Meet Charm!
💜 Update!
Charm Update! Look at Charm! Isn’t she beautiful? She has gained weight and is absolutely thriving in her foster home. Her foster dad says she enjoys the company of dogs, especially playing with the resident dog's tail—though it seems the friendship might be a bit one-sided!
Charm is due for another check-up soon, but she is available for adoption at any time. There are no adoption fees, and she has no special needs or medication requirements. Despite coming from the streets of Nixon, Charm has adapted well to living in a home with birds and a dog. She uses the litter box and loves her toys.
Please consider Charm as the perfect addition to your family. She just needs a loving home!
Call 830-734-4579 or 830-857-1616 to find out how to adopt Charm.
For those of you checking in for the first time, this is our Charm who was found with a broken jaw. Our vet wired her jaw shut to heal and she’s on a two-month road to recovery. Coming off the streets, she started off with very low body weight. Our current daily challenge is to get adequate calories into her. As a bonus, she is a very sweet kitty and we have grown to love her. We will do another weigh-in soon and keep you updated!
It’s time for a cheerful “light at the end of the tunnel” note! Yes, it’s kitten season and puppy season and you’re exhausted and you just placed a litter into foster care but two more litters are at the front door and the phone is ringing which won’t be good news and you don’t have the time or energy to plan for the future or even for the next meal cycle. So take a deep breath…and another one.
We want to update you on some technology that will likely be available in the near to mid-term future. Our central problem is that the cats and dogs reproduce faster than we can get them “fixed” and there aren’t enough good homes for all of them. That brings us to research begun about 15 years ago on the possibilities of non-surgical sterilization. Whether it’s an injection or an oral product in their food, and whether it’s permanent or just buys you a 6 month window these techniques could help us reduce the number of unplanned litters and homeless cats and dogs. We can win this excess litters war if we can get through another couple kitten/puppy seasons while planning for the new techniques.
There’s a lot of money behind these efforts and the 15 years of effort are definitely paying off. So have a second glass of whatever and scan these sources in the attached links. And let us know what you think so we’ll know how to be of help.
Read more from
Alley Cat Allies
Read More from Alliance for Contraception
in Cats & Dogs
Read More from UF Shelter
Medicine Program
Sources for Rehoming
Shelters are full - and overwhelmed. Do you need help rehoming a pet? Check out the resources below. San Antonio REHOME: All Pets is for San Antonio and surrounding areas. PASS PROGRAM Austin Pets Alive is state wide.
Also be sure and check out the resource at the bottom of the page
for PetCo Rehoming.
San Antonio REHOME: All Pets
PASS PROGRAM Austin Pets Alive
City Updates Cat Regulations
Gonzales City Council voted on March 14 for a new Animal Control ordinance that legitimizes the Community Cats’ role in our city and facilitates retaining our “no kill” status. Here are some highlights:
- Community cat means a member of the domestic species Felis Catus and shall mean a free roaming cat who may be cared for by one or more residents or the immediate area who are known or unknown; a community cat may or may not be feral.
- Community cats are not wildlife.
- Community cat caregiver means a person who, in accordance with a good faith effort to conduct a policy of trap-neuter-return, provides care, including, food, shelter or medical care to a community cat. Community cat caregivers are not the owner, harborer, controller, or keeper of a community cat.
Animal-at-large or stray definition now specifically excludes cats. They are no longer required to be on the owner’s property or be wearing a collar or tags. And that means that the owner/caretaker should be even more diligent about ensuring their cats are “fixed” and have a current rabies shot.
TNVR or Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return now includes ear tipping, removing 3/8 inch of the cat’s left ear, and microchipping. If your cat is scooped up in a TNVR mass trapping, that will probably be the outcome. So, if you know of planned trapping you may want to keep your personal cats inside that night.
Home quarantine is now approved for animals on rabies observation hold. That will be a big help financially for the owner since the pet will not have to be boarded. The home quarantine area must be consistent with public safety as determined by the Animal Control Officer.
Kudos to Kingdom Rescue and their partnership with the City of Gonzales for making these much needed and most appreciated changes!
And remember: If we were all
good neighbors,
we wouldn’t need laws!
It’s KITTEN SEASON! A reminder that babies you find likely have a mom nearby...
Attention Rescuers: When you find baby kittens, rabbits, deer, whatever and you don’t see the mother…..don’t just scoop them up and assume you are rescuing them. Usually Mom is about 10-20 feet away and watching you kidnap her babies. Please be careful: In kitten season (now) we receive kittens about twice a week who are well fed and healthy and clearly had a Mom taking care of them. The best thing to do is to move the babies out of the road if necessary and then check back in an hour. Do not handle the babies or let the kids do so. Mom may reject her babies if they have a “wrong” scent. Let Mom have a chance to get her babies. We do our best to take care of the orphans we receive, but reality is that their survival chances are cut in half when they lose Mom too early. And thanks and congrats to the people who give Mom this chance and then rescue the babies if necessary.
Adopting and Caring for a Low Vision or Blind Cat
We believe that every cat deserves a chance at a happy, fulfilling life, even if they have low vision or are blind. With patience, care, and a safe environment, these cats can thrive and enjoy life just as much as any other cat. Check out siblings Price & Pria - they're still looking for their furever home!
A Closer Look at Community Cats
We’re shining light on Community Cats. Between us, FOGAS and our community, we've been practicing the key elements of the Community Cats movement for almost 20 years. We plan to "borrow" a series of articles from rescue industry thought leaders to help all of us......cat lovers and "not so much" members of the community.......to help us constructively manage our feline members.
A Closer Look at Community Cats ~ Click Here
Reasons Why Black Cats are the Best!
Black cats deserve good homes with loving owners, which is why it's important to dispel false notions that they are bad luck.
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NO KILL STATUS
Our no kill percentage is 92.34%, calculated by dividing our live releases by shelter intake number.