Yogie and FriendsFIV+ Cats

Aug 3rd August 2024 Newsletter

Greetings Yogie Fans!

August is here and summer is back! We are facing some hot temperatures this week and next. Maybe longer. Please be safe out there. Please check on the feral cats and wildlife you may be providing water for. Keep the water in shaded areas so it is not hot and developing algae. Cool, clean, water, is important. For us and them!

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: As many other non-profit animal rescues, we struggle financially. It is not easy and not everyone agrees with the work we do and that we focus on cats. We understand that everyone has their personal passions. There is nothing wrong with that. We all have our areas we love, and choose, to focus on. We can have that passion for more than one thing. It is your love and passion for cats and the work we do that gets us through. We never take it for granted and appreciate it more than you know.

Right now, our checking account is below $700. We are fortunate that our vet works with us on our bill. Most will not do that.

There are many ways you can help us. Monetary is always a big, important aspect. You can donate money, food, litter, or even sponsor a cat.

PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

We also have Venmo and that is @YogieCats

VET CARE:

Uncle Fester: Uncle Fester is one of our negative virus cats who has been dealing with a fungal infection on his nose. He was successfully treated for it about a year ago, but now it is back with a vengeance. This is a different type of fungus that the vet has us treating more aggressively and it is working better. We are treating him with an oral medication, Intrafungal, and it is a stronger, much better, medicine. The aggressive treatment is necessary to avoid the fungus spreading into his nose and sinuses. You can even see in the photo the improvement with just four treatments.

Once he is better, he will be placed up for adoption. He is a super sweet, and super chill, boy!

Blackie: Blackie had some episodes of bloody diarrhea and slight weight loss. He is about 17 years old, so we always want to ensure it is nothing more serious. He is dual diagnosed, which is FIV/FeLV positive, cat. Surprisingly, his labs were not too bad. Slightly elevated white count, which is good to even show he has them being immune compromised, no fever, no liver or kidney issues, and other than being slightly underweight, he is in surprisingly good shape. He is on oral medication for five days to ensure there is not any infection, then back to the Frierson location.

Bandit: Bandit is still hanging in there. She had a slight weight drop this past week and a half but has been gaining weight again. She likes being with the Director and spoiled. Having the form of coronavirus she has means she needs to not be around the others, but she is fine with that. We just would love to see her put on another pound.

Of course, with all this we are back up on the vet bill. Intrafungal is over $60 a bottle, so that adds up. Our bill is back, over $1800. We really need a break because we have some incredibly old cats and that often means age-related issues. Paws and claws crossed we do not!

You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.

Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

FOOD AND SUPPLIES: We are sharing this information again so you can better see what our needs are. We have sixty-two cats between the Frierson and Bossier facilities. Frierson has seventeen cats, and the rest are in Bossier. We go through a great deal of food and litter. Here is a breakdown of food and litter:

18 Boxes of 60 count canned and ten bags of 25-pound Cat Chow = $1143.26 for 4 weeks

40 Pails of 42-pound cat litter = $784.40 for 4 weeks

Food and litter totals for 4 weeks = $1927.66

This does not include the prescription food, which is $237.80 per month.

We also have eleven cats on daily medications.

As you can see this is a lot of money. We have been fortunate with kind donors, but it is not an easy task.

We can always use your help.

PayPal is the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.

PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

Or you can help using our wish lists:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Paws in the Park

River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street

Shreveport, LA 71105

19 October 2024

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Pet Palooza

26 October 2024

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Louisiana Boardwalk

Bossier City, LA

Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale

TBD

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Petco

6595 Youree Drive

Shreveport, Louisiana

ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027

We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS:  Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?

SPONSORSHIP:  We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.

Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.

You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.

If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.

WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:

CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING

Sunny

Ursula

Brexit

Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.

Oskar

Hope

Elsa

Barney

Anna

Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Grace

Blackie

Penelope

Duckie

Lucy

Smudge

Squeak

Bandit

Snowball

Miss Kitty

Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Gray

Oscar

Dorian

Bert

Ernie

Kay

Rocket

Ziggy

Layla

Angel

Pia

Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.

Saber

Binx

Domino

Socks

Logan

Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

April

Tosha

Lucia

Uncle Fester

Yeti

Bonnie

Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

Finn

Chloe

Maggie Mae

Anastasia

Saphira

Eragon

Draco

Egon

Nick

Enya

Declan

Fiona

Flynn

Fabio

Sylvester

Our intake is closed until further notice.

Follow us on Facebook!

YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:

YOGIE AND FRIENDS

140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)

FRIERSON, LA 71027

PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!

Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!

Jul 4th July 2024

Greetings Yogie Fans!

With the July 4^th holiday coming up this week, there will be the usual Facebook posts about lost dogs that escaped out of people’s yards because they were frightened by the fireworks. We see this every year and we just hope people take the proper precautions to prevent their pets escaping and getting lost, or even worse, killed by cars. There are simple steps you can take to help your pets be safe. Get them medication from their vet to help keep them calm. Do not let them out in your yard unattended. We are amazed at how high a fence a terrified dog can jump. Just please, use care.

FRIERSON LOCATION: We are currently facing an emergency in the Frierson location that will require us to move those cats out of Frierson. At this point, the Bossier location is full and cannot absorb all the cats, at this time, that we have in Frierson. We have cats that are excellent candidates for adoption and are working with another rescue to include these cats on transport up north. Unlike here, the north/northeast, states do not have the pet overpopulation problem of cats and dogs. This is why so many rescuers here do transport and have had many successful adoptions as a result. We have been working on adoptions before this situation, so we hope this will help. In the meantime, we are working hard on keeping what we can in Frierson while preparing the cats to transport. This makes the Director incredibly sad, but we know it will be a good thing all around. The Bossier facility is doing well.

FOOD AND SUPPLIES: We have sixty-two cats between the Frierson and Bossier facilities. Frierson has seventeen cats, and the rest are in Bossier. We go through a great deal of food and litter. Here is a breakdown of food and litter:

18 Boxes of 60 count canned and ten bags of 25-pound Cat Chow = $1143.26 for 4 weeks

40 Pails of 42-pound cat litter = $784.40 for 4 weeks

Food and litter totals for 4 weeks = $1927.66

This does not include the prescription food, which is $237.80 per month.

We also have eleven cats on daily medications.

As you can see this is a lot of money. We have been fortunate with kind donors, but it is not an easy task.

We can always use your help.

PayPal is the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.

PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

Or you can help using our wish lists:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

VET CARE:

We have been overwhelmed with geriatric age-related illnesses. We have over $3500 in vet bills currently. If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.

You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.

Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Paws in the Park

River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street

Shreveport, LA 71105

19 October 2024

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Pet Palooza

26 October 2024

Times TBD

Louisiana Boardwalk

Bossier City, LA

Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale

TBD

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Petco

6595 Youree Drive

Shreveport, Louisiana

FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.

ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027

We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS:  Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?

SPONSORSHIP:  We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.

Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.

You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.

If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.

WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:

CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING

Sunny

Ursula

Brexit

Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.

Oskar

Hope

Elsa

Barney

Anna

Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Grace

Blackie

Penelope

Duckie

Lucy

Smudge

Squeak

Bandit

Snowball

Miss Kitty

Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Gray

Oscar

Dorian

Bert

Ernie

Kay

Rocket

Ziggy

Layla

Angel

Pia

Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.

Saber

Binx

Domino

Socks

Logan

Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

April

Tosha

Lucia

Uncle Fester

Yeti

Bonnie

Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

Finn

Chloe

Maggie Mae

Anastasia

Saphira

Eragon

Draco

Egon

Nick

Enya

Declan

Fiona

Flynn

Fabio

Sylvester

PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.

Our intake is closed until further notice.

Follow us on Facebook!

YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:

YOGIE AND FRIENDS

140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)

FRIERSON, LA 71027

PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!

Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!

May 29th June 2024 Update

Greetings Yogie Fans!

We hope and pray this newsletter finds you well!

Happy 24^th Anniversary Yogie and Friends! We celebrated 24 years as a sanctuary on May 26^th! Wow! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone?

We know we could not have made it without the kindness and generosity of our fans. It is not an easy thing keeping an animal rescue solvent, but we have.

Thank you for being there for us, and here is to another 24 years!

GIVE FOR GOOD: We want to thank you for our most successful Give for Good. We made a little over $4000 this year. We are still waiting on the deposit, but it should be sometime this week. The funds are much needed. Thank you all again!

HAIL AND FAREWELL:

Hail: We want to welcome our newest board member, Ashley Bullock, to the organization. Ashely is local to Bossier City, Louisiana. We look forward to working with Ashley, and to what ideas she brings with her. Welcome aboard Ashley!

Farewell: We say goodbye to our Vice President, Victoria Volk. Vicki has been with Yogie and Friends for over fifteen years. We appreciate the time she has been with us here at the sanctuary and wish her the best on her next adventures. Thank you Vicki!

VET CARE:

Bandit

Bandit: Doctor DeFriend called and said “The good news is she has cleared the coronavirus. The bad news is she has Cryptosporidium.” We were a little surprised since it did not show on the first diarrhea panel that was sent to the lab, but sometimes so much is going on in a sample it could be missed. Unfortunately, it is a difficult thing to cure. Not impossible, but difficult and it is a zoonotic thing, which means it can transfer to people. We take every precaution with this. On May 11^th she went to the vet again. Her weight was down to 4.15 pounds. She was given subcutaneous fluids. The director gives her subQ fluids once a week. She is on Tylosin and is given an appetite stimulant daily. She is eating and drinking water. We see a lot of improvement and are hoping the Cryptosporidium clears. We weighed her on the 23^rd and she weighed five pounds eight and a half ounces. She is brighter and happier.

Russell

Russell T: One of our older cats, Russell T., has been losing weight. Not a lot at first, but our director started noticing more. Then she noticed he acted like his mouth hurt when he ate. He saw the vet and has stomatitis. He is not as bad as Alex, so the vet gave him an antibiotic and pain shots and he is scheduled for dental surgery on the 30^th. The shots helped him a great deal, so he will be much better for the extractions.

If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.

You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.

Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

ALEX AND CLAIRE: Recently one of our long-time fans contacted the Director about the possibility of adopting two FIV positive cats. She had lost her last cat about a month ago and said she really missed having cats. She was not interested in adopting kittens because she wanted to outlive her pets, and felt she wanted to help us at the same time.

Alex and Claire

Since Yogie and Friends is a sanctuary, it means we are a forever home, we do not actively look to adopt cats out. We are not averse to it, but most people seek out kittens. Occasionally though, someone does specifically look for an older cat, and with FIV. There are people who do look to adopt FIV positive cats, so we are happy about that.

Since we have known this awesome lady for quite some time, we know she is a great cat person and gives them a great home and care. She had seen our previous newsletter and when she saw Alex she felt a connection. She came to visit, and he took to her like a regular family member. It was that fast. The second cat she looked at that she felt had a gentle, and complimentary personality was Claire. Claire is not FIV positive, but she is the sweetest girl and the three of them clicked.

As hard as it is to say goodbye, it is easy when you know they are going to another good place to be spoiled and pampered and have even more attention.

Congratulations to Alex, now Oscar, and Claire, now Clarise. We are thrilled for you!

FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.

ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027

We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS:  Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?

SPONSORSHIP:  We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.

Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.

You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.

If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.

WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 61 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:

CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING

Sunny

Ursula

Brexit

Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.

Oskar

Hope

Elsa

Barney

Anna

Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Grace

Blackie

Penelope

Duckie

Lucy

Smudge

Squeak

Bandit

Snowball

Miss Kitty

Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Gray

Oscar

Dorian

Bert

Ernie

Kay

Rocket

Ziggy

Layla

Angel

Pia

Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.

Saber

Binx

Domino

Socks

Logan

Russell

April

Tosha

Lucia

Uncle Fester

Yeti

Bonnie

Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

Finn

Chloe

Maggie Mae

Anastasia

Saphira

Eragon

Draco

Egon

Nick

Enya

Declan

Fiona

Flynn

Fabio

UPCOMING EVENTS:

NONE AT THIS TIME

PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.

Our intake is closed until further notice.

Follow us on Facebook!

YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:

YOGIE AND FRIENDS

140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)

FRIERSON, LA 71027

PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!

Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!

May 4th May 2024 Update

Greetings Yogie Fans!

May is here and we are hoping some of the more dangerous storms we have had are behind us. But this is Louisiana, and we have to expect the unexpected. We hope all our fans in the recent storm areas are safe. It was bad here, but we are okay.

Happy Anniversary Yogie and Friends!!  We celebrate 24 years of services to animal rescue on May 26th.

We have some incredibly sad news to report. One of our longtime fans and supporters, Rosana Snyder Bruner, has died. Rosana was a longtime board member of Animal Welfare Inc. She was also a huge fan of Yogie and Friends. More importantly she was a dear friend of ours. She and Jenny would email and talk often. When Jenny did not hear back from her after several emails, Rosana always replied, she started to really worry. When Jenny called her, her phone kept ringing and the answering machine did not pick up, so she went to her house this past Saturday and there were no vehicles in the driveway. A neighbor answered his door and confirmed Jenny’s fears that Rosana had died. We do not know the exact day she died since there is no obituary and her daughter lives in Houston. But we did find that Rosana’s older sister, Shirley, also died a few days after Rosana did. Shirley died February 23^rd at the age of ninety-two, so we know Rosana died that week as well. Rosana lived a long, and active life. She was an amazing 90 years old! We loved Rosana and will miss her presence here on earth, but what a life she had.

R.I.P. Rosana Bruner   9 June 1933 – February 2024

GIVE FOR GOOD: Give for Good officially begins on May 7^th. Early giving has begun, and we have already seen donations coming in. This is a 24 hour online giving program that is done in the Shreveport-Bossier area to help local non-profits. We are having difficulty with the link, but If you would like to donate to Yogie and Friends during, Give for Good go directly to: www.giveforgoodnla.org and select Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary.

VET CARE: We had a short break with vet bills, and as often comes with rescue, we got hit hard.

Bandit, who is Snowball’s litter-mate, had been suffering with severe diarrhea and we just could not get it under control. We honestly thought she may have had cancer, or something she could not survive, but we still wanted to get her seen and see if there was anything we could do. We had her thyroid checked, as well as a CBC and full chem panel. Her blood work was surprisingly good. It was the result of the fecal panel we got an answer. Bandit was diagnosed with coronavirus. Not the human form. But this form is what also can lead to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), which is what killed Miracle. She has been an inpatient on fluids off and on and did well for a period of time. She made some huge improvements, but her advanced age may be making it difficult to get over the virus. Still, we are hopeful she can make it. We will give her every chance.

Alex, one of our FIV positive cats, looked like his mouth hurt while he was eating. He went to the vet on the first and had dental surgery on the second. Alex has stomatitis, which is common in FIV cats, and the only cure is tooth extraction. Some cats can get by with a few teeth here and there, but Alex had several lesions, and needed fifteen teeth removed. He is staying with Jenny for a few days while he is recovering. Grayson and Brexit both had this and do very well. Alex will too and will feel a lot better.

Chloe,’ our 20-year-old cat, gets weekly subcutaneous fluid treatment. Other than this, she is in amazing shape, and you would never really know she is that old.

Of course, we now have a large vet bill, and we still have Bandit in the hospital, but at this point our bill is $2164.09. And we get a 50% discount at our vet.

If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.

You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and make a donation over the phone.

Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Or Venmo at YogieCats

BUILDING REPAIRS: The painting of the Frierson cat building has been a slow process with Jenny’s recent medical injury, but it is getting there. As soon as that is done, then the floor will be replaced. We got a price for the vinyl plank floor like we have in the Bossier buildings, and it will run about $1000, which is not bad at all. We have some friends who install floors and we are going to see if they would be willing to install it for free. Paws and claws crossed with that. After that we will add climbing type shelves and avoid cat trees since they cannot be disinfected, and we want to keep the building as healthy as possible.

We want to thank our friend, Mike Powell, for bringing his friend, Jason, who was like a beast with the weed eater and branch cutter, for doing some much needed work on overgrowth to the outdoor habitats. It looks amazing.

FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.

ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027

We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS:  Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?

SPONSORSHIP:  We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.

Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.

You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.

If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.

WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:

CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING

Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Sunny

Ursula

Brexit

Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.

Oskar

Hope

Elsa

Barney

Claire

Anna

Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Grace

Blackie

Penelope

Duckie

Lucy

Smudge

Squeak

Bandit

Snowball

Miss Kitty

Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Gray

Oscar

Dorian

Bert

Ernie

Kay

Rocket

Ziggy

Layla

Angel

Pia

Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.

Saber

Binx

Domino

Socks

Logan

Russell

April

Tosha

Lucia

Uncle Fester

Yeti

Bonnie

Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

Finn

Chloe

Maggie Mae

Anastasia

Saphira

Eragon

Draco

Egon

Nick

Enya

Declan

Fiona

Flynn

Fabio

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Give for Good On-Line Giving Day

7 May 2024 (All Day)

PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the well being of the animals. Thank you for your support.

Our intake is closed until further notice.

Follow us on Facebook!

YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:

YOGIE AND FRIENDS

140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)

FRIERSON, LA 71027

PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!

Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!

Feb 2nd February 2024 Newsletter

Greetings Yogie Fans!

Well January brought us some very strange weather for Louisiana. We had extremely wintry weather for this state, one point we had a minus one wind chill, and a lot of ice. That shut things down for a week, and more in other areas. We were mostly concerned about the space heaters we use in the cat buildings being able to handle the temperatures. We made it and all the cats are well. Our feral colonies even did well with the more insulated shelters we made for them. One of our fans even bought us two Clawsable heated shelters and we are happy the ferals did use them. That makes us happy. We now have building repairs to get done.

We put a call out to our fans on Facebook that we needed to replace three of our heaters. The others were starting to fail. We have had them since 2012 and they did an excellent job. Our fans came through and we have three new, good working heaters. Thank you so much. We are expecting some more very cold, possibly snowy, weather around mid-February.

We are now looking to replace the window unit air conditioner in the building we have had since around 2004. We want to do this before we start experiencing 1000-degree temperatures. Yes, we know it does not get that hot, but it sure feels bad.

YOGIE BOOTH AT BARKUS AND MEOUX PET PARADE:  This Sunday, February 4th, is the annual Barkus and Meoux Pet Parade. Yogie and Friends will have their vendor booth at this event. The parade will roll on February 4th at the Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack in Bossier City. This is a free family and pet friendly event.
The Vendor Market will open at 11am – with animal group vendors and food trucks.
They will have two contests starting at 1pm – “Best of Broadway” Float decorating contest and a “Best of Broadway” Pet Costume Contest.
The actual parade will start at 2:00pm.

Yogie and Friends will have hats, tee shirts, and collectible ceramic items to raise funds for the Yogie and Friends cats.

If anyone would also like to help the Yogie and Friends cats with food and litter, this would be a good time to bring your donations to our booth and visit the Yogie and Friends volunteers. We are in desperate need of canned pate’ food, dry food, and scoopable cat litter. The only thing we request is the food NOT be grain free. Grain free food has been proven to cause serious heart issues in animals. The things we use most are Friskies Pate,’ Purina Cat Chow Complete, or Purina Naturals. Any scoopable cat litter works for us. We thank you in advance.

Hope to see you all there.

BUILDING REPAIRS: Our repairman came to Yogie to look at our original cat building that needs the floor repaired. We decided to remove one door on the side of the building, it was previously the gift shop, and one door was entrance and the other exit. We really do not need the two doors, so we decided to put the wall back up where the second door is now. That second door also has continuous leaking issues because the person who installed it did not properly do so. This will take care of that and let us have a better layout for the cats. The Director will paint the building after the wall is put up and then the floor repaired and vinyl planks will replace the old, damaged, laminate. This should freshen it up and be an even healthier environment.

Our director bought a five gallon can of paint for the old cat building in Frierson and she plans to begin painting next week. She is going to start on the higher parts now and get that going in advance of Vernon doing the repair work. This way she also will not have to be as worried about the floor if she has any splatters before the floor is repaired and the vinyl planks put in. She wants to get as much done as she can so it will be an easier finish.

 ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027

We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:

https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

You can also make a monetary donation via:

PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Venmo at YogieCats

VET CARE: Snowball is doing well after his aural hematoma surgery. He has spent his recovery with our director at her house and has been a spoiled little boy, but we would not have it any other way. We currently have a small vet bill, but it is not like our normal bills.

Finn continues to have lung issues and after a visit to the vet it was decided to put him on an Albuterol inhaler. Dr. Daville has placed other cats on this treatment for the same issue with a great deal of success. The inhaler has arrived, and the director is going to start his treatment.

You can help in any of the following ways. Thank you!

PayPal:  yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

Venmo: YogieCats

Call in a donation directly to the vet clinic at 318-747-5747

And as always, you can mail a check or money order to: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027.

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS:  Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?

SPONSORSHIP:  We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.

Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat, but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.

You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.

If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.

WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:

CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING

Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Sunny

Ursula

Brexit

Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.

Oskar

Hope

Elsa

Barney

Claire

Anna

Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Grace

Blackie

Penelope

Duckie

Lucy

Smudge

Squeak

Bandit

Snowball

Miss Kitty

Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Gray

Oscar

Dorian

Bert

Ernie

Kay

Rocket

Ziggy

Layla

Angel

Pia

Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.

Saber

Binx

Domino

Socks

Logan

Russell

April

Tosha

Lucia

Uncle Fester

Yeti

Bonnie

Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana

Finn

Chloe

Maggie Mae

Anastasia

Saphira

Eragon

Draco

Egon

Nick

Enya

Declan

Fiona

Flynn

Fabio

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Yogie Vendor Booth

Bakus and Meoux Pet Parade

Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack

Bossier City, Louisiana

4 February 2024

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Yogie and Friends Spring Bake Sale

16 March 2024

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Petco

6595 Youree Drive

Shreveport, Louisiana

Give for Good On-Line Giving Day

7 May 2024 (All Day)

PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.

Our intake is closed until further notice.

Follow us on Facebook!

YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:

YOGIE AND FRIENDS

140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)

FRIERSON, LA 71027

PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!

Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!