Saturday, November 15, 2008

Making a Difference!!

The first weeks of November have been VERY busy here at Catkins!!  Armani's article came out in Nov 17 issue of Woman's World and everyone that knows him was super proud to see him recognized for his heroism!

Catkins and Helping Paws also have been very busy in a joint effort to help an estimated 120 cats that have all been living at one location.  So far over 100 cats have come into our rescues and been tested for FeLV.  All negative kitties will be held in quarantine for 3 months before being re-tested.  The city of Washburn has been exceptionally generous in allowing our rescues the use of the old Washburn pound for many of our quarantine kitties.   We're very hopeful that after the 3 month quarantine is up we can find all of these great kitties loving homes- but even if it takes awhile they're always welcome here!  Which brings me to my third piece of news... Mowgli's was finished this week and some of the residents are in!

We finished painting and laying the vinyl last week and moved in some of our kitties on Thursday.  Everything looks great and the cats are really beginning to enjoy themselves!  We are planning on adding lots of structure for the cats to play and climb on, but for now they are moved in, safe and sound!  I hope you all like the pictures!




The walls are painted and the vinyl is ready to go!


The vinyl is in and once the mopboard is up the kitties get to move in!


The toys are in and The Bungalow is ready for its residents!  I'll have pictures of playing kitties soon!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Progress

Well, the insulation is all in, the wiring is complete and the roof is on!  The volunteers are coming back on on Sunday 11/2/08 to put up the walls and the ceiling- then it's up to me to paint, paint, paint!!  Once the paint is on, the vinyl will go down and the cats will go in!!  We're hoping the Mowgli's Bungalow will be welcoming residents by the end of this week!!  

The insulation is up and the lights are on!

The floor is insulated and the panelling is in!


The metal roof will be ready to take on the winter snow!!