January 25th Update

We are overjoyed to announce that Bekka has found a home!

Total # of Adoptions: 20

January 24th Update

We are thrilled to announce that Bailey and Bella found homes!

Total # of Adoptions: 19

Meet Our Newest Adoptables: Jingle, Jangle, and Jellybean

These cuties were found behind a trashcan back in October. We got them when they were about 5 weeks old. We are estimating their birthdate to be October 1st, 2012.

If you'd like to meet one of these babies, you can start the adoption process by filling out an application here:

http://form.jotform.us/form/30087750081147


We look forward to hearing from you!

January 23rd Update

Happy Strays Rescue is thrilled to announce that special needs kitten Piccolo found her forever family this afternoon! We are so happy for her and her new family and look forward to updates soon!

Noelle also found a forever home today, and we are thrilled that she was adopted so quickly!

Total # of Adoptions: 17

January 19th Update

Only one kitty was adopted this weekend. Congratulations to Harper, a 13 month old baby boy!

Total # of Adoptions: 15

January 12th Update

We are thrilled to announce that EIGHT kitties found forever home! Concatulations to BamBam, Miss Parker, Jem, Scout, Rocky, Cole, Hope, and one of Olive's babies!!


UPDATE: Bam Bam was returned.


Total # Of Adoptions: 15 14

Meet Our Newest Adoptable: Piccolo

Miss Piccolo is one of 15 cats pulled from the East Valley Shelter. Two of the kittens were special needs. An orange kitten with FIP, and this gorgeous girl. She is a special needs kitten because of a herpes infection prior to her birth that caused a layer of scar tissue to form over her right eye. She had a rough start. She spent the first 4 weeks of her life being syringe fed by a wonderful vet tech. When she was reunited with her family, she was obviously much smaller than them and had to be split up again because they were too big for her. When her foster mom had back surgery, this little girl needed 24/7 care, so she went to a new foster moms house. Our dear girl was in bad shape. She was skinny, wouldn't eat, and due to her large water intake we thought she could be diabetic. When we took her to the vet we ran 10+ tests, all of which came back normal. We were left with a dying kitten and no answers. Knowing our girl had a one in a million chance of making it, we started her on fluids three times a day and force feeding her. As our vet said, when kittens come to the vet looking the way Piccolo did, they are usually ready to go. In most cases, it's better to put a kitten like Piccolo down because they are usually in pain, but there was just something special about Piccolo. It was like she knew she had to get better if she wanted to stay on this earth. She still wouldn't eat, but we were keeping her hydrated and force feeding her which was probably keeping her alive. She required 3-4 hours of hands on care every day for 4 weeks. After about 2 weeks of force feeding, she started to eat, and went from a 14 ounce kitten (her weight should have been almost 3 pounds) to a 1 lb 12 oz. kitten in 4 weeks. We were so proud! After that, things continued to get better for our baby girl. She gained weight, her eye started to look better, she came back FIV/FeLV negative, and she was cleared to be spayed! She was really a little miracle kitten! 

As far as her eye goes: She has now been seen by 3 vets who agree that, if she is not in pain, there is no reason to remove her eye. As her foster and having put her through so much already, I couldn't agree more. That's not to say that her eye won't need to come out in the future, but we've only seen improvement. We think that, as she grows, the scar tissue on her eye will stretch and she will gain vision in that eye. She does have some vision in her right eye and full vision in her left eye. We truly believe that her eye will continue to improve. 

When she is adopted, her new family will be sent home with a container of l-lysine to mix in with her food as well as some eye medicine. This eye medicine is important for her and the lysine will help with her eye. Sometimes, her eye gets a little red and/or runny. On these days, you will need to give her some eye medicine, but Piccolo tolerates it very well. A warm compress wouldn't hurt either. 

It may seem like a ton of work, but it will be worth it. She is the sweetest kitten you will ever meet and you can tell she's very thankful to be alive. Please email us with your name and phone number. We would be more than happy to discuss Piccolo's special needs with you over the phone. 

She has also been microchipped. 

DOB: July 2012 (However she is the SIZE of a kitten that was born in November 2012!) 

Contact Information: 

Lexie

Lexie@happystrays.org

Meet Our Newest Adoptable: Noelle

Meet Noelle! This cutie pie was bottle fed from about 10 days old. Born on November 1, 2012, this little angel would love to spend 2013 with a new family. She's very loving, playful, and talkative. Please contact us to arrange a time to meet this cutie! She's been spayed, vaccinated, and FIV/FELV tested!

Contact Information:
Lexie
Lexie@happystrays.org

Please specify which kitten you are looking to adopt and include your name and telephone number.

Meet Our Newest Adoptables: Jem and Scout

Scout

Jem

Meet Jem and Scout, our newest adoptables! These two cutie pies were born on November 1st and have been raised by foster mom Lexie since they were about 6 weeks old. They are a little shy, but would do fine in a home that will give them time to warm up. They would probably be fine with kids, dogs, and love other kitties. They will be available for adoption every Saturday starting this Saturday, January 12th! Come and meet them at Petco in La Canada between 11 and 3:30, but please make sure to contact their foster mom, Lexie, to let her know you'll be stopping by. If you'd like to make arrangements to meet them Sunday-Friday, or would like them at our Santa Clarita adoption location, please contact their foster mom. If given enough notice, arrangements can usually be made. These kittens do not need to be adopted together, but if you're looking for two kittens they would enjoy it :) It's just not a requirement!

Contact Information:
Lexie
Lexie@happystrays.org


Please make sure to include your name, phone number, and which kitty you are interested in adopting.

January 5th Update

La Canada News:

Phoebe

Thatcher

5, yes FIVE, kitties found forever homes!! Thatcher and Phoebe found brand new families to call their own, and Claude, Nalo, and Oreo were officially adopted by their foster families! Congratulations to our new pet parents...and foster failures!

Santa Clarita News:

4 kitties found homes! Cello and Banjo* were adopted together, Timmy was adopted, and Checkers was adopted! Congratulations to these 4 kitties and their new families!

*On January 6th, Cello and Banjo were returned to Happy Strays Rescue for being 'too high energy'. 

Piccolo

Rescue News:

Two of our special needs kittens, Hope and Piccolo, will be spayed this week. Hope had to have surgery to remove an eye after a dog attack and Piccolo was born with a genetic eye defect. Both girls will need homes soon, and we are desperate for donations to cover Piccolo's spay. Hope has a wonderful sponsor, but Piccolo doesn't, so we need donations for her care. Please contact us if you can donate towards Piccolo's care or would like to meet one of these special girls! Piccolo's foster mom can be reached at Lexie@happystrays.org. 

Hope

We have 8 kittens that will be available for the first time NEXT WEEK! 6 of these are cuties that will be available at the Santa Clarita Petco, and 2 of these will be available at the La Canada Petco! Jem and Scout will be available at Petco in La Canada (see picture) and Olive's babies will be available next week at Petco in Santa Clarita! Olive's babies are about 5 months old and Jem and Scout will be 10 weeks old. Let us know if you'd like to meet them--lexie@happystrays.org! We will get back to you with our adoption application right away!

Scout (female)

Nyan

Featured Adoptable:

Meet Nyan, a 9 month old longhaired orange tabby! He's a lovebug that has waited way to long for a home. Please contact lexie@happstrays.org if you'd like to meet him.

We look forward to an amazing year filled with lots of adoptions! Thank you for all your support! 

Total # of Adoptions:  9  7