We Were ..... AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.  We've all found homes, all 17 kittens and one abandoned adult.  Also little Bridgette shown at bottom.
Coming really soon.....
Summer 2001 adoptions with photos sent to us, like little Cooper , Gracie , and Rose , happy in their new homes.  That's Rose at five weeks of age on the left in the photo below.

Update on Bridgette --
 
(8/10/01) Bridgette's foster family fell totally in love with her.  Who couldn't?  She has turned out to be a very special little girl.  Very intelligent and totally mischievous.  Warms everyone around her with her incredible affection and makes everyone laugh as they watch the latest mess she's gotten herself into.  She is now a permanent member of her new family.  

Stephanie gets to pet sit with her from time to time.  Otherwise, she is missed by all.  
Glad she's going to have a comfortable, loving home instead of the certain suffering and likely early death she would have experienced had she not been rescued.

Please SPAY/NEUTER your pets to stop the population explosion going on out there and to prevent suffering such as the other cats live daily in the area from where Bridgette came. 

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Bridgette peeks out from a tunnel of weeds formed by the many comings and goings of the feral cats.  They stay hidden most of the time and usually only come out when they recognize a voice.  For any stranger they do not recognize, they scatter everywhere so fast, most in the area do not even realize there are cats around.  She eats quickly in the one photo, always keeping her eyes focused on whoever is in the area, ready to run at any sign of danger. 

Bridgette is around four months of age.  She had begun to trust the human touch and was starving.  We fed her for a few weeks until she allowed us to stay around her for a few minutes at a time.  At that point, we grabbed her and put her quickly into a cat carrier.  She was so light, you would have thought the cage empty.

She is adapting well to being an indoor kitten.  We've had her two days (captured 2/9/01).  She already allows us to pet her regularly and pick her up.  Has had her Advantage to insure no fleas and is going through our socialization process.  She will, as has always been the case, forget the life she is missing at the moment.  Mostly being with her mother and the other cats/kittens as the temperatures outside are certainly nothing for anyone or anything to wish for.

UPDATE ON BRIDGETTE:   Bridgette had her first visit with our veterinarian, 
Dr. Leroy Neitzel on Friday, February 16, 2001.  He gave her the usual kitten checkup 
and ran feline leukemia-feline AIDS tests.  We were very pleased to learn the results 
on these tests were negative.  She received her first of the distemper series during 
this visit.  No ear mites, fleas, etc.  

In the short time we've had her, she's become a wonderful little pet.  She occasionally 
goes to the patio door, looks out, and lets out a pitiful little cry as if she is trying to 
find her mother.  It makes us very sad to hear, but we pick her up, snuggle her close 
and tell her she is safe now.  Fortunately, she does not know that her mother is still 
in a very harsh environment.  Her mother, Bessie, is a very gentle and sweet female 
about three years old.  I have tried to capture her mother a number of times, only to 
have her jump the cage before it triggered or simply to not get into it and try to reach 
through for the trick food, etc.  She is a delightful little girl and I hope for Bessie's sake and Bridgette's as well, that we can trick her into a trap cage sometime soon.

Bridgette loves to snuggle and purrs with such a sweet, loud sound.  She'll reach her 
paws up to touch your chin to show her desire to return the affection she is being shown.  She is very playful as are most kittens.  Is being kept in a foster situation where she comes into contact with many individuals daily.  She's a little scared of feet because the animals above them are so tall, but she doesn't seem to be frightened of the people at all.  Particularly when they sit down and hold her.  Will do great in a home with adults with or without children.   Loves to explore any small area in a bookshelf, desk or such as she lived pretty much all of her life in a number of different woodchuck holes which are very small and dark.

(5/15/01) She is in a foster situation right now which could become permanent.  Much depends on whether the other cats in the household accept her.  She is delighted to be there and prances and runs and invites the others to play.  They're not too sure of her right now.  Hope it works out as I know she would be very happy there.

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Anyone interested in more information on any cats or kittens available for adoption, please contact us at:

         catlady2@insightbb.com
 or
    217 - 355-3005

Hey, remember....anyone adopting a cat or kitten from FLUFFY Cat Rescue can take us up on an offer of one free week of pet sitting for when you are on vacation.  If you decide to adopt two, or even three, from this litter, we will throw in two to three extra weeks of sitting each year.  This offer is good for residents of Champaign, Urbana or Savoy, Illinois.  The pet sitting will be provided by Comforts of Home Pet Sitters, a bonded and insured business.  Comforts of Home Pet Sitters will come to your home once daily for the one- to three- week period decided upon each year that the cat (or cats) you adopted from FLUFFY Cat Rescue lives with you.