WeSnip April Sale..this weekend & next!

WeSnip is having is's SPRING Garage & Bake Sale (Gulten free & Vegan too!!)

Same place as last year. ALL proceeds to benefit WeSnip.
Over the last four years WeSNiP has provided spay & neuter surgeries for more than 11,000 pets.
This includes more than 500 feral cats last year alone!

Straight up the Guide in the Cascade Business Park.
If going towards Lynden, on your Left, about 2 miles past Walmart.
5373 Guide Meridian, Suites C3 & C4

April 5 Friday (8am-4pm)
April 6 Saturday (9am-4pm) 
April 7 Sunday (10am-2pm)

AND

April 13 Saturday  (9am-4pm) 
April 14 Saturday  (10am-2pm) 

Blueberry has a home! Strayer needs a tooth!

just transfered my citibank balance to my other card. F those bitches

Blueberry got a home per strayer up at heartland yesterday. i hope it lasts forever! strayer lost a huge chunk of filling off a tooth earlier this week. that sucks balls! especially with no money and insurance from the gov't no one accepts.

anyone aware of good, low cost dental help in Northern Oregon?

beaker cat went home!!

another cat had showed up behind the apt a week or so ago. it was tiny, white with orange marks. very friendly & hungry! i've been giving him food while watching him get dirtier living outside. we were hoping to tame him enough to get inside at nites since it's gotten colder out now.

last nite, in the middle of the nite, i realized i'd NEVER checked craigslist about the lost cat. i knew it had been indoor since it was so clean initially. usually folks with indoor cats, don't have collars on them.

so i checked craigs today & found a post from 9/30 for the kitty! his name is Bean (we were calling him Beaker). the poster had 4 great pictures of him. i went outside & grabbed him, had N hold him in the cat room while i called the number listed. turns out she lives in our complex..but at the other end. she was hesitant at first, not wanting to believe it was bean. she'd been to the humane society 3x already & searched local parks & the parking lot too. i let her know, basedon the pictures on the post, i was pretty positive. she came over & was SO HAPPY!!!! it was bean.

i apologized for not checking craigslist sooner, since he would have gone home last weekend. but now i know!! no samson posting on craigs...but he's pretty much ours, staying inside most nites now.

here are the pics of bean/beaker from the  craigslist lost ad:

i wanna talk to Samson & Blueberry still needs a home...

this is samson. he was dropped off in the grrenbelt behindour apartments a few months ago. it took a while, but we finally got him to come around for food. he was sooooo skinny. he has now been fixed & had his shots. he comes inside for a couple hours in the evening to hang out. everyone is getting along well. Tim LOVES having a new buddy. maybe someday he'll stay in over nite. he is super long & has huge paws, a total hunter. when he comes in for an hour or so in the evening, he flops out on the cat pillow as if he's never been able to relax in his life. hopefully we can get him in nites as it starts to get cold out here.

Strayer of cat eyes blogspot has fixed 30 cats in 3 days through clinics in n. oregon. that is FANTASTIC!!
help her out by making sure YOUR animals & neighborhood animals are fixed & overpopluation issues will stop!!! much fewer unwanted animals will be the result, and WHO could be against that???

Blueberry- the tiny grey kitten with strayer still needs a sweet, loving forever home!!

Twinkle & Blueberry still need homes!

2 little kitties from video in last post still need forever homes! Blueberry is like a mini-Tim.

Blackberry on L & Twinkle on R!

Kittens in serious need of forever homes!

Please Click on Title of Post to see the great video of the 5 kittens needing homes. Strayer of cat eyes blog needs YOUR help! if you know anyone interested in adopting a beautiful, special friend, please click on the title to go directly to her website. every being needs a chance & Strayer gives so many cats/kittens hope for a future with ALL she does on NO money! indoors homes only please. they are all fixed & healthy--free of fleas or anything nasty.

the video is well shot & they all look so friendly. i wish i could take them all in! one is a little tim. they seem so worried & unsure about their futures.

day 5... Virtual Ornaments

some of the cats.. most are my cat pepper.

this is my first cat pepper.

"real" weezie

"real" tim

Sage & Boys need FOREVER homes!!!

this is Sage. she is a mom to 4 boys. Cat Eyes was called out to a house to trap a "feral" cat. when she got there, she found this lovely lady & her 4 boys completely soaked in cold water from the hose of a resident [i won't even call them people] there. stuck in a cage, covered in poop, infested with fleas & half dead from the cold water soak, she held onto hope with her 4 boys. hope arrived from Cat Eyes! after being completely cleaned, dried & treated for the fleas they were obviously NOT feral cats at all. Cat Eyes couldn't bare to let them loose again in the neighborhood after being fixed, so she needs to find fantastic, loving forever homes for these survivors.

Sage may have a home in Baltimore, if there is a way to get her there. we got Tim here so hopefully those faceless folks in cyberland will step up & help out. there are so many ways, let me know if you're interested..or contact Cat Eyes direct on her blog.

Sage getting cleaned & warm

Sage .. what a kind soul



Mom & 2 boys clean, warm & happy--i need of forever homes

The Boys:

Keiko want to live with YOU!

Shaggy would love a family to love!

Dickens is ready to give you his HEART!

Tykes needs a special human friend to love him forever!

State Bill 250 The Pet Responsibility Act It's Back & Need YOUR help!!!

We are still killing over 500,000 pets per year in our California.
PLEASE help us stop this horrendous situation.

Since 1/1/09- 820,236 reported Pets killed in CA shelters
$409,626,995.00 in taxes spent to house & Kill them

State Bill 250 The Pet Responsibility Act, is going to be brought up for a final vote on the Assembly floor by Assemblyman Blumenfield in the next day or two. We are asking again for pet lovers across California to help pass this bill into law!

SB250 timeline

Each year, over $250 million dollars is spent housing and euthanizing homeless dogs and cats in California. Approximately 1 million dogs and cats enter California’s shelters each year, and over half of them are euthanized (killed) simply because there are not enough homes.

This enormous number of homeless pets actually means that every dog born in the state of California today has nearly a 1 in 4 chance of ultimately becoming this enormous number of homeless pets actually means that every dog born in the state of California today has nearly a 1 in 4 chance of ultimately becoming homeless and dying in a shelter3. Two-thirds of the cats entering California shelters are euthanized. And, the number of dogs and cats entering our shelters is currently on the rise.

SB 250 provides a reasonable, fiscally responsible step towards reducing pet overpopulation in California. The bill simply requires that dogs be spayed or neutered unless their owner/guardian obtains an unaltered dog license when they license their animal.SB 250 also requires that roaming cats be spayed and neutered by their owner/guardian.

SB 250 The Pet Responsibility Act, is:

Fair. Licensed dogs may be left unaltered if the owner/ guardian chooses. Owners cited for violating local or state laws may have their license revoked or be required to spay or neuter.
Fiscally responsible. SB 250 saves the state millions of dollars by reducing homeless pets.
Proven. Spay and neuter laws have been shown effective for over 10 years. In one community, the number of homeless animals was reduced by over 60% after a similar law was implemented4.
Forward thinking. Similar spay and neuter legislation is currently being introduced across the country, as legislators nationwide confront the high costs associated with pet overpopulation.
Provides due process. A full and fair hearing process is provided for matters related to citations.
Flexible. License costs, fines and implementation details are at the discretion of local jurisdictions.
Widely supported. A diverse coalition of elected officials, law enforcement agencies, city and county agencies, humane societies and SPCAs, veterinarians and veterinary hospitals, national animal welfare organizations, California rescue organizations, and thousands of individuals and organizations support spay and neuter legislation like SB 250.

Please call your Assembly member TODAY, and if you cannot get through, please try again.

To Find YOUR Assembly member Click Here!

I don't want to breed..i want to live!

all i wanted was a home & love. no one loved me enough to help me have a life.

Pay it Forward, for Squeakers & all...

this is squaekers the cat. if you click on the title it should take you to the newspaper article about him. i'm spelling his name the way his owner did on her card.

he was shot with a bb gun most likely & had to have his front right leg/paw removed. i was so upset & wanted to try to help in some way. unfortunately i wasn't able to help with the surgery at the time. about a month ago i was able to send a little to the couple, unbeknownst to them. i had never called or tried to get ahold of them, not really my style (introvert qualities coming out).

yesterday i received the nicest thank you note from mrs. johnson & a picture of squeakers! she sent me back my check assuring me his bills had been covered & wanting me to use the money to pay it forward. poppa - here it comes! she also said he's running the house again & reminding his other cat friend who is in charge.

just a nice reminder there is kindness out there & to pay it forward...she may be a Buddhist without realizing.

bionic cat feet!!

my good friend V in seattle sent me this story. click on the post title to link to the npr story. this is Oscar & he was in a farm accident in the uk. his owners got in touch with a surgeon to create bionic back legs & paws! let me know when you want to start the tim fund. lol

Fritz the Cat .... Update

I contacted the hospital this AM and they said the bill had been paid. I checked with Kerri and they have received donations to cover the bill!!! thanks everyone!!

here is the update on Fritz:
he is recovering but in a lot of pain right now. he will go back to the doc for a check-up end of the week/beginning of next. he went through surgery like a trooper the vet said. it was 4 hours long! he has had a lot of work done and a long road of recovery ahead.

you are in our thoughts & prayers fritz & caretakers!

PLEASE..Help cat with surgery..click on title to go to post

Hi everyone, I never ask for money- I'm not asking for myself.
Please click on the title to read the full post. the pasted version below is very small.
I just called the vet office and the surgery was done yesterday but the funds are needed. I will be calling back on monday (office is closed on the weekend) to give..even $10 or $20 bucks helps.
thanks for taking the time to indulge me.

if you're feeling upset about the oil spill and animals affected but don't know what to do..here's a way to help a cat have a chance at life and a forever home. Don't forget to have your pets spayed/neutered. Always go to shelters for adoptions. Don't support farm breeders!

Spayaholic News...important break in vacation recap...

Important News from Strayer:

http://www.adoptapet.com/ is hosting a contest in which it has paired with http://www.care2.com/ to try to bring much needed donations to shelters. Every individual can vote once for their favorite shelter. Click the link below to vote for Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue! Spread the word! First prize, the shelter gaining the most votes by November 1, gets $10,000. Smaller $1000 awards will be given out randomly. THANK YOU.

Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue--Please Click this link and VOTE!-i did!http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/71348

In other news, I am overloaded in kittens, including seven newborns. Salbastgeon Inn on 9th street in Corvallis contacted me claiming to have found four newborn kittens in the bushes outside a window. They wanted me to come get them. I went over and did pick up the flea ridden five day old kittens, and was immediately skeptical about their chances of survival. I tried for hours to find and trap the mother.

Check out a short video I made of the new bottle babes by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skqi3Ioh0iw

The area has had a problem with stray cats due to apartment complexes on Division and Hobart. I trapped seven cats there almost three years ago, that were fed by a tenant on Division and dug a Siamese kitten out of the dumpster at one of the Division street complexes. Animal Control a few months ago, trapped seven or eight cats there and took them to Heartland, where they would have been killed. These included two of three males I'd taken in just last January, to an FCCO clinic, to be fixed. Heartland called me about two of the boys, because they had eartips, and I rehomed them.

In this latest attempt there, I have trapped 9 adults, two of them already sporting eartips from my previous efforts in the area. I found barn homes for five of the nine adults in the last ten days, while one of the adults died when he went under anesthesia. I returned the other three, because I had no place for them. There are still at least three adults there needing fixed. All of them need relocated. The disabled low income complex feeder moved out, or, probably a more accurate description, was driven out by management and any tenant who feeds strays is now under threat of eviction.

One of the four newborns died the first night. Another may not make it. I have been totally exhausted trying to trap colonies, answer phone calls, bottle feed, clean, find homes for cats, make relocation cages, well anyhow, I'm sick now, and still have found nobody willing to help trap, transport, or do anything. It's quite difficult.

The other four newborns come from a Scravel Hill colony. People feeding 18 or more cats, most of them kittens. I've trapped 16 there now I think. I trapped an adult female, then they found two newborns in the garage, crying. I brought them home, decided to let the feral mom nurse them. Then they found her other three and put the last three newborns in a box on their deck. When I came to pick them up, there were only two. Apparently another female stole the fifth. It has not been seen again.

Then, the folks the City of Albany contacted me about initially, who live in a duplex on Waverly and the city was getting complaints from neighbors about their habits, including the fact they might have too many cats, were evicted. I had taken in the stray they fed, a male, Robinhood, and he did get a home. I got their adult male and an adult female fixed. The female had three kittens. When they were evicted, the mother of one of them, asked me to take the kittens. I did. They're here too. The people incredibly found another place to live and they will get to take the adult cats, but only because they are now fixed.

I've been trapping a lot over off Queen, around Elm, Walnut, Maple and Vine. The area is overrun with unfixed cats. Maybe I should say the area is overrun with people who don't fix their pets. That says it more accurately.

I've gotten literally dozens fixed in just a small area. Some folks on Walnut were feeding strays, never got any fixed, although a neighbor got a couple fixed and actually one of the cats had roamed to a colony a couple blocks away where I was trapping and I caught him there and got him fixed. I've taken in six adults from this carport. There were three kittens running around. I thought they would be old enough, weigh two pounds, to take up to the kitten fixing clinic I use in Wilsonville Monday, so Sunday I netted two of the little guys. They were not up to weight, so they're also in my bathroom.

While digging around the junk trying to find the third kitten, I saw something long dead, looked like a kitten. I asked the young woman, one of them, who lives in the house, who's that? She said, "Oh, that's where that kitten is. One of the females had just one kitten and then it disappeared." It was right in their carport, under a bunch of empties and trash. It's still laying there.

I still have the three kittens I saw out at the BS colony, nearly starved to death, middle of August. They are teens now and I don't know what I'll do with them. I'm so worn out and tired out and wish I could take a vacation. But I can't. It gets hard to go on sometimes. It's hard to believe there are responsible normal people out there at all. It's hard to believe there are people out there who don't use people, too. Helping cats in Linn County is not easy. I long to return to Corvallis sometimes.

The number of cats I've taken in to be spayed and neutered so far this year alone: 739!

Well, enough whining. Vote for Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue! Fix your pets and if you know anyone who wants to adopt a kitten, or even a semi-feral teen (the Starvation Kids--Buffy, Mops and Doc), steer them my way! If you know anyone reliable who would like to foster kittens, transport or trap, steer them my way too.

THANK YOU!

Strayer
http://www.purr.petfinder.com/

California Responsible Pet Ownership Act AB 1634 UPDATE...

recap of the bill:
AB 1634, the California Responsible Pet Ownership Act, is a common sense law to help combat pet overpopulation and bites.

~The law will allow law enforcement to target roaming dogs and cats, prevent unplanned litters and reduce attacks.

~The law requires that a dog or cat to be spayed or neutered, if the animal meets one of the following criteria:
The dog or cat is repeatedly impounded by animal control or cited for being at large.
The dog or cat is repeatedly cited for being unlicensed as required by current law.

what AB 1634 will NOT do:
- AB 1634 will NOT ALLOW police to arrest citizens for lack of compliance.
- AB 1634 will NOT ALLOW animal control officers to confiscate pets for lack of compliance.
- AB 1634 will NOT ALLOW animal control agencies or police personnel to enter private homes to write citations.
- AB 1634 will NOT INCREASE TAXPAYER COSTS – in fact, AB 1634 would do just the opposite by REDUCING the $250 million taxpayers spend every year for local animal control agencies to house and euthanize hundreds of thousands of animals.
- AB 1634 will NOT RESULT in a shortage of animals for adoption. In every location where spay and neuter laws have been adopted, there has still been ample homeless animals and mutts for adoption

UPDATE~8.22.08
Thanks to the tens of thousands of pet lovers across California who helped AB 1634 make history.

In the last few days, Assembly Member Levine amended AB 1634 to mandate a discounted microchipping program, thus jeopardizing an existing revenue stream for local governments. The amended bill would also have required a complicated new animal licensing structure.

Our coalition, along with our co-sponsor the California Animal Control Directors' Association, could not wholeheartedly support this last set of amendments, since they strayed too far from the bill's original purpose and would have resulted in less money for our shelters. Lacking our full support, AB 1634 was brought to the Senate floor this morning but did not pass out of the Senate.

This legislative session has elevated the issue of pet overpopulation to a front and center position in Sacramento, and across the United States. Our legislative work to help reduce pet overpopulation and our support of broad spay and neuter programs will continue. Thanks to each one of you and please check our website often as we progress in our efforts to protect California's dogs and cats.

Warm regards, Judie Mancuso President, Social Compassion in Legislation
Website: http://www.cahealthypets.com/

KITTENS!!! & BEEFSTEAK!!!

CATS!! KITTENS!!! Strayer has them and they need homes!!
go to http://www.purr.petfinder.com/ to check them out!! there are also some great video's on the site so you can see the little ones in action!

if you are in the Corvallis/Albany area these are fantastic cats looking for loving homes!
here are some of the beautiful kittens:






not beefcake a la Eric Cartman. but tomatoes! tomato plant 2 has produced a whopping 2 tomatoes.
here they are:

Cat Trapper Update!

>>Visit Strayer's Cat Eye's Blog on the sidebar. below is the latest news from her on the cat fixing front. don't forget..anything purchased through Recycled Gardens http://poppainc.org/ go directly to the cat spay/neuter fund!! Keep up the great work!<<

The last week of March, first week of April, I traveled with the Neuterscooter (http://www.neuterscooter.com/) to Eugene and then to Eastern Oregon, after a clinic in Corvallis. Although the work was exhausting, the Neuterscooter crew fixed almost 800 Oregon cats in their short visit here, including almost 400 in four clinics in Pendleton and Milton Freewater. Those were long days! The Pendleton group had said they would have 100 feral cats waiting. We didn't believe them. We should have. The empty building at the Pendleton airport was chock full of cats when we arrived. The room was lined in cages full of cats. Hats off to those unbelievable volunteers.

The trip exhausted me. I got sick. My back and knee spasmed in pain for a week. It was worth it. Thanks to Jeff who looked after my cats while I was away.

Shortly thereafter, I lost my own two beloved cats, Moby and Hopi. I'd had each of them almost ten years. Moby, a ghandi type cat, who adored kittens, died of renal failure. He was very old, somewhere over 15. Hopi, my first cat, whom I found under the bypass bridge on the east bank of the Willamette River, died of metastasized lymphoma four days later. She'd been sick for a year. I am still reeling in grief over these losses.

Nonetheless, the week of April 7 to 11, I took in 30 cats to be fixed. 16 of them were from a barn in Millersburg. One of these barn cats, Sunny, is a very tame orange tabby male, whom I hope to find a home, although he is now back at the barn. Two gray tux kittens, Bessy and Benny, went to an Albany home, from the barn, after they were fixed.

The week of the 14th, through the 19th of April, I took in 24 more cats to be fixed. Many of these were tame owned Albany cats. The City of Albany granted Poppa Inc. $10,000 specifically for fixing Albany cats. This will be of great help. I took in six cats from one Albany household to be fixed, all females but one. I got every cat fixed last week from one small Albany low income complex, on 12th street. I got the last unfixed cat fixed from a household that included 8 cats in Albany, on 6th street. The first 7 had been fixed using Poppa funds. The last fix was paid for by the cat grant. And I took in the last female, a shy Siamese, from a Front Street, Albany location. I'd already taken in 8 cats for fixing on Poppa funds in the last weeks from there.

Last week also saw the last unfixed cat in the Tattoo Prairie colony spayed. She is a black long hair female, with a very badly bulging infected dead eye,that needs to be removed. I hope to make an appointment for eye removal tomorrow, for her at Countryside. I have the gift card fund, at Countryside, and money in it, donated by a very kind Sublimity woman. The colony caretaker said this young cat was in a horrible fight with something six months ago. She has suffered ever since with that bad eye. The male cats ignored her suffering. She was pregnant at spay Friday. I hope to get her that operation immediately, so her pain can finally end.

The Red Linda colony too is now under control. I took in 21 cats for spay/neuter and the caretaker took in two more, the last being a pregnant female. This leaves two cats there who need to be caught and fixed and the caretaker is determined to get that done. Five cats from the colony have gone on to get homes.

Hate Thy Neighbor colony in Albany is also now fully fixed. Until, of course, the next cat is dumped in that neighborhood. This is an extremely common occurrence there.

I have been back at Millersburg Country colony. More cats roamed in when nearby goat farmers moved and left 22 unfixed cats behind. So far, nine of those have been fixed and three of the unfixed ones have been killed on the road.

Yet to get in to be fixed---8 kittens and two females in Lebanon. KATA had referred me to a Lebanon woman seeking help getting all her cats fixed. But the morning I arrived to pick up the cats to take them to the vet, one female had kittens the night before. Nonetheless, seven other cats were fixed. Then a neighbor moved and left her calico behind, with her just born kittens, six of them. So this woman took them in also. Both females and the 8 kittens will be fixed within the next few weeks. The woman then will attempt to adopt out the kittens.

I have returned to Heatherdale Trailer park on Airport Road in Albany to round up unfixed cats once again. Two or three years ago, I took over 90 cats from that trailer park in for fixing and rehomed over 16. Comet, still here with me, is one of those kittens I netted in that park. Trailer 52, the problem trailer back then, was drug busted in the last year or two, tenants told me yesterday, something that does not surprise me. I recognize only two tenants now, who lived in that trailer park during my effort of before there. High turnover rates in tenancy help create the ongoing Heatherdale cat problem. One man there now is feeding nine unfixed cats.

So far, I've taken in six of the nine. Two tenants have pledged to go door to door, to locate unfixed owned cats and people who might be feeding unfixed strays.

The problem is certainly not as bad as it was when I was trying to get the cats fixed in that park before, as my back failed. I ended up having back surgery, but I tried to get all the cats of Heatherdale fixed first. In the end, I could barely walk and little kids would help me carry traps. I suppose that's why Comet never got a home. The 15 other kittens I took out of there did, but when my back failed, and my mother died, all at the same time, Comet slipped through the cracks and is still here, waiting.

It's been a busy couple of months, I would have to say and productive. Every spay saves so many lives. Every neuter does, also. Neuters also prevent the spread of FIV, which is common here in Albany, because so many people do not fix their free roaming males.

I sure miss my own Hopi and Moby. Bless you, my kitties, you gave me such love when I needed it badly.

Let's keep at it. Let's fix the cats. Let's do it. Let's just keep on doing it. I'm in. Are you?

Jody the Cat Trapper
Albany, Oregon

Huckabee and his tolerance for Animal Cruelty...

i came across this article a little while ago on strayer's blog. i wanted to post it on mine as well.

for those of you against animal cruelty, this is a scary look into the future of this country, if this heartless "human" is elected.

please vote with your heads this year!! not with your mom or dad or what you see on tv. really research these candidates thoroughly. if not we'll be in another 8 year downfall with no end in sight to getting our troops home!

Huckabee Article: http://hslf.typepad.com/political_animal/2007/12/the-presidentia.html

please let me know if the link doens't work.

The Cutest Kittens & Cats for Adoption!!-click on this title to go directly to PETFINDER page!

hi everyone. this is an open request to all fellow cat lovers out there.

strayer--see cat eyes blog on left sidebar--has a plethora of adorable kittens and young cats that are in need of homes! her house is tiny and can't hold more, but her giant heart keeps taking in the special souls that would have no other chance if not for her. she lives in albany oregon. if you know anyone in the northern oregon area that would have an extra place in their hearts for a furry friend please pass this along.

strayer is an amazing woman who helps trap and neuter feral cats in the albany/corvallis area. she has the biggest heart of anyone i've met. she lives on disability but still spends all her money on cat food, cat fixings and other vet bills to help care for the cats. her only request is that the adopters love them as much as she does. most people never even leave a minimal donation for all her work.

why is it always the poorest try to do the most and stretch the thinnest to help people or animals that can't help themselves?
maybe it's because they know what it means to truly suffer?
maybe it's because they understand the meaning of a kind word or action more than people that take it for granted?
maybe they can see how a little difference a new outfit, pre-paid calling card, bowls of food and a warm bed, can actually help someone or an animal having a hard time?

if you are interested in helping someone who is making a real difference -- a difference you can actually see -- please let me know or contact her direct from her blog. you can see where and who your donation would help. she posts tons of pictures and information on all the fixes and colony's she helps trap for spaying.

if you know someone in that area willing to help foster, please direct them to http://catwomanflix.blogspot.com/

thank you very much!