Dear Carrot Friend,

There’s been a lot of activity in Carrot’s room this month. First, Mousy and Joshua were adopted together. While I am extremely happy for them and hope they have a wonderful life in their new home, I must admit I do feel bad for Carrot, because they were two of his best friends. He would often snuggle with both of them, and they seemed to be two of his favorite cats in the room.

But, I know Carrot will make more friends, as he does so very easily.  He still has Siesta, with whom he has been seen snuggling on multiple occasions.  And of course, he still has his longtime buddy Elijah.

The new guy, Conga has been creating quite a stir in Carrot’s room, as he tends to be a bit of a bully to the other cats. We started him on some behavior medication, which seems to be helping, so let’s hope for the best.

Based on the current COVID numbers dropping again, we are going to reach out to the senior facilities and ask if we can resume our Aged to Purrfection Program. We are hoping that we can start visiting again soon, because we know how much the seniors and the cats love the visits—it brings such a bright spot to their days!

In the next few weeks, we are going to reboot our enrichment program, which will be great for the cats. This program will involve a few volunteers going to each room with electronic toys that have moving parts; wand toys; various treats; and scents that the cats enjoy, like catnip and silver vine.

We are also currently expanding our cat socialization programs. Right now we are working on getting more volunteers into the Comfort Buddies program. In this program, the volunteers just hang with the cats who need a friend. They sit with them, pet them, play with them, and give them treats. Once we can get this program completely rebooted, the cats will have a lot of attention again, as they did before COVID hit.

In medical news, Carrot had a little squinty eye for a few days, and we had to medicate his eye 3 times a day. He was not really a fan of this and would run away from us.  It really doesn’t hurt, but I guess he doesn’t like us putting something in his eye.  I can’t say I blame him, as I don’t like that, either.

For some reason, Carrot has been really difficult for  having his bladder and bowels expressed over the last few weeks. He is acting like he did when he first came to Tabby’s Place — being very squirmy, doing the alligator roll, and just generally trying to get away from us and not let us express his bladder.

When he gets in one of these moods, he is very difficult to keep still enough to express his bladder, as he is extremely agile and squiggles and wiggles all over the place. But we just persevere, and eventually, he stops wiggling and lets us express his bladder.

The ringworm situation is getting under control once again, so we were able to discontinue many of our extra precautions. All of the suites, including Carrot’s suite, have been clear of ringworm for many weeks now.

That’s all the Carrot news for now.  As always, thank you so much for your continued support of this wonderful boy!  He and all of us at Tabby’s Place know that, without your support, we could not provide for these precious felines.

Your correspondent,
Karina