Hey everyone
I am happy to say that I have raised almost $100 for Matty’s Place Cat Sanctuary!!! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!! I will be presenting this to them soon and I will try to get a photo:)
I am continuing my fundraising efforts in order to help out my November Rescue of the Month ‘ Last Chance Cat Ranch’.
I still have many more pendants and bags($3 each) for sale so please help me get the word out and let’s raise some money for them!
As we slowly move into the holiday season, I wanted to take a minute to brainstorm ideas on some great ways to include some of my local rescues into the festivities.
I would love to have another fundraiser however I thought that it would only be fair that I do something on a smaller scale so I can reach out and help more rescues.
So I came up with this idea!
I am thinking about putting together a small gift pack for each rescue.
This may include some cat toys, treats, food certificates etc
I will be reaching out to some local pet stores to see if they might be interested in providing a gift certificate.
I think this would be a wonderful idea! It is time to let all those hard working rescues know that we haven’t forgotten them and their fur babies during this busy holiday season…
What do you think? Is there anything specific you would like to see added to these gift packs?
Leave a comment and let me know!
Once again THANK YOU so much to everyone who has purchased pendants to help me raise funds for Matty’s.
We are slowly moving forward!!
I also wanted to take this time to fill you in on my efforts to help our November Rescue of the Month!
I will be announcing the name soon and I am hoping to continue the fundraising efforts and raise some money for them as well.
All your support means the world to these rescues. Most of them do not receive any funding and are operated by volunteers, solely relying on donations!
Every dollar I can raise for them will be well worth the effort!!!!
Hello lovely readers!
I wanted to give you an update about my fundraiser towards Matty’s Place Cat Sanctuary.
Thank you to everyone who have made a purchase so far. I have raised almost $50! Yay!
Please share this on your social media feeds and spread the word to everyone you know! It would be really helpful.
I can also mail these out if needed. So send me an email or leave me a comment and I get get one out to you as soon as possible!!!
We can do this!!
Hey Everyone !
As promised in my earlier post, I have now put together a small fundraiser to help out my first rescue of the month “Matty’s Place Cat Sanctuary”
I have some cool items that I will be selling in order to raise funds and 100% of the profits will be donated to the rescue.
Here is a look !
The first ones are these really cute bronze pendants. A great gift idea for a cat lover! Just add it on to a necklace or bracelet!
They will be selling for $4 each! Limited quantities available!
The next ones are these really adorable shopping bags. They scrunch up into the pouches which are attached to the bag. How cute! They will be sold for $3 each
If you would like to buy one and support me in helping out this well deserved rescue, please email me at crazycatladycorner@yahoo.com with your information or leave me a comment with your email address and I will get in touch with you. I can mail out to where ever you are!:)
Thanks for all your support! Happy Shopping!
Some people say that it is next to impossible to get a cat on a leash.
However I have come across many stories and seen many pictures of leashed cats going for walks. So I decided to put this theory to the test with Kitty. I must start by saying that it probably helps if you do this when your cat is fairly young so that they get used to it.
I bought a harness for Kitty as soon as we adopted her(She was just over a year old). I chose a harness as opposed to a collar and leash because it is safer and more secure. The likelihood of her accidentally strangling herself was much less with a harness. And I must say, never have I been more grateful for this choice as when she decided to walk through the balcony railings.
This happened when we moved to our new home and Kitty was exploring her surroundings. She is always supervised when she is out on the balcony however this one time she decided to zip past my husband and off the balcony rails. Luckily my husband was holding on to the leash but for a minute my little baby was hanging off the balcony just terrified. And because she had a harness, not a collar, her weight was equally spread out so she was not being choked!!
We got her back up within seconds and she was clearly shaken but since then she has never tried that again! Lesson learnt I guess….
A few tips for anyone thinking of introducing a collar or harness to a cat.
There you go! If you have any other tips you would like to share, please leave a comment 🙂
Enjoy these photos of Kitty on her leash 🙂
I wanted to share some artwork I did which will be donated towards the Berkeley’s Place Online Auction.
Proceeds raised from this auction will be used for the Earth Angel Helpersack Initiative which is a community outreach project to help homeless people living on the streets with companion animals.
I am hoping to do a few more similar ones on a smaller scale towards my own fundraiser in the next few months.
Let me know what you think of these 🙂
So I was thinking of ways to use this blog to help out cat rescues out there and I came up with a great idea!
As you may have already seen, I have a page dedicated to featuring a different rescue every month. This page will contain information about all the wonderful rescues out there including how you can help.
To take this one step further, I am considering having a monthly fundraiser to raise some funds for the “Rescue of the Month’. I am hoping to find some really cool cat related items and have them up for sale.
All money raised from it (after the cost of said items) will go to that month’s feature rescue.
Watch this space for more information as I get this going 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving my beloved readers!
I hope everyone had a wonderful time with loved ones!
Mine was pretty great! And as promised, I wanted to share some of the highlights of my day with you.
Now I didn’t get an opportunity to take a lot of pictures however I did manage to snap a few shots of the food in between all the crazy cooking.
Here is Kitty warming up the turkey platter
Appetizers were Spinach Dip served with crusty bread and Chicken Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce
A slow cooked Pot Roast with mini potatoes
As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t get to snap a photo when the table was set so here are some photos taken halfway through the meal 🙂
The rest of the meal included a Buttery Root Vege Mash, Spanako Pizza, Apple Cucumber Salad and of course Turkey with Stuffing and Gravy.
For dessert, we had a choice of Raspberry Cake, Pear Galette and Pecan Pie.
Here is my drink station. I dressed up the glasses with twine and a little leaf 🙂
The day was filled with great food and wonderful company!!
Kitty is a little obsessed with eating plants……
Last year, my mother in law bought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and the minute I set it down on the table, Kitty pounced on it… Even thought I tried to keep her away from it, she managed to chow down some flowers. Needless to say, all this happy eating ended up in a pile of puke on the carpet a few hours later.
Since then, I have never brought fresh flowers indoors.
When we go out for a walk, she happily grabs mouthfuls of whatever it is that is growing out there. So no surprise,we don’t go on walks out to the garden too often now.
So I had to figure out a safe way to give her an opportunity to dig around in the dirt and eat some grass…
Voila!
Cat Grass!
According to the many articles online, Cat Grass is a name used to describe different types of grass which are popular with cats. The most popular type of cat grass is Avena sativa, or the Common Oat.
Unlike catnip, cat grass doesn’t induce a high in cats. There is no definitive answer as to why cats eat grass but some theories out there suggest that they act as a laxative and helps with the passage of hairballs through the system. The research also suggests that it might provide certain vitamins and nutrients your cat is lacking and sometimes eating grass can induce vomiting, which helps the cat bring up hairballs(source: www.cat-world.com.au)
After having done some reading on this, I purchased a grow-it-yourself kit from the store. Unfortunately this didn’t work out so well. The plant wouldn’t grow even though I followed the instructions and eventually Kitty ended up pulling out all the roots and playing with the dirt.
My next option was to try to grow this from scratch. So I purchased some good quality soil, a bag of seeds and a large container in order to get this done. A week or so later, I could see the bright green grass beginning to sprout and soon, they were long enough for Kitty to enjoy them.
Every morning she goes out on to the balcony to enjoy her yummy treat. She slowly learnt not to pull them out by the root and now she just takes a bite off the top.
Look at her enjoying this bountiful harvest !:)
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