Frida

Frida is a complete sweetheart. She has the cutest little cry that she uses to beg for pets. She is young, under a year, and quite small. She is a champion purr machine and loves human company. Temporary fostermom says "When I approach her, she arches and rubs and rolls on her back to express her joy in seeing me." Frida is just inside for post-op recovery following her spay surgery (she was pregnant!) even though she is very friendly and dear. All our foster homes are full. If you would like to foster Frida so that this beautiful girl can find a home, please email us at hydeparkcatsadoptions@gmail.com. Frida is from the Liliana Colony. In the second photo she's resting between the traps holding two of her feral companions, who were released.

Frida update

Frida, now Lily, has been adopted. We found Frida living in an alley around 62nd and Cottage Grove.

Forevermom Norah writes that "After spending her first night behind the bathtub, and her second, third, and fourth nights under the bed, Lily has now acclimated herself and fully joined the family. I let the first relationship to develop be the one between Lily and Mallow, my elderly and very sweet dog. Mallow is a cat groupie. She loves cats, cat toys, cat treats, and sometimes sits in the windowsill like a big cat. Mallow was thrilled from the very first moment, but she needed to patiently wait until Lily allowed herself to be sniffed all over. Now, every night, the three of us sit down and have a little festival of cat treats. One for Lily, one for Mallow, one for Lily, one for Mallow, etc.

Frida-Lily only found her wonderful forever home because somebody (thanks Cheneys!) stepped up and became a first-time foster home. If you can find room in your home and your heart to foster, you are making it possible for a cat like Frida to become a real housecat.

Frida and Sahara updates

Update on Frida from her foster family: "Frida's recovery is progressing well at the Cheney household. Frida greets people as they come into her room with a welcoming little meow, hoping to be petted; she is very affectionate, and sits for as long as you want to pet her soft brown tabby coat, purring so loudly you can easily hear her across the room. She is a pretty shy little girl but will sit for our boys (4 & 8) so long as they are gentle. Impeccable litter box habits despite the street pedigree." Thank you, Cheneys, for doing this mitzvah.

And thank you to Claire and her roommates for stepping up to the plate and offering Sahara a foster home! He is available for immediate adoption (neutered, neg/neg, vaxed, etc.). He would be fine with other cats or as a singleton.

Curious about fostering but not sure it's for you? Talk to us and find out more! Any of our current fosterers would be happy to email or chat with you over coffee. Every fosterhome we have means more kitties we don't have to put back out on the street, or more kitties we can rescue from euthanasia in the pound.

Susanna and Ophelia

Susanna (right, more orangey)and Ophelia (left, more browny) are sweet and adorable stripey kittens! They can be adopted separately or together. Both are originally "alley cats" -- we caught Susanna outside in the Liliana colony (where we also found Evan, Frida, Shayna and Roger). She was her mom's only kitten, and then one day her mom disappeared. Susanna and Ophelia are being fostered in Kyle's loving fosterhome with other cats and dogs.

Please write in if you live around 53rd and Michigan and would be able to help us with a TNR project: hydeparkcats@gmail.com. Specifically we need people who could talk to residents and landlords of the area; we need to trap (we can train you); we seek overnight space in garages, bathrooms, mudrooms, etc.: hydeparkcats@gmail.com.

Roger

Continuing with this week's Liliana Colony theme, Roger is a young (one year?) and very friendly guy. Temporary fostermom says "he is a lovely cat, well behaved, a real purr machine." Roger tested positive for FIV but seems healthy. Because all our fosterhomes are full, we released Roger back into his colony.

In good news, Paul, Jessie, Nick, and Louis opened up their home so that Frida would not have to be put back outside. Thank you for giving this beautiful girl a chance!