My Current Foster Cats

Unless otherwise stated, all Heartland cats have been spayed or neutered, microchipped, dewormed, tested negative for feline leukemia and aids, are up to date on all vaccines, and have had their first rabies shot if they're over 4 months old.

Wallie and Tasha

Wallie

Tasha is a female dark and tan tortie, and Wally is a male orange tabby.  They're siblings and were adopted from Cheri five years ago and were dumped in April of 2012 at the Chesterfield animal shelter.  Because they have a microchip that was registered to Heartland, we were called.  We have no paperwork from their past five years, but they seem very well taken care of, not thin and neglected.  Tasha was a little shy at first, but after just a few days, she came over to be petted and leaned into my hand for more head rubs.  I could easily pick her up and hold her. Now, she in my lap as soon as I sit down.

They almost didn't survive kittenhood.  They were dumped on a street in front of a church as kittens.  There were four of them. It was mid winter, the road was icy, and all four kittens were frozen to the street.  One of the kittens was run over and killed because it couldn't move.  The other three were rescued, but when they were picked up, part of their skin and fur came off because it was frozen to the street. Tasha has a couple little scars on her leg from the incident.  They were nursed back to health, and all three were adopted.  That was in 2007.

Wally is very friendly, will jump on my lap for petting and head rubs, and is.....well, Wally's a goofball.  He loves to play - especially with a catnip toy I made.  He's a laid-back, sweet, playful, cuddly boy.

Tasha

DOB:  11-1-06.  

Wallie,  tag 4742,    Tasha, tag 4743

Eva

Eva is a beautiful medium-haired orange and brown torbie, a cross between a tortoiseshell and a tabby.  Her fur is very soft and silky. She was part of a litter I raised, was adopted out for a year, and returned for litter box issues.  Turns out she had a urinary tract infection.  It took a couple rounds of antibiotics, but she is fine now.  She is on a special food for UTI's and gets some canned food every night to add liquid to her diet.  She eagerly looks forward to her canned food and will remind me by waiting in the bathroom where I feed her by herself.  She gets along with the other fosters and my large dog.  She's a sweetie, loves to be petted, and lays on my lap while I'm reading or on the computer.  Her first adopter had her front declawed.  DOB:  6-20-09,   #6061.

 

Ben and Mike -
The House Panthers

Ben and Mike are brothers whose mom came to my foster home 10 days before she gave birth to six kittens.  Four of the kittens and mom have been adopted.  They are both large, 14-15 lb, shiny, shorthaired black cats that look like panthers walking across the room.  both get along well with my large dog and are very healthy and haven’t had so much as a cold in two years.

Mike

Ben and Mike are very nice cats to humans, but don't get along with some of the other cats loose in the house.
They would be great as only cats in the house, or together in the same house.  Ben is all black, but Mike has a white spot on his chest.

Kittens under six months old will occasionally slip in the room with me, and Mike and Ben are very nice to them, groom them, with no aggression whatsoever.  The kittens seem to love going in with their "foster dads."

Ben

Neither Mike nor Ben especially like to be held, but I think it's because they're so large, it's just uncomfortable for them.  They're also pretty heavy to hold for long.


 DOB  3-26-10.            Ben:   #6881, BB.    Mike:   #6884, BB.   



















Bridgette

Bridgette

This is Bridgette shortly after I got her when she was still scared and under the bed overhang. She's a gray tortie about a year old, and was rescued by a super-nice lady, Nita, in west county, who is trying to save a colony of feral cats living behind a grocery store and eating out of the dumpster.  Bridgette is the first one she was able to trap.  She had her spayed, tested, and vaccinated.  At first she was going to return them to the colony, so the vet's office cut the tip of Bridgette's left ear off when she was spayed.  It's the universal sign that a feral cat has been spayed or neutered.  But, Bridgette was so beautiful, Nita just couldn't let her go and called Heartland and I took her.  After a couple weeks of sitting on the floor and talking to Bridgette, I tried to pet her and she let me.  Then I started moving her dish of canned food further away from under the bed, and she could only eat if she let me pet her - which she did. A couple nights later, I was reading in bed and Bridgette jumped up on the bed with me. The next morning she jumped on the bed and came over to me and let me pet her.  What a milestone for us both. A couple months later, she rubs on my legs, comes over for pets. She's a work-in-progress, but she's worth it. 

The nursery/bedroom was the only place I had to put her when I got her, then I got two batches of kittens and a pregnant cat.

Delcy and babies, Stewart, and Bridgette

Everybody learned to get along and there were 10 critters in the bedroom and closet.  Bridgette loved playing mom to eight kittens of various sizes - Micky, Davy, Colin, Stewart, and Delcy's four babies.  She and Delcy have become best friends, too, and don't like to be separated.   She's also very beautiful and smiles for the camera!  


When I told Nita that Bridgette was coming on the bed and getting petted after just a couple weeks, she said she read where taming a feral cat is a 6-month process. I'm glad I didn't know that or I would have worked slower.

 This is my very favorite picture of Bridgette.  She became Aunt Bridgette to Decly's four kittens, three of which are cuddling with her here.


Bridgette is now out of the bedroom and living with the others loose in the house.  She always comes over to wind in and out of my legs and to rub on me.  She's not crazy about being picked up just yet, but we're working on it.   DOB ca 7-5-10,  #6980.

 Trish

Trish

Trish is a gorgeous brown (with a little orange) tabby.  She, and her son, TJ, lived in a trailer with an older man who drank too much.  He went to live with his sister and abandoned them without making any arrangements for their care.  Two wonderful neighbors took the responsibility of feeding and caring for them for three months, until the air conditioning went out in the trailer in August during a heat wave.  Heartland was contacted to see if anyone could take them.  I couldn't bear to think about them abandoned and alone in a hot trailer.  The owner surrendered them to Heartland, so I shuffled fosters around to give them a room of their own and picked them up.  Both cats are used to a quiet house and would probably do better in a household either without children or with older children.  TJ and Trish are both fine with my large dog.  TJ has been adopted.

Trish is about 7 years old and is a little shy, but very sweet.  She's out with the rest of my fosters and gets along with everyone.  When I'm watching TV or reading, she'll come and lay in my lap.

She's been spayed, microchipped, dewormed,  vaccinated, and tested negative for feline leukemia and aids.  DOB on Trish is ca 2004.   #6982 BB.  

Daisy

Daisy

Daisy, a gray and orange torbie (a cross between a tortoise shell and a tabby), is one of a litter rescued from the Troy area.  There were five kittens born in September of '09 that I raised from about 4 weeks old.  Three kittens have been adopted out, I adopted one myself, and Daisy is ready for her forever home.  

 

Daisy is a beautiful and sweet cat, but she's shy and needs a quiet home and a parent that is willing to spend a little extra time to gain her trust.  Deli ham is a good motivator, but she's not quick enough to take the handout before one of the other fosters grabs it first.  It wouldn't take much at all to turn Daisy into an affectionate lap cat, but there's just too much going on at my house for some quiet one-on-one with this very sweet cat.  When I have a room empty, I'll put Daisy in it by herself.  She is so much friendlier and sociable when not sharing space with all the other fosters.  She lays on my lap when I read and rubs all over me.  She gets along with all the other fosters and my large dog, but some of the cats tend to pick on her because she's an easy target.  She really needs a quiet home that can give her all the love she deserves.  DOB:  9-14-09.   Daisy  #6793 BB.