Thank you for everything you do for animals in our community!
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What Do We Need This Week?
A Lightweight Drop Trap
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We have a beautiful, but heavy, drop trap. We have a strong trapper who uses it regularly, but we need a lightweight, easier to handle, drop trap in addition. We wouldn't be averse to having two.
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Drop traps work for most cats who refuse to go into a regular trap. Right now, we are working a cat colony where there is a kitty with an injured jaw. While she can still eat, her jaw isn’t right. We haven’t been able to get close enough to evaluate her. The lighter trap will give us a better chance of catching her so we can get her the help she needs.
We use Tru-Catch traps, but they don’t make a drop trap. The two below look similar. The second is four pounds lighter, $3 cheaper, and says it has a weight on top, which would come in handy. But the first is made by a trusted name in animal traps.
If you are willing to buy us a trap, I will gladly tell you where to have it delivered. We don’t publish our address because it’s our home, but email me at anne@thunderingpaws.org and tell me you want an address for delivery. 
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Fievel Gets A Second Chance
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Fievel was on his way to a high-kill shelter in rural Texas, when a kind but very young woman offered to take him. Her parents weren’t on board, however, and she needed to find him a placement as soon as possible.
Fievel is 13 but has many problems. He is deaf, almost totally blind, and was covered in scabs. A short-haired black cat, he would not have turned many heads in a municipal shelter even if he was in the best of health.
The young woman sent a plea to Austin Pets Alive’s program, Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (P.A.S.S.). Karen, a lady who lives about 40 miles away and monitors the P.A.S.S. website, offered to take him temporarily, thereby buying him a little more time.
P.A.S.S. contacted Thundering Paws. When the shelters closed in the spring, we took in so many cats and kittens that we’ve stopped intake except in extreme circumstances. Fievel’s circumstances fits this bill!
Karen’s daughter works for a low-cost spay/neuter clinic and the vet there looked at Fievel. She determined that his skin condition is completely due to a flea allergy. Since Karen had already bought and applied Revolution for Fievel, there were no more living fleas. One problem solved.
The vet confirmed his deafness and blindness. However, he is a very sweet kitty, who only wants to be loved.
He will go to Karen’s vet in Killeen on 12/23, then transfer to his Thundering Paws foster. He will no doubt need more vet care and that is where you can help. When you make a donation on our website, please note it is for Fievel's medical fund.
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You still have until the close of the stores on Thursday night to donate to Thundering Paws at any Tomlinson’s store. Pay for a bag of cat food and tell the clerk that it’s for Thundering Paws. Tomlinson’s will match it pound for pound and distribute it to us in three deliveries.
Buy online at online.
On the right side of the website, select “Cat,” the size you want, and under “Rescue Organization,” select Thundering Paws. We’ll feed all the cats we can with this bounty!
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