Blog 10/05/15 to 10/11/15

Texas Country Reporter Festival

Saturday, October 24, 2015 in Waxahachie, TX

Barn Cats, Inc. will have a booth!

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:  Trip into East Texas

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Barn Cats to a Cat Sanctuary

OMG (Oh My God):  We Do Not Do Trapping

Witch Hat Weekly Special Photo –Lydia

GittyUp and Go Market

Relocations and In Take:   We had 13 placements this week.     

   2     Barn in Nevada (Sue, Sally)

   3     Barn in Southlake (Diabla, Riley, Mama Kitty)

   4     Barn and Garage in Waxahachie (Jeremy, Jesse, Johnny, Cheddar)

   1     TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) (Mama) 

   3     Bonham Rescue

Cheddar will be living in a garage in Waxahachie.  He is a really big tabby with white.  The resident bull dog is already learning his place!  DOGS DROOL and CATS RULE!  

Our Cats after Release:  

Flower Mound:  Freddy was placed in this backyard in Flower Mound.  He was a big cat to begin with and now he is HUGE!  I told the owner he look like he had been on a two-week cruise.  He probably needs to stop the MIDNIGHT BUFFET!  But – all the rodents are gone and that is the important part!      

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Trip into East Texas

Someone called from East Texas and wanted 2 cats for a barn/shed.  I explained the process but did not get a warm fuzzy feeling that he was listening.  BUT – made an appointment for between 11 and noon on Sunday and took off from Lewisville about 9 a.m. with 2 feral cats in tow.  I got there about 11 but…he was not home.  I called and he was 45 minutes out from there…hummmm!   He directed me to the barn which will not work because it was not closed in and I am sure I mentioned that when we spoke.  There is a shed but it was pad locked.  So, I decided to drive in to town for lunch and then return in 45 minutes.  Then I called (cause he was not there) – “Just 10 minutes out”.  Well after another 20 minutes, he still was not there.  You know:  If you cannot make an appointment he should be calling me – not me calling him.  I left at 12:30 and he was just driving in – 1 ½ hours after I had arrived.  SO – I did not leave the cats.  If he does not care to make our appointment on time, then he will probably not take care of our cats.  The bad news is that I traveled 241 round trip for NOTHING!  But playing the glad game, I do not have to return in 3 weeks for the equipment.  Best of all I will not be worrying about our cats! 

BMG:  Barn Cats to a Cat Sanctuary

I received an email from a rescuer in the New York/New Jersey area who last summer turned over two older kittens to a cat sanctuary who had a barn.  Now she is worried that the sanctuary folks may not be taking care of the feral cats.  It appears that they let them out of the caging after only 3 days!  You know:  There is a reason we say 2 weeks.  They do not know this is a good place and the new source of their food.  Now the 2 cats have wandered outside the compound and winter is approaching.  There is two side to each story and this rescue person may have been driving them crazy with calls and questions.   I told her to get someone locally to intercede – may be someone from another rescue group.  She thought it was a good place (and it may be a good place) but she is not so sure now.   GOOD LUCK!    

OMG:  We Do Not Do Trapping

Barn Cats, Inc. is on the back end of the problem.  We take sterilized feral cats and find them a barn home.  YES…we have some traps to loan but we do not do trapping.  PLUS the cats are brought to us – we not pick up.  We help as much as we can but I have to turn away lots of people who have no ability to trap and transport the cats.  Case and Point:  There is a lady east of Dallas who let her cat father many litters of kittens.  Now she is upset because the manager of the mobile home park is trapping the cats and taking them to the kill shelter.  She knows she should have had him fixed but it is too late for that.  I will call her but probably will not be able to help.  Sorry!     

Witch Hat Weekly Special Photo –Lydia

This is also one of Julie’s cats…Lydia.  She only have one front leg.  Lost the right one to cancer.  Ian from last week is her son.  At least she will lay next to the hat!      

GittyUp and Go Market

This convenience store is along Hwy 78 in Nevada, TX.  Great Name!   Right up there with the “Middle of No Where” market in Oklahoma.    

Thanks for following the Barn Cat Blog.  See you next week!       Peg