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You are here: Home / Diary / The Santa Kitty Toy Hop Comes to Kitten Rescue

The Santa Kitty Toy Hop Comes to Kitten Rescue

December 12, 2014 By: Summer Samba58 Comments

Santa Kitty Toy Hop

That is a LOT of toys!

For the past several weeks, my human has been snatching up cat toys — some came from cat shows, some came from pet stores. She mostly got small toys so she could buy lots, but she also got a couple of cool wand toys because she knows how much kitties love them. She also included some sample bags of Zuke’s G-Zees cat treats — the human who was in charge of the Zukes booth at MeowWorld gave her a bunch when she was breaking down the display at the end of the conference.

I needed help with all these toys!

Boodie helped me do quality control. No, she did not eat any treats she was not supposed to!

I hope the kitties like their toys.

As you can see, this bag of toys and treats was meant for good kitties only! But that was okay, because all the cats at the place my human was going to are good kitties.

So where did my human take this awesome bag? To Kitten Rescue! Kitten Rescue was founded in 1997, and it is now one of the biggest rescues in Los Angeles. Every year they find homes for around 1,000 cats and kittens. Most of these live in foster homes, but there is also a facility that is not far from where we live. There is room for about 150 cats and kittens there. Some are cats that people board while they’re out of town (boarding fees go to help pay sanctuary expenses), but mostly there are free-roaming cats who don’t have fosters and who are looking for homes. These are kitties who don’t really get to have Christmas (or Hanukkah) unless someone brings it to them. Which is where my human came in.

Somebody was feeling a little needy!

One tuxedo kitty got a little bit too excited about the bag of toys and treats! But before she visited the main area where the adult cats were, my human stopped by the kitten room. There were only a couple at the moment, but they were very cute!

This one was very sweet

This is Serenity

This one was wild and playful

This is Bane. The two of them were a lot of fun and my human spent time playing with them and tossing toys around. But they, and the other kittens that spend time in the kitten room get lots of toys because there’s a kitten cam, and they get lots of fans. My human wanted to visit with the adult kitties because she felt they needed the attention and toys more. And she was right.

This guy was a character!

There was a lot of excitement the moment my human walked in with the bag. I mean, it’s a bag — how could that not be exciting to a kitty?

For ME? Really?

Some kitties need some encouragement to join in on the fun.

We have a live one here!

Little sparkly things were winners with these guys

Some dove right in!

These three were ready for action

The buildings that house the cats are divided into different sections. One area that was partitioned off was for the cats who were less well socialized. But that doesn’t mean they did not want to play! In fact, my human remembers how she bonded with Boodie (who did not like humans much at first) by playing, so she stepped right in with some toys and one of the wand toys.

Gang play

They had a great time.

I do this too!

Of course there is always one cat that has to try and steal the toy.

He is actually a very cool kitty

In fact, this guy got so happy, he jumped on the beams and started poking my human on the head.

This cat was very sweet

Kittens are cute and it is very easy to play with them because they are so energetic. But it is the adult cats, especially the shy ones and the ones who are not sure of people who need playtime with humans. This kind of enrichment is good for them because they don’t have to get up too close to humans they don’t know well — but at the same time they realize that humans do good things for them, and give them nice things.

This one wanted lots of attention

Grown up cats like playing (so do grown-up humans, even if they won’t admit it sometimes), and they are grateful when you are willing to have fun with them.

Look at these faces — don’t you think they deserve homes for the holidays?

This one was so stunning!

There was a poise and magnificence about this cat

How could you not love this face?

My human was so happy she did this! I hope you are inspired to go play with some kitties at your local rescue too, especially the adult kitties. Even if you don’t have room in your house for another cat, you can still bring joy into the lives of some at your local rescue!

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Comments

  1. Joanne says

    December 19, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Wonderful photos of the happy cats! Thank you for organizing the Santa Kitty Toy Hop.

    Reply
  2. Duni says

    December 19, 2014 at 11:49 am

    This is pawsome!! Next time, please let me know, I’ll send some fun toys!
    All of these kitties are very deserving of a furever home.

    Reply
  3. Kitties Blue says

    December 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Our mom went shopping today and not only got lots of toys but food as well. She will deliver tomorrow and hopes to post about it on Monday. Those were sure some handsome and beautiful kitties. We’ll be purring and praying for them. Ho, ho,ho, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  4. Layla Morgan Wilde (Cat Wisdom 101) says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Isn’t that Jackson Galaxy’s wife’s shelter? Lots of happy kitties! We’re posting our shelter post tomorrow.

    Reply
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