Bean, Our Special Needs Kitty (Diabetes I)

Bean needs to find a permanent home by February! Please try to find a way to open your heart and your home to this miracle kitty!

Bean was abandoned at one of the local apartment complexes and a Good Samaritan reported seeing a small kitten, very emaciated but very friendly wandering around her apartment. When I came to see Bean, I found an extremely thin adult cat, not a kitten, although she was so skinny she looked like a kitten! Bean didn't even put up a struggle; I scooped her up in my arms and took her away to be fattened up and given adequate vet care. From the start, she was extremely affectionate and showed no signs of being in pain, although she absolutely had to be suffering. Now, Bean is double the size she was when I found her and her attitude is still as personable! Bean loves to sit and look out the windows. She gets along with calm, mellow dogs. She gets along fine with other cats but she usually hangs out a lot by herself. Bean is a very independent cat but quite loving. She would be happy to be an only pet but would be fine in a house with other pets as long as they don't insist on constantly playing with her.

Bean has been spayed, rabies vaccinated, FIV/FLV test negative, first distemper vaccinated, deflead, dewormed. Her special need is that Bean has Diabetes I. This means she has to have insulin shots every day and a high protein diet. Her stress should be kept to a minimum as to not irritate her diabetes.

Please e-mail kittycrusadersofathens@gmail if you are interested in adopting Chelsea!

Farmer's Market Booth

Our monthly booth at the Athens Farmer's Market in Bishop Park is from 8:00 a.m. to noon the last Saturday of every month except November, when it will be Saturday the 14th instead.

We'll have our homemade cat toys, dog biscuits, and our very own natural cotton shopping bags with the Cat Zip Alliance/Campus Cats logo in purple! We also have just three limited edition cat face hand-painted wine glasses left at $15 each.

We could use some folks to bake dog biscuits for us - recipe is attached. You can bring them to the market on Saturday and we'll have baggies with labels, or I can possibly meet you sometime the Friday before market Saturday.

Also, anyone working on knitting or sewing cat toys can bring them by the booth that day, and thanks!

Farmer's Market web site for more info and directions is: http://www.athensfarmersmarket.net