Miz Liz's Foster Cat House (2025)

21/07/2025

Today I got 2 more Crowded House cats! Phoenix (tortie) and Lickity (the other one) are stunned by this apparently random change of venue.
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Of course I had to assign government names: Phoebe and Nicky. Phoebe, a family pet, was spayed here in March 2024 and returned. She's back for rehoming, and after she passes her charm school test she'll go up for adoption. Nicky is the first of the dozen or so unneutered adult males still at the Crowded House. Hoping to get him neutered this week so his schooling can begin.
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And maybe the biggest news of all, lovely 🎉Lily Littlefoot🎉 (pic 3) was adopted today! I was so surprised - she just graduated this past week and hadn't even been posted to the adoption website yet! She's so very, very shy that I was a little worried she would never find her home. That's Christmas in July right there, folks!
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18/07/2025

More Magnusons have joined the party! Surprised? I sure am! Virginia (the feeder) and I gave up on trapping the three remaining Magnusons last May (2024). They had finally been evicted from their crawlspace - the original goal - and had gotten way too trap-savvy. I was so surprised when she told me she was trying again, and even more surprised when she brought me Mr. King on Monday and Cinnamon Roll on Wednesday. Cinnamon Roll (pics 2-3) needed a government name to back up his street name, so he is now Simon. Mr. King (pics 4-5) chose to keep his street name, and the 👑 gets what the 👑 wants.
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Only one Magnuson left! I'm pretty sure Sonny (pics 6-7) is the female in Trap 9, the mama of the 5 feral kittens I took in when the colony was TNRd in July 2023. If so, she'll become Sunny Jane. She and Simon have been pretty tight the past year or so. I bet they will be happy to be reunited.
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And one last piece of wonderful news: Darryl (pic 8), the first Magnuson to graduate from the colony cabin, re-tested negative for FIV and is officially up for adoption at (formerly PAWS BINK)! He is loving life at their adoption center, soaking up all the attention he can. I bet he'll find his home soon.

26/06/2025

Finally, a Magnuson update! Darryl and Sally both graduated to PAWS BINK some weeks ago. I was surprised they agreed to take Sally, but her winning personality far outweighs her silly walk (pic 2). Unfortunately, Darryl tested positive for FIV, so he's on hold for further testing. Thankfully, Sally was negative! She's on hold, tho, pending X-rays on her knees so they have a clear understanding of what to tell potential adopters. She is moving so much better with the NSAID and supplements, and she's charming everyone at the Kingston center.
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Pam, aka Princess Pam (pic 4) graduated just yesterday. I was a little concerned because she is a tortie and a diva, and her love bites are HARD! But she was a lovely girl for the vet staff and I think she'll do great. (She also tested negative!)
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That's three Magnusons up for adoption! Next up is Chrissy (pic 4), a sweet little girl who lost an eye before she got here. I've been monitoring it over the past year. Recently it started looking a little irritated so I took her in to get checked. Nothing scary is going on, and since she is such a sweet girl, PAWS BINK will take her as soon as they can get her into surgery to clean out and close up that socket. Fun fact: Chrissy's eartip is on the left, not the right, but she wears it proudly.
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Once Chrissy graduates, next up is Other Darryl, aka Odie. He became very interested in me once Darryl graduated to the house. It's not going to take him long to adapt to the good life.
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That leaves only four more Magnusons, and I think they're all going to be adoptable! Lois and Tim are still missing, and of course we lost Rick. But everyone else is going to have a real home by the end of the year.

17/06/2025

🎉 Linda was adopted! 🎉 (pic 1). It happened probably only a week or two after the girls graduated, but I am remiss, as usual.
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Marie, pic 2, is on standby for now. I noticed in her glamour shot that her right ear was tilted, and I realized that it also had been that way here, which meant that it wasn't just because she was annoyed with me. 😹 The rescue took a look and said she definitely needed an ear cleaning! They're watching her to see if she needs further treatment.
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Next post will contain multiple Magnuson updates!

28/05/2025

Marie (tabby) and Linda (gray) are recent arrivals who are ready to graduate already! put out a call a few weeks ago, looking for placement for cats rescued from a terrible situation they'd been working on for months now (pic 4). How could I say no?
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These sweeties are both about 5 months old, and could well be littermates despite the size difference. Linda is very active and outgoing, and is a vewy fiewce pwedator, having killed many toy mousies since her arrival. Marie is more cautious and reserved, but she is starting to play and approach me for pets. As is common with siblings, I get the sense that she might be more outgoing without Linda running interference.
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The gals will be heading to later this week and I'm betting it won't take long for them to find a job.
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Special note: According to my receipt, Marie was the very last kitty fixed courtesy of my grant from !

23/05/2025

🥳 Dinah is adopted! 🥳 It sure didn't take her long to find her people.
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There are several updates still in the pipeline, including two lil kitty gals you haven't even met yet who are ready to graduate already!

07/05/2025

And the first Magnuson to graduate from the colony shed to the house is... DARRYL!
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He's only been inside for about 2 weeks, but as you can see, he's totally into it. In fact, he progressed from a condo in the cat bedroom to having full access to the entire house in record time. I should probably work on finding him placement so he can graduate and go up for adoption, but somehow it doesn't seem to happen.
(pic 2 shows his current obsession with Dirk, my senior cat.)
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If you missed Darryl's backstory, he's part of a hoarded group turned local colony (I dubbed them the Magnusons) after their person passed away. A neighbor became their feeder, and she worked with Kitsap Humane to have them TNRd in mid-2023 - my first TNR experience! The property owner had already been complaining about the cats living in the crawlspace, but there was no one to take them and nowhere for them to go. So, of course, I volunteered! A good part of 2024 was spent trying to catch them and set them up in my colony shed. We got all but two! Darryl was one of the first trapped, back in March 2024. None of them were particularly fond of me at first, but most of them have become total loves over the past year, and I'll be bringing them in one or two at a time for housecat training.
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So there you go, Magnusons in a nutshell. Stay tuned to see if Darryl goes up for adoption, or accidentally stays here.
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04/05/2025

Dinah Diamond (1-4*) and Lily Littlefoot (5-6) came in from the crowded house along with the first batch of rescues in early April 2024. Being family pets, they went home after their Spay Day (hence, the lack of eartips.) Much has changed for the family since then, and the brave decision was made to let them be rehomed. They came back to Miz Liz's almost exactly a year later for a little etiquette refresher. Dinah, the mom, was all over it and proved herself graduation ready in just a few weeks! Daughter Lily, however, is still proving to be a puzzle, as you can tell by the last 2 pics.
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Dinah is at , prepping to find her people. Lily, well, I'm not sure what is going on with that girl! Her condo is in the living room with the door open, but she spends most of her time inside of it. She will let me pet her up while she's in her nest, but she won't come out to see me. If I'm sitting down absorbed on my phone or TV she'll army-crawl out, but she races back to her condo the second I acknowledge her!
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I was hoping that she'd open up once Dinah left, but that didn't happen. I then brought in a Magnuson(!) who has turned out to be very confident AND a lovebug, hoping she'd get the hint, but NOPE. She doesn't seem to mind my cats running around but shows no interest in being with them. I really, really wish she was food-motivated. Not quite sure how this is going to play out!

*Pic 4 is Dinah helping Celestine at give birth! ❤️

28/04/2025

🎉 Silas was adopted!! 🎉 It took a while, but his people finally found him. He really opened up once he was separated from his bros. Such a sweetheart!
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So much has happened, but stuff keeps on happening, so I keep falling further and further behind in my reports.
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Quick take is that the 3 cats are still missing, and that stings. I don't even know if I introduced you to Dinah Diamond and Lily Littlefoot, but Dinah just graduated to . But the biggest news is that ⭐ a Magnuson ⭐ has graduated from the colony shed to the house!
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So there's at least two posts I owe you. I expect you to hold me to that, ok?

14/04/2025

🎉 Cecil and Lionel have been adopted together! 🎉
It took a minute, but their people finally found them.
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I was more than ready for some good news. Losing Sydney and Rick was rough, and the last 3 missing cats -- Lois, Susie, and Tim -- are still missing. No sightings in over a week. That's 5 cats lost in just over a month.
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Realized that April 7th marked the 1 year anniversary of the start of the crowded house project. I started bringing Magnusons in shortly before that, I think. I can't believe it's only been a year, it seems like forever! I'm getting used to the idea that it's all starting to wind down. No idea what I'll do next, but I've still got 19 cats to place, so I have time to figure it out.

07/04/2025

**WANTED!**
Three cats still have not returned to the fold: Lois Magnuson, Susie Crowded House, and Tim Magnuson. I forgot to look at my last post to see how long it's been, but it has to be at least 10 days. I'm just sick over it.
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The cats have gotten out maybe 3-4 times over the past year, and until now, I
got them all back within a few days. The only variable I can think of is that they probably got the sh*te scared out of them and it broke their trust.
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I set a trap the other night and caught myself a lovely possum. Fortunately, it was more scared of me than I was of it. I didn't know there were possums around but it makes me even more worried about the stragglers - possums will kick your ass!
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I had sightings of Lois and Susie several days ago, but nothing since. Tim hates me, always has, so I don't expect him to show himself. I've tried all the tricks I can think of to lure them into the play yard, but that involves shutting the rest of the cats inside, which they hate. I'm hoping I can come up with another plan for tonight.
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I hate this! This, along with the loss of Rick and Sydney, has reinforced my determination to start bringing the friendliest ones inside for house pet training and get them out for adoption. They will be much safer in permanent homes.

28/10/2024

Mac was adopted the day after I took him in! No big surprise -- he's an exceptional cat, plus gave him an unbeatable write-up. (1,2)
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While I was there, I finally got to stop by 's tranquility garden (3,4). It's so lovely! I would have loved to sit awhile if everything wasn't sopping wet. Welcome to October in the PNW, right?
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I'm down to just one inside student now, Margaret. (5) I'm pretty sure she's Ryan's and Liam's sib. Speaking of Ryan, he's with a foster for some advanced coursework, but he'll be back to see how he and Margaret get along. They're a matched set.
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And then there's Jimmie (6), who came in mid-June with Luther, Georgie, Bill, Ben, Ryan, and Liam. Jimmie decided he lives here now, so he's officially my #7 cat. Bill is in the colony shed, Ryan's in foster, and everyone else has been adopted!
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Best part is every cat shown and mentioned in this post was fixed courtesy of my grant. Still some more to go, but all the females have been taken care of so we can relax a little.

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