Blog 07/27/15 to 08/02/15  

BLOG on Vacation August 3-23

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

July Closeout

Bad Calls/Emails:  Now It Is Worse

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  New Roof

OMG (Oh My God):  Reason We Do Not Order Litter On-Line

NEW VEHICLE -- FINALLY

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 2 this week.  

1                 Adoption Group (Slim)

1          Barn in Ennis (Kit Kat)

Our Cats after Release:  

1.     Dallas – June, Leslie, and Pete from Clifton were placed in this barn on the Dallas / Lancaster border.  There are sign they are around but the barn owners have not seen them but that is not unusual for the group of very feral cats.   

2.     Godley – Fluff, Miss Kitty, Gena, Mona, Molly, and Mama were all placed together in a workshop/barn combo in Godley.  All 6 have been spotted and 4 have let the barn owner’s wife pet them!   …but we did not see any. 

3.     Flower Mound – Beverly and Bob two cats from a hoarder went to this barn right in back of the house.  I saw one of the two when I picked up equipment but unsure which one – they look alike!          

July Closeout - We placed 39 in 5 North Texas counties:

            Collin              Denton            Young

            Dallas              Johnson

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Now It Is Worse

Received a phone call (someone else with no computer) with cats in an area outside of any city.  Their particular county does not have any animal services offered.  Her cats are having more cats – no kidding!   I spoke with her in the spring but she did not take care of the sterilization and not there is just more – and there will be more and more and more.  I told her about a low cost spay/neuter clinic and discussed options for the kittens.  That is all I can do.  

           

BMG:  New Roof

One day at the end of May or beginning of June in a terrible rain storm, we got a roof leak down a wall in the cat room closet.  Nothing was damaged because all that is in there is a cat tree and beds for the elderly cats that live in that room.  So, I called my insurance and then a roofing company and started that process – SOMETHING ELSE TO DEAL WITH!  It was completed on Wednesday.  I took them longer because of the extreme heat.  They even had a cooler on top of my chimney – GOOD IDEA!   

      

OMG:  The Reason We Do Not Order Litter On-Line

All the years of Barn Cats (13 years) we have ordered 50 lb bags of Tidy Cat Litter from Sam’s Club every two weeks or so.  Now – THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARRY IT ANY MORE!   BUMMER!  Plus, we need to stock up because I am leaving for 3 weeks.  Various folks have suggested “Just order it  on-line!”  So, I tried it out – ordered ten 40 lb bags from www.chewy.com.  Well, here in lies the problem:  It is delivered to my front door and we have to move it TWICE to get it to the back garage.  Take a look…

I could not even open the front door.   Plus, we now have 10 cardboard boxes to deal with – NOT A GOOD IDEA! 

NEW VEHICLE – FINALLY!

It was a 4-week struggle to get a new Ford Transit Connect but we finally have it.  Now I will need to get it wrapped with our former design retro-fitted for this vehicle.  It is a litter bigger with a lift-gate rather than the barn doors that were an obstacle with the former TC.  ALSO – it is better insulated so much less road noise. 

Thanks for following the Barn Cats Blog.  Blog will return on 8/30/15.      Peg