A kitten found outside with a herniated bladder. Meet Miguel.

Miguel was rescued from our co-founder's neighborhood where he was a favorite of a person, Miguel, who has fed outdoor cats for more than twenty years. He told us that Miguel had broken his leg at one point. When we took him to our vet he could not find any signs of a fracture but discovered that his bladder had herniated through his back just above his tail. Most likely he was kicked in that area.

The surgery was $500 but is well worth it! Miguel is so young (7 months old) and is such a sweet little black kitten who deserves a loving home.

He is still at Narrows Hospital.
Miguel spent an extra week at the vet because of a slight fever and to monitor drainage from the surgery. He is now recovering nicely in a foster home. He has started to play periodically again and is eating well. He should return to state of good health in the next few weeks. Next stop, looking for a purrmanent home.

Your donation helps us continue to help animals like Miguel. Kitties find outside depend solely on public donations.

If you would prefer call Narrows Clinic to give (718-238-5055).

Or you can mail a check to:
Narrows Animal Hospital
9107 4th Ave.
Brooklyn, NYC 11209

Or you can mail a check to A Tail at a Time:
PO Box 1655
NY, NY 10101

Thank you for saving a life!

LEE NEEDS YOU, HE LOST HIS EARS!

Lee lost his ears when he was neglected and found outside in January 2011 in Brooklyn NY. He was only 3 months old. He has worn a cone for many weeks and is dying to take it off. But we can't because we have to wait till the scabs heel over. He scratches and the scabs bleed. Once they heal he will go back to Narrows Animal Hospital, Dr. Giagnola, and he will have a second surgery to remove the scar tissue and assess the internal damage. We desperately need funds for this. 

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

 

*Donate thru paypal on our website www.atailatatime.org

*call Narrows Animal Hospital (718) 238-5055  to make a donation towards Lee's medical bill

*or snail mail PO Box 1655 Radio City Station NY NY 10101

Pets are for life, they are not disposable. 

See Lee here at one of our adoption events.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g4ESKb1TIw

3 Kittens!

Hello Volunteers!

We need a foster home for the weekend for 3 kittens.

Starting Friday morning (or sooner) and pick up can be Sunday night or early Monday morning.

They are currently at 43rd and 8th.

They will need to come to the event on Saturday at Pet Health on the corner of 81st and Amsterdam.

They are cute, healthy, and easy!

Please let us know asap - email info@atailatatime.org

We can bring them to you!

Positions Available

We have new volunteer positions available!  Do you love animals but can't have pets?  Are you a student who needs community service hours?  Interested in learning more about animals or helping out more?  We are looking to fill the following volunteer positions:

Adoption counselor -- An adoption counselor visits the home of a potential adopter, sometimes with the new cat or kittens in tow.  During the home visit the counselor gives the Adoption Seminar, a short talk that teaches new pet owners about proper nutrition, health, and other important aspects to having a new pet.  Adoption counselors also follow up with new adoptive parents to see how things are going.  Training is provided.

Foster mentor -- A foster mentor is a contact for new fosters in case they have questions or concerns.  A foster mentor provides guidance, tips on how to take good photos of the animal up for adoption, how to keep the animal safe, and information on behavior and health.  This is a position for someone who has experience with foster animals.

Transport -- -This person ferries cats and kittens to new homes, to and from foster homes, events, and vet appointments.  When we need transport we send out an alert and whoever is available offers help. Notice is anywhere from 2 days to a few hours. We're looking to add names to our email list!  Can we add yours?

Spay/Neuter Coordinator -- This position is great for someone who is great with data, records and is really organized.  The spay/neuter coordinator maintains records of which animals have been spayed/neutered, who need to get fixed, when they're due to get fixed, et cetera.  The S/N coordinator also keeps in touch with adopters to notify them of upcoming surgeries and to schedule appointments with our vet. 90% of this job is done over the phone and computer.

If interested or you have any questions, please email friends@atailatatime.org

And remember ... THERE WILL BE KITTENS!

P.S.  We still need volunteers to cover shifts at our adoption event tomorrow.  Can you come spend an hour with us?  Email friends@atailatatime.org!

Monday Meow

Hazel in the sun

Hazel is a beautiful, friendly and playful tabby.  She became a mom at an early age, raised and weaned her kittens, and is now looking for a home of her own.  Still just a kitten herself, she is currently living with a dog and loves to cuddle with her humans.  When I first met Hazel she immediately started rubbing her head against my hand, always a good sign.

Interested?  Email adopt@atailatatime.org.

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AcroCaTastic

Want one?  Email info@atailatatime.org or visit our website at www.atailatatime.org.

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Monday Meow

Buddy is a super sweet nine-month-old kitten.  He is your typical orange tabby -- friendly, loveable, affectionate and playful. Did we mention gorgeous?  He loves to sit with you while you read or watch TV, but he prefers a sofa cushion to a lap.  He gets along well with other cats, yet he's also independent enough to be an only pet.  Right now he's being being fostered with Pippy and they get along great! Fully vetted, he's to be your best Buddy.

Interested?  Email adopt@atailatatime.org.

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Meet the Family (UPDATED)

This week's featured adoptable, Hazel, is the mother of five seven-week old kittens.  There's Bailey, an affectionate, beautiful blonde tabby who loves to play and pounce and snuggle:

Ella and Tula, who are best friends and would love to be adopted together:

Tula's got a face that's just begging to be kissed!

Lovely Ella is looking for a human to love...

And Gus and Floyd, two sweet little boys:

For more information about any of our adoptable cats and kittens, or if you're thinking about becoming a volunteer or a foster, visit our website at www.atailatatime.org or email us at info@atailatatime.org.

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Weekly Feature

Hazel is a ten-month old kitten who had a litter of her own kittens just seven weeks ago.  She's a wonderful mama and a wonderful pet.  She's very affectionate, friendly, playful and loves to be petted and cuddled.

Oooh, yeah... right there... little to the left... purrrrrrfect!

Right now Hazel is living in a foster home with her daughter, Bailey.

Snack time! 

(Bailey eats regular kitten food, but she nurses for comfort.)

This beautiful mama would make a great addition to just about any family.  For more information about Hazel, Bailey, or any of our other adoptable cats and kittens, visit our website at www.atailatatime.org or email info@atailatatime.org.

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Jay

Jay is a young cat who was pulled from the kill list three weeks ago.  She was released without being spayed because she was too sick for surgery.  Low and behold, just a few weeks after A Tail got her, we found several small lumps in her belly.  Several small lumps that jump and squirm and wiggle.  Either she's been probed by aliens or she's going to have kittens!!

Weekly Feature

Sookie is a beautiful dilute tortie who is only a year old.  She enjoys cramming her body into very small spaces and chirping loudly to get your attention.

Sookie is shy because she came out of a hoarding situation, but give her a little bit of time and she'll open up.  Talk to her when she starts chirping and you'll find she can talk for hours.  I'm sure this pretty girl has a lot to tell whoever decides to take her home.

Recently Sookie met two motherless kittens and to everyone's surprise she adopted them as if they were her own.  She's particularly bonded with Steve, a two month old spotted heartbreaker.

For more information about Sookie or any of our adoptable cats, email info@atailatatime.org or visit our website at www.atailatatime.org.

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Featured Adoptable

You may recognize Karina from last week's featured adoptable.  She's being featured again this week because she really is an awesome cat who deserves a little extra love.  Karina's a fighter.  She was hit by car when she was a kitten and instead of sitting around feeling sorry for herself she taught herself to walk on two legs.  She moves so well you won't even notice she's not using her hind legs.  She's also a lover -- she wants to be petted and stroked, she wants a warm lap to curl up in, and she wants someone to play with.  She's a good girl and she deserves a great home.

If you or someone you know might be interested in meeting Karina, visit our website www.atailatatime.org or email us at info@atailatatime.org for more information.

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Attack of the Too Cute

A purse-full of kittens, featuring this weeks Featured Adoptables Ziggy, Suki and their sister.

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Uptown Cats

By 'cats' I mean 'kittens'.  This weeks Featured Adoptables are twinsies!

Suki                                                                                                                                                     Ziggy

These kittens were trapped in Harlem with their mother and their siblings. So they aren't really twins, their part of a set of quadruplets, but who's getting technical? The point is that they are beautiful and sweet and in need of a home.


Suki is mild-mannered, sugar and spice and everything nice. Ziggy is a real firecracker. They were both very shy with people at first, but they're slowly coming out of their shells and showing their true personalities. You might remember Ziggy from Saturday's With Ziggy. He stole my heart weeks ago and if you give either of these kitties a chance, they'll certainly steal yours.

For more information, or if you're interested in fostering or adopting, visit our website at www.atailatatime.org or email us at info@atailatatime.org.

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Your Weekly Cute Overload

This is Eden. She came to one of our last adoption events with her daddy and her little brother. They can't have a kitty for good reason (Mommy is very allergic to cats), but Eva sure did love snuggling up with our adoptables!

She and Ashley The Kitten were both a little scared of each other at first, but they took their time, moved slowly and gently, and before we knew it they were best pals.

This Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. A Tail At A Time will be at Petqua (2604 Broadway, between 98th and 99th Streets) with several of their adoptables. If you've been longing to hear a sweet little purr, come spend the day with our kitties! We're looking for volunteers, foster homes and forever homes.

For more information visit www.atailatatime.org or email info@atailatatime.org.

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Kittens!

The last post was a little grumpy, I know, but I get so upset when I hear about animal hoarding situations. This one especially rankled because if that woman had taken her original two cats to any one of the free spay/neuter clinics in this city the entire thing could have been avoided.

That being said, we now have three new beautiful, adorable, fuzzy fuzz-balls who need forever homes. I would like to introduce you to Swizzle, Prod and Nod*:

How can you ever survive such cuteness?

For more information about these beautiful babies, email info@atailatatime.org.

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*Not their real names. I don't know their real names yet.

UPDATE: The mama-cat is Serafina and the kittens are Ruby, Apollo and Melanie. 

Saturday's With Ziggy

Last Saturday I spent the day with one of the sweetest, gentlest, handsomest kittens I've ever met. Ziggy spent over two hours zipped into my sweatshirt, curled against my heart. Of course, whenever a potential adopter walked by, I unzipped just enough so Ziggy could say hi:

For someone who's really a dog person, Ziggy stole my heart. I knew I was going to spend the day playing with cats, that's what the volunteers do at an adoption event. But I hadn't expected to have so much fun. Ed and Sam and everyone at Petqua made us feel so welcome and the more I work with all of the people who make up A Tail At A Time, the more grateful I am that I've gotten involved with this rescue. This last week has been crazy with work and everything, but one of the loveliest things running through my head has been the day I spent last Saturday, volunteering for A Tail At A Time.  It was the highlight of my week.

A post is coming soon with the photos and stories of all of the cats who were at the event.  Six of them were adopted, by the way! Isn't that great news? Six of our adoptables found homes thanks to last weeks adoption event. In the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the next adoption event is January 23, 2010 at Petqua, from noon to five p.m.:

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Save the date! If you are thinking about adopting a cat or dog, if you want to foster a cat or a dog, if you don't have plans on Saturday and want to volunteer to spend the day playing with kittens, email info@atailatatime.org.

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Mother and Child(ren)

This mother (three-years-old, mild-mannered, negative for FeLV) and her four babes were pulled from the Animal Care & Control euth list this past Saturday, December 19. They were to be euthanized immediately because they have ring worm. Unfortunately, animals that require extra medical care are often euthanized, not because it isn't worth it to care for them, but because there are no extra funds to do so. This is also the reason kittens and puppies are the first to go - it's more expensive to care for them than it is to care for adult animals.

These cats are safe now, but they need a foster or forever home as soon as possible. Rescued along with them was a four-week-old black kitten who also has ring worm and also needs a foster or forever family.

If you can open your home and your heart for this family, email info@atailatatime.org. We take care of all the medical expenses, you provide meals and love.

Thank you! And always opt to adopt!

Lucky Luca

Congratulations to Luca, a twelve-week-old orange tabby who just found his forever home with a wonderful family in New Jersey. God speed, dear heart.