Mum Sale- September 4 & 5

This weekend Mary's Kitty Korner is holding our 2nd Annual Mum Flower Sale. Add beautiful splashes of color to your yard this fall with these flowers!

We will have several different colors to choose from: Burgandy, White, Yellow, Rust, Purple.

The Mums are $6.00 each or 3/$15.00 and we will be selling them from 11AM to 4PM this Saturday and Sunday at our shelter.

Please tell your friends and family about this great fundraiser to help our kitties.

Adoptions and New Arrivals: 8/30/10

This week we tied our shelter's adoption record with 14 cats finding their forever home.

Adoptions:
- Nala
- Dusty
- Scarlett
- Sebastian (kitten)
- Dillon
- Theo
- Simba
- Ein
- Mini
- Winja
- Bronco
- Cuddles
- Stacey
- Emily Mills

Happy Tails

A phone update on Lexi:

"She seems just fine. She’s more comfortable than I am! She sleeps on the pillow probably more than I do.

"I think she also likes the military channel since she sat down and watched a whole show with me. She also loves classical music – She sat next to me and listened to all of “Scheherazade” (Rimsky-Korsakoff), and was very calm by the second movement. She’s happy. She doesn't go near the door, and she kisses on command!"

Video Monday: Cat Lassie

"Cat Lassie will save me."


Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Cat of the Week: Scarlett- Update: ADOPTED!

Scarlett



Scarlett is a lovable Calico girl. She has such a sweet temperment - no stereotypical Calico mood swings.

She loves being petted and gets politely excited when a new person visits her and might be interested in petting her. Scarlett will even begin to purr in anticipation when she sees you petting nearby cat.



She gets along fine with other kitties. Please drop by our adoption center in Granby and visit Miss Scarlett.

Scarlett is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

Video Monday: Kitty Roomba

According to the person taping: "The kittens would constantly get on and all fall asleep til one of them hit the button on the top til it turned on. I decided to record it because everyone that I told couldn't believe it."


Source: Melodyparris

Adoptions and New Arrivals: 8/23/10

Adoptions
- Lexi
- Emily

Happy Tails: Warren

Warren's mom writes: "I just wanted to give you an update on Warren. He has settled in great and seems to love his new home. Derfy and him are best friends- they constantly play and follow each other around the house; they are so cute together. Warren is so sweet- sleeps with me every night and loves to cuddle. I think he is a perfect fit!"

Happy Tails: Sonny and Luke

These two posed for a picture in their new home.

Cat of the Week: Ella Fitzgerald

This is Ella Fitzgerald! She got her name because she LOVES to sing to you. She has a Great voice too... >^..^<

Ella wants a home that she can call her own and be the Queen bee. She loves to be with you, around you or sit on your lap. She enjoys playing and being pet.



If you are looking for a sweet, singing kitty Ella's your girl. Give us a call or e-mail today to find out how to meet this special girl!

Ella Fitzgerald is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

Adoptions and New Arrivals- 8/16/10

Adoptions:
- Courtney
- Melody
- Smokey
- Lucky
- Sandy
- Muffin
- Rascal and Carlos
- Shadow

New Arrivals:
- Sebastian
- Nala
- Simba
- Bronco
- Shadow
- Pumpkin
- Precious
- Geraldine

Video Monday: Cats Talking

Wonder what they're saying...


Source: TheCatsPyjaaaamas

Cat of the Week: Cobby

Cobby is a sweet girl, she came to us from a very multi cat household and is currently hanging out with her friend Tammy. Cobby is very friendly and needs a nice, safe, loving home to spend the rest of her life.



Cobby is the type of cat who loves to sit on a person's lap and watch the world go by. She quickly begins purring and gently kneading your knee. Cobby is happy by nature and can often be seen kneading her bedding when you walk past her in the shelter.

She often has a funny way of sleeping with her face pressed against her bed.



Cobby is currently at our shelter in Granby, so if you are interested in her, please visit at our Granby Adoption Center or call/email for more info.

Cobby is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

PetSmart and Mary's Kitty Korner

This winter PetSmart of Enfield's store manager asked Mary's Kitty Korner if we would be interested in working with them once this new store opened up. We, as you can guess, agreed and were very excited to have this new opportunity to make our adoptable cats visible.

At this PetSmart, along with many others, an adoption center was part of the building plan. While PetSmart houses these adoptable animals on location, the individual stores reach out to partner with local shelters to provide the animals and manage their care and adoption.

Below you can see an identical version of our adoption center, with eight single cat sections and one large section for two cats.


Source: Georgia Humane Society

As of April, we currently have ten cats at any given time in Enfield. And these cats are very well looked after by the animal lovers at PetSmart as well as our own volunteers.

PetSmart employees check in on the cats every morning before opening to clean the cages and give fresh food and water (and, of course, some loving). Then, throughout the day, they check each cage every hour or so.

At night, Mary's Kitty Korner volunteers come in for a quick shift to let the cats out for a stretch and some play while their cages are cleaned again.

So, all in all, these cats live the good life while waiting to find their forever home.

When someone is interesting in adopting them, PetSmart has our adoption forms next to the adoption center. The adoption process is the same as all of our other cats. (see www.maryskittykorner.org)

We have been having a great time working with PetSmart, but we still need volunteers to work with the cats at night.

If interested, you can contact us at marys.kitty.korner@sbcglobal.net or 860-379-4141 or 413-297-0537.

Adoptions and New Arrivals- 8/9/10

Adoptions

- Pepper
- Lou
- McKenzie
- Pussica
- Venesian
- Oliver
- Warren

Video Monday: Museum Home for Cats

This is about the Hermitige Museum in Russia which has had cats for centuries and now acts as a cat shelter in addition to being a museum.



Source: ABC News

Cat of the Week: Maya and Shania

Maya and Shania



HELP! Our mom can no longer care for us She just found out today that she will never be able to return to her home we need to find a new permanent home. We are two beautiful and loving sisters.



We have been declawed and are very bonded, healthy, clean, and completely up to date on vaccines. Oh and we also use our littebox faithfully.

We are affectionate and get along well with children. Transport is available.

Please contact MKK if you can help.

Adoptions and New Arrivals- 8/2/10

Adoptions:
- Marie
- Frankie
- Verde
- Opie

Happy Tails: Smush

So far so good. This is a photo of Smush in his bed on the living room window seat. He loves to sit there and look out at a nest of baby birds right outside the window that was built in a wreath by my front door.