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  1. Bobbles
    August 17, 2016 @ 1:33 pm

    I love the new kittens and especially Bigfoot! Thank you for helping her!

    May I suggest a guy who builds cat condos? http://www.arubacat.com is wonderful, much better quality than others out there and super nice!

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  2. judy
    August 17, 2016 @ 1:53 pm

    Ahhhh…so darling. I can’t believe you found a box of little elvis like baby cats. I’m 76 and have had a lot of pets and I had never seen a cat with the tuxedo coloring. I feed the feral cats in our little neighborhood and the only one that still comes wants very much to come in the house. Problem is my sons Rottweiler-135 lbs and our lab pit mix 98 lbs.

    Our dog Grover lived his whole 10 years with our cat that just passed at 18 years of age so how come he has decided he HATES cats? I saw the two dogs with a young Raccoon in their mouths, much larger than an adult Cat-and just dread this cat thinking it can make our house it’s home. Thank goodness I spotted the racoon at the cat food again so how he survived is a miracle but I think my screaming loud enough to wake the dead and their dropping it might have something to do with it.

    I am going to call the pound and ask if they take volunteers. My husband is 80 and has Alzheimer’s so Have to see if we can manage anything helpful. You Veb are the most darling charming soul I have ever encountered in this life,I hope you know that just by writing you have been a wonderful presence in the lives of your many “friends” Oh and we have changed out all of cleaning products to cruelty free we were already recycling and using non polluting so you are having a huge positive impact in so many areas. xoxo from the seniors.

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  3. Kate
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:03 pm

    Yep, sure, I believe you, understand perfectly your cold heart will be able to give those 3 absolutely darling kittens back… right, got you, good luck with that!!!!

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  4. Saly
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:04 pm

    Well now I think you are even more fabulous!!

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  5. Laura
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:23 pm

    I was so glad to see the title of this post.
    I was a vet tech for thirty years, most of that spent in emergency and specialty medicine, including a stint in oncology. When our clients lost a pet to illness or accident, we would never ever pressure anyone to immediately get another. We would never ever suggest that another pet could take the place of the one that was lost. There is no such thing as a “replacement” in these situations. Everyone grieves differently.
    But every time a client wrote us a letter to tell us that they had a new furry family member, or brought their newest edition by the clinic to meet us, we KNEW that they would be okay, and I’m so glad that you’re going to be okay.
    It’s true that cats (usually) don’t like other cats, but if there is an exception to this rule, it is littermates. And I’m pretty sure that regardless of how Elvis might have felt about other felines, she would approve of this turn of events.

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  6. Suzanne D Dickey
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:35 pm

    Love this. I had two cats that died within 4 months of each other about 5 years ago. I had Fluffy and Katie for 18 years. Gut wrenching when I lost them. Got a rescue 2 weeks later. I have 2 rescues now. They ARE not Katie and Fluffy but I adore them for who they are.

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  7. jae
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:44 pm

    Thank you, and Paul. Too many needy animals grateful for a home. I lost my dearest cat friend ever, and said never again. Several weeks later we were blessed with a “foreclosure cat” living on the streets. She had just had a litter, in a coyote populated area. The first night in our snug warm home she purred all night! We intended just to foster and adopt them out…….7 years later they are all dear family, and we are, I guess, ‘crazy cat people’! They didnt replace my boy, but they are loved just as much.

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  8. jae
    August 17, 2016 @ 2:58 pm

    There is a great, and for all I can discover, legitimate website, http://www.freekibble.com, which will send you daily trivia questions. Each answer, correct or not, donates food and litter to shelters. Takes just a minute, and is a great, non committal way to help needy animals. Their motto is ‘because every dog and cat deserves a decent dinner.’ For sure!

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  9. Yvonne Angus
    August 17, 2016 @ 3:12 pm

    Let the healing beginbegin. For you AND the felines. <3

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  10. Kay
    August 17, 2016 @ 3:32 pm

    You are wonderful. I too wouldn’t be surprised if you become too attached to give these cats up. I can’t foster because of the attachment issue, and I currently have a cat that hates other cats as much as Elvis did, but I have never in my life bought a cat–every one has been a rescue. It has never made sense to me to buy a cat when there are so many wonderful cats needing homes. I remember a stray in our neighborhood that I started feeding–sweet cat, very affectionate, who snuck into our garage a couple of times to spend the night (it was October and getting quite cold). Then she disappeared for a week, and I was very worried. I pray for cats–seems to me there is nothing that does not benefit from prayer–and prayed about this cat. I got up Saturday morning and looked out the kitchen window, and there she was, sitting on top of a large stiff bush, just as though she had been placed there. She had gotten much fatter and wasn’t hungry at all, so I knew she had found a home. She was put on that bush so I would know she was safe and happy. I never saw her again.

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  11. Kim
    August 17, 2016 @ 4:13 pm

    Fostering is a double gift, because when you foster you open up shelter spots for other animals.
    Good on you. Elvis would be proud. I think that grey kitty will grow on you. I love the extra toes.

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  12. Mary
    August 17, 2016 @ 4:20 pm

    Bravo! Victoria. Well done. What motor boat purrrrssss.

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  13. Katherine
    August 17, 2016 @ 4:27 pm

    Awesome advice! You’re doing great work for the animal world! (You gotta get in on ethical eggs, though. It’s amazing how delicious eggs are when the hens are treated right.)

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  14. Sunnie Mitchell
    August 17, 2016 @ 4:51 pm

    Well done, VEB, very well done:) Berla and The Three Little Kittens have fallen into tall clover with you and Paul giving them a ‘temporary’ home. Well done you!

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  15. Madeline
    August 17, 2016 @ 5:10 pm

    I have 5 cats–don’t judge. I didn’t mean for it to happen, I am not a cat person. Each one was a rescue that would not have lasted another day. They are sweet, wonderful creatures who did not deserve to die or to be born unwanted. Please, please don’t let your cats breed.

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  16. Francie T
    August 17, 2016 @ 5:13 pm

    yeah, you gonna fall in love with every one of them. We have 4 inside, all throw aways and feed 4 to 5 outside. We just lost one of our outsides, he was such a sweetie but was sick when he showed up. He lasted two years and I miss him more than I can say. But we will let another take his place. It’s only right. (())

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  17. gretchen
    August 17, 2016 @ 5:32 pm

    I love her feetsies! You will be blessed for changing the lives of these kitties.

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  18. Michele
    August 17, 2016 @ 5:43 pm

    Oh my gosh – this makes me so happy. I don’t know how you are not going to end up keeping all three kittens (maybe 3 mini-Elvis = 25% of the original Elvis – just maybe). Good luck! Hope your curtains survive the foster! xo

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  19. Debra
    August 17, 2016 @ 5:48 pm

    A houseful of cats is a great way to help out. There is so much need. Some people are so cruel and the rest of us have to take care of the homeless kitties. Berla looks so sweet. And kittens, who doesn’t love a kitten.

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  20. teri
    August 17, 2016 @ 6:12 pm

    I wish we were neighbours, ♥

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