Dear Little Arnold followers, I wanted to get back to you with an update. In my last post about Arnold I included a letter I had sent the head vet. You can refer to it here. The letter was sent on a Saturday and received the Monday before last and the vet called me and left a message on my machine. He appeared to have been as perturbed as I, sounded professional and obviously upset, and promised to investigate. I hadn’t heard from him since and decided to call. He returned the call in the late afternoon and we discussed … Continue reading →

I received a call from the vet’s office this morning. “I have very sad news,” the receptionist said.”Little Arnold didn’t make it through the night. He was found curled up in his cage this morning. The technicians gently blew on him and he didn’t respond. I am so sorry.” I had awakened with a bad allergy and could hardly breathe. All night I had been thinking about buying a special crate for Little Arnold and putting it in a warm spot in the den so I could nurse him back to health. I envisioned him in my house and hoped … Continue reading →

I have been poised at my open back sliding door for an hour and a half with Team Arnold Rescue, my cold tea, my computer, and my camera. I have to say, this ain’t easy. The trap is set and ready to do its job. Then I saw Arnold! He took two small dollops of the outer lure bait, left the plate of food in inner part of the trap untouched and backed out. He must have remembered the trap from when he was neutered last summer. He circled and circled trying to get the food and walked off into … Continue reading →

Dear Friends of mine and of Arnold, I am in a tizzy with worry, consumed, actually, and guilt-ridden about my little friend who is not doing well health-wise. I feel responsible for his health and am mortified at myself for letting this situation languish. I fear Arnold may not come through this episode of an eye infection intact, if at all and I am sick over it. Somehow I thought it might resolve itself but I was wrong. I am taking action. Trapper John is not going to do the trapping but will teach me and my neighbor how to … Continue reading →

Here’s the Kitty Litter Scoop Weekend Edition For quite a while Arnold has been hanging out with an orange buddy, Sorbet. I’ve noted a lot of kitty hollering outside probably due to territory issues. Little did I know… The cat that I had been calling “Sorbet” had a brother, uncle or cousin. It looks like there are two orange buddies visiting the feeding station now. Who knew?? I now refer to the smaller orange guy as Sorbet and the bigger guy as Sorbetto. Both are very sweet. Pretty soon I’ll have every feral cat in the borough eating at my … Continue reading →