June 29 2017

Big Cat Updates

Mickey had another mild seizure today so Dr. Justin is coming out again tonight to check on him.

Kathryn's Coordinator Report for Wednesday, 6/28/2017

Very hot and busy day.

Project folks did a great job in Hoover's cage and Dutchess' cage.

Moved Dutchess to the empty cage between Keisha and Gabby.

Operant and Enrichment was done today.

Picky cats ate ok.

Facebook Live Video Replays

Jamie takes you behind the scenes of the actual rescues of some of your favorite cats at Big Cat Rescue. She what it is like for the rescuers.

BigCatRescue.biz

Mickey's Tote Bag:  $26 The purchase of this item helped to rescue Mickey the cougar as well as provide a great home to countless big cats. Show your love for Mickey the cougar with the purchase of this custom made tote. 100% spun polyester weather resistant fabric, dual handles 100% natural cotton bull denim, bag 15" x 15", made in America.

Note from Carole:  Jen and Kathryn were getting ready for a conference where we will have a booth yesterday. Jen's practice is to set up the entire display, in the Party House, to make sure she has everything she needs. It was the first time I saw the Mickey bag in person and it's a knockout!

Read Mickey's story here: http://bigcatrescue.org/mickey/

People Often Ask

People often ask:  Do the cats have room to run and play?

Answer:  Yes, they do.  Learn more about our cages styles and sizes at BigCatRescue.org/cages/

Jamie got some fun snapshots of Cameron and Zabu playing chase.

Since it is Throwback Thursday anyway, here is a video from August 2011 of these two playing the famous game of chase.

Keeper Corner

Keeper Afton:  Beautiful Nikita

Keeper Afton's photo of Cameron being a lazy lion.

Jamie Veronica:  Skipper, the Canadian Lynx

Jamie:  Sioux Bobcat working on her smirk.

BigCatTV.com - THANK YOU!!!

Big Cat Rescue has received a deposit of $5,719.55 which was made possible BY ALL of YOU who watch and share our YouTube videos on BigCatTV.com.  I get excited thinking how many times our videos have been shared because it means a whole lot of people learned about the cats, big cat issues, and the sanctuary last month which is very important.

Viewers frequently ask if there are ways they can help that does not cost money.   Watching and sharing our YouTube videos is a HUGE HUGE HELP!!  First, and most importantly it spreads the word about the cats, the sanctuary, and big cat issues.  Second, when YOU share our videos on your social media pages, like Facebook, Pinterest, G+, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Tumblr, etc for your friends and family to watch you are not only spreading the word about the cats, and issues facing big cats, but are also  actually raising money for the cats.

A few of you have made it a daily thing to pick one of our videos and share it on your Facebook page.  THAT is really a great way to help.  We sincerely appreciate each and every video share.

We have two main YouTube channels.

1) Our main YouTube channel is BigCatTV.com.   This channel has the shorter, more polished, edited fun, funny, FAQ Friday clips, short educational clips, some big cat enrichment clips, and educational videos.  This is the channel where Brian, Chris, and now Afton have posted the videos they make about the cats.  It currently has 765 videos, 464,817 subscribers, 208,522,530 video views.   Last month, May 2017, the videos on this channel were watched 229,015 hours.  THANK YOU for all the shares!!!

2) Our secondary YouTube channel is YouTube.com/DailyBigCat.  It where we put the longer Walkabout videos, vet care videos, behind the scenes videos, video presentations, etc as well as the short clips we post to Instagram.   This channel as 1,111 videos.   It currently has 21,098 subscribers and 5,664,915 video views.

Here is a sample of the videos you can share:

A Lion & His New Toy, a video of Cameron Lion getting a new big yellow donut because he destroyed his first one.

Don't know how to share a YouTube video?  Here is a page that give easy to follow step by step instructions with screenshots to make it really easy.  http://bigcatrescue.org/share-youtube-video/

 Viewer Videos From Explore.org/bigcatrescue

Here is a list of YouTube channels that feature videos of the cats here:

• Jamie Veronica:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsY6X3rUv8UlIUbrxNeu-Aw
• Susann  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFOZiTvzKRvj-oVbzdByvg
• Ruxandra https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCsjKptd1gM9BhfDkGQGNg
• Donna P:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFbhMc8Sqr-8MreWuYr4Bg
• Shawna https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfl9S-vDPJIgjl8QpM6Aypw
• Cathy S https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ynHBFLKj0BVnK5jo2gTnw
• Janie M https://www.youtube.com/user/donutgirl100
• Jaime T: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsY_oF0NhXc5OS8CcTaUi2A/videos

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 Foster Kitten Program

Have you seen how many kittens are in the Kitten Cabana this week?

Would 28 kittens in a free for all make your day?

Enjoy the wild kitten antics on the live web cam at http://explore.org/live-cams/player/big-cat-rescue-kitten-cabana

The three kitten photos below are by Viewer Wolfgang Endlicher:

NEW SECTION - Help Name It

Carole got an email from Viewer Kate A. requesting that we add a new section to Big Cat Updates; below is an excerpt from that email.

Email from Viewer Kate A.:  Hi Big Cat Rescue, I am a fan of your videos and Instagram photos. I feel that the daily update pages should have a Big Cat Fan Art section so that fans can submit art of the cats past and present. My first set of fan art consists of Mrs. Claws in honor of her upcoming second birthday and newest rescues Cyrus and Chaos Caracals! Hope you like them.

Here are two pieces of big cat art from Viewer Kate A. to kick the new section off.

I LOVE THESE!!!!

Question for Viewers:  We would like YOUR suggestions on what to name this new section.

Submit YOUR original Big Cat Art to lawanna.mitchell@bigcatrescue.org

 WANTED – Graphic Artists

Carole is looking for a graphic artist who really gets what we are all about and would would like to help us with some graphics for shirts.  If that is you or if you know someone like that, please have them email Carole at cat@bigcatrescue.org

 Bobcat Rehab

Photos of Nova Bobcat by Viewer Wolf Endlicher

 Quick Links

As per viewer suggestions, Quick Links now has it’s very own page http://bigcatrescue.org/quick-links/

Bookmarking it will help you find things quickly.  That will come in handy for:

• Helping us answer questions on social media
• Finding answers to some of Carole’s Facebook Live questions

Question For Viewers:  Do you use this /quick-links/ page?  Does it need more links to help you reply to questions from newcomers?

 Cole & Marmalade's Corner

Let's have a Throwback Thursday on Cole and Marmaldae, too.  Okay, not too far back.  This is from october 2014

Cat Logic: What do cats think about? Here are some funny examples of cat logic… Let us know if you've had similar experiences with your cat or any different examples you liked to share with us, so we can continue to understand the cat… or not! :)