Seguin Today is back with a brand new issue

(Seguin) — Seguin Today magazine is back with another issue readers won’t want to miss. Whether you are an experienced pet owner or a newbie looking for more information, the April issue of Seguin Today has everything you need to get started with your pet journey.

This month, KWED’s Creative Director Lizz Daniels takes readers on a first-person journey of rescuing a newborn kitten and how she worked with the Comal County Humane Society to bottle feed and eventually adopt.

“In my story, I share how last spring, I found a litter of kittens on my front porch,” Daniels said. “One of the kittens –– the runt –– had been cast off from the rest of the litter because he didn’t know how to latch. I’m a big softy, and so of course when I realized the mother wasn’t going to care for him, I stepped in and started with bottle feeding.”

Over the course of the next several months Daniels kept a strict bottle feeding schedule, even bringing the tiny kitten into the KWED office on more than one occasion because much like human babies, newborn kittens have to eat on a regular schedule.

“Probably the funniest place I ended up taking him was to Freedom Fiesta,” Daniels said. “He was still very tiny and had to eat every two hours, so Oliver got to have quite the adventure before he’d even fully opened his eyes.”

Her experience, Daniels says, led her to wonder what similar programs are offered in Guadalupe County.

“In my research for my story, I learned that both the Guadalupe County Humane Society and Seguin Animal Services offer very similar programs to what I went through in New Braunfels,” she said. “If you find an abandoned newborn animal and take it in as soon as possible, you can become a foster parent. When that happens, the Humane Society or SAS actually step in and cover all expenses related to the animal’s care while it is a foster. This helped me a lot in raising Oliver because of the cost of formula, shots and of course getting him fixed.”

Of course, that’s just one of the stories you’ll want to read in this month’s magazine. We also share information on the city’s trap and return program for feral cats, as well as sit down with Guadalupe County Sheriff Joshua Ray to discuss how the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office is playing its part to help with overpopulation and abandoned animals within the county.

“I think this month’s issue provides a lot of valuable information to our readers,” Daniels said. “We really dug deep to share this important knowledge with the community. Whether you’re trying to get a cat colony under control in your neighborhood, or if you find an abandoned animal like I did, we’ve got information to help you decide what the best move is in helping the animals out. Fostering is a really great way to get your foot in the door if you’re not sure how an animal will fit in with your family dynamic, and having gone through the process, I highly recommend others try it out.”

This month’s edition of Seguin Today is available in print and can be found around Seguin or you can stop by our KWED, Seguin Daily News office to grab a copy. You can also read Seguin Today online, by following the link here.