The Cat's Playing at the Shelter

If there is one thing for sure, a visit to the Anderson Animal shelter in South Elgin, IL is never dull! 

My cats were a real side show today. Maybe, its the unseasonably warm weather we are enjoying in Chicago.


It started with Loverboy bolting straight out of his cage, slipping right through my hands, around the perimeter of cat country(a cat gym), into the next room, up onto the top of the cages, where I finally cornered him!

I fetched a ladder and grabbed him and carried him to the maternity room(a small secluded room). He really didn't want that, a slight whimper, but he doesn't have a lot of say in the matter.

Then, I brought the other willing cats out: Thomas(blue collar), Ginger, and Alvin(tabby). Thomas had poop on the edge of his collar! However,  I was able to wash it off being in the maternity room, which has a sink! Alvin and Loverboy played catch with a couple of balls, until Loverboy went after Alvin, and being too active,  I had to throw him back in his cage. Loverboy will pick fights with moving cats. You can see him in the video, the cat with the arched back and bushy tail, trying to look bigger than he is. He is definitely the alpha male on this chain gang, and is always trying to prove it!

Once things settled back down, Alvin climbed up on my lap of his own doings. I was pleasantly flattered. He tried to get comfy moving about, and finally settled with his body half on my chest so his face was looking up at me, with an expression, "why don't you take me home?" I did not have a good answer. :(

I didn't get the girls out(Miss Ellie and Talullah); I don't want them out if Loverboy is out at the same time. By the time Loverboy was put back, there wasn't anytime left. Poor girls. Miss Ellie is still not budging from her cage, and I petted Talullah, who is always ready to escape her cage.

All kitties listed here are waiting for their forever homes!