The Babies and the hurricane... Toby update also

[cassiesmom]

Thoughts and prayers for Laura and the babies, Rie Rie and family

[Felicia's Mom]

Keeping everyone in my thoughts and prayers!

[catmandu]

WE ARE SO GLAD THAT THE WONDERFUL CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WAS SPARED, AND THAT YOU NAD YOUR CATS ARE SAFE AND SOUND, IF A LITTLE NERVOUS.
THATS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE THEM IN AN EMERGENCY, AND THEY WILL CALM DOWN, ONCE THEY GET USED TO THIER NEW PLACE.

THANK GOD YOU ARE ALL OUT OF DANGER

[catfamily]

Oh Laura
I'm so sorry all your babies and you had to go through that,and maybe again with Ike.
I'm also so sorry to hear about Rie's home.
I hope everyone is ok,that you know,relatives,friends,furfriends.

Prayers on the way

[momcat]

Hi Laura! I can't tell you how happy I am to hear from you and know that all is reasonably well. Your kitties must have been very happy to return to their familiar surroundings and with you to love and care for them they'll be just fine. Poor sweeties must have been scared and confused between the storm, unfamiliar noise and strange surroundings. My thoughts and prayers are with Rie and her family that their home can be repaired quickly and their lives will return to normal very soon. Many prayers are being prayed that Hurricane Ike will fizzle out long before it poses any danger.

[Laura's Babies]

I am sure Rie's whole kitchen and dinning area will have to be completely gutted and rebuilt. Her house is smelling musty from the water damage already, her kitchen cabinets are hard to open also. Not sure how much of the roof will have to be replaced or if repairs are all that is needed on the roof. They are going to get a POD and move everything out before construction begins.

I have a niece in Alexandria, Lousisina and I am going to either call her or email her to see if Ike comes towards us, if I can go there with the babies and stay with them. That is a lot further inland than we are...

OH! For those of you that asked me about Toby, the shop cat here.. I asked the manager how he was after the storm. He said Toby has gone, he vanished or was stolen about 3 weeks before the storm. Maybe he has gone to find his way back home now or his owners found out where he was and came got him.. He was so friendly that anybody could pet him so someone also could have just taken him.

[Catty1]

Awww....I know Best Friends did tons of pet rescue...Toby either went with someone else - but he could still be at one of the shelters waiting to be reunited with his family (ies).

Your manager has enough to do at the moment without checking the shelters - but if he wants to see if Toby is around, that would be a good bet, even if someone did take him.

HUGS - I hope you all stay well.

To paraphrase an old slogan: "We DON'T like Ike!"

[catfamily]

About Toby...MAYbe being stolen?
I absolutely cannot stand when people think they can take somebody else's cat...a healthy friendley cat...take it..put it their car...claim it or bring it to the shelter thinking it doesn't have a home.
If they are healthy looking...they have a home.
It burns me up so bad if someone does that.
There are sooooo many healthy cats sitting in cages waiting years for homes...missing their family,and their family missing them.
i never would of thought to check a shelter for my cat if it got out...when i only had 2 living alone.
I just never thought of it,not really exposed to them(shelters)at that point in my life.I was stupid,but so are many people not knowing to check shelters...3 towns away???terrible!
So i really grieve for cats/familys,when this happens.

oh,by the way...i know in hurricane rescue attempts it is different,but when theirs no reason to take the cat,i feel so bad for both partys.