, he spoons him. I think he's gonna freak at the vet and he's perfect. I think he can't use the usual cat box and he succeeds. I think I can't bathe him - there's NO way and he does perfect. I thought I'd never be able to touch him and I can kiss him. I never thought he'd purr and he purrs. He is such a testimony to living!

Lionel is a quiet, keep-to-himself type of guy who loves sweet pettings on his head and neck while he stretches for you to get the right spots and purrs his big, orange heart out. Life was hard to him on the streets - he has a bad eye and a bad leg to prove it. Lionel's ideal home would be with someone who will let him be himself, pushing him little bits at a time to be more social and giving him some turkey fresh from the bird a few times a month. His eye and his leg have been checked out by the doctors. The blind eye is most likely due to having the herpes virus that was left untreated as a younger cat. His stiff leg is an old injury, possibly a car accident. He uses his leg just fine, responds to touch, uses that foot to scratch his ear - it doesn't bother him. When he was neutered, he had a dental and several teeth were pulled - when he gives you love nibbles, he just gums you - it's so sweet. 

 

For information about adopting Lionel call Molly at 651-295-3758 or email outreach@felinerescue.org.

Hughie’s Family

Hughie was a stray kitten who ended up at animal control. Scared and all alone, he was considered “feral” and not adoptable. He went to a foster home to attend kitten school so he could learn to be held and cuddled and become a regular house cat.

But Hughie was still scared stiff, and the lessons never really took hold until Carmelita and her family joined Hughie in his foster home.

Carmelita was a stray who spent the summer outside and gave birth to kittens in the fall near a busy business center. Just before the first snow, a concerned passerby came across Carmelita trying to lead two of her kittens away from all the people and to safety—across a busy road at rush hour! It took several hours, then two nights, and lots of tricks, but we were able to trap the two babies and mom with no one getting hurt in the street. We couldn’t find the last kitten so, sadly, Carmelita arrived at her foster home with only two.  

Immediately, Carmelita accepted Hughie as her kitten (he is the right color). Despite the fact that he was twice the size of her kittens and no longer needed to nurse, she groomed and nursed him.

Hughie's attitude completely changed once he had a family again. He is still somewhat shy but now likes to be held and to purr and play with us. He has so much fun wrestling with his new siblings. It’s sad to think of the circumstances by which this little guy was separated from his family and left all alone in an impound cage long before he was ready to grow up.

A week after Carmelita’s family joined Hughie, we were miraculously able to find and trap Carmelita’s third, last, long-lost kitten. Somehow this scrappy little girl managed to survive a week of winter camping all on her own and avoid being seen by anyone. The reunion with mom and the siblings was happy.  

At first, I worried that Hughie might become the odd man out. Instead Hughie was the most excited of all to see his new sister. It was as if he had heard all about her and was so glad she was finally there and that his family was now even bigger.  He groomed and groomed her. Here she is!

It would be so sweet if Hughie could find a home with his adopted sister (or mom… or both!). Having a family has made a world of difference for Hughie. It has been amazing to watch this little family. Every day brings new surprises with how they interact with each other and with people. Carmelita could not be a better, more patient mother to this rambunctious troop. She is just a little kitten herself and so sweet with people that she deserves to find a forever home, where she can get all the attention she deserves, very soon. She is now ready to go to a foster or forever home with no other resident cats (unless her own kittens).

 

 

To hear more about adopting Carmelita, her kittens, or Hughie so you can watch some of this amazing family in action, call Molly at 651-295-3758 or email outreach@felinerescue.org.