I am fostering two cats who were abandoned

I belong to a Yahoo group for feral cats and a woman on there posted a message about cats needing to be fostered.

Two cats who were abandoned in a vacant house when the renters moved will arrive at my apartment tonight. I will be fostering them until they can be adopted. All I know is that one is black and one is an orange tabby. They are going to the vet today and will be brought to my apartment this evening.

The owner of the house would have had to bring them to Kansas City Animal Control and even kittens are euthanized there so I knew they wouldn't have a chance, being adults.

It seemed pretty bleak for them. I saw the post and throughout the day, my thoughts kept returning to those cats. They had already been abandoned and now they face death simply because their owners were irresponsible?

I have space here, I thought. So, I will have an extra litter box to clean and two more mouths to feed. If it means saving their lives...then I am willing to do it.

My boyfriend doesn't seem too thrilled with this whole "cat rescue" thing. We currently have 3 cats here. I have two cats of my own (adopted them in 1999), and a feral cat (Annie) that I am taming. So, now we will have 5!?! Wow, it will be really interesting around here!

My cat, Ashtyn, and her recent health problems

My cat, Ashtyn has had quite a lot going on in the last two to three weeks. A few weeks ago, I took her to the vet because she had a spot on her arm that had lost fur. I made the appointment for a Friday and by Monday, we were in the vet's office again! Her fur loss had spread to her face. Behind where her whiskers come out of her face had dime sized circles, that had lost fur.


The first vet appointment, the vet gave me a Synotic Solution and some medicated pads (similar to acne pads).
The next time the vet gave me Clavamox, Prednisone and I had to give her a few Lyme Baths.

A few days ago she started vomiting up her food. I have been feeding her, and my other cat, Gaby, supposedly "high quality" food for nearly 8 years now. I recently switched them to Purina One, the chicken and rice formula because the first ingredient is chicken.

For the weekend, I am only feeding them canned food. If Ashtyn stops vomiting, then I will believe her food is making her sick, not that it has anything to do with her recent health issues.