091126 ~ The Weekly Wag! - Wendy Welch

0:00the weekly wag with the Humane Society of Huron Valley as we introduce you to another pet looking for a loving home joining us is the director of communications at hshv Wendy well to is our pet this week. Hi Lucian it's narwhal narwhal is a cat though so not a narwhal lately we are into naming animals after other animals. I think last week we had to right so yes we're working on it. Wait am I the only one that had to look this up to find out that narwhal is a whale. I must be the only one I had no idea. If you had a first grader Lucian you would definitely know. I wish I did. Oh my goodness so narwhal how to this cat look like a whale I mean how does this happen? Yeah well he's great white. He's reminiscent of that but he is tiny so not quite in that respect. He's only about eight pounds and is about seven years old and he is a riot.

1:04I can say this because he is in our administrative offices at the Humane Society of Huron Valley right now and because he has FELV. I think that's a good thing about that. I think that's a good thing about that. Which folks out there should know is contagious to other cats but not to any other species not to humans. And what it means is probably his life will be shortened. So instead of living you know 20 25 years he might live less than that. But somehow I swear all of us agree to the fact that these cats somehow know that their life is shortened and they pack everything in. So he's like full of life and they're just a riot. He plays all the time. Well he plays hard and sleep hard. So someone's going to love him so much and I sort of don't want to talk about him because I sort of don't want him to be adopted. He needs a good he deserves a good. So he's seven years old now and what's a normal lifespan of a cat that has Feline leukemia positive. It depends on if they get it when they are kittens or if they get it when they're older.

2:09So chances are he will live. There's a total guess but maybe you know 12 years might be more like his lifespan from what we can see. But you know there's a chance that he could live longer than that or shorter than that. And you know it has to do with taking good care of him too. So but just know that he is just a lover cat. May I ask what what that is like at end of life for a Feline leukemia positive cat. Yeah. Yeah. Similar to any end of life actually. Okay. So yeah a lot of times cats will end up with kidney issues. And that is a very common one. And so yeah he. Yeah he will. Chances are fade out that way. But yes. I'm going to talk about that. I know. But you know I think it's important for people to know what they're getting into too.

3:10So so seven and this could be a really good quality fun next few years with this kitty cat. And I think that that's what you could be proud of. I think that's one of the best. You know you have to find more of a kind of a pet. So you can get out of that. Now I've got to think of a pet right now. I think that's a good question. You know the cat in our wall. Because he is a lot of fun. So what kinds of things does he do? What is he like? Yes. Oh my gosh. He loves to play with all the toys that we have going on there. So we have like a motion driven toy that he goes bananas for. He loves playing with his other FLV positive friends to two. So you'll see them run around. Well, I'm so glad to hear that there are other cats that he can play with and I hadn't thought of that that if you If they also have this it would be okay for them to be together Absolutely absolutely. Yeah, and I love each other They snuggle with each other in our office. So yes, so we have other other Feel the positive cats to so and you know, I know not everyone out there, you know once an animal who lives to be 25 22 years old, you're right? So yes, so this this can benefit those folks

4:14Well, that's true too. All right a really fun cat named Narwhal up for adoption right now at the Humane Society of Huron Valley What should people do in order to explore more and maybe meet Narwhal? Yeah, we'd love for you to come on in to the Humane Society of Huron Valley We're open seven days a week. No need for an appointment. You can just come on in And of course you can see information on our website always at hshv is Invictor.org When you get into hshv.org click on adoptions and they're all alphabetized All different, you know, kinds dogs cats you name it they're on there Alpha-bitae. So you're looking for Narwhal under the ends and a rw h a l Not a whale, but kind of looks like one Let's also hear what you've got coming up for the kiddos out there with Halloween on the way. Oh Yes, monster mash one of my favorite activities at the Humane Society of Huron Valley It sells out every year. So folks if you're interested I encourage you to get tickets right away. So this is happening before Halloween

5:18Saturday October 17th gives kids another excuse to wear that lovable Halloween costume right you get all that stuff together and you can only wear it one day Nope, we'll extend it to the 17th for you The monster mash includes a whole bunch of things like games you get to trick or treat throughout the shelter You get to make crafts for the animals You get pictures with happy the hound who is our mascots will have a dog meat and greed and new this year We'll even have a burillo coffee for adults to get their coffee fix too. So it's just $12 per kiddo and up to two adults can attend for free with our kiddo and Another thing it's time We parents out there a lot of times we'll go to activities and it'll be a rush for the entrance or maybe you're late And you feel bad and you don't get to participate and everything that you want to this time It's timed for parents so we make sure that there's a good experience for all the kids that they get to experience all of the games and activities that we have going on

6:23I like that. So the event itself it starts At 5 30 runs to 7 30 on Saturday October 17th at our Humane Society of Huron Valley And the time to events are 5 30 5 45 6 6 15 6 30 or 6 45 Arrival time and they want you to arrive no more than five minutes before your scheduled arrival time That's kind of nice that you're doing it that way and keeps things um flowing better Yes Exactly. Yes, and the kids will leave with treat bags full of goodies and big smiles on their face and every year We do a different theme. I'm not going to tell you what it is this year. It's a surprise to me too So It's a hshv.org slash monster master So there be games trick-or-treating crafts for the animals pictures with happy the hound who's happy the hound He is our mascot our big fuzzy mascot. How do I not know that? I've never talked to happy the hound before Oh, I'll have to bring him on to lose the animal yeah, well, we love that Um, you have a dog meat and greet and the coffee for the parents, which is really nice. So that's great

7:28Uh, it sounds like a wonderful event. How do people get tickets? Yeah, it's easy just go to our website hshv.org You'll see it on the front page there or if you remember directly you can go to hshv.org slash monster mash All right, that's mutt sir stir mutt stir M-u-t-t-s-t-e-r Muster mash big Halloween party for the kids out there just twelve dollars for that and it helps support our Humane Society if you're on valley visit hshv.org and let's get in our wall our kitty cat Adopted today a really fun cat that loves to play have a good time You have to be a home with no other cats, right? No other cats. Yes. Okay, so or or flv positive cats. Yes. That's right All right sounds good. You have a great one. Thanks so much. We appreciate all you do at our Humane Society Wendy Thank you Wendy Welch director of communications at the Humane Society of Huron Valley on Ann Arbor's talk station 1290 WLBY