Blog 11/24/14 to 11/30/14     

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:   Mess in Fort Worth

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Confirm Then Not Attend 

OMG (Oh My God):  “Meadow” is Back Home

Memorial for Cindy

 

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 0 this week with intake at 6.  We did a fundraiser the Friday after Thanksgiving so no cats were placed.         

Our Cats after Release:   Also, did not pick up any equipment this week either but received a picture of 2 of our cats in Gunter. 

         

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Mess in Fort Worth

I have heard that there are about 100 cats at a location in Fort Worth where the property is going to be renovated.  The situation has been on TV.  I originally received a call from the new head of Animal Services in Fort Worth.  I get the first 6 of those this week.  I will take as many as I can when I can but 100 is just too much for anyone at any one time.  

BMG:  Confirm Then Not Attend

I am really tired of folks that confirm for an event and then do not show up.  I guess they have never put an event together.  You plan on seating, drinks, and food based on the confirmed number.  7 different people confirmed and then did not show with NO phone call and/or email. 

One couple confirmed for the DINNER and then did not come…this is the second time that had happened with that couple – so NO MORE INVITATIONS FOR YOU GUYS!  

OMG:  ‘Meadow” Is Back Home

About two years ago, I placed several cats in a barn but one turned out to be friendly.  The property owner took her in but she soon broke out of a screen on a window.  She saw her around the property for the next year, ate food, and even stayed in a light-bulb-heated igloo during the winter.  They decided to try again to catch her about a month ago and LO AND BEHOLD she got into the trap.  Now we know why:  She has become almost totally blind.  BUT – she made it home and is now back inside the house.  You never know…

Memorial for Cindy

Really sorry to have to write this one….

In 2008 we received 2 cats that had been abandoned outside a municipal shelter in either Mesquite or Garland.  Both were friendlier so one went to an adoption group.  The other, a buff tabby about 7 or 8 years old, had a serious medical problem:  she was born without eyelids!  We did the surgery to correct the problem as best we could and Cindy stayed with me.  She slept with me each night and was tolerant of other cats that came and went from the bedroom.  When I returned from a trip the first week of September, she was drooling.  I took her to the vet thinking it was a bad tooth – the usual.  BUT – not with Cindy – it is always something unusual.  She had a tumor in her mouth.  The clinic wanted to euthanize her that day but I asked if we could wait.  They gave her a cortisone shot and an antibiotic shot and sent her home.  Every two weeks, we returned to the clinic for two more shots.  She made it an additional 3 month which I think is great.  Tuesday she passed away.  I really miss her.  Like I said this one was hard.  I hope she reincarnates into a better body – one with working eyelids!  RIP Miss Cindy. (sorry could not get the picture to come over to the blog - maybe another time)

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

Blog 11/17/14 to 11/23/14     

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:   Fundraising Scam (DANGER)

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Spayded is not a Word

OMG (Oh My God):  7 Cats to be Spayed

Memorial for Zorro

Community of Squeezepenny, TX   

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 13 this week with intake at 1.       

2          Workshop in Valley View (Pushy, Tigger)

2          Garage in Plano (Squash, Pastel)

2          Garage/barn in McKinney (Nitto, Amy)

6          Barn in Frisco (Leo, Sugar, Monty, Mandy, Marty, Mouser)

1          Adopted in McKinney (Happy)

Our Cats after Release:  Picked up equipment in 1 locations this week.

1.      Crossroads/Aubrey:  4 youngsters from Arlington were all placed in this barn with free-range chickens and a giant pot belly pig!  I saw all 4 (3 are black) and got some pictures to share.    

 

 

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Fundraising Scam (DANGER)

I received an email that looked like someone was trying to make a donation to Barn Cats.  It was from a Christ Fellowship Church and started out with “I just wanted to follow up if you got my below email sent on 19 September 2014.”  Well – the text used broken English and just the 19 September 2014 is not standard US treatment of a date.  I DID NOT RESPOND but started some searches on the internet.  Discovered this is a scam.  This is how it comes down:  “Funder asked if we could wire money to another organization in Kenya because the funder was not able to send international wires.  RDDC (?) consulted with our board and drew up a MOU (?).  We insisted all funds be deposited in our account and cleared before wiring funds onward.  Funder sent additional funds and these checks were deposited into RDDC’s account.  Funds cleared out account, but a stop payment was issued five days after the clearance.  Some of the wires to Kenya had already been processed by that time.”  So all you non-profits out there beware!  

BMG:  Spayded is not a word!

When a female cats is sterilized, we call that a spay.  The past tense is spayed.  Some folks put an extra “D” in there – spayd-ed!  WRONG!  It is one syllable – not 2.  This is not a hard concept and it drives me crazy.  AHHHHHHHHHHH!

OMG:  7 Cats to be Spay

Our Bonham folks make appointments for cat spays and neuters at a vet clinic in Trenton and Honey Grove.  One lady made an appointment for 7 cats to be spayed this week.  WELL – she missed the appointment because HER HUSBAND LET THE CATS OUTSIDE!   IDIOT!  She had not re-scheduled, either.  This sounds like the classic CONTROL ISSUE with the husband.  I have run across this before.  She did not get his “permission” so he fixed it so she could not get the cats to the appointment.  OH BROTHER – it is always something!  

Memorial for Zorro

Zorro was a black and white cat that was found during the very cold weather we have been having.  A concerned lady found him and brought him to Barn Cats.  Zorro was severely congested.  I took him to the vet on Monday and they gave him a Convenia, fluids, and aB-12 shot.  On Wednesday, he was breathing heavily and seemed worse…so back to the clinic.  They knocked him out again (as you have to do with a feral) and Dr. Jim noticed an expanded belly.  He stuck in a needle and got out fluid that he diagnosed as FIP.  So, Zorro was put to sleep that afternoon.  BUMMER – I know we cannot save them all but I would like to.  He is not wheezing anymore.  RIP Zorro!   

Community of Squeezepenny, TX

I went to a barn in an un-incorporated portion of Collin County.  To get there I passed through the community of Squeezepenny.  WHO KNEW!  The proof is in the signage. 

 

 

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