Tuesday 24 November 2015

ADOPTED: ALEXANDRITE & ONYX

This past Monday, I brought Alexandrite and Onyx to *VOKRA Headquarters to get their booster shots. I had been telling Karen (the co-founder of *VOKRA) how Alexandrite had been laying with our black Lab, Hockey, in his bed lately. My dog wasn't thrilled about having to share his bed, but having that picture of Alexandrite and Hockey on the *VOKRA website sure helped! It seemed like as soon as the updated pictures went up, I had a viewing for the two kitties that very evening! Call it coincidence, but great pictures can do wonders to focus interest on your foster kitties.

Hockey having no choice but to share his bed with Alexandrite

The family adopting Alexandrite and Onyx have a teenage son that was very excited about getting two new kitties for Christmas. He noted that both kitties had Christmas trees on their noses. How cute is that?!

Christmas tree noses!

The family had already decided that they were adopting the siblings even before they saw them in person, but just wanted to come by and meet them. They are hoping to pick up the kittens in a day or two, which is just in time too! We are headed off on a 3-week vacation next month.

Hopefully there will be kittens to foster upon our return in January. We'll just have to wait and see.

ADOPTED! Onyx - Nov. 24, 2015
ADOPTED! Alexandrite - Nov. 24, 2015

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

Adoption application:

Sunday 15 November 2015

COLDS BE GONE!

Colds have their way of affecting a whole litter once one kitten catches it. Alexandrite was the first kitten to show signs of a cold when she first started sneezing.


Little Alexandrite sick with a cold,
with her trusty companion, Baby Hockey

Resting up

Alexandrite's sisters, Miss Amber and Opalescence, then caught it and finally her brother, Onyx, succumb to the dreaded cold.

Onyx, Opalescence and Miss Amber pre-cold attack

Miss Amber and Opalescence had been adopted and picked up by their new family when they suddenly started sneezing, so when I checked up on them a week later, I was told that they were getting worse and were sneezing all over the place. *VOKRA gave them antibiotics for their colds, so I'm sure they are all better now.

Onyx never got a full blown cold like Alexandrite, but he was constantly sneezing and was very wheezy. The first night I let the kittens sleep with me, every time Onyx would sneeze, he would wait until he climbed up to within inches of my face before he sneezed right into my face. After the 5th time of getting sneezed on, I thought it would be best to put them in their room ... and then I went and washed my face off.

I was alarmed to see a few days later that Onyx had a bloody nose after he sneezed so I immediately spoke to Maria (co-founder of *VOKRA) to ask if this was a huge concern. She told me not to be worried as all the sneezing was causing Onyx`s nasal passages to be irritated and inflamed. She told me to put Onyx into the bathroom and steam up the room so that the steam would soothe his nasal passages. I immediately did that, but realized that I did not want to waste too much hot water keeping the room steamy, so I plugged in my stand-alone clothes steamer and left it in the bathroom to keep the room steamy. I also opened up a jar of Tiger Balm and put it high on a shelf so that the kittens could not get to it. I also gave Onyx the balance of Alexandrite`s Azithromycin medication, which (surprisingly enough) only took 2 days to be effective. They are now both back to their regular cute selves, so onto the adoption website they go!


Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

Adoption application:

Thursday 5 November 2015

SNEEZY KITTY

Poor little Alexandrite has caught a cold. She had been sneezing here and there since she came to me, but I thought it was just random little kitty sneezes.  It was only when her eyes started to water did I realize that she actually had a cold.

I separated her from her litter mates so that she would have time to rest, but she started to cry. I had to bring in a stuffed toy dog to keep her company.  The stuffed toy resembles my black lab, Hockey.

Alexandrite stopped meowing and relaxed when I put Baby Hockey next to her. I guess any company is better than no company.

Alexandrite and her trusty companion, Baby Hockey

Hockey

I went to *VOKRA to pick up some medication for Alexandrite in the hopes that she will get over her cold more quickly:

AANGAMIK - supports immune system function and better utilization of oxygen at the cellular level.

ACONITE - shocks the illness and brings rapid recovery.

AZITHROMYCIN - an antibiotic that attacks bacteria by disabling its ability to reproduce.

NOSODE - homeopathic remedy used to immunize the body against a viral or bacterial infection.

TOBRAMYCIN - antibiotic used to treat eye infections.

It's only been a day and a half, but Alexandrite is already getting better. She still sounds a bit stuffed up, but she's eating, drinking and even playing now. I'm glad I nipped this cold in the bud before it got any worse. We need to get Alexandrite and her brother, Onyx, adopted!

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

Adoption application:

Sunday 1 November 2015

ADOPTED: OPALESCENCE AND MISS AMBER

As we approach the fall and winter months, the amount of kittens available for adoption drops as cats normally come into heat in the spring and summer months.

Batch #7 already had a viewing lined up even before I could get their bios into the database.  The adopters had been pre-approved a week and a half ago, so as soon as the *VOKRA coordinators knew that my batch of kittens were ready to be viewed, an appointment was set up.

I met with the lovely adopters tonight and they totally fell in love with Opalescence and Miss Amber.  They were initially thinking about only adopting one kitten, but were informed that adopting two kittens was better.  Firstly, the kittens would keep each other company while their owners were at work; and secondly, a lonely kitten can make a lot of noise meowing if it is left alone at home for too long. 

It`s always a happy day for me when two siblings go to their furever homes together.

ADOPTED! Miss Amber - Nov. 1, 2015


ADOPTED! Opalescence - Nov. 1, 2015

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

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