All Cats PDX - Catsitting

08/29/2024

On this Rainbow Remembrance Day, I thought of all the kitties in my clientele that left us since last year. I miss all these little friends. Until we meet again…

03/17/2024

Happy Saint cat day!

02/23/2024

UPDATE: The rally Protect Oregon's Animals & Animal Rescues Now has posted a new update:

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is feeling the pressure of your emails, which is why they extended the deadline for public comments from February 29 until March 15! THIS WAS A WIN, but…

They are asking you to email them AGAIN to oppose these statute revisions. In your email, they’d like for you to ask them to do three things:

1. Extend the comments deadline again.
2. Schedule another public hearing.
3. Toss out the statute revisions.

Feel free to use the quick email template in their link or write your own message.

THANK YOU! With your help, we can save Oregon's animals and animal rescues!
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Dear pet friends, please consider contacting the Oregon Department of Agriculture to oppose these counterproductive laws. The small shelters and rescues that do such amazing work and have been directly responsible for putting us in touch with many of our own pets are in danger!
Please read, hit the email button, and share with friends and fellow animal lovers.

Urgent: Oregon's Voiceless Need Your Voice! Animals across Oregon are at the precipice of a crisis. The Oregon Department of Agriculture is on the verge of implementing sweeping changes to the rules governing animal rescue entities that will result in swift, massive loss of animal life as well as th...

01/07/2024

My neighbors are missing their kitty! Please keep an eye out when you’re in the neighborhood

Please spread the word! Bebop was LOST on December 24, 2023 in Portland, OR 97219 near SW Haines & SW 57th Ave.

Description: He's a black and white (tuxedo) cat. About 13 years old, very shy, high-pitched voice. Neutered male. We miss him dearly.

For more info or to contact Bebop's owner, click here: https://www.pawboost.com/p/9881438

Lost or found a pet? Report it to PawBoost here: https://pbrs.io/l/rpl

03/18/2023

And of course happy St Gertrude of Nivelles’ Day, patron saint of cats!

03/17/2023

Happy St Paddy’s everyone! 😸🍀

01/18/2023

Who knew?!

01/06/2023

This is a better solution than the spray bottle that I posted about earlier, which
1. you can’t use when you’re not there, and
2. which the kitty will associate, negatively, with you.

And, for every ”No”, provide a “Yes”!

01/04/2023

When I see a spray bottle in my clients’ house, I worry that it is used for punishing the kitty for unwanted behaviors.
Learn from this feline behavior expert why it’s not a good tool.

When you punish a cat for exhibiting a behavior you don’t like, it doesn’t stop the behavior. First, it’s important to understand that regardless of how unwanted the behavior is, it serves a purpose for the cat. Your cat isn’t scratching on the sofa or jumping on the counter just to make you mad. Animals engage in behaviors that serve a function (i.e. a pay-off). Additionally, many of the behaviors cat parents view as unwanted, such as furniture scratching, are normal, natural behaviors. When you sq**rt the cat with water for scratching the furniture you may momentarily stop the behavior but the cat has a normal and natural need to scratch. If he gets punished every time he attempts to engage in a normal behavior, he will probably become afraid of you and he’ll also continue the behavior in secret. That’s a very stressful combination.

01/02/2023

A Glad New Year to all! By ways of , a kitty new year’s wish from ca. 1880

12/25/2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Happy, happy Holidays from us to you and yours!!

11/23/2022

What a beautiful girl and with such fun big front mitts! Help her find her forever home!

11/23/2022

Want to try fostering kittens? These folks need help!

Are you home for the holidays? Have a spare bathroom or bedroom? We have cats & kittens that need a place to hang for a week or two while we wait for intake appmts to open up. Please, if you think you could help between now and the end of the year, please message me ASAP or comment. For example, I have 2 fostering needs right now, but no one is available or they are already helping. Help us to help the kitties!

11/01/2022

06/05/2022

People, this is a kitty client of mine. Please share, and keep on the lookout for her if you live in the area where she was lost.

05/26/2022

Caught these cuties mid-MEEEEEEEEOOOOOWW

I guess Chai (l) and Cumin (r) are ready for their dinner!

04/30/2022

UPDATE: Toast is with her new human! Congratulations to this sweet girl on her new forever home! Here’s to a happy life for Toast!! 😻❤️
Thanks SO much to all who shared and helped.
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This sweet kitty, Toast, needs a new home because her owners are moving out of state and can’t take her with them. I have taken care of this kitty before and she is an absolute doll. Please share and if anyone is interested in giving this beauty with her regal whiskers her forever home, let me know and I can connect you to the owners.

Toast just turned 9 years old in March and is in good health overall. She does require a special diet food to help prevent bladder stones but there haven’t been had issues with those for many years now that she's on this diet. Otherwise she is extremely friendly, loves new people, and seems to be at the age where she just wants to sit on a warm lap all day. Attached below are two recent pictures. She's cute as can be! 😸

04/24/2022

It’s not all just about cats. Help migrating birds and turn off your porch lights tonight!

Lights Out Alert! Tonight, approximately 3.9 million birds will migrate through Oregon's skies. Help keep them safe by turning off your outside lights tonight and drawing your blinds.

Why is it important? As migrating birds pass over brightly lit cities, skyglow drowns out the stars, confusing them and luring them into urban areas. Once trapped in the windowed maze of the city, birds either hit buildings directly or circle them until they collapse from exhaustion. Lights Out programs help to prevent birds from being attracted to urban areas.

As always thank you to CSU's Aeroeco Lab for posting the nightly numbers. https://aeroecolab.com/oregon

12/27/2021

Did you save them for your kitties? All the boxes and wrapping paper are their favorite part of the season!

12/25/2021

A very Purry Christmas to all from the C-suite at All Cats PDX! Wishing you and your kitties a warm and wonderful holiday!

12/24/2021

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….

12/19/2021

Oranges are never out of season!

"It is considered good etiquette to keep a selection of Fresh Oranges on the table."

09/18/2021

Sweet Pea (first pic) has some interesting coloring; she kind of reminds me of an African Sand Cat (second pic)!
Certainly she lives up to her name and is and absolute sweetie, including for her daily oral medication!

09/09/2021

I would certainly recommend not putting all the toys away, making sure there are some places where the kitties can look outside through partially open blinds, and leaving the tv or radio on.

Have you wondered how long can you leave a cat alone? Read on for what you need to know about leaving cats alone from Great Pet Care's vet experts.

07/03/2021

I’ve spoken with several of my clients and contacts about these Sure Petcare microchip feeders, that are designed to help keep kitties out of each others’ food: a godsend, if you are feeding one a medicated food, or a kitty needs to lose weight and not eat their brother’s or sister’s portion besides their own!
I’ve used these for my own cats - they work great and are immensely helpful, but, a little pricey.
This Fourth of July weekend these feeders are just a bit more affordable at 15% off, with code JULY15: https://www.surepetcare.com/en-us/pet-feeder
Check it out!

06/27/2021

When the temperatures are as high as we are experiencing now, things can get too hot for your kitty as well as for you. Although they are often little heat-seekers, we need to keep an eye out to ensure they don't heat up too much. Especially kitties with short snouts like Persians and Exotic Shorthairs, as well as medium- and longhaired breeds, and also any overweight cats, are susceptible to negative effects of overheating.

https://forevervets.com/how-hot-is-too-hot-for-cats/

Most cat owners have a good gauge of how their cat is feeling. However, even the most observant cat lovers can find themselves wondering, do cats get hot?

05/16/2021

Who can give Sii Faa the forever home he deserves? He needs a home with cat savvy people who can give him the attention, love, and stability he needs. Due to his current circumstances he can be somewhat shy and timid, but with the right home he will flourish into the sweet guy that he is!!

Please share and let me know if you would like me to connect you to his mom. Thanks!

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“This is Sii Faa (pronounced like “See Faw”), a male Siamese cat who will be 3 years old on June 18. His name is the Thai word for “blue,” the jewel tone color of his eyes, and his coat’s distinctive dark markings are identifiers for his Lynx Point classification. Unlike other Siamese types, he is relatively quiet and has a laid-back temperament. As a young cat, however, he loves to play—especially with light weight, spring-like toys he can bat around and with feathery wand toys like DaBird. He’s a lovable and curious companion who looks for opportunities to sit on a lap or get close to you so he can rub up against you, be petted and calm you with his purr. Siamese are smart, loyal, agile, and social (when not napping in one of many hiding places or engaged by the movement in a YouTube video of birds or silly string).

He was adopted from the Oregon Humane Society just over two years ago, a few months before my husband passed away. At that time, he was a very shy and frightened cat since he had just arrived at the shelter the day before from an active and busy household that included two dogs and several teenage children. While he’s initially hesitant around strangers, he’s thrived in a smaller and quieter environment –importantly, where his owner is mostly at home during the day—and where he knows he’s safe and loved.

Sii Faa has been an ideal companion, entertaining and comforting me during this long COVID situation, jumping up in bed sometimes during the early morning to curl up and sleep with me. While seeking a new home for him would have been unthinkable earlier this year, it is because I love him so much that I am doing so now. Traveling frequently back and forth from Portland to Central Oregon (and soon to Southern California, eventually to international destinations) has dramatically reduced the amount of time I have to play and interact with him. He deserves more.”