Castle Cat Rescue
www.castlecats.info
UPCOMING ADOPTION FAIRS: This time of year is a great time to introduce a kitty to your family and into your home. Check back often - more are being scheduled!
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ADOPTIONS from our shelter and foster homes throughout the month! You can adopt or see the kitties available by e-mailing Jane at rice_jk@hotmail.com or the fosterer listed for the kitty of interest. YOU can help by passing our kitty photos along to someone interested in a pet and help us place our WONDERFUL kitties.
GREETINGS FROM THE KITTIES and VOLUNTEERS AT CASTLE CATS! OUR WEB LINKS are www.castlecats.info and www.castlecats.org Our cats bring us joy all year round, but we appreciate any donations this time of year to help with our shortfalls and neediest kitties. If you have a donation, please mail to Castle Cats, 4121 Elizabeth La, Fairfax, VA 22032 or Castle Cats, PO Box 2096, Fairfax, VA 22031 (new PO box!) and contact us if it is a donation of goods. We are listed with reverb.com and igive.com. All donations will be put to good use. CALL for NEW FOSTER HOMES: We are in need of several new foster homes around zip 22032. Right now we need a fosterer for three kittens around 14 weeks old. They need a patient, quiet person to handle them often, as they were born feral but have tamed up nicely for their current caretaker. They need to meet new people so they become tame to everyone and not just her. One is a tiger striped male, who is very outgoing. The second is a long-haired buff-colored male. The third is a gray tortie female.
Contact Jane at rice_jk@hotmail.com for more information. We would like to remember the kitties that were lost in 2007.. Our thoughts are with them. If we have left a kitty off the list or if you have a correction, please let us know.
IN MEMORIAM 2007
01/07 Biggie, beloved cat of Eileen Slappey & Castle Cat Rescue
01/07 Baby Cali, beloved cat of Marty and Rick Summerour
02/07 Panda, beloved cat of Charles Zimmerman & Summerours
02/07 Max, beloved dog of Vikke of "Cats Rule"
03/07 Sammy, beloved kitten of Sandy and Steve Bishop
06/07 Smokey, beloved cat of the Abrams Family
06/07 Onyx, beloved cat of Dawn Klages
07/07 6-mos neighborhood kitty - loved by the Dingles.
08/07 Boomer, beloved dog of Mercedes.
09/07 Blackie, beloved cat of Miriam and Munsell St. Clair.
09/07 Batten, beloved cat of Laura Potts.
11/07 Lexi, beloved cat of Grace and Bill Cottrell.
12/07 2 puppies from county shelter, loved by Jane & Jim, Castle Cats.
06/08 Mr. Possum who visited regularly - Jane & Jim, Castle Cats.
07/08 ZsaSu, beloved cat of Sue Kelly.
If you are interested in adopting a nice adult cat, please consider looking at the Fairfax County Shelter on Ox Road. More information can be found at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/animalservices Then click on the link to see the pet listing at PetHarbor. Also consider Skinny, Jessie, and Monte, all are wonderful cats with us.
CURRENT NEEDS LIST: WE URGENTLY NEED CANNED KITTEN FOOD. NUTRO- kitten (3.5 or 5.5 oz) or Science diet kitten (chicken flavor - with out liver!) or ProPlan -kitten are best, but any kind is welcome.
WE also need KMR milk replacement for the younger kits. We need Xalatan glaucoma eye drops for "Blind Kitty". We need litter all the time - any and all types accepted. We need left over Baytril (any strength), Zithromax (tablets or powder) and Anerobe (Clindimycin). If you know anyone on NEUPOGEN or Zofran with some left over or out of date, it's used by cancer patients, please call Jane at 703 425-0581. (For Neupogen, the amounts in the empty discarded vials is enough to treat a cat for 1 to 2 doses). We also use Clavamox pills, Cephelexin, Ciprofloxacin, and Ketoconazole, Frontline, Advantage, Fluid bags and other meds. Also we can use leftover heartworm medicine (particularly Interceptor - dog strength) or Revolution for any size dog or cat. Please call 703 655-3285 or e-mail Rice_jk@hotmail.com. Donations can be left in Fairfax anytime or we will try to pick up.
DONATIONS LIST!We appreciate each and every contribution to our rescue group. Thanks so much to all of you for remembering the kitties this time of year! We THANK Heather Taylor for recent donation of food, litter and supplies and continued support. We THANK Jen Conger for donation of meds. We THANK Leslie Seddon for donation of meds, book and volunteering. We THANK Janice Taylor for recent donation and continued support.We THANK Michelle Wiseman for bedding donations and continued support..We THANK Dan Rosa for most recent donation, cat carriers and continued support. We THANK Hitomi Kan for donated kitten food, litter, and volunteering.We THANK Marty Summerour for donation of towels and sheets. We THANK Aileen Redding for her donation in honor of Londo -adopted from us in 1998!We THANK Mary Lou Vroman for cash donation and donation of canned food. We THANK Sue Kelly for her litter donations. We THANK Kathleen Mechlenburg for her donation of speciality foods. We THANK Ed Hall, Linda McCormick and Michael McCormick for their help in recently saving our newborn kittens.
Our Featured Pet is Jessie!!!
Jessie is an angel of a cat. She has southern charm and grace. She is plump and has a wonderful round face. We think she is about 3 yrs old. She has a delightful, low-key personality and she is gets along with other cats. She has golden color and nice striped markings. She loves affection and will make a great companion. She will sit up on her hind legs like a Princess to be petted! She is adorable. Contact Jane for more information at rice_jk@hotmail.com Featured Pet Photo- Jessie
News
Castle Cats is looking for volunteers (student or adult) in the Annandale-Fairfax- Northern Virginia area to help take care of our cats (cleaning, feeding, petting, and care). We also need substitutes and help doing some simple handyman's or handywoman's work around the shelter on an occasional basis. (putting up shelves, touch up painting, etc. We would also appreciate any donations of food, supplies, or veterinary medicines. If you have purchased food that your cat will not eat, we can always use it. We are in urgent need of monetary donations, if you can help, please send a check to Castle Cats at 4121 Elizabeth La, Fairfax, VA 22032 or Castle Cats, PO Box 2096, Fairfax, VA 22031. We thank you in advance. The kitties need your support.
We accept students who need to fufill community hours, if the contribution is over 5 hours total.
Who We Are
Castle Cats is a small organization made up of about 15 dedicated volunteers and fosterers. We care for and rehabilitate un-owned or abandoned cats. We educate the public on the virtues of spay - neuter and our goal is to help shelters in our area transition to no-kill shelters. We rescue from kill shelter and abandoned cats from the streets. We place tame cats in new homes. We strongly support direct adoptions from your local county shelter and adoptions from other non-profit groups on Petfinder. We work hand-in-hand with other rescue groups to help share resources. We spay-neuter stray or feral cats brought to our attention, to the extent that our resources allow.
Adopting a friend
We seek responsible, good pet owners. We hope we are not overly intrusive, but do like to feel confident that the pet in your care will be safe and cared for. Adopting a young cat or kitten is a 15 yr commitment. All cats over 4-5 months old are spayed/neutered before placement. We have a strict spay-neuter policy. We disclose a full medical history. A contract is signed in the adoption process and there is an adoption fee. You can either contact us first or fill out an inquiry form and email to rice_jk@hotmail.com and we will contact you. Click here to download our pet inquiry (application) form.
