If you’re like us, waging a war on fleas is a year round effort.   With the number of cats we have (both ours and the cats we foster for AHS/ Cat Ranch) and our 2 dogs, we have found that Advantage works best for us.   Other volunteer foster homes have had great success with Revolution and Frontline.   Whichever your choice, you can order them right here from 1-800-PetsMeds or Drs. Foster and Smith.    Simply click on on of the links below!

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Diana and I have been volunteer foster moms for the Acadiana Humane Society / Cat Ranch since 2005. We’ve lost track of how many we have fostered and have adopted out, but we are proud of our personal record – we have only had 5 returned to us. A lot of our success lies in how well we match our foster-kids to prospective adopters who express an interest in any of our foster cats/kittens. The adoption process is usually initiated by a pre-screening application form that is emailed if the inquiry about a particular cat comes from Petfinder.com (or any of the similar adoption sites), or in the case of adoption events at Petsmart and/or Petco in Lafayette, Louisiana, the filling out of an adoption application form.

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To all the cat lovers out there… if you’ve visited this blog and enjoy its content, please cast your vote for A Cats Blog! I’d love to be listed as one of the top cat blog sites.

All you have to do is click this link here –> i-love-cats.com

up …. down …. upside down …
running … chasing … watching …
sleeping sixteen hours
a day!

purring … cuddling … grooming …
adored … beloved … worshipped …
offerings on the doorstep
no way!

hunting … hunted … haunting …
fearless … dauntless … hapless …
never owned yet owning
their day!

curious … spontaneous … impetuous …
inside … outside … fireside …
in our homes and hearts
to stay!

dedicated to Jasmine, Tobias, Tony, Salem, Calypso, Athena, and Addison
©R. Noha-Wright 6/10/2009

” I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. ”

~ Jean Cocteau ~

Innocence is a litter of puppies
Boxed and left beside the trash can
Their very existence treated as disposable
Their confused and scared whimpers go unheeded
Its not their fault their purebred mother mated with a strange mutt
How can anyone look into their eyes
And walk away without feeling guilt or grief?

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Its that time of the year… again.  Its kitten season.  The Lafayette, Louisiana area rescue groups are overflowing with kittens, kittens, and more kittens. 

But adoptions of kittens are WAY down.  The lousy economy of 2009 is playing a big part, I know that.  But what concerns me, breaks my heart, and makes me angry, is the people out there that are offering “free kittens to good home.”

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“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”

~ James Herriot ~