Just to let everybody know that little Alla seems to be thriving...She is playing, eating a lot, and just being kitten. Did I say that Danica found that Alla is indeed a girl?

Thank God, it looks like she is a healthy kitten, who just needed proper care, and home. And she is so incredibly cute. I am posting a picture of her with a little ball, and another of the shelter resident named Zveki checking her out...

New kitten in the shelter

The other day, when Danica was running around on the bike, doing different errands ,she got a flat tire on her (overused) bike, and stopped by an auto shop to ask them to fix it for her. While waiting, she heard very painful kitten sounds, and being what she is, looked for the source. She found a very small, abandoned kitten, all dirty, full of fleas, greasy. In a word, very sad state. Danica took the kitten, and when the bike was done, she drove the little one to the shelter.


Needless to say: flea bath, regular warm bath, rubbing it with clean blankie, food...It turned out (at least for now), that the little one , except for bad flea infestation, was not in such a bad shape. Yes, it is another kitty mouth to feed (let's not even mention possible vet bills for now), but, Danica expressed a positive attitude: she claims this little one makes up for the two old shelter residents recently killed, one by a dog, and one by car.


The good new is that her friend, and donor Frank sent a good donation today, so for now, she is covered. I am sending more in the second half of the month. Let's just hope the little one is not seriously sick, or anything like it. Danica does not know whether it is boy, or girl yet, but she calls it Alla.
Very cute.

So, finally words from Danica – after two weeks! 6 of the cats got ill, one got killed by a car, another one by a dog! On top of that, Danica herself was sick (has some swelling in her knees , could not walk, and had to go to the doctors to do blood tests and what not), and then she found a half dead dog in front of the building, that she could not just leave there. ...She told me that she is sorry to have spent all the money on such big food supplies, when now she has all the vet bills coming up.


So, here is sad update:
Lizan under new therapy for some painful skin problems; Tufnica & Futka, the two recently fixed girls, both have diarrhea; Okac, the one with the twice operated eye – has pneumonia; Frca, the one that for some reason likes to run away, and then Danica has to look for her to bring her home – was wounded (eye & leg); Dvojka, a young male, killed by a rotweiller (this Danica did not see, she was not at home, and the neighbors told her how they screamed and tried to help, but it was too late)...And then she found a dog, some poor creature who was dying; she took him to the vet, and then a friend temporarily gave him a home. It turned our, fortunately, the dog was only dehydrated, and at least for now he has a home... And then, Spile got killed by a car. Danica has just buried him yesterday. So, not really good news.

I told Danica she should not regret that she spent all the money in advance for food (at least she is at peace there), but she claims that it was irresponsible, and that she should have left some aside for (never ending) emergencies. She will see what happens next.

(On the photos: Marponi very sick; Frca with under the eye wound, after Danica found her again and brought her home; Spile (the stripy one) who was killed by a car; doggie that Danica saved)

More food, and more fleas

I have not posted anything for a week.

In the meantime,  apart from the flea invasion, the news from the shelter are not bad! It is hard to believe, really: it is usually that someone is very sick, or there is an accident (actually those are not accidents, but violence), or that there is a new kitten or two who need urgent care...Nothing of the sort. Except that Danica is exhausted beyond belief from having to bathe all the cats!!! I am posting the photos of the kitties bathed - wet and extra cranky. But, as I said once before, although they hate it, they never, ever hurt Danica.

The weather has been horrendous in Europe for the last two months: extremely hot and humid. It took toll on Danica's health, and she feels very weak, has constant headaches and palpitations... But, her spirits are pretty much up, and I think primarily because there were donations. Also, Viktor went yet again to Hungary (third time in a row), and , although the money that Iva brought to her from her donors is spent - she will order more food from Viktor, for it is so cheap. If there is another donation , that would be fantastic, but if there is not... well, she needs to stock up on this good, but so much cheaper kitty food, while she can. She simply must, because, maybe Viktor will not go again to Hungary before winter.


Update on Marponi and Okac - they are both on some kitty antibiotics again - Marponi for his mouth and Okac for his little eye that does not heal. Things got little worse, so she had to take them to the vet (Okac also got some unusual diarrhea, and was vomiting too often). Marponi is an old guy, but Okac is only about year and a half...Poor guy had a really hard time with his health since she found him as a kitten with wounded eye on the street.

Waiting for the storm...

...while old, good Marponi does not care - just sleeps.

People - you do not know Tufnica; she is not well behaved kitty, and since she was a teeny, tiny kitten, she would scream until Danica picks her up, wanted to be held always, very finicky eater (you do not want to be that over there), bothering other little girl, Futka, who is the same age, and is supposed to be her best friend...And the litter box, of course.. If the litter is not clean in the boxes, she either makes a hole in the brand new bag, or ... You can imagine: on the floor, in the tub (best case scenario), and similar...She was very, very sick when found, and Danica treated her as a baby child, but by now this little Missy is as healthy as an ox, and rude. As simple as that. Spoiled rotten.


Other cats , who are in the shelter (basement, and the garage, while Tufnica is currently in the apartment) simply go outside, and there were no problems with that so far. Cats are naturally very clean animals, and really, Danica says, that makes no problem. As you may know, Danica cannot afford tons of clean litter, so she uses construction send (she would go occasionally where the construction sites are and bring send), and she recycles it , which translated into the common language means, she works like a dog on a daily basis to keep it as clean as possible.



Here are more of the latest pictures, mostly of the food, and some of the tenants (you will know Tufnica immediately, because, she is still inspecting the bags); the one on the shelf FULL of kitty medicine is Okac, the one who had three eye surgeries so far, but his eye is still not good. Danica says she does not want to put him through the 4th surgery.

Small addition...

I simply could not resist to put another picture of the food - it looks so cute! The other picture is of Tufnica (Dottie, as they would call her in English), the one I wrote about not long ago, the obnoxious one, the little girl that would go to the litter box EXCLUSIVELY if it is totally clean : she was the one who had to inspect all the packages that Viktor brought, of course.

Viktor , incidentally, went to Hungary again, and Danica asked him to bring more food; now, she spent all the money already on the vet bills and the first batch of food he brought last week, but, she says, the prices there are so much better, that she just wanted to take advantage of him. She will pay for the new batch at the end of the month somehow...