I. M. Gei posted:

taking good photos of cats in general I think is just tough. Like even when they’re sleeping... somehow they always loving wake up and move before you hit the button!

Wastid posted:

Neophyte posted:

Is "grab and pet briefly" for de-feralizing kittens (not cats!) still advised? I've heard some rescuers say in the past that it gets the kitten over the initial fear of Big Scary Thing Will Eat Me and more in the mindset of Big Petting Thing Will Pet Me I Guess, but obviously if that doesn't happen you've made things worse vs. just taking it slower and allowing the kitten to accept you at their own pace.

sneakyfrog posted:

you can soak dry cat food in warm water a bit to increase water intake or some form of unsalted relatively plain stock if you want to train your cat that its a luxurious boi. also adding a bit more liquid to wet food cant hurt either. or make yourself some tuna fish salad or sandwiches and use the tuna water (make sure its water and not oil.)

Blackhawk posted:

his coat feels less greasy and softer now.

NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:

There's a ribbon on a stick that they loved. One day I went into the room and it's just. Gone. A two foot stick with a four foot ribbon is just

Lady Demelza posted:

Resurrecting this dead thread to ask a question about animal rescue admin.

I adopted a cat I was fostering last year from a rescue run entirely by volunteers. Just before Christmas, he needed a dose of antibiotics for a kidney infection (which has now cleared up). The pet insurance company has contacted the rescue for his clinical history from his check-up when he first went into the rescue, and his pre-adoption appointment.

The rescue has kicked it back to me. They don't know which vet he saw, or who took him to those appointments (it wasn't me). If they ever made a note of what happened at those vet appointments, they certainly didn't give that information to me. This is about to be relevant because when my vet was examining him for the kidney infection, he found another issue that ought to have been picked up and treated a long time ago.

Is it normal for volunteer-run rescues to have zero information on the animals in their care? Do they routinely delete any information the moment that the cats are adopted? This isn't the first issue (previously, the rescue forgot to schedule a follow-up appointment which meant the cat ran out of medication, and an adoption had to be pushed back because they'd forgotten to get the cat microchipped). The rescue seems either borderline dangerously disorganised, or their vets are terrible, but I'm still reasonably new to fostering and maybe my expectations were wrong.

Pander posted:

Good job