And downstairs, it's a CNY roundup!

Up first is Doublestuff, of Waverly NY (20 minutes to the southwest), who looks very concerned about going from the snowy streets of Waverly to some cage in a weird barn in Spencer.



Next up is Horatio, from Syracuse NY (2 hours to the north), rescued by my sister (who adopted Harley and Sylvester from us). Horatio is a feral cat who needs a good barn home, since he can't go back to his apartment complex in the shadow of Hancock International Airport because he has a landlord who doesn't quite get it (most people don't get it, so this isn't a seriously bad reflection on the landlord).

Finally there is Olivia.



Olivia is from Endicott NY (38 miles southeast), and she's living under a porch. The person whose porch she decided on knows she needs to be fixed or soon there will be kittens under the porch as well. Olivia appears to have some Siamese in her, given her slightly crossed eyes. This is a lousy shot of her, but what do you expect at midnight, hey?

Horatio was neutered last week. Olivia and Doublestuff are off to the vet tomorrow. All three of these kind folks (actually three for Olivia, and two for Doublestuff) paid all or part of their vet fees. People will help, when they care. People are good. They will reach out to one another. They will reach out to their neighbor who can't pay to get that cat they are feeding fixed. They will reach out to the cat herself, if she needs help.

People who do chip in, also end up saving other cats, for people who can't. If we don't have to pay for them all, we can help even more.

And I end up getting friends, too.

And I am off to bed.

Oh wait, I almost forgot Lawrence!



Lawrence is the downstairs Host Kitty. Unfortunately, we got a call from our vet today that Lawrence's Western Blot showed he does have active FIV. So his miracle did not come through for him. Lawerence either needs to find a no-cat or FIV-cat home, or he's stuck here for good. Luckily it is FIV and not FeLV, since he could not be the downstairs Host Kitty with FeLV.

However, he cannot go upstairs with the free-roaming cats, since he insists on wrestling and chewing on buddy cats. He can only be with caged cats with whom he can't have interactive contact.