We are so sorry to pass on the news that animal lover Theresa B. Smallwood has crossed over to meet Vincent. It was very sudden and unexpected. She went to bed, and did not get up. Our prayers go out to Steve and Denise Smallwood and the rest of her family. If you’re a friend of the family and would like to make a memorial contribution you can at https://rikkisrefuge.org/
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL CANNED FOOD MONTH!
We can always use canned cat food, canned dog food and canned tuna (for our seniors and sick kitties) and here is how you can help Rikki’s Refuge this month:
1. Give electronically from our web site: www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
2. Give via Paypal: mail@rikkisrefuge.org
3. Shop at our Amazon Wish List:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/126FNLHBB9AGA/ref=topnav_lists_1
4. Shop at Opie’s Corner Store:
http://astore.amazon.com/wwwrikkisrefu-20
5. Saturday Donation Drop-Off at Rikki’s Refuge (Noon – 2:00 PM)
6. Drop donations off at Re-Tail in Fredericksburg during normal business hours!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING RIKKI’S REFUGE!
Let our resident love expert, Opie the spokes-cat, send your honey, your mother, your kids…anyone you love….a Valentine love letter, a love email, or maybe just a photo note telling them that a donation of love has been made to the animals in their honor for Valentine’s Day. For a donation of $20, Opie can do this for you. When sending payment, make a note and include your email and we will contact you for your specifics. www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate
Opie = LOVE!
HELP FOR JOHN KITTY!
This is a newly rescued cat at RIKKI’S REFUGE named JOHN. He is badly injured and was relinquished by his owners to a rural pound. He has a badly fractured leg. The vet. facilities at that pound didn’t really have the resources to care for John, and he has been turned over to Rikki’s Refuge, and the regular veterinarian for Rikki’s will be handling John’s care. John is at the refuge tonight, being kept comfortable until he can go in tomorrow to begin his extensive treatment and recovery. He would have more than likely been euthanized today. Rikki’s Refuge is going to try to get him a second chance at life. and if you would like to help give John Kitty this chance, please donate. If you are unable to donate, please share for him, that will help him a lot too! His care is estimated at $1200. THANK YOU!
SUPPORT: www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
PAYPAL: mail@rikkisrefuge.org
MAIL: Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange, VA. 22960
UPDATES:
2/6/15 – John is at Culpeper Animal Hospital this morning. Praying Dr. Andrea Kellum can think of an ingenious way to save that leg. The break is bad, very bad and it’s open and infected. John may lose his leg. It’s harder for kitties to lose a front leg, because it makes grooming more difficult. Even a gimpy leg is better than none. But we have to do what’s needed to heal poor John. Prayers he comes thru well today. He’s a super sweet little kitty.
2/7/15 – John Kitty’s leg was amputated. They think they got the infection, but the next few days are critical in keeping his temperature down to confirm they got all the infection and make sure there is no sepsis.
2/7/15 – John Kitty having breakfast with his cone off. He slept well last night and is alert and enjoying pats this morning ….. not purring yet. About to give him his meds now that will probably make him drowsy and get more sleep.
2/8/15 – So John Kitty is looking good this morning ….. he’s standing up and greeting her who controls food with head butts and purrs … I’d say that’s a pretty good sign. He’s got his cone off now and is having breakfast. Praying that temp will be down — I haven’t checked it yet, letting him eat and rest without the cone for a bit. Soon as I give him his pain meds the gets drowsy and drops off. It’s oral and I’ve never seen anybody else pass out so quickly. Maybe it’s coincidence, as I let him be up and cone-less while he’s perky and when he seems to start getting quiet I give him his meds and he’s out like a light for hours. Please pray that temp goes down. It’s been close to 105 from the infection that was in his arm and bone. He’s on three strong antibiotics …. If temp isn’t down by tomorrow, they’ll have to try something else. Doc who did the surgery said she didn’t know how he could still be alive and especially so perky, with such a serious infection in the bones. Infection should be gone now. With fever still up the concern is sepsis. Come on, infection … please go away.
2/8/15 – My temp is down to 104 ….she who is stickin me wif needles and puttin icky gunk in my mouth and puttin cone of shame on me saya she gonna keep puttin that temperature stick in places it don’t belong till it says 101 ….. please please pray it does soon. Love, John Kitty
2/9/15 – Good Morning !!!! Thank you for your prayers. I made that lady with the temp stick chase me round to get my number this morning !!! My temp is down to 103.2 ….. so I’m fighting the infection !!! Yeahhh …. and I’m hungry and I wanna run and hop …. Socrates, Timmy and Opie are teaching me how to get around. I even jumped up on the bed. The lady with the temp stick and icky tasting meds says I can’t play around too much …. and I bet she’s gonna put that cone on me too …… I hate that cone ….. Keep praying for my temp to get all the way normal …. two more degrees down …. get all the infection gone, and for me to finish healing up and my fur to grow back …. it’s cold when your shoulder is naked !! Love, John Kitty
2/10/15 – Morning ….. I’m feeling GREAT today …. My temp is 100.4 …. so that lady can stop chasing me with that temp stick now !!!! That’s a normal temp by the way. I gave her quite the fight to get it this morning too. You hoomans need to come up with a better idea on how to go about doing this, let me tell you !!! I’m sick and tired of confinement … I’ve been locked up since Thursday … I’m done …. I want out to play … I’m racing around and jumping up on the bed and thinking of climbing anything I can get my paws on …. I’ve got energy to burn …… if them pain meds is keeping me drowsy … Just you wait to see what a live wire I am when I’m off that !!!! If she comes after me with that cone again … we’ll just see who’s gonna end up wearing it !!!! Love, John Kitty
PS thank you to those of you who’ve been helping me pay my bills for survival …. YOU can help too is you like, www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate … without YOU they would have killed me at that pound … and I wouldn’t a liked that one little bit …. Thank you !!!! I be YOUR friend forever !!!!
2/11/15 – Day 6 in captivity …. will no one come to my rescue? I can not stand this confinement. The alien came with the probe again today ….. 100.2 … normal she says ….. so open the door I say ….. let me go …… I think they are holding me hostage till I pay my bill …….. you can help me pleaz? https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate …… thank you, love, John Kitty.
2/13/15 – Day 8 and I continue to sit by the phone …. I’ve tried and tried to call home … I remain captive …. the alien with the probe visits …. forces pills down my throat …. I saw snow yesterday .... and I wanted to feel the flakes on my nose …. but no, alas, I am held captive …. I believe the aliens are trying to extort large quantities of cash from me …. I have non …. perhaps they are looking for hidden treasures with the probe …. I do not know …. I know I must pay my bill before I will be allowed friends or escape …. will you help me? Pleaz? www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate … Thank you, John Kitty
PS: John Kitty came to us on Feb 5th from a rural pound, brought in my his owners who no longer wanted him due to his serious injuries. He had surgery on the 6th and is recovering. He’s still in quarantine too, and won’t get to meet friends here for another week.
2/14/15 – Day 9 …. Happy Valentines Day. Won’t YOU be my Valentine? Won’t you come to my rescue? I’ll love you forever, I promise !!! Get me out of here ! …. Help me to break the window … I want my freedom … I’ve never been confined before and don’t see why I am now. It wasn’t my fault I was injured. Why oh why am I being punished here …. four walls around me ... no sunshine … just this artificial light controlled by the alien with the probe …. the alien comes in and forces me to swallow something …. then uses the probe in a very inappropriate place … the nums are good I will concede … I ate so much the first few days I thought I’d burst …. and the food kept coming … mmmm …. I don’t need to find a hidey hole nest at night … it’s late spring here in captivity and I sleep on a bed where I can look out at winter and freedom … The pain in my leg has subsided, no longer is every step earth shattering stabbing pain …. yet it aches where it has fallen off. Oh my friends …. stay away from cars … such dangerous things. I see none of them out the window here … none …. I yearn to be back on the streets of my home, romping with my friends …. I believe if I pay my debt, I shall be released …. please help me gain my freedom … www.RikkisRefuge.org/
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/14/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=925292314161616
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/15/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=925931167431064
2/15/15 – Day 10 Good Morning! My captors are good hunters … the nums are endless ….. ahhh but to feel the grass under my feet again ….. to hunt my own nums …… I sat in the window and watched the moon ….. I could feel the coolness of the outside world thru the window …. it is always summer in this place … my winter coat is already shedding out …I must escape soon …… the wind was blowing …. the trees swaying in the moonlight …. how I wanted to sit on the fence and howl and feel that cool wind blowing my fur …….. John Kitty
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/16/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=926666827357498
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/17/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=926884554002392
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/18/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=927393657284815
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/19/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=927957763895071
PHOTOS OF JOHN KITTY FROM 2/20/15! HE IS DOING GREAT!
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM TODAY 2/20/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=928580653832782
VIDEO OF JOHN KITTY FROM TODAY 2/21/15:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=928822580475256
John Kitty checking out the window. (2/23/15)
John Kitty checking out Kerry’s morning tea! (2/23/15)
FEBRUARY IS SPAY/NEUTER AWARENESS MONTH!
Between 3 and 4 million adoptable animals are euthanized in animal shelters each year simply because they do not have homes. These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.
Spaying and neutering dramatically reduces the number of stray animals on the streets and in shelters.
Easter Egg Hunt at Rikki’s Refuge!
Saturday, April 4, 2015
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Reservations & Tickets Required
Tours@RikkisRefuge.org
Mark your calendars and reserve your spot! Valentine’s Day Tour & Reception at Rikki’s Refuge on Saturday, February 14, 2015. The tour starts at noon and the reception follows at the Life Center at 2:00pm. Bring your sweetie(s) and share the love with the animals at Rikki’s! We’d LOVE to see you.
Reservations and tickets required!
Email us at: Tours@RikkisRefuge.org
