20 Jul 2024

April – June Check In

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The next three months of the year have officially come and gone and summer is here! We wanted to share a few highlights from the second quarter of 2024.

Adoptions: 17 cats and kittens have found their forever homes so far this year, bringing our overall total since opening in June 2021 to 160 adoptions as of June 30th.

Current Residents: We have 12 cats living in the lounge right now: Cici, Dotty, Finn, Jake, Noah, Pepper, Princess, Raven, Sizzle, Sophie, Spencer, and Spice. Princess has been with us the longest (17 months) and is also our oldest kitty (around 14 years old). We have 2 kittens in foster who we brought in from friends of a rescue in Bakersfield: Chandler and Monica. They are roughly 12 weeks old and will be spayed/neutered on July 31st at HSVC in Ojai. They are not yet available for adoption.

Lounge Improvements: We purchased a new catio to give our shyest cats a safe space to call home. The catio’s footprint is roughly 56 square feet and is currently home to Pepper and Sizzle. Already we are seeing a huge improvement in their levels of calm and security. We hope this will help them finally get adopted since they are very nice cats who need a much quieter and more predictable home.

Medical Expenses: We had five kittens spayed/neutered, microchipped, and tested for FIV and FeLV. The humane society in Ojai is so helpful to us with these procedures.

Volunteers: We have roughly 18 dedicated volunteers, including many who volunteer multiple times each week! Thanks to Jackie, Al, Robin, Brian, Shannon, Donna, Kay, Dani, Barbara, Laura, Jennifer R., Jen F., Karla, Veaya, Marnae, Maddy, Beverly, and Claire.

Food and Litter Donations: We have had roughly $3994 worth of food and litter donated so far this year! These donations help immensely and allow us to use the money the lounge brings in to cover rent, utilities, Internet, insurance, security, and vet bills.

TNR Support: Through front desk jar donations we have raised $280 so far this year to help local volunteer trappers with the crucial work they are doing to help curb the overpopulation of cats and reduce suffering. We have also donated dry and wet food for them to use when trapping and share with the kind-hearted people who will continue to feed the feral cats on their property.

20 Jul 2024

August Hours and Closures

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We have a few dates to keep in mind if you’re planning a visit to the lounge in August:

Saturday, August 3rd – the lounge will be closed all day to allow volunteers a chance to go to CatCon in Pasadena! If you’ve never attended this event and love cats, we encourage you to check it out. If you see us in our Cassie’s Cats shirts, say hello!

Saturday, August 17th – the lounge will be closed for some volunteer vacation time.

We will have modified hours, open 12-2pm, on the following dates:
Wednesday, August 14th
Friday, August 16th
Sunday, August 18th

3 Jun 2024

Average Monthly Food and Litter

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Ever wonder how much food and litter we use at the lounge?

With 10 adult cats in the lounge we will go through roughly 7 cases of 5.5-ounce cans of food or 13 cases of 3-ounce cans of food in one month. We feed them twice a day and do our best to ensure that each cat is getting nutritious food. We put out 2.5-3 cups of dry food daily as well.

Each kitten at the lounge will go through roughly 1.25 cases of 5.5-ounce cans of kitten food in a month and around 1/4 cup of dry food daily.

We use at least 200 pounds of litter monthly, especially when we have kittens in our care.

Visits to the lounge as well as purchases and financial donations help us keep up with the costs of running the lounge and medical expenses. Donations of food, litter, and other supplies mean we can direct the money we raise to hard costs such as rent, utilities, insurance, and so on.

We keep our Amazon and Chewy wishlists up to date with current needs. Thank you for choosing to support us in whatever way you can!

9 Apr 2024

January – March Check-In

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The first three months of the year have officially come and gone and spring is here! We wanted to share a few highlights from the first quarter of 2024.

Adoptions: 10 cats and kittens have found their forever homes so far this year, bringing our overall total since opening in June 2021 to 153 adoptions as of March 31st.

Current Residents: We have 12 cats living in the lounge right now: Charlotte, Dotty, Hanna, Noah, Pepper, Princess, Sassy (being adopted 4/11/24), Sizzle, Sophie, Spencer, Spice, and Star (being adopted 4/9/24). Princess has been with us the longest (14 months) and is also our oldest kitty (around 13+ years old). We have 5 kittens in foster who we pulled from the Apple Valley shelter: Catrina, Greycie, Harry Pawter, Ravenpaw, and Ron Whiskerley. They are roughly 9-10 weeks old and will be spayed/neutered once they hit 3 pounds. They are not yet available for adoption.

Lounge Improvements: We had safety film applied to the inside of all the front windows to increase their strength in the event of an earthquake or malicious intent on the part of a human. We also bought new cushions that were custom fit to the benches in the lounge. We replaced the original gray rugs with new blue rugs.

Medical Expenses: We helped Freya with two teeth extractions. During a vet exam for another reason it was found that she had two old fractures and we learned that those teeth needed to be removed. Freya healed well and is now living with her forever family! We also purchased more flea treatments, dewormers, and vaccines.

Volunteers: We have roughly 20 dedicated volunteers, including many who volunteer multiple times each week! Thanks to Jackie, Al, Robin, Brian, Shannon, Donna, Kay, Dani, Michele, Michael, Barbara, Bryant, Laura, Jennifer R., Jen F., Karla, Veaya, Marnae, Maddy, Beverly, and Melanie.

Food and Litter Donations: We have had roughly $2246 worth of food and litter donated so far this year! These donations help immensely and allow us to use the money the lounge brings in to cover rent, utilities, Internet, insurance, security, and vet bills.

TNR Support: Through front desk jar donations we have raised $164 so far this year to help local volunteer trappers with the crucial work they are doing to help curb the overpopulation of cats and reduce suffering. We have also donated dry and wet food for them to use when trapping and share with the kind-hearted people who will continue to feed the feral cats on their property.