Blog 12/01/14 to 12/07/14     

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

November Closeout 

Bad Calls/Emails:   Mess in Fort Worth:  Update 

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Family Input on Cat Selection  

OMG (Oh My God):  NO MORE KITTENS! 

Memorial for Rambo

 

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 14 this week with intake at 7.

            2          Barn in Waxahachie (JB, Berry)

            4          Barn in Whitewright (Star, Snowball, Kenny, Lucky)

            2          Barn in Bartonville (MacGyver, Chet)

            1          Adoption Group (Happy)

            2          Terrell (Hansel, Gretel)

            3          Bonham Rescue    

Our Cats after Release:   Picked up in 4 locations but only saw one cat in Gordonsville.   

1.      Terrell – 9 from Aledo hoarder were placed at this barn.  Owners report NO MORE RATS – GREAT JOB! 

2.      Wise County – Domino, Skitch, and Sister were placed in this barn.  All are still around.

3.      Franklin – Larry, Curley, and Moe are being illusive in this barn situation…but the food is disappearing…so good news. 

4.      Gordonsville – Peter, Tigerette, and Gray Boy are now living in this barn close to the Red River.  I saw Tigerette – she ran when I opened the barn door.

I placed 4 in Whitewright with Great Pyrenees Rescue AND I got pictures of two of our cats that were placed there in the Spring of this year.  Four Paws is the tabby/white and Dusty is the black/white.    

           

November Closeout

We placed 52 last month for a yearly total of 716.  We placed 720 in 2013.  There is still one month to go so we shall have our best year ever in 2014.  November cats were placed in 7 North Texas counties:

   Collin    Cooke    Fannin    Grayson    Kaufman    Robertson    Wise

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Mess in Fort Worth -- Update

First 6 received on Friday.   They are from a location at Weatherford and Trinity.   At least one is friendly and two others may be….but….will need to evaluate. 

BMG:  Family Input on Cat Selection

Every member of a family should have input on the selection of a new pet for the home.  Now every cat (or dog) is good with kids – or dogs – or other cats!  Also, tell the adoption agency representative about your home environment and let them suggest a suitable pet.  Most groups do foster-homing.  Those cats (dogs) have been in their homes and they know how that animal will react in your home.  Everyone just wants what is best for the animal! 

OMG:  NO MORE KITTENS! 

Once again this week I had the discussion with a guy that does not want to get a pregnant cat spayed.  OK – but you are multiplying your problem and everyone else’s problems.  You had that cat and let her go – now she is pregnant and YOU KNOW WANT TO SPAY HER NOW – REALLY?  OK – you deal with the problem then.  Barn Cats does not take kittens anyway.  They can be carried off by a hawk in the daytime or an owl at night in a barn environment. 

Memorial for Rambo

On October 1, 2009, Nancy and I went to a home in Garland.  A “friend” had alerted us about a hoarder situation – mom and daughter.  The mom was now in a hospital and died before Thanksgiving that year.  The daughter had lung cancer and she died the next June.  There were 22 cats in the house.  6 were feral and in medium dog kennels.  The friendly cats were in rabbit cages stacked one on top of each other mostly in what used to be their family room.  There was junk stacked floor to ceiling with paths between rooms.  The smell was terrible and made worse by damp weather outside.  There was no running water in the home.  The daughter put the friendly cats into our clean carriers but we had to carry out the ferals in those nasty carriers.  The 6 ferals all were placed together (after vet work) in a barn in McKinney.  The others were dispersed as follows:

   1      Went home with Nancy – her Smitty is a wonderful cat.         

   1      Passed away – heart condition

   11    Went to adoption groups for safe indoor homes

   3      Stayed at Barn Cats – too old to place (Crinkles, Tinker, Rambo)

Mr. Crinkles passed away in 2012 and we lost Tinker last summer.  Rambo was the last one.  I came home from Whitewright on Friday to find him mouth-breathing…never a good sign.  Rushed him to the vet and discovered a heart problem.  I had him put to sleep right after the x-ray.  Loved that feral orange tabby!   He had bedroom-eyes!  Rambo:  Stay away from hoarders in your next life – PLEASE! 

 “Thanks” for following the Barn Cats Blog.  See you all next week.          Peg