Rikki's Refuge: Mar 26, 2018

Monday, March 26, 2018

March 24, 2018

March 24, 2018 - Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge

CATURDAY !!!!

Well, I wasn't feeling so good today. I had an ear ache and SHE said I couldn't go out if I still hurt and slapped anybody who touched my ear.

Prince Mouky wants to become a spokes cat

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Peacock from a different perspective

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Breakfast at Rikki's

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Titan

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Sara Starbuck and Buddy

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Thirsty !!!! Nice fresh water !!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

They get tired of the goat slobbered water overnight and look forward to that scrubbed clean bowl and nice fresh water every morning!!

Meanwhile at Re-Tail ......

Boomer was Acting Spokesdog

photo compliments of Cindy Wright

He's filling in for the late Obie while the dogs are meeting and voting and trying to decide who to nominate ..... they better hurry up .... cus Cats vs Dogs where YOU can vote who will run the Refuge for 2018 begins April 1 !!!!

Nellie filling in for me

photo compliments of Opie

She my really tummy mommey and she lives here at Rikki's Refuge with me. She went cuz I had an ear ache. She like going to events and meeting our fans too !!!

video compliments of Melissa Felts

We have a few books left. Only $5 at Re-Tail or add shipping and we'll mail to you !!!! Just ask !

Bub and Goose

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Their story is coming soon to another National Geographic book about unusual animal friends.

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

We've had trees fall and smash our fencing in a few spots !!! it's one of those regular things. We need good strong fencing to keep our animals contained and safe. It's a constant expense and constant work.

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Lucy says please donate to fix our fencing !! www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate Or volunteer for fence repair ! Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org We always NEED your help !!!!! Me n Madison are so glad YOU supported Rikki's and got us out of the mess we were in before coming here !!!!! We will be forever grateful for you loving kindness and generous support !!!

Madison says, hey Lucy, hush up .... when the fence is down we can go on a walk about !!!!! Ask for food .... not fencing you silly girl !!!!

Won't you help fix up our shelters too?

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

We're just as important as the horses .... AND .... there are more of us !!!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Our shelters are in need of repair... we use these shelters to get out of the rain and snow and to escape the summer heat. Sometimes we kick the walls or chew on them ..... but lots of the damage is just from time and weather.

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

We share these houses with the goats too and they like to butt into the walls lots of time. I don't get this whacking your head against stuff all the time.

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Baaaahhhhhtt we really would appreciate your help in buying materials www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate and coming out to help fix things up and paint !!! Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org We'll let you pick the bright fun colors to paint too .... or even let you do a mural if you like !!!!!

Candy is the Opie Puzzle of the Day. Candy was at Re-Tail in our kitty adoption room, she was adopted by our very own Melissa, the one who made Re-Tail possible. In honor of Melissa's birthday today, here's your Candy Puzzle !!!!

photo compliments of Melissa Felts

Click to play !!!!

Candy admiring herself

Supper time

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

As the sun got low in the sky

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Boomer and Nellie came home ..... so I gotta go now so they can tell me all about the fun and excitement I missed today.

Love, Opie

www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate

Thank YOU for making it all possible !

March 23, 2018

March 23, 2018 - Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge

Breakfast Time at Feline Fields ....

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Me Me Me Feed ME !!!!!

Tell the donors we are grateful for this meal !!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Chickens supervising breakfast at Feline Fields

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Our very own Platter Puss, Jo-Jo, claims a platter to himself!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Our food trays always take a beating This is one of the many many many broken trays we use daily trying to get a few more feedings from them before they get tossed away, Donations of food trays would be a real blessing. Our animal friends would greatly appreciate it !!

You can find nice large plastic platters at Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Family Dollar, Big Lots and no doubt, many other places. Please pick some up for Donation Drop off Days!!

Or for $1 for a platter, we'll do the shopping for you !! www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate

That's right Jo-Jo, thank you for the reminder.

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

We go threw dozens of bags of wood pellets weekly. We use it as eco-friendly cat litter. It works great !!!

In the winter time we can compare prices and use wood stove pellets, in the summer time we use horse bedding pellets .... they're really exactly the same .... just packaged differently. They run about $5.99 a bag. Right now if we buy a pallet at a time, 2,000 pounds, of the wood stove pellets, we can gat a discount to only $5.47 a bag. You might not think it's worth shopping hard for that 52 cent discount .... but when you buy in the quantity we do .... it's a huge savings.

Any donations of wood pellets would be purrrrrrrrrrfect !!!!! All year round !!!! We need about 100 bags a week, two pallets !!! It's a good habit!! Easier to clean kitty poo from the boxes then from the yards.

If you don't want to pick up and lug down a 40 pound bag ..... you can donate the green stuff and we'll do the shopping and the toting for you !!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate

Thank you !!!!!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

I hope YOU know how much we appreciate your support so we have a home to call our own !!!!

Even us feral kitties thank YOU for saving our lives !!!!

photo compliments of Doug Deal

It sure is a bright beautiful sun shinny day !!!! ...... snow's about gone too !!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Show off !!!

photo compliments of Clarence Deal

They are beautiful !! And check out the construction of that tail. It's really fascinating ... all the different size and shape feathers. All designed to hold the tail for flight, or lift it for displaying, and to shake for that most important rustle to talk to the females. See the poofy white feathers? That's called the bustle.

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Close up ...

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Enjoying the sun while dreaming of volunteers coming out to repair and paint his house ....

photo compliments of Doug Deal

You TOO can be a volunteer !!! Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org

Sun and mud ..... what more can you possibly want in life

photo compliments of Doug Deal

.... well maybe some cracked corn !!!!

photo compliments of Doug Deal

Love, Opie

www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate

Thank YOU for making it all possible !

March 22, 2018

March 22, 2018 - Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge

The evil weather hooman must have been feeling bad about giving us cold and ice and snow yesterday .... cuz today he decided to melt it and make it beautiful and sun shiny !!!!