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I have not been in the shelter for several days (trying not to spread my flu bugs around) so anxiously await my end of day adoption updates.  As we get lower in numbers, the long termers tend to go home, for little other reason than there is less choice so despite whatever small issues they may have there is not that cuter cat in the next cage.

Yet one cat still sits there, she has watched 12 year olds go home before her, her own kittens, a cat with litterbox issues, several with kidney disease.  She is healthy, friendly and likes other cats, but she sits there unwanted and now is starting to get depressed and overweight and the only reason we still have her, I can think of, is that she is a black cat.

I guess she is lucky it was us who found her and not animal control, because I know the chances of  a black cat surviving more than a week in the summer months in animal control.  I almost wish we did not have intake dates on their information cards, some people feel sorry for them, but some think there must be something wrong with them to still be there after so long – they do not understand that she spent almost 4 months in a foster home as she gave birth, nursed and weaned 5 kittens and then waited to be spayed.

I hope my little black girl finds her home really soon, we have had an amazing week for adoptions, surpassing last year’s numbers by an amazing amount and over the last few weeks have said goodbye to many of our favourites, the ones that have been with us a while

But it really is her time now, I just hope that someone can see past her depression and realise that inside her is a sweet girl who nuzzles against your neck and just wants a little love.

I am sure you have seen the cartoons and email forwards about how to pill a cat, amusing but sometimes not that far off.

Greenies Pill Pockets have been a lifesaver for me, both at home and at the shelter.  A pill gun helps but why bother when they will happily take a ‘treat’from you, ensuring that they take their pill with some food.

I always try the pill in a little wet food first, a small amount of butter etc but at the shelter, Pill Pockets are cleaner and help stop the spread of disease that could be caused by using a spoon of butter or handling something that needs to be broken up into pieces.

You just pop the pill inside the treat and pinch it closed, leaving a happy cat and you not becoming one of those people in the forwards, covered in blood from trying to pill your cat.  They also come in dog sizes for bigger pills.

I have been working on getting a list of low cost spay / neuter clinics in Canada.

I know there are resources out there, but unlike the organised lists found for the USA there is little organisation of these resources for Canada

If you know of any

• low cost spay/neuter clinics
• Groups that help with veterinary care
• Foster groups that help people in need until they can get out of abusive situations etc
• Pet Food Banks
• Other helpful organisations

Please let me know at snr (at) canuckpet (dot) com and I will add them to the listings that I will be posting over the coming weeks.

The (work in progress) listing of Canadian low cost spay neuter programs is now live (see link in top menu)