March 21, 2023

Fosters Needed!

As kitten season is gearing up, we will need some more fosters on hand to help out with all of our new arrivals. We currently have 5 mama cats: Tawny, Chantelle, Elizabeth, Rusti, and Mochi. Tawny, Chantelle and Rusti have all had 5 kittens each. Rusti and Mochi are still pregnant and wanting for their kitten’s arrival! These intakes are just the beginning of our kitten season, so having foster space will allow us to save more kittens and mama cats that need our help. To apply to foster, fill out an application with your fostering preferences and we will get back to you!

www.thunderingpaws.org/foster-application

Stay tuned for when Tawny, Chantelle and Rusti’s kittens are adoptable. It will be sometime after the first week of May once they are old enough to be spayed/neutered and they have their introductory vaccines.

June 8, 2021

We Need Fosters!

THE FONT KITTENS

Want to foster five rambunctious, seven-week old boys? How about two or three of them? They’re all eating, using the litter box, playful, and friendly.

Calibri, Roman, and Palatino (the gray tabby kittens), or Menlo and Monaco (the red tabby kittens.) Or take all five. They are loads of fun!

We trapped a cat we though was their mom, but we’re pretty sure she’s not. Helvetica is probably their aunt. (Everyone loves her name.) She’s going to be spayed next week and put back into her territory. She’s feral.

THE HENLY KITTENS

Too much? Maybe sister and brother Rosemary and Sage, eight weeks old but itsy bitsy? They’ll stand on your shoes and ask to be picked up, then purr at you. Like the Font kitties, they’re eating and using the litter box—very low maintenance.

MAYBE A TIME-LIMIT FOSTERING—YURI AND HER BABIES

Yuri came to us from Johnson City where an elderly gentleman with Alzheimer’s was trying to pick up the pregnant, petrified cat to keep her safe. His family appealed to us for help so that no one got hurt. A wonderful lady from Blanco County Cat Coalition trapped her and brought her to Thundering Paws. She gave birth to three kittens at the sanctuary.

Although we think this was Yuri’s first litter also, unlike Clover, she knew exactly what to do. A more devoted mother we have yet to see! Lavender, Aster, and Lilac will be 13 weeks old next week and will be off to be spayed/neutered, and then adopted. Their mom will, too.

Apply to foster here!

February 10, 2021

The Love Story of Kittens Porkchop and Lambchop

The trip from intake to adoption for a kitty can have a lot of twists and turns, like all good love stories. But here’s the story of a typical adoption experience with two cats that are anything but!

Last September, we were contacted by a kind-hearted person who had been feeding and caring for two friendly stray cats behind a restaurant where she worked. She was concerned that they were not receiving all the care they needed, and there was “something funny” about their eyes. The kittens were bonded pair and needed each other.

Porkchop and Lambchop cuddled up together.

We trapped the cats and brought them into our care. The “something funny” turned out to be one case of extreme cross-eyes (Porkchop), and another case of badly scarred corneas (Lambchop). Their vision may not be perfect, but they took care of each other, and it didn’t stop them from playing, purring, and becoming pretty darn adorable and adoptable.

Porkie and Lambie went into a great foster home while we determined their medical needs and published their story, hoping for just the right adopter to come along, who would take them both and love their special faces.

Enter Pelin! She saw our posts and opened her heart. We introduced the kittens to her on a Zoom call, which is our new covid-safe (and better than before) process for introducing cats to potential adopters. It is a great way to see cats behaving normally in their natural environments, not stressed or scared as they often are in a cage at an unfamiliar adoption event. It’s also a chance to ask questions to the people who know the kitties best – the fosters. Pelin was quickly overcome by the abundant cuteness of these two goofy kittens, and we approved her application to adopt.

Once approved, we made delivery plans. We provided complete information about Porkchop and Lambchop’s dietary and medical needs, and they were delivered to Pelin using covid-safe protocols. Pelin welcomed Porkchop and Lambchop into her home and her heart, and now they are pretty much the bosses of the house! We, and they, couldn’t be happier!

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