WeSNIP NEWS

Wednesday, June 24

Sapphire, Pearl, and Turtle spent the night in Joy’s bathroom and were transported to the Spay Station.  They came through their surgeries just fine.

Kitty spent the night in another of Joy’s bathrooms. He got through his surgery fine too. At his home were Mamma Kitty and 7 kittens born last week. Their responsible Dad is going to have Mamma spayed as soon as she has weaned the babies and then they will be placed in a WHS Foster Home. The babies will be spayed and neutered before being adopted.

Starra and Cindy did the early morning registration. Jen, Kat, and Bessie (canine helper extraordinaire) arrived to prepare for the surgical day.

Boze, a 2 year-old kitty was found by his Mom abandoned in a trailer park. She also brought Baby, a 1 year-old girl, who was also abandoned in the trailer park. Their Mom saw the Spay Station ad in the Echo newspaper and called WHS for details.

Bubba, a year-old tabby, was brought to the Spay Station by his family, including 4 month-old adorable baby, Zachary.  Bubba was a stray the family took in.

Kat checked in Smoke, a year-old boy the family also brought to the Spay Station. Smoke is considered a "wonder kitty" by his family. They tell that Mack, their Lab/Newfoundland mix dog, carried the orphan kitten home in his mouth. They say he also was hit by a car and stepped on by a horse, but continued to be a special kitty that wags his tail like a dog.  The family saw information about the Spay Station on the internet. Omni, the 8 month-old kitty, registered her opinion of the morning’s happenings. She was a present to the young girl in the family. A friend told the family about the Spay Station.

Chinook, the year-old girl, was a gift to her Mom from a friend. Her Mom saw information about the Spay Station on a flyer. Chewy (as in Chewbacca from Star Wars) is a year-old kitty whose Mom also saw information about the Spay Station on a flyer.

Junior, the Lab/Poodle mix????, was found running loose on a local Birch Bay Road in April. His family put flyers up and ads in the newspaper, but no one claimed this lovable pup. His family checked out the WeSNIP website online.

Suki, the 4 month-old Akita/mix, waited in line with her Dad. She was purchased by her family as a small puppy. They live near Toad’s and saw the van parked there. Bessie paid a visit to Cindy and Starra and headed back to the Spay Station as boarding was about to begin.

Kat and Cindy reviewed the surgery schedule and boarding began with Junior balking at the stairs. He eventually climbed up with his Mom.

Jen encouraged Suki from the top of the Spay Station stairs. Suki then bounded up after Junior. With just 2 dogs on the schedule, it was kitty boarding time.

Cindy took Oz for a walk when registration was over as Starra helped load Chewy in her huge cage.

At the end of the day,Suki climbed down the stairs to her family. Goblin looked out of her carrier. During her surgery, Karen discovered an infection called Pyometra that could have been fatal. Goblin's spay surgery at this time probably saved her life.

Pyometra is a disease of female cats that have not been spayed It is a hormonal abnormality, and a secondary bacterial infection may or may not be present. An excessive quantity of progesterone, or the uterus becoming oversensitive to it, causes pyometra. In either case, cysts form in the lining of the uterus. Normal toxins that should be excreted from the body build up and the animal goes into uremic poisoning. Untreated, she will die from kidney failure. In most cases, the preferred treatment is a spay.

The best prevention of Pyometra is to have all female cats spayed at or before six months of age. Pyometra is a fairly common and serious problem and is just one of many compelling reasons to have female cats spayed at an early age.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+1362&aid=917

More kitties were reunited with their families. Jen gave instructions as Omni was greeted by her favorite young girl and boy.

Kat unloaded Chewy, who promptly squeezed through the cage and was caught by her Mom. Kat gave post-op instructions.

Introducing the WeSNIP volunteer dogs. Sweet Bessie is well-known for keeping Kat company on the Spay Station. Oz comes along with Cindy to all of her early morning registrations. She was rescued from a garbage dump while Cindy was living in Costa Rica. Thoreau and Sunny ride along with Joy when she transports kitties to and from the Spay Station.Sunny was adopted from AHS as a puppy and Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau) was adopted as a “runner” from WHS. His previous family stopped coming to the shelter to claim him – he is a wonderful, philosopher dog.

Thank you to Cindy and Starra for their early morning registration work at Toad’s. A special thank you also to Toad’s for allowing WeSNIP to keep the station in their parking lot from Monday night through Wednesday. It helps the staff so much to have the station parked at the surgery location.