Mitch: An Upstanding Kitty

Mitch is an affable fellow who has been overlooked because of the meds he takes for his thyroid condition.

  Walk by Mitch's ground-floor cage at the Marblehead Animal Shelter and he is likely to stand. This short- to medium-hair love muffin will stand on his feet to get your attention. He'll place his mighty double paws against his cage and stretch his cat body to full length. He has a quiet, almost silent meow. "What about me," he is saying. "Don't forget Ol' Mitch. I'm right here. The green-eyed kitty. That's me. Got a face like a raccoon. Just itching to be held." Mitch's owner died and she left it in her will that he would go to the Marblehead Animal Shelter. He has been at the shelter a little while.  He has a thyroid condition that requires medicine. Otherwise he is healthy. The medicine can be administered as a pill or a topical …

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VIDEO: Woodchuck Hole Kitties

Check out these two brothers - their litter-mates and mother were rescued from a woodchuck hole near Wyoma Square last June.

Critter and Catfish celebrated their first birthday on March 1, at the Marblehead Animal Shelter. The shelter has been their home since they were rescued from a woodchuck hole in Lynn last June. Since then, they've seen their siblings and their mom get adopted. C & C got adopted, too, but their stay in the free world was cut short when their owner decided they we were too rambunctious. C & C were so happy to be out of the joint that they ran around and knocked over a few lamps and a television. We hope it was a miniature television. In any event they've been on a kitty behavior modification program at the shelter and feel like they are ready to adjust to polite society. Once they adjust to you, and you adjust to them, you'll be as thick as…

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VIDEO: Even Kitties Get the Blues

Snuggles came to the Marblehead Animal Shelter after his owner moved into a nursing home. The 3-year-old short-hair is on the mend after leaving his happy home.

Meet Snuggles at the Marblehead Animal Shelter.  Snuggles is about 3 years old and has been at the shelter since the end of last month when his owner, who went into a nursing home, could no longer care for him.  The pretty short-hair had a hard time adjusting to caged life among a crew of fellow homeless kitties. Going from a stable happy home to a shelter is a shock to many cats and some of them get down in the dumps. That means they tend to isolate and shy away from contact and do not have an appetite, says Marblehead Animal Control Officer Betsy Cruger. Snuggles is slowly adjusting to his new surroundings and the good care he is getting but he wants a return to the good life. When he's feeling right he is a lap cat who likes attention. …

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VIDEO: Henry Blanc's Tale

Henry is a young cat who was rescued in January. He has wobbly cat syndrome, a neurological disorder — but don't tell him cause he doesn't notice it at all.

Meet Henry Blanc at the Marblehead Animal Shelter.  Henry is about 1 year old and has been at the shelter since January when he was rescued from a home where he wasn't treated well. He has wobbly cat syndrome, a neurological disorder. But Henry doesn't get what all the fuss is about. He doesn't think anything is wrong with him. He is an affable, housebroken cat. He gets a bit chippy with other cats — is likely to swipe a paw in their face — so Henry should probably be the only cat in the house. Meet Henry in our video and see photos of other cats at the shelter, too. As of this week there were about 15 of the crew at Friends of Marblehead's Abandoned Animals. They have a saying there: Equal time for kitty cause I ain't no dog. Bow-wow-wow…

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