Here is Ricky

Ricky was rescued after Mel but before Ricky and Tama. He is FIV+ but very tame and right now in good health. He has an excellent appetite.  

Cliff and Sebastien

                  Cliff (left) and Sebastien (right) hanging out in the office. 

Meet Tama-chan, the latest rescue

Tama has joined Sebastien and Cliff in the office, at least for now. She is much better than last week, when she was caught and taken to the hospital. She had to have a bad tooth extracted, but her mouth has been treated and she can eat well now. She is a bit nervous in her new home, but she is tame and let me pet her. She is FIV+ but has good appetite. She needs to rest and get a nutritious diet to build up her strength.  

MEET CLIFF (WAS LILLY)

CLIFF

When he was found, this was the note I wrote:

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This is Cliff,  the new rescue. He was emaciated and yesterday was dehydrated as well. He also appears to have been injured on her face--perhaps hit by a car. He got some injections and an IV drip yesterday, and today he has been eating a lot of food--canned food that is high in nutrition and water--and resting in this cage (but he can enter and leave the cage as he wants, to visit the litter box or his food and water). Thanks go to Galina Hristoskova Shimo of the University of Fukui for finding him (on the south boundary of campus).

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The photos below are of Cliff five months later, all healthy. 

Weatherproof and warm cat shelters from storage chests.

How Sheba, Gus, Buddy and Willy survived a long, cold winter (and Tonio and Richie too). These really work well. This type of chest keeps them dry, and the carpet tile lining and Styrofoam keep them warm. These are camouflaged so as not to draw attention to them. When up against buildings, I can also paint them the color of the buildings--such as sand color.The ones in back of this building have been painted to match the color of the building.

Mel: OK, now that I'm out I might as well eat dinner.

Feral Cats of Fukui / 福井の地域猫 shared Charles Jannuzi's photo.

Mel, the latest rescue, is an orange-and-white male about 3 years old. His injured left front leg has about healed and he is limping only a little now. Good eating habits. Good litter habits. Starting to groom now too. He will go back to the vet after the Golden Week holidays for neutering, vaccination and FIV/FeLV diagnostic. 

Some 'furniture' for the cats at the house

I plan to buy 'climbing towers' for all three groups of cats at the house--so one for OB-kun, Shaun and Ragi-mama, another for Sheba, Gus and Buddy, and a third one for Bootsie-mama, Pancho and Tiger Baby. But until then, the cats enjoy climbing on, sleeping and hiding in, and scratching away at these homemade cardboard box things.

MEET MEL--THE LATEST FCF RESCUE

 

Meet Mel. Mel got injured this weekend, so I caught him and took him to the vet. Will update on Monday. Mel is a lovely orange and white cat. He had been living as an indoor-outdoor cat, but the human in his life got ill and was forced to move into a nursing home, so Mel was abandoned.

You can't see him very well through the plastic case, but he is a very handsome orange and white. He was born around the same time as Babe and Sebastien, which puts him at three years this spring. I wonder if any of them are related to each other? Meet Mel. Mel got injured this weekend, so I caught him and took him to the vet. Will update on Monday. Mel is a lovely orange and white cat. He had been living as an indoor-outdoor cat, but the human in his life got ill and was forced to move into a nursing home, so Mel was abandoned.