Winston
Winston's story truly highlights all of the hard work that this organization does to save the lives of campus kitties. Winston was found on campus toward the end of September 2019. He was extremely skinny, infested with ear mites, and battling an upper respiratory infection. Once he was seen and treated by the vet, he went to a foster home where he loved to lay on open laps for loves and eat his food with his whole body inside of the bowl. Winston purred so loud that it shook his frail little frame. His fosters joked that it felt like a motorcycle revving its engine. While he did start putting on weight, the hard part of Winston's life was still sadly not over. Eye infections became a common ailment for the kitten, and they wouldn't seem to stop. Once the goopy eyes were paired with frequent sneezing, the fosters believed it may have been an allergy to something around the residence. However, once the vet was able to see him again, the conclusion was much more serious. Winston was suffering from a contagious respiratory infection that wasn't very common in cats, and it took him about a month of treatment and a stint in quarantine to recover. Now that he is fully recovered, he is a beautiful boy who loves to cuddle and play. He does great with other animals and seems to love everyone that he meets. Winston was adopted and is a loving boy in his fur-ever home.
Sparky
It’s not hard to see why we aim to help those who can’t help themselves, but sometimes, there is a rescue story so touching that that it really shines light on the importance of the work that organizations like us do!
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In the Fall semester of 2019, the TFCC got a call about drowning kittens behind the Electrical Engineering building. Our advisor, Kat, ran over there to find one already drowned cat and one that was barely alive. This kitten became known as Sparky. Kat picked him up and ran across campus with him so that our president could rush him to the vet. Once treated, he was almost immediately adopted, and his adopter has
taken very good care of him.
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The before and after photos say it all!
Mr. Grinch
One afternoon, this kitty was spotted with a back injury near one of our campus feeding stations. We knew he needed treatment, but the cause and severity of the injury was impossible to evaluate from far away, but it turned out to be much larger than we thought. Mr. Grinch was not enticed by the traps very easily, but TFCC Leadership remained persistent, trapping over Thanksgiving break. Finally, we were able to catch this handsome boy and get him much needed veterinary attention.
The first night in the trap as he awaited treatment, he constantly whined, meowing quietly through the night from sheer pain. After treatment, he was visibly much more content and feeling better already! When he is all healed up and his stitches are removed, Mr. Grinch will be returned to his campus home. The TFCC has some great rescue and adoption stories, but Mr. Grinch goes to show that we do all that we can for the feral cats on campus, too, way beyond TNR!
Penelope
On one of the sweltering west Texas afternoons, a TFCC officer got a call about a crying kitten in the courtyard by West Village. She was quick to action, and went out to set traps despite the 103 degree weather. As she was searching for a good place to set up the traps, she caught a glimpse of a 12-week-old tabico tail sticking out of the metal rain gutter. After two and a half hours of waiting, Penelope backed into the trap with bloody, blistered paws from the hot metal.
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Despite her rough start, it only took three days for her to become tame. She would run to her foster as soon as she entered the room to show how thankful she was for being rescued. Penelope loved to play and wrestle with her foster siblings. She is a very smart cat who learned to trust humans very quickly, and she has been adopted by a human who will keep her away from those pesky rain gutters.
