This web site is being torn between two link-ups that occur on Fridays, these days. I enjoy the Poets & Storytellers link-ups because it's fun to write Bad Poetry and read everyone else's poems. I also want to do the Feline Friday link-up because it's a large group of bloggers who care about animals. Most participants in the link-up post about the cats who live with them, but their readers are at least people who appreciate cats, who would be likely to know with whom to share photos in order to find homes for cats.
So. Serena is still with me. She's still sniffly, but she's doing much, much better than last week when I really thought I might be serving her last meal. (Pastel stopped eating five days before the end. Serena looked about as bad as Pastel had looked when she stopped eating.) Actually Serena now looks as healthy as some cats of her age who are healthy. Bright green eyes focus; she prefers bouncing to walking, and getting around the office without touching the floor ("No, Serena, don't step on the computer"); she's lost that gaunt, wasted look she was starting to have, recovered all the water weight almost overnight and is doing her best to rebuild fat and muscle. She's lost her two grown-up kittens. She seems to be hoping to be able to have kittens again this spring, though, considering the Seralini Effect, I doubt that will happen.
Will she contribute to this post?
"Yes," Serena nonverbally says. "I will sleep beside you and contribute warmth."
I go online from a screen porch. The temperature outside is about 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Where the sun shines the snow is melting, but very very slowly, because the ground below is still frozen. I'm sitting between two computers, one of those terribly efficient half-cube heaters from Wal-Mart that can actually melt themselves if run when temperatures are above freezing, and a hot-air fan. I can still appreciate Serena's contribution of warmth. I don't want to spend a lot of time here today. And both the Internet and the electricity keep blinking and fading. There's no guarantee that I'll be able to visit six Petfinder pages today...
Anyway here, in honor of Messy Mimi's shelter cat Mr. Gray, and our missing Silver (who was catnapped, temporarily I hope, by another lonely social cat), are the Eastern States' cutest photos of adoptable gray and white animals. We looked at gray tabby cats recently. This week we shall consider cats and dogs whose gray patches are pale black, produced by a gene for black coats in combination with a gene for "diluted" color.
Zipcode 10101: Bunny from Harlem
She's "Bunny" as in "snugglebunny." Unlike some fluffy cats (though like our own Drudge, who was supposed to have been adopted with his "twin" brother Dilbert but when the time came their different-looking brother Diego was taken instead) Bunny likes to have people hold her and caress her fluffy coat. They recommend that she be adopted along with her favorite sister Crista. They may be a bit bigger since their photos were taken, but they're still spring kittens.
Zipcode 20202: Lucky Charms from ??? via DC
His web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/lucky-charms-75070355/dc/washington/lucky-dog-animal-rescue-dc20/
Nothing about him justifies his high adoption fee except that he's run up a bill with a vet who doesn't give shelter cats a price break. However, you could try "fostering" first and get to know this year-old neutered male free of charge. He's described as a very nice normal cat.
Zipcode 30303: Bubble Gum from Duluth
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/bubble-gum-74879902/ga/duluth/planned-pethood-of-georgia-ga229/
Poor Bubble Gum was adopted as a kitten and returned to the shelter before she was two years old. She is now in a foster home. If they seem to be making it unnecessarily difficult to adopt her, well, sometimes people who foster animals don't want the animals to be adopted by other people because they are, shall we put it charitably, trying to scrape together the money to pay the adoption fees. When they "foster" pets they get the pets' food and veterinary care from the rescue organization; when they take the plunge and "adopt" they have to pay a fee and start paying for food and veterinary care all by themselves.
Anyway, Bubble Gum is described as a bit shy, wary about bonding with yet another human, but friendly when offered treats, a game with a wand toy, or the company of her best shelter buddy. Yes, you could adopt him too, not that they're asking or anything.
Zipcode 10101: Bonnie from South Carolina
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/bonnie-75188108/ny/new-york/final-victory-animal-rescue-sc497/
Bonnie's foster humans are not trying to keep her. They drive up the Atlantic coast every week or two to give her a chance to meet people in the big cities. That's why she's listed as adoptable in New York City. If you live closer to where she is, they might stop in your town.
Anyway Bonnie is thought to be, not the mutt you might guess, but a special breed of hound, an Otterhound. (Well, mostly anyway...) She is described as friendly with humans, not paying much attention to other animals, a bit shy or even timid in new situations, but lovable if you don't need an aggressive watchdog.
Zipcode 20202: Poutine from Falls Church
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/french-fry-pup-poutine-75095192/va/falls-church/lost-dog-and-cat-rescue-foundation-va117/
Poutine is a Quebecois dish involving fried potatoes and cheese, or, alternatively, the name of a Canadian cartoon character who fought crime with a cholesterol gun. This Catahoula Leopard puppy was named after the dish--apparently her mother was called French Fry. She's too young to have much of a story but isn't that a cute picture? She will become a good-sized, active hound who needs a fairly big yard with a fairly high fence.
Zipcode 30303: Curly from Texas
His web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/curly-75186269/ga/atlanta/waiting-under-the-willow-foundation-wuwf-rescue-tx2467/
Photos are at the link. They're adorable photos; he's a handsome dog, but for some reason it's refusing to disclose Google does not like any of his photos. Anyway, his coat's fluffy, but wavy more than curly. His tail curls back on itself.
Nobody's even trying to guess what his ancestors might have been, but his foster humans think he's very bright and trainable, and might win prizes in contests for "agility, scentwork, or obedience." As of January he was six months old and just under forty pounds. If you have room for a large active puppy who will grow even larger, he's worth considering. He lives in Houston. His foster humans say they'll take him to "most States" to meet the right person. They don't merely mean that it's been hard to find a human who will put up with him, either. If Curly seems hard to adopt it will be because people who've watched him grow up, so far as he has, think he's valuable.
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