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Friday Meow

Hello All!

Your small Kittenaid Detroit team has been hard at work lately.

If you have recently e-mailed one of us, and we have been slow in getting back to you, or unable to help with your particular situation, we sincerely apologize. We wish we could help every single cat we hear about, but unfortunately our time, resources, and capacity, are all limited. Over the past few weeks, we seem to have gotten some good publicity, which is awesome, but the volume of people contacting us with questions (or cats that need aiding!) in the wake of that has been a bit overwhelming.

We are working on making the site more of a resource in and of itself, so that you can get the info you need without waiting for one of us to get back with you. We’re also working hard on being clear about what it is we do, and what we don’t do. To that end, we have created a FAQ page with some of the inquiries we get over and over again. Hopefully that will help. One thing we need to be really upfront about is that we currently cannot accept surrendered pets. This is not because we don’t care about them, or because we don’t understand that things come up. It is because we do not have a shelter, and we have very few fosters available, not to mention limited resources. If we start taking in surrenders, we will no longer be able to help any feral or stray cats at all.

We hope that in the future, we will be able to do more.

In good news, of 6 kittens currently up for adoption, 3 already have possible adoptions pending! In the event of multiple people looking to adopt the same cat, we will go with the first good home to complete the adoption questionnaire and interview. Spike, Malcolm and Caleb are still completely available and would LOVE to go home with YOU! Request a copy of the adoption questionnaire to get started! Please let us know who you are interested in the “comments” section of the form!

Also, we are trying to compile lists of volunteers available for specific things. If you are interested in helping out, or if you are already helping out but haven’t filled out the form yet, please take a quick minute to fill out the volunteer form. It only takes a second, and it will REALLY help us stay organized with everything.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Busy-ness Business!

Lately, there’s an awful lot of focus on Kittenaid2011. It’s a week from  Sunday, so that’s understandable (if you plan on attending, why not hop on over to the facebook page and RSVP?) but we certainly don’t want to give you the impression that that’s the only thing we’re working on. Far from it. It is important for us to raise funds, obviously, and we’re excited about the event, but we never want helping out cats in need to take a backseat to fundraising.

Here is just a snippet of what else is going on:

1. We have two really delightful kittens currently in a foster home that are hoping to get adopted. We’ve had a couple of inquiries about them, but at this point they are still available! They go by the names of Pinkie (m) and Ella (f). Here are some old-timey looking photos!

  Pinkie                                                                                                      Ella

We don’t have the adoption questionnaire up on the site yet, but in the meantime, you can request one, or inquire about these friendly babies by emailing Katherine at katherinedmau@gmail.com.

2. Web stuff, like making this site work, getting registered with Petfinder (we’re still working on this one!) and what have you. This is the boring stuff!

3. Working hard on trying to trap an adorable family in Midtown Detroit. It is a mother cat with two kittens, and unfortunately, the mom knows we’re up to something. We want to get them while the kittens are still young enough to socialize, before it gets really cold, and before the mom cat has more babies. When we are able to trap them, the whole family will all be spayed/neutered and vaccinated (as well as receiving any other necessary medical care) at All About Animals in Warren, Mi. The kittens will be fostered and then adopted into new happy homes, the mom will either be fostered and adopted, or re-released after she’s recovered from surgery, depending on how feral she is.

We’ll keep you posted!

4. Talking with our friends and neighbors, to try to help as many homeless cats as our time and funds will allow, and planning for future partnerships. We’re also looking into ways we can help responsible cat owners get their cat-friends spayed/neutered both inexpensively and conveniently. Look for more announcements concerning these things soon!

Oh yeah, and there’s still plenty to do before Kittenaid2011 on October 16th! Phew!

Kittenaid2011

Kittenaid2011 is right around the corner, on October 16th, which also just happens to be National Feral Cat Day! Ok, I’m going to be honest, we did that on purpose. If you are in the Detroit area, we’d love to see you there. Here is the facebook event listing!

 

Last year’s event was an enormous success for the first time out the gate, and we’re hoping the second annual Kittenaid event will be even better! We’ve got some great bands lined up, and it promises to be a great time. In addition to that, it will be a good opportunity to find out a little bit more about what we do, and get involved.

 

At Kittenaid2011, you can learn more about:

+feral cats, and how you can improve their lives, and consequently the lives of their human neighbors (you!).

+exactly what your donations to Kittenaid Detroit do.

+great volunteer opportunities through Kittenaid Detroit – just a little of your time can save lives!

+our adoptable cats and kittens, looking for loving homes.

+low-cost spay/neuter options for your pet cats (it is easier and cheaper than you think! you may not even have to leave your neighborhood!)

 

Hope to see you there!