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Author Archives: Buck Hamilton

Mishka, Cooper & Vet Bills

This week ended with a whimper and a sob as we paid the $1,800 vet bill Thursday afternoon. It was a multiple cat invoice and it was painful paying it. It covered Hamlet, Mishka, Carmello, Toby and a stray (now Cooper). Hamlet and Toby were in for shots which were not too expensive. However…. MishkaContinue reading “Mishka, Cooper & Vet Bills”

Posted byBuck HamiltonOctober 27, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inUncategorized

Saturday Musings

It’s been a busy and frustrating week, with some successes and failures. Biggest frustration was being bounced off the DAFDay website and having no idea as to why. It’s all fixed now, but man. Sometimes it feels as if we’re just floundering around in this fund raising effort. I sat in on a marketing webinarContinue reading “Saturday Musings”

Posted byBuck HamiltonOctober 12, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCaturday Feature, Thoughts and musings, Vet Care

Update on Stella

It’s been awhile since we’ve discussed Stella. As you may remember, Stella came to us with an inflamed, swollen nose, thought to be cancerous and a large polyp in her left ear. She was bedraggled, skeletal and listless. We sent her off to the vet, then arranged for an operation and a couple of biopsies.Continue reading “Update on Stella”

Posted byBuck HamiltonOctober 4, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCat Pictures, Cat Stories, Caturday Feature, Vet Care

Odds & Ends

Most of the last 10 days or so, I’ve been working on creating a fillable form for our monthly Asilomar reporting to Shelter Animals Count and to Shelter Pet Data Alliance. We had to bite the bullet and buy a software subscription and then learn how to use the damn thing. I made a foolContinue reading “Odds & Ends”

Posted byBuck HamiltonSeptember 26, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCat Stories, Odds & Ends, Sick Kitties

Temp Gallery

We’re trying to post gallery pictures of our cats in different situations, but have been running into roadblocks (or gallery blocks). Below is a draft of our Cats in Treatment gallery. This will be an active gallery as cats will move into or out of treatment. Please give us a shout on social media aboutContinue reading “Temp Gallery”

Posted byBuck HamiltonSeptember 13, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCat Pictures, Vet CareTags:rescue

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