/Tag: stray cat

Kitty Call with Greta

January 18, 2011 By Carl Verheyen Soon after we lost our very old cat Elvin to diabetes, my wife suggested we get another cat to ease the grief we all felt. I said, “No, it’s way too soon.” But she insisted on checking out an abandoned stray kitten who had showed up at FixNation, the spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats in Los Angeles founded by our friends and neighbors Karn Myers and Mark Dodge. The kitten had been discovered one night in FixNation’s parking lot hiding under an old truck, and she was obviously very [...]

2012-04-03T14:43:09-07:00 January 18th, 2011|Happy Tails|

The Ultimate Fairy Tale: Meet Prince Scrappy Cat

September 22, 2010 By Melinda Dozal It was my husband who first informed me that there was a "scraggly-looking cat" outside our door early one morning. I immediately ran outside and there he was. A sick, malnourished, skin and bones of a cat who was covered with scabs. It just broke my heart! He looked awful. I immediately gave him some food and water. Since he would let me pet him, scabs and all, I determined at that point that he was a sweet cat. He was not feral. He was a friendly stray who was lost, and had obviously [...]

2012-04-03T14:43:28-07:00 September 27th, 2010|Happy Tails|