tiffin's got a home!

The power of networks never fail to amaze me. I sent out requests for a home for the kitten in the previous post to all of my networks and in less than 24 hrs it is off to its new home with a great American/Scottish couple. I am sad to see the little one go as I enjoyed playing with it, but am so happy that I have helped get another Mumbai stray off the streets and into a loving home.
Hopefully we'll get some photo updates of the little one in its new home. For now they have named him/her tiffin.
Hoorah to another success story!

Kitten needs home!

Somehow I have a way of finding tiny kittens who need homes - and especially ginger kittens! But rest assured, I only take them off the streets if there is no hope for them to survive outside on their own. I have enough trouble finding homes for the desperate situations so I can't take them all even though I see a new one almost daily!

A few days ago I found a small little ginger kitten opposite olive, screaming for its mommy. The last two days it has been in the same spot behind a phone box just laying in a plastic bag. It was living on a busy street and was beginning to venture out to find food - which means it would have been run over within minutes if I left it out there.
So... it is now living in my bathroom waiting for a home! It is about 6 weeks old - maybe younger. A total sweetie. Ginger colored with blue eyes.

If you work all day it will be fine as she/he seems to sleep most of the day anyhow. I can help you get the little on setttled into your home if you don't know much about taking in strays. The vets are excellent and cheap here, cat food and liter is readily available as well.

Having a cat in Mumbai is a great addition to your home - they make you feel like you really live here! And if you are from mainland Europe, US or Canada, it is very easy to get your pet back home with you when you leave.

Please email if you are interested or know of anyone who might be. Otherwise please forward to anyone who you think might be interested. I am leaving town for a month and need to find a home for this little one before I go, otherwise I will have to put it back on the streets :(
Thanks!

monsoon

Look at this sweet little thing... the boy or the kitten I'm not sure! But either way it's too cute. This little kitten is named monsoon aka kitkat. She wandered into a shelter that I volunteer with and has been coming in/out for the last while. She was living exclusively in their storage room, but since she is getting older they thought they should put her out into the building. When I first saw her a few weeks ago she was very nervous with people holding her, but of course I scooped her right up and now the kids aren't afraid of her. Needless to say.. she is now VERY used to being held and just cuddles away. But she does need a good home... She's an absolute doll, but I doubt that she will survive long living in this enviornment. If you want a sweet little monsoon treasure, this is your gal.

Rani's new home

Today I said goodbye to Rani. I found her a home or a home found her I should say! A 7 year girl has been asking her mother for a cat for a while and particularly wanted a kitten, but when her mother saw that Rani was a very small cat, she thought that might be the solution!

I dropped Rani off at her new home today. It was hard to say goodbye and I still miss her now, but I know that she will have a good life with her new family. She now has 3 children to pay attention to her and as soon as she and the dog get adjusted she'll have a whole new house to explore!

I was a little worried about how she would react with such a busy and loud household, but she didn't seem bothered at the least. She just went about exploring her new home and didn't pay attention to the littlest child screaming in her face! I think that is a good sign!! She is such a social little thing, that I think she will fit right in that household. She can rest and relax during the day and then play all evening with the children.

I believe that her new name is Crystal. I think it fits - she is a queen and a gem and a crystal! She is one lucky Mumbai street cat - lucky she found the right person's door in such a big and not so pet friendly city!

Meow Mumbai's first success story! (i've had other adoptions before, but this is the first under the banner of Meow Mumbai.)

Update on Rani - the cat who needs a home!

Rani, as named by my friend, has come home from surgery and is recovering nicely. She did very well last night and has been a total angel all day today.

The large carrier that I use from the vet's office was taken, so she had a makeshift bed on the bathroom floor. I was a little worried since I don't fully know her temperment, but she was great. She was already up and walking around this morning, using the liter box and ready to eat some wet food.

I have posted posters around the vets and pet shops and posted to all the listserves that I know of, but haven't had any responses yet :(

Please help find Rani a home!!!

Cat for Adoption

I think I am known as the Angel for Cats in this neighborhood.. somehow they have a way of finding me, even on the 9th floor! Today a wee cat was dropped at my doorstep, the doorbell was rang and the person disappeared. As I opened the door I saw a full grown, but very small cat staring up at me.

It is lucky for her that she was brought to my house - she needs immediate surgery as she has deceased babies still in her womb. She will be having surgery today (Sat Sept 22) as well as getting spayed.

She is a lovable little thing. The vet says she is full grown, but due to having kittens at such a young age she has remained quite small. In the meantime, she has been named Rani (Queen).

You would never be able to tell she is a stray as she immediately let me pick her up, rub her belly and of course put her in the basket for the vet visit! She is currently staying in my bathroom as I have two other cats. I cannot keep her as my partner says I am at my limit!

I will be getting her spayed, but would love to find a home for her as she has a great temperment and would be great as a pet. If I do not find her a home before she recovers from the surgery, she will have to go back outside on the mean streets of Mumbai!

Please take a look at the flyer and please pass it on to anyone that you think might be able to take her in.

Also, if you are originally from the US, Canada or mainland Europe, it is quite easy to take a pet back with you, so that shouldn't be a concern.

Xena the warrior princess

I had been feeding a lovely white cat downstairs from my building for at least a year or so. She was super friendly and half the time wasn't even interested in eating - she was more interested in getting petted and feeling loved.

Anytime I would whistle she would come running from where ever she was. Sometimes it would take her a few minutes, sometimes she was right there!

I think most of the watchmen and lower class people who worked in the building or came selling fruits, fish, etc also loved her as she was so sweet.

After quite some time of feeding her I finally decided to name her something.. Xena came to mind as she had outlived all of the other cats in the building and it seemed fitting!

But one day I found that she had a large wound on her side. And she was fully pregnant! I wasn't sure how she would take to me taking her to the vet, but she didn't fight too much when I put her in the basket for her first ever vet trip.

The vet gave me some ointment for her and said most likely we'd need to do surgery.. if I was up for it. However I was about to go out of town for work for a week and couldn't do it then. I had to hope for the best and rely on my friends to look after her.

My partner and 2 friends made daily visits to her and put the ointment on her side until I could get back into town.

Finally I was back and it seemed that Xena was about to pop. I was then even more worried as I was sure that she would damage the wound even more going through the birth. The doc said it was a bit riskier with her being so pregnant, but they were willing to do it.

I loved Xena to death so I was a basket case waiting to hear word from her surgery. Apparently she was due to give birth in only a few days as the kittens were fully formed and breathing on their own. But they were not able to survive too long.

Turns out that Xena had been shot with a pellet gun!! I cannot understand the cruelty that some people have in their hearts. Who could do this to this lovely sweet cat? Lucky for her, I noticed her injury and was willing to do something about it.

I wasn't sure I was going to keep Xena, but thought that after she recovered I would try the introductions with Ginger and see how it went. I also wasn't sure that Xena would be happy living in the house after being outside all her life. But her and Ginger took to one another very quickly and Xena has never even once been interested in going to the door!

It has been one year since her surgery and she is the absolute best house cat ever. She snuggles, gives nose kisses and behaves like the princess she is! I have come to the conclusion that the adult cats who come in from outside after living a hard life on their own are much more appreciative of the love and warmth a home can give. Ginger on the other hand, who was raised inside, has nothing but dreams of living outside!!