{"id":2085,"date":"2017-07-13T04:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2017-07-13T04:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:03:03","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-furry-purry-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2085","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 Furry Purry Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/crystal_in_uniform-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/crystal_in_uniform-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/crystal_in_uniform.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here are a couple of cats, whose stories tugged at my heartstrings. I especially loved seeing this terminally ill feral male, who obviously hasn\u2019t warmed up to humans, interacting with kittens who adopted him as their surrogate Papa. So snuggly cute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/family\/pets\/stories\/feral-terminally-ill-cat-dislikes-humans-loves-tiny-kittens\">https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/family\/pets\/stories\/feral-terminally-ill-cat-dislikes-humans-loves-tiny-kittens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional stories of how therapy cats help comfort people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/therapy-cat-overview-555621\">https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/therapy-cat-overview-555621<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used to take kittens from the local humane society shelter to nursing homes to mingle with and delight the residents. I have sweet memories of some of those visits. If you think your cat might be a good candidate as a therapy cat for hospitalized children or adults or seniors in an assisted living facility, here\u2019s a site that explains how you might get involved. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/how-to-certified-therapy-cat\">http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/how-to-certified-therapy-cat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple of cats, whose stories tugged at my heartstrings. I especially loved seeing this terminally ill feral male, who obviously hasn\u2019t warmed up to humans, interacting with kittens who adopted him as their surrogate Papa. So snuggly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2085\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions\/2086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}