Her bloodwork came back as so excellent my vet was amazed and said he wished all his senior clients had the same results! As for the vomiting and being a slut for wet food he said we could treat her for Inflammatory Bowel Disease which means prednisone or a cortisone shot. Both of these would be so stressful for her- and I am not willing to gamble like that with her. So I have her up for adoption (or foster) as a special-needs kitty who needs a hypo-allergenic diet. The food is out of reach financially for our sanctuary, plus she hates to be confined no matter how big the cage might be.

I also did a shout-out to her former owners to see if they might wish to reconsider and take her back.

This morning when I went to my car, I looked out in the road and I saw an animal on the highway. My heart in my throat, I walked closer and at first, it looked like a calico cat. I don’t have an outdoor calico barn cat, so I got closer and realized the poor thing was a fox. I fetched a blanket and went out and carried it to the other side of the highway and laid it in the ditch.

So sad, these beautiful forest creatures who have had to adapt to urban life finding themselves a victim of a hit-and-run. He was a full-size red fox but he had been gone for quite awhile. I just couldn’t leave him on the road to be a road trophy for some of these yahoos to hit repeatedly. I called ODOT but they won’t come and pick him up for at least a week, which I find puzzling because one of their stations is 3 miles down the road from us.

At any rate, I gave him what dignity I could. Here is Ms. Glory Bee- let’s hope I can find a home (that is less than 10 minutes from here LOL) she can go to.