You know that “Life Comes At You Fast” commercial? Well, that’s how I feel every time I walk into our kitten room.  The nursing mama cats with close to 40 infant kittens who initially all fit in one room have now grown to kittens who take up a lot more space.  Not to mention the fact that we have continued to take in kittens in all age ranges as these little ones have gotten bigger by the minute.  Even though the Richmond SPCA has fixed nearly 15,000 cats since October of 2004, there are still homeless kittens being born in our community.  I shudder to think of how many more orphaned cats would be out there without everyone’s efforts to control the population through spaying and neutering. 

With our pediatric sterilization techniques, we can fix these little guys as young as eight weeks of age and as small as two pounds.  That makes them available for adoption at a very early age, and we so want to get them into good homes.  As they are adopted, we have the space to bring in others. Once they are into homes, they are no longer exposed to the germs that we try so hard to isolate them from. And they are into a home environment at that ever-so-important age of socialization that makes them great pets.
So if you have been thinking about adopting a kitten, the time is drawing near when we will have them coming up in every color and variety available.  Just remember, they will grow into adolescent and adult cats rather than stay those little fuzz balls.  Remember too that we still have those adolescents, adults and seniors to find homes for also. 

Today’s blog was written by Dr. Angela Ivey, director of veterinary medicine at the Richmond SPCA. Dr. Ivey spent many years in private veterinary practice before joining the medical staff at the Richmond SPCA in 2004. 

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