Saturday, September 27, 2014

Welcome to the "Mice Bucket Challenge" for Mamacita and Rosa's Gotcha Day!


Rosa

Nine years ago on this day, we took in feral cat Mamacita and her two kittens Rosa and Angel Manny (he died at age 2 years of a kidney issue) to live the good life indoors.  The decision was made due to the advanced URI the kittens both had at the time - very swollen eyes and face and breathing issues.  Many feral kittens do not survive URIs due to lack of medical care.

Mamacita


In honor of this special 9th Gotcha Day for our gals, we are doing a "Mice Bucket Challenge" with Callie volunteering to be the recipient of the mice bucket dump!  Mamacita and Rosa are far too timid to do it - having mice dumped on them while being filmed would traumatize them for weeks!  They have come along way in being tamed but still after nine years are the least tamed of all the cats.

Mamacita and Rosa - always together

In the "Mice Bucket Challenge", the goal aside from getting a bucket of mice dumped on you, is to make a donation to a shelter to help homeless animals. Because we know how hard it is financially and emotionally to care for many animals,  we will make a donation to a super local rescue called Boxer Butts and Other Mutts  (their Facebook page )  who pull dogs and cats that are senior, handicapped or with medical issues from nearby high kill animal shelters to give them love, care and a foster home until they can be placed in a forever home.  Mom found this group last winter when she was trying to help a senior boxer in our neighborhood who was living outside during a very cold winter.  Heidi, the operator of Boxer Butts offered to pay for medical assistance if the boxer needed it and suggested Mom stop by saying they could help with a donated igloo, food and straw for the dog.  Mom did this with the help of Pop and a friend.  The owner accepted the donations and the boxer was able to have a warm dry place outside for the winter.  They also took her inside on really cold nights.


Anna

Boxer Butts and their operator Heidi, can always use more followers to their Facebook page and donations to help care for their ongoing rescues. They do help cats too - Titan is a black kitten who was thrown fro a moving car and sustained a head injury because of that. He is coming along with care and love.  Sadly, Heidi recently learned her own dog, Anna, who was a rescue a few years ago, has bone cancer.  Anna is not a good candidate for surgery or chemo due to her age and her arthritis, so her days are numbered.  Heidi, true to form, has set up a "Bucket List for Anna" to fill her remaining days with fun new things to experience before it is time to go to the Rainbow Bridge.  In the spirit of "Paying It Forward" for Anna's last birthday in October, she is asking for donations to the local  shelter.  If you are so inclined to donate any amount please send with a card to to - Anna Schermerhorn-Wagner, 108 Schermerhorn Way, Arden, NC 28704.  Or use PayPal to make a donation, noting it is for Anna's Birthday on their home web page.

So...without further ado, here is our Callie taking on the "Mice Bucket Challenge"......



If you can't view the video here - then go to Youtube here.

We hope you enjoyed our Gotcha Day "Mice Bucket Challenge" for Mamacita and Rosa.  Since many of you already have done this challenge - just share our post in hopes that others will donate to Boxer Butts for Anna's last birthday.  Thank you for stopping by!!!

19 comments:

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

Happy gotcha day, Mamacita and Rosa! That was so nice of Callie to do the Mice Bucket Challenge in your honor!

Fuzzy Tales said...

Happy Gotcha Day to Mamacita and Rosa! Callie did an awesome job with the challenge, filling in for them, for such a worthy cause!

Marg said...

Good for you to do the Mice Bucket challenge and give that Boxer some help. That is great. Happy Saturday to all of you.

Brian's Home Blog said...

Happy Gotcha Day Mamacita and Rosa!!! Y'all sure done good with the mice thing!

The Swiss Cats said...

Great Mice Bucket Challenge ! And Happy Gotcha Day to Mamacita and Rosa ! Purrs

ANGEL ABBYGRACE said...

Callie you took one for the team! Good challenge. happy Gotcha Day Mamacita and Rosa.

Mariodacat said...

Happy Gotcha Day Mamacita and Rosa. It is a special day for sure.

The Island Cats said...

What an awesome way to celebrate Mamacita's and Rosa's Gotcha Day! We hope they had a good one!

Quill and Greyson said...

Happy Gotcha Day!!!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Happy Gotcha Day Mamcita and Rosa!
Callie, you did a great job with the mice bucket challenge.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

HAPPY HAPPY GOTCHA DAY TO MAMACITA AND ROSA! I laughed so hard! What a good sport! That was adorable!! Mice flying everywhere!

meowmeowmans said...

Happy Gotcha Day, Mamacita and Rosa! And great job with the Mice Bucket Challenge, Callie. :)

Hannah and Lucy said...

Happy Gotcha Day to Mamacita and Rosa - we hope you both have a wonderful day and have fun with the Mice Bucket challenge.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

da tabbies o trout towne said...

happee bee lated gotcha day two ewe rosa & mamacita !! heers two another 9 and a yeer a head filled with happee nezz & health...way kewl mice buckit challenge by de way anda veree werthee shelter ...good job callie ♥♥♥♥♥

Cathy Keisha said...

That was fun. You didn’t nominate any other kitties to do it which may be good cos I’m still waiting for 2 of the 3 I nominated to take me up on it. Happy Gotcha Day to Mamacita and Rosa.

The Chair Speaks said...

Happy Gotcha Day, Mamacita and Rosa.
Thank you for visiting us and your kind words. We love you and send lots of purrs.

My Mind's Eye said...

What a wonderful way to do you your Mice Bucket Challenge....happy gotcha day to Mamacita and Rosa too
Hugs madi your bfff

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

Grreat that Callie took on the "Mice Bucket Challenge" :)

XOXO

Kitties Blue said...

We did our Mice Bucket Challenge a short while ago. Our mom made us to it three times and she dumped 29 mice on us. We actually didn't mind as she sprinkled nip all over the mice and in the bucket so most of us were happy to pawticipate. MOL! XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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