Monday, March 07, 2011

Good Morning Good News !!!! March 7, 2011

I’m Vincent D. Cat and here to make you happy! You are HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive all the time! I want my friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send me your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Great Big Red Alert!!!!

are YOU on board

aren’t YOU?

I need your help BIG time. The Animal Rescue Site is having problems interacting with some browsers. Internet Explorer we know is a big problem. If you try 100 times you might, just might, be able to get a vote in. More likely than not you’ll get a time out message and your vote won’t be counted. Well over 200 of you supporters are having this problem.

The solution is to vote using a different browser. Firefox is working, aol is working, chrome is working. You can serach for any of these browsers on line and download for free. And you’ll be back on the voting circuit.

If you’re having trouble voting send message to customerservice@theanimalrescuesite.com and tell them. Maybe a lot of notes will help them to get it fixed quicker.

I’d hate to ask you to go to the trouble of down loading anything but we’re gonna get trounced if we don’t do something and do it quick.

http://bit.ly/VoteVincent Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

YOUR VOTE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. This morning we’re still at 8^th place on the planet, 0.8% of the over all vote. The cockers are catching up and catching up fast, we guess they don’t have as may supporters on Internet Explorer - they’re right behind us, breathing hard on my tail with 0.79% of the planet’s votes. Here in our home town of Virginia, we have 25.12% of the votes and they have 25.02%. Just a smidge.

With YOUR HELP we can surge ahead. We have only till the 20^th to get out there in the front. GO GO GO GO.

http://bit.ly/VoteVincent Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Round the Refuge

Yeahhh the rain stopped! Yikes was that a flooder!! The guinea pigs had to wear life jackets. An inch or two of rain is really scary when you’re only 3 or 4 inches tall!!!

Been trying to catch up from two weeks ago when one of the staff was out for a full week when he had to move suddenly. Now he’s out again today. So behinder we get. Grrrrrr.

And that means I haven’t had time to download more photos and fun for you. I WILL get there sooner or later - I promise !!!

Julie sends in a particular fitting quote today ‎"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." ~ George Washington Carver

And so I must be quite again today and can’t stay to chat with you. I’m missing you a lot!!!

VOTE TODAY

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YOU voted Rikki’s Refuge #1 in Virginia in 2010

Let’s do it again for 2011

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There’s lots of ways you can vote

as long as you remember to enter

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click on any of these and take it from there !!!!

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Vote like there’s no tomorrow!! Enlist friends!!

Bissell MVP Contest

Vote daily thru Tuesday March 8^th for Bela

quick, simple, free

Your daily vote could win up to $10,000

for Rikki’s Refuge

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HE IS RUNNING FOR RIKKI’S

Formerly feral, now a much-loved indoor kitty

Story Contest

Nobody got a story in for Rikki’s so we’re not in this competition. Let’s vote for Magic representing FIV kitties. He can win $3,500 for FIV kitties - click on Magic!

My Favorite Quote, Today

United we are a force to be reckoned with !

Live from Vincent Video

Meet Paul Erhard

Meet Pebbles

Meet Mr. Pheasant

Great Purrchases / Donations

Take a look at what’s on ebay!!

http://bit.ly/RikkisEbay

Easter Egg necklace, "pawtographed" by Rikki's Mystique

This listing is for your choice of color (shown in pictures) of Easter Egg necklaces. The pendant is made from a 1 3/4" wooden egg, which has been painted either green, pink, peach, blue, yellow, or purple. Then, Mystique, a feline resident of Rikki's Refuge, added her paw print in black. I wrote her name, and Rikki's Refuge on the back of each. Then, a clear sealant was added. Each comes on a 26" ribbon, the color of which coordinates with the color of the egg. You choose the color of egg that you would like. I have 4 of each color, so you tell me how many of each color you would like. Colors may sell out fast, so act fast!

Mystique is one of a litter of 5 who came to Rikki's Refuge. Only she and one of her brothers is still surviving. They have a genetic heart defect, and Mystique, at age 7 months, has lived far longer than anyone would have expected. She is petite for her age, but otherwise shows no hint of having a problem. Her brother, who is a black and white tuxedo, is the same. Mystique is one of the favorites at Rikki's, and likes to ride on the shoulders of Valerie, one of the employees at the Refuge. She will also volunteer to eat anyone's food, whether they want a volunteer or not. Heaven forbid that anyone is eating cheese -- Mystique won't beg, she will simply jump on the table and try to help herself!

Proceeds from the sale of these necklaces will help Mystique and the other 1200+ animals at Rikki's.

Buy it NOW $6 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250777225539

Love,

Vincent

PS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or modifications! Subscriptions: Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled weekly.

Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations, houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960

Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id 54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs.

Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge

VINCENT ALERT

March 7 - 15, 2011

MARCH MADNESS AT
RIKKI'S REFUGE!!

Here's my HERO list !!!!!

Who donated cans for March Madness?

My TOP HERO is Jan with 1,996 cans!!!

Jan, 1996 cans
Vicki, 900 cans
Judi, 900 cans

Michelle, 900 cans

Martha, 750 cans

Phyllis, 600 cans

Alyce, 600 cans
Cindy, 492 cans
Beth, 300 cans
Sherri, 300 cans
Nancy, 300 cans
Dennise, 300 cans
Winging Cat Rescue, 300 cans
Karen, 300 cans

Suzette, 150 cans

Susan, 150 cans
Feed the Dawgs, 150 cans
Alicia, 150 cans
Niko, 150 cans
Marie, 150 cans

Jim, 75 cans
Jamie, 75 cans
Sharon, 75 cans
Diana, 75 cans
Kathy, 75 cans
Debra, 75 cans

Diana, 60 cans
Sarah, 60 cans

Patricia, 30 cans
Christiann, 24 cans
Kathy, 9 cans

Your kind donations have put cans in our
dog and cat pantry for
THREE WEEKS !!!!

Dear Incredible Friends,

This is March Madness Month and
I have a MADCAP idea!!!

I am going to give away a Rikki's t-shirt - (yes, Kerry I am!!!) - to the GENEROUS human who donates the most cans of food to Rikki's critters - starting today until midnight March 15th (the Ides of March)!!!!

Why did I come up with this PURR-fectly MADCAP idea - well, we have had a TOUGH few months and I need the food for all my friends (dogs too!!!) - so - I put my thinking cap on (and I do look cute with it on) - and I just know that you will HELP ME HELP THEM!!!

If you can't make it to the Refuge with the car loads of canned food - you can donate online - one dollar for 3 cans of cat/dog food -- so 5 dollars - will equal 15 cans!!!! See - I can add - as long as it adds up to 15 - can't help it - I only have 3 paws and one tail!!

And remember - you could never have enough Rikki's t-shirts - just ask Jan!!!!

So I challenge you!
During this crazy month of March - your t-shirt is waiting - let the fun begin!!!!!

Love,

YOUR Vincent

Every kind of canned cat and dog food qualify, tuna too, be sure you log your donations with Kerry or Lena or Valerie to make sure it goes down on Vincent’s Heroes List. Can’t make it to the Refuge before March 15^th? I’ll do the shopping - just click

and I’ll see you get can credit!

Saturday, March 05, 2011

Good Morning Good News !!!! March 5, 2011

Round the Refuge

Quick quick quick like a bunny!!! Gotta say hi to you and let you know what’s happening and then get to work work work. So much piling up to do.

Mountain is doing great. x-rays and bloodwork show that he’s improving too. The mass in his chest seems smaller. Biopsy didn’t find anything real specific but didn’t find bad stuff. Of course it can’t be totally ruled out cus there can be ok tissue around bad tissue. He’s happy and doing well. He’ll be on meds for a month and then more x-rays and blood work, unless he feels bad again, then he’ll have to go back in.

Gideon had surgery yesterday. Doc Vargas wanted to try and save his left eye. He’d had cancer on his left ear and lost most of that several years ago. Now it was on the third eye lid. It was impossible to tell how it’d spread until she started working. She found it just too much to be able to save the eye. So he did loose his left eye. And he’s feeling great. He came home yesterday afternoon and had to go to a hospital cage. He didn’t like that. He screamed and beat on the cage door and then started beating his head and face on the door.

To keep him from hurting the incision we had to let him out. He went to the 9^th Life Area. He was still angry about being a cone head and about not being allowed outside - he loves real fresh nums and hates to eat kibble and canned. He likes his furry and on the run. No more mice in the cat food storage trailer since Gideon earned his running rights! Well at least not many that stay long. He was a good boy and ate the canned nums. Then curled up with his friends to nighty.

BJ couldn’t get used to Gideon’s cone and kept poking it and sticking his head in to check it out!!! Mom said it’d be a cute video ecpt poor Gideon looked so awful right after surgery that she thought it was rude to photograph him. She hates those photos of right out of surgery or when somebody comes in new after a really tough time and looks so horrid. She’ll get pictures of Gideon in a couple days when the swelling is down a bit. He sure seems to feel fine and not act like he’s in pain. He is on strong pain meds for several days as losing an eye is pretty painful surgery.

Paws crossed for all our friends!

Good News from Waynesboro, Barbara TNRed 52 cats in the month of February!!! Wow - that’s a lot of cat!!!! With an average of 6 per litter, every four months, and their kittens reproducing by the time they’re 6 months old ... just do the math!!! What a tremendous savings!!!

David dskinner@thecsgroupinc.com needs 3-5 people to help with Rabbit Rotunda II on Sunday, able bodied, not scared of ladders, hard working and able to follow instructions well. He usually starts at 8 am. Last week it was a little later cuz finding lumber was tough. Coming in from Fredericksburg all the stores were out of what he needed. Guess spring is time for lots of projects. He had to go past the refuge and all the way 35 miles south to Zions Xroads to find the lumber he needed!!! Please help David and the Rabbits!! I’ve included his email in case you want to check in about the weather. Please remember that David is very busy and isn’t on line too often and he’ll be leaving home very early to be here by 8 am on Sunday and no internet on the road!!.

Meowing about computers - me and mom too are really behind on emails, sending and reading. So if you’ve needed us for something important, you might want to send it again Monday or so - hopefully we’ll be catching up by then. We don’t never mean to ignore you, not me and not my mom. Just been too busy for much computer time lately and we haven’t seen high speed in I don’t know when!!!

I have been que-ing up all the wonderful things you’ve been sending me for Good Morning. Without high speed - gotta travel and not time for that lately - I can’t download a lot of them and I’m not allowed to post videos and things till I watch them first!! Gotta make sure they are Good News!!!! No sad endings allowed!!!

Keep the goodies coming in and I’ll be getting them on line soon!!!! Paws crossed nobody else will get sick and have to go to hospital, nobody will toss more stuff on my desk and I’ll catch up and get back on track!!!!

Great Purrchases / Donations

VINCENT NEEDS

tuna to entice sick kitties to eat

canned Hills Special Diet A/D - probably have to get at vet’s office, or call Culpeper Animal Hospital 540-829-9085 and buy a case we can pick up next time I hook up the goat cart and get over there

canned cat food

canned dog food

oranges, any greens and produce for the rabbits and guinea pigs - our deliveries of fresh produce and bread is virtually nil now a days

brooms

trash bags, 30 gallon, black, min 7 mil thick. Somebody brought some really good ones last week from Harris Teeter that were 1.1 ml thick.

commercial string washable mop heads

chinchilla food - petsmart or petco

swimming pools - kids little ones - for swimming ducks and geese - the slightly thicker and smaller ones work better

than the larger flimsy ones - you may not think it’s warm enough to swim yet - but they do!

garden hoses to get water to the animal

laundry detergent

dish detergent

bleach

and of course a can or two of Fancy Feast, Please?

A cart, something kind of like one of these

would making cleaning in the cage room much easier. It needs to have wheels, a couple layers and be relatively narrow, no more than 20 inches. Pushing the supplies around instead of running back and forth would help a lot. Do you have something sitting around unused in your basement or garage? they used to make metal push tray with three levels kind of like this? Relatively cheap household ones? We used to have one but it rusted away. We don’t need anything fancy or expensive, just functional.

VERY IMPORTANT SPECIAL DEALS

at Giant and this might be at Martins too

March 4^th - 10th

Giant brand paper towels - 8 in a package - $3.99

16lb bag- Friskies Cat food - $10.99

at Blooms and Food Lion from Mar 2nd-8th

Star-Kist tuna - 2 for $1.00

We need lots of tuna to mix with cat food so kitties will eat their meds also tuna alone for ones not feeling well to get them to eat something. We need about a cast of tuna a day!!!

Tractor Supply March 2 - 13^th

they’ve mailed out a coupon for 10% off purchase of $100 or more

please buy us goodies, Paws and Claws cat canned or dry or dog canned

or cracked corn or other grains for the animals

or send us the coupons

NEED ITEMS FOR YARD SALE

Saturday March 26^th at Locust Grove Middle School on rt 20, not far off rt 3

Inside the school, rain or shine no problem, 5^th year, heavily advertised

yard sale / plant sale / craft sale/ everything and anything sale / avon, tupperware and more

We need volunteers and items to sell NOW.

No foods for human consumption permitted, so no bake sale. But we can sell DOG & CAT cookies if you’d like to donate them.

Kathy KDoucette@wri.org is in charge and you can drop off items to sell at her house in Spotsylvania, just off Old Plank Rd. Email her with details and to set up a time. Let her know what you have to donate so she can let you know if it will fit in the space we have.

Please DO NOT bring your items to Rikki’s - there is no animal safe place to store ANYTHING here !!!!

You can also bring items to the sale the day of the event providing they are clean and priced in advance, email with Kathy first so she knows what’s coming and how to set up our booth.

If you’d like to set up your own booth $15 for 9x11 to benefit Rikki’s with your crafts or something - talk to Kathy and she can put you in touch with someone. If you have costs associated with your goods and can’t donate 100% this is a fine opportunity to have a booth next to us and offer 75% or 50% or whatever of your proceeds - it will bring more business to you and will help the animals at Rikki’s

Take a look at what’s on ebay!!

http://bit.ly/RikkisEbay

Where everything listed to benefit Rikki’s is !!!

Melissa helps with listing and shipping - so if you have something you'd like to sell to benefit Rikki's, YOU CAN DO IT NOW !!! Either send Melissa the pictures and description and you cover the shipping (if you can't donate the shipping cost we can reimburse by paypal or check) OR mail the item to Melissa and she’ll handle the whole deal!!

Contact Melissa dogslife24@comcast.net

Donna in Illinois donated a Flip Camera and Melissa sold it on ebay. Lisa in New York bought it and now I get ten cases of Fancy Feast!!! What a deal!!! Thank you Donna !!! It’s amazing. YOU can work for Rikki’s from anywhere on the globe!!! The computer makes us all connected!!

On your way to Rikki’s

Support those who support Rikki’s - Village Farm Feed and Garden Center. They’re right down the road, a great place to stop off and pick up some cat or dog food to bring out to Rikki’s. Best prices to stock up on your wild bird seed too. Please tell them Vincent sent you!

Between Route 3 and 522 when you’re coming to visit us and headed out of Fredericksburg. They’re about 10 miles away at 28284 Constitution Highway, Rhoadesville, VA 22542. If you get a chance, stop in and say, “Thank you for feeding Vincent’s Friends!” and pick up something for your critters or bird food for our wild friends, or grab a few cases of canned cat or dog food or some Fancy Feast!!! http://www.villagefarmfeedandgardencenter.com/ (540)854-8888

VOTE TODAY

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The Animal Rescue Site - Shelter Challenge

YOU voted Rikki’s Refuge #1 in Virginia in 2010

Let’s do it again for 2011

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Your daily vote can win $1,000 - $5,000 for Rikki’s Refuge’s Animals!

HELP HELP HELP

you’ve got to vote

get everybody to vote

only 15 days left

I’m only ahead by the hair of a dog

them cockers are less than a fraction of a percent behind me

they’re gonna trample me

if YOU don’t stop them!!!

There’s lots of ways you can vote

as long as you remember to enter

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click on any of these and take it from there !!!!

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We can’t keep creeping along!

Bissell MVP Contest

Vote daily thru Tuesday March 8^th for Bela

quick, simple, free

Your daily vote could win up to $10,000

for Rikki’s Refuge

Click here to Vote for Bela

Formerly feral, now a much-loved indoor kitty

Story Contest

Nobody got a story in for Rikki’s so we’re not in this competition. Let’s vote for Magic representing FIV kitties. He can win $3,500 for FIV kitties

Magic was found as a young stray cat and taken to the Dane County Humane Society (DCHS) in Madison Wisconsin. He quickly became a favorite of the shelter staff and was given the name Magic because of his wonderful personality and sweet disposition. But, when it was time for his health exam, his luck ran out. He had the very bad luck of testing positive for the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV).

Generally, this would have been the end of his story. Most shelters euthanize FIV+ cats. But, he had already won the hearts of the staff who now had a dilemma. He was an otherwise healthy cat with a remarkable personality. Once again, his "magic" came through for him. The staff decided to give him a chance at adoption! He became the first FIV+ cat that they put up for adoption. I adopted him just two weeks later. Since Magic, DCHS has continued to place more FIV+ cats in loving homes.

Most people who meet him have never heard of FIV. He's so full of life, energy and love that when they hear his story they wonder why a shelter would automatically euthanize an FIV+ cat. It is an often misunderstood condition. It's not a death sentence and many FIV+ cats can live long, healthy lives with proper care.

All pets, especially rescued pets in my opinion, are special and have an important story to share. Magic's story and his gift is that he's become an educator and ambassador of sorts for an often misunderstood "illness". In doing that, he's helped to save the lives of other FIV cats in our area. Now that's magic!

My Favorite Quote, Today

Make opportunities of your difficulties

Some day you just might look back and see how all those hard times were getting you ready to do what you were really put here on planet earth to do!!!! Just ask mom!!! And me. Gee my accident was a really bad time. And look what I’ve learned and what I’m able to do now!! How many people I touch every day, every year. And I make them smile and I make them care and I make them reach out to an animal in need somewhere. And if I hadn’t had my accident, I’d still be chasing hot little kitties in heat across the streets and just making more babies that were getting killed in shelters!! I’m so luck to have had my life turned around and to have been set in the right direction - even though the times I went thru to get here were pretty rough!

Debbie sends in - "Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you"

And how right she is! We can’t always control the things that happen, but we can control our attitude about them. And what our attitude is can make us happy or sad and make us productive or just a lump on a log !!!!!

Louie says - “Anger is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

And how true is that!! Accept fate, and get on with it where you CAN make a difference!

The Cats of Cod

Artwork by Wayne H. Morris of New York

photography and art

http://www.facebook.com/WayneHMorris

visit to see more of his spectacular work

Wayne loves to study an animal and capture their essence which he then turns into a whimsical work of art depicting them at work or play. Your pet’s whimsical custom portrait available for only $300 (donated to Rikki’s Refuge). Contact me and I’ll put you in touch Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org Prints available, 8” x 10”, on heavy stock, suitable for framing, $25 each, resolution may vary so you may want to ask first. Specify which print you want and shipping address. http://bit.ly/WayneMorrisPrint

FATHER BAST

Live from Vincent Video

Meet Mr Mister

Meet Nanny Goat

Meet Neko and Neia

The 24^th Species

Rikki’s Refuge’s Human Habitat

Speuter, Speuter Clinics, Speuter Education

http://rikkisrefuge.org/Vincent/CFC2011/Services-024.pdf

Upcoming Events

SATURDAYS DONATION DROP OFF, noon - 2 pm, got something to drop off quick? The gates will be unlocked. No tour at this time, just drop off. Donation Drop Off will be available every Saturday from noon - 2 pm in 2011

SATURDAY March 05 ADOPT A REFUGE DAY - help clean up the refuge like others clean up the highways. Sign in and get your garbage bags. Who ever can fill the most from debris that's been blown about and has migrated from the woods, wins.

SATURDAY March 05 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Rainbow Diamond tells me that Noah's rescue group is having a garage sale to raise $ for his care. 610 Morning Hill San Antonio from 9-3 Saturday!

SUNDAYS TOUR THE REFUGE - NOON, mini tour, take a walk around and see the animal neighborhoods. Every week on Sunday you can join a mini tour where you can walk around from animal neighborhood to neighborhood, from Piggy Paradise to Horsey Haven and see the animals. One tour only, starts at noon. Please be prompt.

SUNDAY March 06 RABBIT ROTUNDA II ROOF RAISING

REHOMING SPECIALS

Looking for a special friend?

You can’t BUY love -

but you CAN adopt Love !!!

Contact Imelda margaretjustine@aol.com if any of these can slip into your heart and home.

#1 Daisy and Chester (Bonded Pair - Must Go Together)

Female is a 6 years old gray tabby with all her shots up to date and is spayed. While Daisy is very sweet she is also people shy and needs patience to win her over.

Male is 10 years old black and white tuxedo with an updated medical file and neutered. Chester is very gregarious, loves attention and food. He is overweight and has hip with joint trouble.

Owner Surrender. The wife is a first time mother and is frightened her infant daughter will get into the litter and start harassing the cats once she gets into the crawling and ambulatory stages of development. Baby proofing tips might be all that is needed here to prevent the surrender.

# 2 8 Years Old Female Spayed and Up to Date Inoculations. She gets along great with other cats, but is NOT people friendly. A barn cat community or farm might be best.

Owner Surrender. The owner is an elderly sick man in hospice and his family simply does not want to inherit the cat, but also do not want euthanasia.

# 3 Patrick
4 years old black and white tuxedo with in order medical records and neutered. Patrick is a vocal and affectionate kitty who loves to be free to roam. This guy gets along with both dogs and cats in addition to furring up human ankles. His only draw back is that he ends to use the backyard as the litter pan so he must be a outdoor kitty or have access to a yard 24/7.

Owner Surrender. The owner has 5 dogs ranging from a New Newfoundland to a Chihuahua all of whom mercilessly chase and torment the cat. A less canine infused home would be ideal along with a 24 hours yard pass.

Love,

Vincent

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Thursday, March 03, 2011

Good Morning Good News !!!! March 3, 2011

Round the Refuge

Talk about crazy busy !!! I’ve got to have the goat cart hitched up in an hour and take Mountain and Gideon to the doc. So I only got a sec but want to tell you the GOOD NEWS !!!!

Mountain is doing good. The biopsy results didn’t come back bad. Kind of inconclusive. He’s responding to treatment. Gonna check x-rays and blood work at 4:30 - paws crossed it looks good!!!

Also the biopsy on Gideon’s tumor means it’s operable. Gonna get checked today to see which surgical avenue to take. Paws crossed.

Court today for the bad lady who stole things from Rikki’s on October 1^st. YEAHHHH 9 years 12 months jail to serve if she violates any probation things in the next 5 years.

FORGERY, felony, two years
UTTERING, felony, two years
OBTAINING MONEY THROUGH FALSE PRETENSE, felony, two years
IDENTITY THEFT, felony, one year
CREDIT CARD FRAUD, felony, two years
CREDIT CARD FRAUD, misdemeanor, 12 months

The commonwealth attorney said they were recommending such harsh punishment for a first time offender because she had done so much damage, even if much of it could not be proved, to Rikki’s Refuge, who was good people doing good things!! Yeahhhh!!!!! Her office and the judge too, did an outstanding job on this case!!! Thank you!!!!

Hey - check out the voting - what’s happening??? We had 0.85% of the planet and now only have 0.79%?? And in Virginia??? HELP them cockers are hot on our tail ..... they’ve got 24.85% of the vote and we’ve got 24.96 ...

Don’t let the doggies eat me up --- get out there and VOTE VOTE VOTE.

Sorry I’ve been so busy lately and not able to write to you every day. Please help me vote.

Can’t hang around for long, gotta get Mountain and Gideon to the doc!

Oh but Hee hee hee wanna hear something real funny. Mum’s going crazy. But this is good. She’s been having to do a lot of hospital duty at night and now even with every body ok and not needing to be checked every ½ hour all night, she can’t sleep. She keeps waking up. Now she must be sleep walking. Lena asked mum this morning why she served breakfast before Lena got in. Mum said HUH??? Lena says somebody came in the kitchen, opened up cases and cases of food and fed everybody in the 9^th Life Center and the hospital an whole extra serving of canned food. Mum had no memory of this. She does remember waking up and finding herself in the hospital before she’d realize all was ok and she could go back to bed. Then once she saw lights on and knew Lena was in she was able to zonk out for a couple hours!!! If your mom has to go crazy or starts sleepwalking - I guess it’s good she’s feeding you!!!

Oh and SUNDAY, March 6^th, David needs 4 or 5 people to help at Rabbit Rotunda II. Tember, he said you and your husband were WONDERFUL last week, please come back!!!! Please come help raise the roof!!!!

VOTE TODAY

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YOU voted Rikki’s Refuge #1 in Virginia in 2010

Let’s do it again for 2011

quick, simple, free

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TERRIBLE NEWS !!!

The COCKERS WILL CHEW OFF THE REST OF VINCENT’S TAIL

BY TOMORROW -

IF YOU DON’T VOTE NOW!!!

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Hi Bela, welcome to Good Morning Good News, tell me about yourself.

Hi Vincent! Well, I was a feral kitty living in the woods behind Gilbert's house. Something happened to my mommy. Gilbert's mommy fed me and said nice things to me (I could tell by the tone of her voice). It got to be winter time and it was cold. Then I hurt my leg and Gilbert's mommy was worried about me. She trapped me (that was scary!!) and brought me to the vet. When the vet opened the trap, I found that I could fly!! Fly up the walls and around the room! Well, I was checked out and Gilbert's mommy learned I was a boy (she called me a girl). The vet said I was too feral to be a domestic cat. Gilbert's mommy's friends had agreed to adopt me. They took me to their vet, who said, no, this cat is very feral. Probably the best you can hope for is a TNR----and I'd go back to Gilbert's woods. I was neutered and went to live with Phil and Debby in a huge house. I discovered that it was really nice to be indoors and have regular meals. After a couple of months I met my 2 brothers and sister. I have a great life and love my mommy, daddy, and siblings.

Sorry----I've never been interviewed before and I probably talked way too much!

Love, Bela

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