On the Eighth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
eight kicking kittens,
Rikki’s Refuge is a sanctuary for the animals who are adoption challenged. Usually that means they are older, they have medical or behavioral issues. We reserve our space for those who need a place for life. Adoption to a good home is a wonderful thing and there are so many organizations who specialize in adoptions. But very few have the space to provide homes for the thousands of animals that are adoption challenged.
So we don’t see many kittens at Rikki’s Refuge. The ones that do come to us often have feline leukemia, which will likely shorten their natural lives. Though with the right care, many can live long healthy lives, especially if they caught it later in life. Kittens born with feline leukemia, because their mother was infected, often don’t live long, sometimes only months. But is it better to spend maybe 6 or 18 months happy, loved, playing with friends …. or to just be murdered because it’s likely your natural life wouldn’t have been long? There is no suffering, no pain, just a poor immune system and often sudden organ failure. No one lives forever. We never know how long any one of us will live. But is it better to live a short life happy than to be murdered early?
At Rikki’s Refuge we sure think being given the chance of life is the best option. That’s why we’re here. To allow everyone, no matter their species, to live a full natural life in peace and happiness, loved and surrounded by friends. What more could anyone want?
In addition to cats/kittens with feline leukemia, we have with FIV, feral cats who for what ever reason could not be part of a TNR colony, elderly cats, cats with diabetes, kidney disease, other medical issues, cats who are handicapped, blind, deaf, and on and on. And they all are loved and cared for at Rikki’s Refuge. All 587 of them !!! And YES, we are at capacity! We can only accept new residents when one passes on. Unlike most shelters, we don’t kill to make room for more.
And caring for them for life can be quite expensive. Won’t you help out with a gift of some cat food, or the cost of a vet visit? Thank you for supporting the adoption challenged cats at Rikki’s Refuge www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate or see other options for donating below.
The kittens featured today were known as the Three Musketeers. They were brothers. One was blind. He was going to be killed for his handicap. His two brothers were always by his side. One on each side. Protecting him, heading him around while they played, helping him to the litterbox and food dish. Rikki’s was asked if they could take the blind kitten, and then they told us how they didn’t know if he’d do well without his brothers. We said they all have to come, you cannot separate that family. That poor little blind kitten needed his brothers. And so all three joined us at Rikki’s Refuge.
We advertised them for adoption, as a group only. Someone called and really wanted the blind kitten. She’d had a blind cat before and he’s recently passed on, and he was orange too. She came out to meet them, and loved them all, but was hesitant to adopt the whole package. But she began to volunteer and every day she played with the Three Musketeers and before long her heart grew big enough to adopt all three !!!
Everybody has a happy ending at Rikki’s Refuge!
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