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11/07/2024

Uh, 🤔. Thoughts?

11/07/2024

Cat peeps - If you are brave enough to put up a tree this would be a great topper!

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11/02/2024

Candy and Caramel are just lounging on the bench waiting to be adopted😊

11/01/2024

This is Candy … she thinks she saw a ghost!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween everyone. Please keep your kitties safely inside your home.💕

10/31/2024

Meet Scooter and Shadow. Currently in foster care and heading to the vet tomorrow for their first check up, f***l test & SNAP test.

10/31/2024

More good adoption news! Sweet little Cookie was recently adopted by a great couple who fell in love with her at first purr.

10/31/2024

We are sooo excited that these two brothers were adopted together by a lovely family. Reports are that the two moved right in and slept with the mother in the family. Isn’t that awesome?

10/25/2024

This is really interesting. Sounds logical for a nursing mom.

A ✨FLANK SPAY✨ is when the incision is made on the left side (flank) of the body rather than on the midline of the abdomen. The spay procedure is the same as performed during the midline incision and the same reproductive organs are removed with both procedures.

Performing the flank incision is also beneficial if the cat has nursing kittens. Since the flank incision is not made near the mammary glands, the female is able to be sterilized and her kittens can continue to nurse following surgery. Using the flank incision is more comfortable for the mother during postoperative recovery, and there is a lower risk of evisceration, because the nursing kittens are not pulling at the incision site like they would be if a midline incision was performed. In addition, mother cats often have large mammary glands from nursing. During a midline incision, excessive bleeding and leakage from the mammary glands can cause infection; this is avoided with the flank incision.

*Text from saveacat.org

FCP comment: I've not found many vets familiar with this alternative; if they are, it's not typically offered. I think that is because the majority of the female cats they spay have owners that can plan the surgery to meet the vet's requirements (that kittens must be weaned for a month (minimally) before they will do a spay). In my experience, only vets at clinics specifically for feral cats will perform this surgery.😿

10/24/2024

Please keep an eye or two out for Snowflake.

Please spread the word for this lost cat. Snowflake was LOST on October 22, 2024 in Westminster, CA 92683 near Harvard Ave/winthrop

Description: Grey short hair tabby

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