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Veronica

@veronicaf.bsky.social

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She/Her. Soapmaker. I foster lots of cats, and have a soft spot for ferals and feral rehab. Autistic/ADHD. Disabled - cEDS. Tasmanian. Lost everything in a house fire, Nov. Buy Soap: http://veronicafoaleessentials.com.au/ https://throne.com/veronicafoale

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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 11h

We will do something similar!

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 11h

I am hoping they remember we are friends and let me medicate them nicely.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 14h

She was so much fun to foster.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely! I'll have to see if I can find a tree to sniff.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 14h

Poor girls have both been so stressed that they've had a cat flu flare.

I'm still collecting them tomorrow morning, but they'll go into a quarantine crate once they're back. They're both refusing to let anyone touch or medicate them at the rescue.

A very sick and angry looking black cat in an enclosure on a fluffy grey bed. Meg's ears are sideways a bit and her eyes are weepy and goopy.

A very angry looking Sabine. She's a black cat in the corner of her enclosure, on a white fluffy blanket. One eye is gummed closed and her ears are sideways.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 14h

I haven't smelled linden trees I don't think!

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 15h

Can't lick it yet, it's still *spicy*.

You can lick it tomorrow when it will taste ick, but won't burn.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 15h

Oh no. I'm so sorry.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 15h

It's $35AUD for under 500g, and $49 for 500g-1kg. Ridiculously high, but the best we can do with Aus Post.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 17h

Wild Honeysuckle soap, with goat milk in the moulds. Hurray for restocks!

Also all the glitters and colours we use are environmentally friendly. No micro-plastics.

Top down photo of freshly poured soap in a silicone loaf mould. The soap is creamy white, and textured with the back of a teaspoon on one side. I have sprinkled holographic rainbow enviroglitter over the surface.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 17h

She was so worried I would take it off her.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

She really is. Still a very naughty puppy, and she forgets her manners in her excitement if we get visitors, but she's doing really well.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

A++ You'd never know how horrendously sick she was when she came into rescue.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

I swapped some soap for a whole bag of antlers and Sadie is so happy about it.

She is a voracious chewer.

A black and brown brindled and sort of tiger striped dog, chewing an antler. She has long floppy ears and a sad beagle face

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

I loved her so much. She was such a good girl. And I got to hang out with her when she was almost adult sized when I collected her from the vet, and she was still perfect. Her humans are so lucky.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

Truth! It's exactly why she was named Sugar.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

She was the most nonsense and best kitten! I had so much fun with her (and her foster siblings, Cocoa, Snickers, and Caramel)

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

No one would dare steal a mouse from Sugar!

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

You're absolutely right, it's exactly what she was like!

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 19h

I was NOT allowed near the mouse toy and she was a voracious hunter.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 20h

I went looking for a photo of Sugar earlier, because she was one of my favourite fosters and @lfgryph.com shared a kitten who looked very like her.

I'd lost most of my photos in the fire, but this one, my favourite photo, was still in my FB messages with the rescue. Look at her! 2023

A small tabby kitten is killing a red fluffy mouse and you are NOT allowed near it. She has her ears back in full airplane mode, and she was growling at me the whole time. Sugar has an offset white splodge to the left of her nose (photo right) and little white toes. She is adorable.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 20h

Yes! And their PCRs were perfectly clear so they will be adoptable. Eventually.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 20h

All the better to eat you as you scream.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 20h

They *should* do, although I'm wondering if I need to crate them.

Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah. I'm tossing up whether I ought to crate them or not. But I'll probably just set them free.