Spook Update November 30, # 62

**Freedom** · 10-20-2007, 12:03 PM

Glad to see that Spook is doing so well. Thanks so much for helping him!

**critter crazy** · 10-20-2007, 12:06 PM

Aye Matey!!! Hey spook, tell meowmy all you need now is a Eye patch!! You are just too adorable!!

**jazzcat** · 10-21-2007, 10:32 AM

Oh my, I'm just now seeing all this. First off - welcome back, it's good to see you.

What a cutie Spook is and how lucky he is to have you. I'm so glad things went well with his surgery.

I also wanted to throw in my two cents that I hope he gets to stay with you.

**Soapets** · 10-21-2007, 01:45 PM

Little Spook is sure an ornery little fart! He HATES being locked up in the carrier. We've been taking him out and playing on the couch with him several times a day, and he tires US out! He pounces and jumps and twists and turns and does somersaults and swats and grabs and hops and plays and is VERY quick! He has no idea that he is supposed to take things easy this week, with limited activities and confined space to run and play and explore.

He's eating like a little piggy, canned Science Diet kitten food, and drinks water several times a day. He hasn't rubbed at the sutured area where his right eye was removed at all. He doesn't even notice that anything is abnormal. He has no idea that he is "handicapped" compared with other kittens and cats! The plan is still to try to adopt him out but it's going to be extremely difficult for us to let him go when the time comes. We want him to find a good, loving and safe home. If we can do that, we'll be more able to take in other strays and fosters in the future. If we can't, we will have "failed" at fostering AGAIN, and we'll have FIVE cats and two dogs.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I've posted pictures of him on our city's newspaper web site already, telling his story. Maybe somebody will see that and want to adopt him, so he won't have to stay at the Humane Society very long at all. I posted that we will be turning him over to the Humane Society after Halloween, and after he's all healed from the surgery, when he's ready to be adopted out. It will be difficult for us to let him go even if we know he's going to a good home, but at the same time it will be satisfying to know that we gave him a chance at life that he most likely would not have had otherwise.

**Katjaye** · 10-21-2007, 02:13 PM

Good luck to all of you! I know it's hard to give them up...which is why my husband won't let me foster any...because he know's i would FAIL every single time! Lol! He's right but I still want to do it! Lol! Me and my daughter are still working on him though! Lol!

Spook looks great after surgery and once the stitches come out he'll be even more adorable!

I don't know how much those things cost...as almost every pet I have gotten came from shelters that took care of all of that before I got my babies...so, good luck with finding out the costs.

You and your whole family (fur kids as well) are just wonderful for letting him into your lives!

**Freedom** · 10-21-2007, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by Soapets

Little Spook is sure an ornery little fart! He HATES being locked up in the carrier. We've been taking him out and playing on the couch with him several times a day, and he tires US out! He pounces and jumps and twists and turns and does somersaults and swats and grabs and hops and plays and is VERY quick! He has no idea that he is supposed to take things easy this week, with limited activities and confined space to run and play and explore.

Why would he want to be in the carrier? He gets loads of attention when he is out! And it is SO MUCH FUN! Maybe a few moments in the carrier for a quick nap and to recharge the batteries, but kitten batteries recharge very quickly!

I failed cat fostering 3 times out of 3 and had to give it up. I know what you mean, as I had to stop trappping the kittens and getting someone else to handle that part of any colony I worked, as I just knew what would happen! Now I have my first 2 foster dogs. Hmmm. So you are in great company here on PT, the home of many failed fosters, he he.

**Soapets** · 10-21-2007, 07:57 PM

Spook has met all of our other fur-kids face to face today! Little Orphan Annie seems to be the most accepting of him so far. He and she even went so far as to chase each other around the house some! They bat at each other, but Annie doesn't try to hurt him. I worry about her batting him on the right side of his face where the sutures are, though. I watch them closely to try to prevent that from happening. She'll swat at the air first, and if she does it on his right side, I distract them both.

Shadow actually went up to him and started licking the top of his head while Spook was eating some of their food that he found. Dottie still doesn't like him too well. She hisses and growls, and looks like she's trying to hunt him down. Angel didn't come out and interact with him much when we had him out and running around. She sniffed at him and hissed, then went about her business and ignored him. Our two dogs, Sandi and Oreo, did just fine with him. He isn't afraid of them, either, and didn't hiss at them or anything.

He will have to be in the carrier tomorrow while my husband and I are not present to supervise them. But we will gradually be letting him spend more and more time running around the house.

Spook found the round track with a ball in it, with cardboard for scratching inside the track circle---I don't know for sure what it's called. But he was so funny, because he got into the track that the ball rolls in, and chased the ball around that way. Pretty soon the ball was chasing him! He knew what to do with the scratching area, too, and had a lot of fun scratching it!

He hopped sideways on his tippy toes with his back arched and all of his fur standing straight up a couple of times, when he was trying to be brave! He is hillarious to watch! I'll try to get some more photos uploaded tomorrow afternoon sometime.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 10-21-2007, 10:13 PM

Thanks for sharing his pictures with us. He sure is a cutie pie.

I'm so glad to hear that he's doing well and acts like a normal kitten. Your vet sure did give you a break. My vets office charges $52 for an office visit and I know that surgery would cost a lot more. I hope that he'll heal up quickly and continue to thrive in your care. I also hope that he'll find the purrfect loving forever home. Good luck.