In June of 2016 Billy Bones was born to a neighborhood stray who showed up near the Commune heavily pregnant. When the kittens were old enough they were trapped and fixed. Mama eventually returned to the neighbors but her kittens stayed at the Commune in search of indoor forever homes. This laid back boy was sweet and mellow with the tiniest little meow despite his lanky frame.
Read MoreSherlock and his littermate, Watson, came in as bottle babies - pulled off a porch in a bad apartment complex situation. They were only a few days old. We bottle fed them along with 5 more babies that came in a few days later. Sherlock developed some severe gastric issues including an abdominal wall hernia and early mega colon, so we made the call that he would stay.
Read MoreBack in 2017 Keen was living in a unique situation. His person had an apartment attached to a warehouse; Keen and four other cats lived in the warehouse. It was unconventional, sure, but it was home. And their person saw to their needs and loved his cats immensely. He loved his cats so much that when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer he made sure his end of life plans included his cats.
Read MoreTennessee came into my house as a Forever Foster for the Commune, the flagship of our Forever Foster program. His first day in his new home, my husband and I promised him, “this will be your home for the rest of your days, no matter the number.” He was at the time one of the more pathetic creatures we had seen: severely underweight, his fur was dull and greasy, one eye swollen with infection, the other a clouded moon, his chin was covered in drool from his poor dental health, and frankly he smelled bad. He smelled really bad.
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