A Nonprofit, No-Kill Feline Adoption Center/Shelter and Feral Cat Advocacy Organization serving Santa Clara County, California.
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Boy have we been busy these past couple of months! Talk about fall blowing in with a blast! Kittens have been coming in like crazy! Strays and ferals are everywhere it seems! Luckily most of the calls we receive are from people who have found kittens or strays and want to do the right thing by trapping and neutering them or helping find them homes.

Our booth at the Taste of Morgan Hill Street Festival held September 27 and 28 was a great success this year! We met lots of people who are interested in helping the cats by volunteering and we also received quite a bit in donations, besides the added bonus of enjoying the company of friends, good food, wine, music and lots of arts and crafts to buy! A lot of our volunteers spent the day at the festival!

The biggest news of all is that there's a new FREE spay neuter program available to all cats in the bay area through Project Henry! See our web site for details, but basically it covers FREE spay/neuters for domestic/friendly cats and kittens and covers FREE testing for leukemia, vaccinations and spay/neuters for feral cats and kittens. Project Henry was initiated with start up funding by an anonymous donor to Silicon Valley Animal Rights organization to administer. The program honors the memory of Henry, a beloved member of the Silicon Valley Animal Rights organization. See our website for more details.

Here's to a fantastic autumn season to you all!


   Feral Cat Workshop, Open House & Volunteer Appreciation Day!
You are invited to celebrate National Feral Cat Day with Town Cats volunteers and shelter residents!



To meet and mingle with other cat lovers and volunteers; learn how you can help stray and feral cats in your community; learn how to trap and gain insights from experienced feral cat caretakers on caring for strays and feral cats. Food and soft drinks will be served.
National Feral Cat Day
Thursday, October 16, 2003

Click here for details
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Town Cats is now a member of
"At VirtualPetAdoptions.com, our mission is to find a home for every adoptable dog and cat in the Bay Area. It's that simple.

VPA is a non-profit organization and just one part of a rescue and adoption network that includes the East Bay SPCA, Pet Food Express and PetFoodExpress.com and several other shelters, humane and rescue organizations throughout the Bay Area. "
 We're happy to introduce you to Creative Designworks, the new collar supplier for Town Cats.

Creative Designworks make handmade safety collars in a wide range of patterns to suit all tastes.

.... . and for those of you who have a particular theme in mind they also offer a custom service. You supply the material and they will make the collar you want.

They offer cat and dog collars as well as a range of accessories and supplies. Visit them in our shop and help store area.
Success at last !!!! Monthly Tip

Cinderella and Tyson 		Changing Eating Habits

Sometimes it's necessary to alter your cat's diet and start them on a new brand of food. To help your cat make a smooth and "solid" transition don't cut them straight out to a new brand. Over a period of time mix in the new brand of food, gradually increasing the percentage of new food. Be sure to keep a watchful eye on kitties toilet habits. Switching to a new brand can often cause upset stomach.

If you have several cats you may find it beneficial to buy several bags of different dry food and mix them in a large container, then portion it out into glad bags or other airtight containers.

Cool cats

In hot weather pop an ice cube or two in the water bowl. Not only will it keep the water cool for your kitty, it gives them something new to play with for a short time.

Our cats have a blast chasing ice cubes round the water bowl. They have one of the water bottle dispenser type and love to bat it in and out of the opening like ice hockey players.

.....both were adopted together this month!


We've had Cinderella since 3/01 when she was only about 6 months old and was picked up off the side of a road by the county animal control after having been hit by a car.

The Santa Clara County shelter wouldn't pay the tab to repair her broken leg, so the vet called TC to take charge of her...she's healed just fine, but apparently was pregnant and while recuperating at her foster mom's had a litter of six kittens. She was young and unskilled, and 5 died, the only survivor was Uno, who was taken in by another mama cat at TC. So, little Cinderella's had a rough start, but is home at last!

Tyson is one of the infamous Morgan Hill 150+ gang and we've had him since April 2002 - so he's very happy to have a home to call all his own now too - even if sharing it with one other cat, little Cinderella...

Good Luck in your new home guys !!
Humor Advice Column
Ever wonder what kind of cat you'd be if you were ever blessed to be one? Take one of About.com's Cat Purrsonality Quizzes and discover the New You! Three separate quizzes representing 12 different popular cat breeds and color patterns.

Cat Purrsonality Quiz No. 1

Have you ever watched a cat rolling in the sun and thought how wonderful it would be to be a cat? Have you wondered what kind of a cat you might be in a reincarnation? Take this little purrsonality test, and you might be surprised by the answer. You might be a Persian, Abyssinian, Bengal or a Moggie.

Cat Purrsonality Quiz #2
Cat lovers seem to naturally gravitate toward the kinds of cats that share their own personalities. It's true, we know, that owners quite often resemble their cats, but do their personalities match too? Are you an American Bobtail, Ragdoll, Norwegian Forest Cat or Siamese?

Cat Purrsonality Quiz #3
Cat enthusiasts are sometimes heard to remark, "I hope some day I can come back as a cat." Have you ever wondered what's going on behind those furry eyebrows? Do you spend hours analyzing your cat's personality to see what "makes him tick?" Find out if you'd be a Tabby, Calico, Tortoiseshell, or Tuxedo Cat.

Volunteer shoots cat at shelter !!

 don't worry ..it's good news. Our volunteers have been taking photo's for our website.

Check out Jim's photo's in our photography section.


Hi. I was just wanting to seek some advice.I have an orange tabby stray that has been showing up in my yard. Well, I have been feeding it and it has adopted me! It finally let me pet it last week and seeks my attention now and has become very friendly. It expresses an interest in coming into the house. However, I currently have a female cat, 6 years old

Caroline


Dear Caroline,

Which cat did you adopt from us a couple of years ago? Hope she or he's doing great!

On the stray, do you have a vet? Any vet can look at the cat and let you know if male or female, neutered or spayed.
We use AMC in SJ, 267-7387, tell them TC sent you and ask for reduced rates to check out the new cat for you.

He'll need a test for leukemia - FIV, dewormed, defleaed and FVRCP vaccine.

Most cats adjust quickly to life indoors - they love the warmth and soft things to lie on. Keep him in a separate room from your cat at first - slowly introduce them to each other - your cat may know him already by watching him through the windows, so it may simpler than expected for them to accept each other...

There's a free spay neuter program available now too - see our site home page for details on Project Henry and enjoy your new kitty!

Thanks for writing! rosi

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