This morning, the shelter took Barnum, Bailey, Porter and Anders. They also told me some sad news, the boarder kitty- the calico Gypsy was found to be in 3rd stage kidney failure. I did notice she was drinking a lot of water and ran her in for a diabetes test, but there wasn’t enough money in the kitty at the time to do anything else. I wish now, I had just run the CBC because I am sure she was suffering with this disease She was very quiet but I just thought it was because she missed her family. She was 14 years old.

Ironically her past owner was here not two days ago inquiring about “his cats.” I just told him they had all gone to better homes. He was upset, but they still have no home to put them in. He kept insisting these cats can’t be happy because they weren’t with him. I told him last time I visited the new adoptive home the cats were happy, playing and they had a secure future something he could not offer them. He finally left but he was not happy. I can’t do anything about that- I am here for the cats, not the people and to find a home that would not only take one senior kitty but two is pretty rare in these parts. I did not know that Gypsy was so ill or I would never have turned her over the shelter. I told the intake manager that had I known what was going on with her- I would have put her to sleep and out of her misery.