Kittens In Training

Burlap and Dungaree are not ready for adoption yet, but they will be soon!

They are being spayed/neutered in 2 weeks.

For now, they are in training at the adoption events

at Muddy Paws in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!

Burlap was a little nervous

Dungaree was pretty comfortable;)

Even little Marco came for the day!

Here he is with Auntie Jeannie!

He's working on his Big City Little Kitty pose!

Cross those paws Marco!

Settling In

Burlap and Dungaree are settling in

Gaining weight and looking great!

Dungaree!

Burlap's such a poser

They now have full access to the house and are loving it!

They're even sleeping in my bed at night

(when they're not wrestling;)

Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, where we take kittens seriously!

As you all know, I often foster kittens that need round the clock care, whether they are bottle babies that need to eat every few hours or sick kittens that need frequent syringe feeding or other nursing care. I also work full time,

so how do I do it?

I work for Faith Popcorn!

(From Left: Stepanie Seiler, Steven Graffam, Kathleen Cantwell, Faith Popcorn)

Faith, our CEO, allows me (and begs me) to bring in foster after foster. She loves helping and loves having them in the office. Our foster kittens attend meetings, greet clients and join us for parties! Lets just say, socializing a kitten happens very fast here!

My coworkers often come to my desk for a quick "kitten fix" in the middle of the day or take a sleeping kitten to their desk to soak up that all that cuteness! Many say having the kittens around or coming back for a quick snuggle is a stress reliever.

Our current foster (or mascot) is Marco!

Marco was taken in during a TNR project in Brooklyn by Annie of Manny's Friends. His mom had a broken leg and weighed only 4 lbs. Needless to say, she was not getting enough nutrients to her 5 nursing kittens!

Annie is caring for mom and kittens, however Marco was not gaining weight and I offered to take him for a while. Because I can take him to work with me, I can syringe feed him every few hours and monitor him throughout the day by having him at my desk.

Marco is now gaining weight rapidly and doing great!

Its business as usual at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve when the kittens are here,

its just a lot cuter!

Here is Faith, CEO, getting prepped for a meeting by Kathleen Cantwell, Director, Office of the CEO, Steven Graffam, Faith's Personal Assistant and Marco!

In addition to opening her office to these lucky kittens, Faith has also sponsored several of my fosters. I have been able to do more fostering and TNR with her help than I could have done on my own.

On behalf of Big City Little Kitty, fosters and TNR'd ferals, and rescuers everywhere, I would like to say thank you to Faith and everyone at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve!

To see more kittens cared for at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve go here.

Dungaree and Burlap!

Burlap and Dungaree are from a TNR Project we did in Queens and Brooklyn. I teamed up with Shawn, of North Brooklyn Cats, and we TNR'd 20 adults and took in these 2 for foster to adopt. They were trapped in a back yard in Astoria, Queens and were too tiny to put back:) So they will be fostered here, by Big City Little Kitty, until they find their loving, forever homes!

Here they are the day we trapped them!

This is Burlap!

And this is Dungaree!

They both had eye infections, but they were treated and it has cleared up completely

Here they are at the recovery space before they moved in with me

They came with a little stinkiness on them, so they got baths!

Burlap was not happy!

Dungaree was the first cat in the trap!

He didn't even budge when the trap snapped behind him,

he just kept eating!

He is a little sugar muffin, so sweet, and he loves a good snuggle:)

Burlap was the LAST cat in a trap! Her and her mother!

She was hesitant to make friends with me at first, but is coming around.

She happily eats while sitting on my lap,

purrs when I lay her on her back on my lap for chin and belly rubs,

and LOVES to play with toys (even if she has to climb on me to get to them)

Stay tuned for more adventures by these guys!

Welcome to the good life!

More pictures can be found on my Flickr Photostream

and in the Dungaree and Burlap set

World Wide Vegan Bake Sale in Brooklyn April 23, 2011

Its that time of year!

Time for World Wide Vegan Bake Sale Week April 23 - May 1!

This year we will be participating on April 23rd, 2011

and proceeds will go to local NYC rescuers:

North Brooklyn Cats

Eva P

Chris G

and yours truly,

Big City Little Kitty

We will be at Natural Vitamins New York

at 671 Manhattan Avenue

between Nassau and Normal

in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

April 23, 2011

from 1 pm to 5 pm

It wasn't easy getting approval from the

manager of Natural Vitamins New York...

(It was nap time:)

But he finally came around

The last time we teamed up for a vegan bake sale, we raised money for the

The TOBY Project!

This time the proceeds will help us with our expenses for

shelter and street rescues, fostering, TNR efforts and vet care.

Here is a little bit about what we do...

Let's start with some of the lucky ones

that were pulled off the euth list,

fostered and found new homes

They come in all sizes:)

Nearly 7,000 NYC cats did not get this chance in 2010

and were euthanized at the city shelter

and that does not count the ones that never made it to the shelter

But thanks to local rescue efforts

many are now safe and snug in their new furrever homes

Little Treize is among the lucky ones

As is Wallaby:)

In addition to helping cats from the shelter,

we perform TNR (trap, neuter, release)

However, any of you involved in TNR know it goes more like...

Transport, Trap, Transport,

Hold, Feed, Care,

Transport,

Spay/Neuter, Vaccinate, De-worm, Transport, Recover,

(some recovery is longer and harder than others)

Transport, Release, Worry, Feed, Continue feeding and caring for...forever

And one thing we know for sure, where there's one feral cat...

There's a colony of feral cats

And they need food and shelter year round, in all types of weather

and even during holidays and vacations:)

Some are close and easy to get to and some are far

Colony caretakers manage colonies year round providing food and shelter

and digging out these shelters during and after snow storms

This young lady will never have to worry about where to

safely hide her kittens again, she was trapped and spayed 2 years ago

and remains at her warehouse safe and happy

And then there are the friendlies

The ones on the street that are not feral

The ones that walk right up to your door and ask to come in

or climb up your leg after they have been dumped in a parking lot

purring "Please help me, I promise I'll be good"

And the young ones from the feral colonies that still have a chance

to trust humans, become sweet, loving pets and be spared

the life of a street cat

Some take a little work,

some take one head rub,

but ALL take A LOT of FOOD!!!

As the kittens get bigger, the food bowls get bigger

and that means the food bills get bigger!

And in addition to the food, there are snap tests (FIV/FELV),

vaccinations and wellness checks at the vet

Sick ones need vet evaluations, medicine,

fluids and special treatments like a nebulizer

The little ones need special formula

and lots of bottles!

And then there are the injured ones, like Spice here

Spice was found injured in a snow storm and had to have his leg amputated

(Don't worry, he was adopted:)

Little Rozza, only days old,

was found in the dirt by a dog

The dog's owner saw him hanging out of her dog's mouth

and reached out for help

He was nursed back to health

Fattened up and found a good home

And then there are the mystery illnesses

The ones you throw everything at and nothing works

This involved getting multiple rounds of blood work and medicine,

and lots of nursing care,

until bloods came back normal, and they did:)

(Don't worry about them either,

they are safe and happy in their new homes now too;)

And of course there are other injuries,

like broken legs

This guy had a new mama before he even had a cast!

I brought him from the shelter, to my office

(where my coworker said "I WANT HIM"), to the vet

And burned paws

Don't worry, he got a new home too:)

Sadly, we are not able to save them all

May the ones we have lost rest in peace

And the ones we save live happily ever after!

If you can't make it to the bake sale,

but you like what we are doing and want to help

please make a donation by clicking the "DONATE"

button on the right panel of this page

If you would like to adopt one of our fosters, please visit our petfinder page

For information on how to adopt, visit our petfinder information page

All donations will be distributed equally

between North Brooklyn Cats (Shawn and Lisa),

Eva P, Chris G and Big City Little Kitty (Stephanie)

Thank you for taking the time to get to know us

(and our lucky ones) a little better:)

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