Our Weekly Recap -- Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

It's hard to believe how fast time is flying by as we complete another very busy week at In-Sync Exotics!

As you know, we reserve Friday's posting as a recap of this week's events with a little something extra at the end!

Monday's blog posting "talked" about our B-I-N-G-O event that was held on last Saturday evening!  This was our first B-I-N-G-O event, so were were thrilled to have raised... (Click HERE to read more about this event, an update on our cheetah habitat, plus another free way to help our animals!)

Tuesday's blog featured two special cougars named Lassiter and Sierra, as "told" by their special friend, Leslie!  We also provided a medical update on Franklin, Sox, and Tobias.  To learn about our cougars and what the vet had to say about our three special cats, click HERE.

Did you know that big cats love to play, just like their smaller domestic counterparts?  Especially when they are playing on 8,000 square feet playgrounds, complete with enrichment items and pools for the tigers? You betcha!  To see pictures and a video of our cats enjoying their time on the their playgrounds, click HERE for Wednesday's blog posting!

Yesterday, blog posting featured Gideon (our patient one), Franklin (our naughty one), and Stryker (our unexpected one)!  Click HERE to learn why our cats continually gives us four paws of approval!

This week's blog also contained several "commercials!"  You can make a difference in the lives of our animals by participating and promoting our special events.  Thank you!

This is the LAST DAY...

Please don't forget to participate in this great event! Click HERE for details! It's free and will only take about a minute or so to fill out the comment box... can you spare a minute or so for our animals, please? If you helped our animals by filling out the Razoo comment box, please share the link with your friends, family, and co-workers--let's really let Razoo know how much our animals are loved!

Putting for Paws!

Have you visited our Putting for Paws Golf Tournament webpage yet? Well if you haven't, then you don't know what you're missing! Last year, we were able to raise a little over $7,000 for the animals, thanks to the golfers, kind sponsors and donors! This year, with your help, we hope to raise over $10,000 for the animals! Click HERE for details!

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We have another exciting way for you to help the animals of In-Sync Exotics and it won't cost you a penny but may yield dollars for our animals!

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The iGive Button automatically makes sure every time you shop, you'll help. Ten charities will win a share of over $4,536 (raised so far). Help us win a share of the prize by getting the iGive button!

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You can even keep track of how much In-Sync Exotics receives from iGive by clicking on the iGive cause tab. So far this year we received $48.49. Let's see if we can't bump this number up a bit this year! Thank you for shopping using iGive!

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Help us grow our tweeting community!  We just topped 700 followers and with your help, can reach over 1,000 followers this year!  Please tweet the above to all your tweeting followers, and don't forget to recommend us at #FollowFriday by clicking HERE.  Thank you, fellow twitters!

We hope you have a safe and cool Labor Day Weekend!  Please join us again next week for more exciting and informative blog postings on our exotics cats, domestic cats, Nugget, and Twiggy!

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Our Cats Give Us 4 Paws of Approval!

Time for a medical update on our three cats that went to the vet last Friday!

What a "patient" cat!

Gideon, our new bobcat, really doesn't mind seeing his vet as this was his second examination.  This time, Gideon was micro-chipped, received his vaccines, and had some blood drawn.   He was such a good boy as he waited for his turn to see the vet!

Hello Spirit!

As we suspected, our two domestic cats, Spirit and Sketcher, were diagnosised with upper respiratory infection.  The cats have been on medication for about five days and already their health has improved!  We pray both cats make a speedy recovery!

Naughty Franklin!

On Tuesday we mentioned Franklin was often seen in the cheetah habitat area, visually supervising our work progress.  We hoped he wouldn't leave his "seal of approval" in the fresh concrete (think paw prints people)!  But true to his nature, our little Franklin did indeed give his "seal of approval" in the fresh concrete...

The cheetah's new quarters now has a lot of tiny cat prints scattered throughout the concrete pad.  Silly Franklin!  Always checking out our work--at least we have four paws of approval for our efforts!

Let's take a look at the cheetahs' brand new quarters area still under construction:

Cheetahs' habitat without concrete (front)
and with concrete (back)!

Cheetahs' quarters with concrete pad!

We are so excited with the progress we've made on our Cheetahs' Race Track Habitat.  We cannot wait for the day when we finally have our grand opening ceremony!

Open, open, open...

By the way, did you know that we are open for tours on Labor Day!  For tour information, please click here!

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Putting for Paws!

Have you visited our Putting for Paws Golf Tournament webpage yet? Well if you haven't, then you don't know what you're missing! Last year, we were able to raise a little over $7,000 for the animals, thanks to the golfers, kind sponsors and donors! This year, with your help, we hope to raise over $10,000 for the animals! Click HERE for details!

Only 2 days left for....

Please don't forget to participate in this great event! Click HERE for details! It's free and will only take about a minute or so to fill out the comment box... can you spare a minute or so for our animals, please? If you helped our animals by filling out the Razoo comment box, please share the link with your friends, family, and co-workers--let's really let Razoo know how much our animals are loved! 

We close today's blog posting with a cute video of a tiger's love for water...enjoy!

We humbly thank you in advance on behalf for helping our beautiful cats stay happy and healthy!  We hope you enjoyed today's blog posting and will join us again tomorrow for more news and updates on our wild ones! Don't forget to let us know your reaction to this posting by clicking on one of the reaction buttons below--and share this blog posting with others please ~ Thank you!

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Big Cats Love to Play on Their Playgrounds!

The big cats’ 8,000 square feet playgrounds are designed to let our animals gain access to a connecting play area in a kind of time-share arrangement and offers visitors a closer look at exotic cats behaving like exotic cats.

The following video is what a typical big cat rotation onto the playground looks like:

Great animal care means providing for animals' physical and psychological welfare. These rotations really allow them that kind of stimulation. The rotation system puts animal well-being first and foremost, giving the cats opportunities to smell and explore the markings left by other cats on platforms, barrels, and lots of enrichment toys.

Harley LOVES the playground's pool!

Some cats prefer, especially during the summer, to play at night on the playground, where they can take a lazy soak in the pool.  While other big cats just love to lounge on the platform, enjoying the breeze as the sun slowly sets in the West.

The White Boys LOVE to lounge around on their playground!

Now, we don’t let all the animals that share a playground out at one time, simply because there would be a danger of the animals harming one another. Rotation and scheduling animals for enrichment can be challenging at times—especially when cat(s) refuse to rotate off the playground. Some volunteers liken it to air traffic control because we rotate the cats four times a day, giving our cats 5-7 hours of playground time. We have to be increasingly vigilant, double and triple-checking all our procedures before we release a cat onto the playground.  That is why it takes a minimum of two people to rotate cats--ensuring the cats' safety is paramount!

   Kazuri relaxing & waiting his turn                  Kazuri relaxing on the playground!
   to enter the playground!

Our big cats benefit from the playground rotation because if gives them the stimulation of a new perspective. The cats really look forward to their time on the playground—doubly excited if the playground rotation happens to fall on the same day the cat receives enrichment!

Stryker LOVES sleeping on the grass--enjoying a soft breeze!

Even though we’ve shown this video once before, it’s a great example of how excited a big 22-year old big cat gets when it’s his turn to go onto the playground!

The majority of the cats that call In-Sync Exotics never had large playgrounds, complete with pools, and stimulating enrichment "toys," until they came to us.  To see Sabu run with excitement across a portion of the playground towards his special enrichment, brings a lot of joy to those who have been taking care of him.  So while maintaining the playgrounds can be hard work (mowing, edging, raking, bagging, cleaning pools & enrichment toys, etc.), for our cats, it's all worth the efforts!

Commercial Time...

Putting for Paws!

Have you visited our Putting for Paws Golf Tournament webpage yet? Well if you haven't, then you don't know what you're missing! Last year, we were able to raise a little over $7,000 for the animals, thanks to the golfers, kind sponsors and donors! This year, with your help, we hope to raise over $10,000 for the animals!   Click HERE for details!

Only 3 days left for....

Please don't forget to participate in this great event!  Click HERE for details!  It's free and will only take about a minute or so to fill out the comment box...  can you spare a minute or so for our animals, please?  If you helped our animals by filling out the Razoo comment box, please share the link with your friends, family, and co-workers--let's really let Razoo know how much our animals are loved! 

Thank you!

Big Cats Need Dental Care Too!

Our dental Razoo was off to a great start, but now it has fizzled.  So please help our big cats receive the dental care they need by making a loving and generous contribution today! $10 or more will make an impact on our cats’ dental health. By making a tax-deductible gift today, you are making a positive difference in the lives of our beautiful animals!

To make a dental donation, please click HERE!

We humbly thank you in advance on behalf for helping our beautiful cats stay happy and healthy! We hope you enjoyed today's blog posting and will join us again tomorrow for more news and updates on our wild ones! Don't forget to let us know your reaction to this posting by clicking on one of the reaction buttons below--and share this blog posting with others please ~ Thank you!

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