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Puffy Paws Kitty Haven rescues special needs cats

Puffy Paws serves a unique need as a hospice for special needs kitties

Englewood, Florida's "World's Greatest Cathouse", Puffy Paws Kitty Haven, embraces a new mission this month. Puffy Paws Kitty Haven is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, no-kill cat hospice specializing in providing quality and loving care to special needs cats. Co-founder of Puffy Paws Kitty Haven, Rick Kingston, explains, "We care for kitties with feline leukemia & FIV, blind kitties, feral cats, epileptic kitties, kitties with only one eye, 20 year old kitties, kitties that do not use their litter box, kitties with thyroid conditions - basically unwanted and unadoptable kitties that would be euthanized elsewhere."

Puffy Paws Kitty Haven's mission is to provide hospice care for special needs cats. Puffy Paws Kitty Haven will provide quality healthcare, food, water, shelter and most of all, love to all the cats in its care until their lives naturally end.

Since 2006 Puffy Paws has embraced both adoptable and special needs kitties, but due to the large number of unclaimed adoptable cats ( 268 total now) and mounting costs for caring for the animals, the struggling cat haven has chosen to retire its kitty adoption program and focus on only special needs cats that are not served by other animal rescue organizations in Southwest Florida.

As a no kill cat haven, Puffy Paws serves a unique need as a hospice for special needs kitties who will never be able to be adopted. At Puffy Paws, these special kitties can live out their days cared for and loved by Rick and his wife Chrissy Kingston in their residential home..

Puffy Paws is currently retiring their adoptable cat program, however, there are still over 125 adoptable cats ready to find their "fur-ever" home that need to be placed with families in the next 6 months. For more information on adopting or sponsoring one of these kitties, please visit their website.

Puffy Paws is always in need of donations to help care for the kitties. Kitty supplies, especially medicines such as cat dewormer and 4-in-1 vaccines are especially needed. Puffy Paws is also currently looking for volunteer vet techs to come in a couple hours a week to keep the kitties in optimal heath.

Crucial Petting Strategies For Cats

All cats are obviously not the same similar to every other animal or human. Regardless, I can tell you that most cats will enjoy my petting method and petting strategies to the fullest. The most important thing to know before anything is your one on one bond with your cat or in a simpler form trust. If your cat doesn't trust you or feels comfortable around you that would be your biggest problem. For the trustworthy relationships I have some crucial tips and tricks for you to follow the next time your cat needs attention.

Ironic as this sounds I grew up having no interest in cats let alone didn't really even like them. As a child my personal experiences with cats were never good for me because I never could understand them and having such a passion for dogs at the time I didn't realize how extravagant these creatures really were. As I started growing up around the age of 18 at Christmas time I had an unknown kitten living in my garage and my dad that didn't accept this continually tried to drive it away but it didn't ever seem to leave. Well after a week of trying to flee the kitten away it would just start hanging out by our backdoor of our house. As this became a daily thing for us my dad finally found it in his heart to let this poor little creature live at our place until we could find it a new home. Unfortunately, we kind of put it off because of our busy lives and we decided that this kitten is now our new pet. Long story short I feel like our new pet was blessed because of the pride this cat had and never gave up. He now is spoiled completely and is one of the most important things in my dad's life.

With all this being said I started learning a lot about cats and their behavior. Which led me to creating my petting strategies. The two favorite spots a cat likes to be scratched is on their forehead and between the ears for instance my cat will approach me using his head to throw up my hand telling me what he wants. Also scratching under the chin and along the throat can be just as effective especially when you do it right after the forehead and ears. Keep in mind always pet a cat in the direction of its fur and be careful of the sensitive spot above the tail. Depending on the cat they may like to be petted there but some do not so find out if your does. Also, be aware of too much petting, your cat could nip at you letting you know it's too much or too hard. If you happen to walk by your cat in the house I recommend to bend down and pet him or her, they seem to enjoy the acknowledgment and care you show. Never force your cat to do anything that the number one wrong thing to do, cats extremely dislike being pushed or forced. You have let your cat want to cuddle with you or any other task you are trying to achieve. The calmer you are the better off you are cats get spooked very easily and have keen senses so never be too aggressive. If you pick up your cat make sure to always use two hands and place your hands one under the chest and the other under his or her back legs. You will know when you have created this special bond with your cat by the end trust me. Once you have acquired this relationship put the icing on the cake with cat products for your cat. Owning cat beds and cat toys can really influence your cat's sense of importance to you.

These petting strategies may seem basic to some but you try these methods and your bond will literally change before your eyes. You may even get a little irritated at your cat for demanding too much attention, it's a good thing.
My name is Quinn Devlin owner of Silex Web Enterprises Inc. and I currently sell cat products and am looking forward to start selling all types of pet products. I thank you all for reviewing my article and hope you took it into consideration. Take a look at our online cat store at http://www.freehomecattraining.blogspot.in/ for quality products to help boost your relationship with your cat.

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Quinn Devlin