Thomas's day of sleep

Thomas is lethargic today so he has had a day of  laying about and sleeping.  I snuggled him and let him be.  I did take photos of the others...

Thomas expands his horizon. 10/10

Yeah for the weekend and lots of time to play with the kitties.  He was so curious about stuff, which I think means he is feeling better.  He took 2 different naps on my chest and discovered the kitty tree.

Thomas - dirty cat

Thomas Cat continues to improve and eat.  He is staying hydrated without as much intervention from me (aka the bag of hung fluids in my kitchen).  He is getting rather comfortable in his surroundings and today decided to sharped his claws on the cat toy (gooood boy).

He also got a bath.  He has probably had two or three baths in the last week, but he is just dirty and smelly and needed another.  I really had been concerned about letting him get chilly so he got wrapped up in warm towels from the dryer after the traumatic bath experience.  Actually, he was very good.

My other fur kids are very interested in him, but they will just need to wait before they meet him.

Fostering Thomas

Being a teacher is a wonderful thing.  I still love it after all these years.  One of the not so wonderful things is naming children or animals.  It seems that no matter how perfect a name seems, a teacher always knows a naughty child that has ruined the name for them. This was the case with the name he came with - Alex.  The wonderful person that found him stumbling down the street named him along with her kids.  My understanding is that thesed empathetic and wonderful children decided that Alex could be a boy's name or a girl's name and they were not sure if which sex he was.  I have had several male and female students named Alex who's nicknames should have been trouble.  So I set off to rename this cat something fitting and decided on Thomas.  He is a rather regal cat, even behind the shabby coat, broken ear and 10 lbs underweight.  Thomas just seemed to fit him so well.  Not Tommy or Tom, but the formal Thomas. 

He is such a sweet darling cat.  See the video below.
Thomas Cat

Foster Kitty enters the picture.

I am mad. I can not believe the state of the kitty being posted by my friend on facebook. Nothing should look like this.  I feel torn about not wanting to get involved and not being able to stand by and let him go.  Shelters are so full of kittens right now, that I would imagine he would not be accepted or they would take him and put him down.  I offer to take him...I am one mad momma bear about this.
The main concern is he must test negative for all the fatal kitty diseases, which he does and so I picked him up Wednesday night and begin his long road back.  He is such a sweetheart and just purrs even when I am putting a needle in his neck to give him fluids.  That is, in my mind, the one possibily critical thing that could go wrong - he could get dehydrated very easily.  So far he is eating, and drinking (some) and pooping and peeing.   He also has a strong will to live.  Thank you to all the people that played a role in this...You are angels.

If you ever want to donate money toward his care, or any of the others, please contact the organization that is making this possible for him. http://allaboutanimalsaz.com/default.aspx  More tomorrow.