Blog 10/19/15 to 10/25/15

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:  Houston Hoarder

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Bonham Spay/Neuter Program

OMG (Oh My God):  Texas Country Reporter Festival

Witch Hat Weekly Special Photo – Tess

Relocations and In Take:   We had 3 placements this week.     

1                 Warehouse in Denton (Beauregard)

2                 Barn in Sherman

Check out Beauregard.  We got him out of the Lewisville kill shelter.  He is enormous! 

 

Our Cats after Release:  Picked up in Frisco where Sally and Mallory were placed in this garage in a gated community.  Both are still there.  I saw Mallory and the neighbor that has let me into the garage saw Sally….so….ALL GOOD!        

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Houston Hoarder

Received a call from a Houston suburb.  A lady has had 3 kittens a day for the last three days put inside the cat door of her unit.  (Obvious resolution:  Close off the cat door at the front of the condo.)  Now she has 9 kittens to deal with.  If she takes them to the local humane society, it will be $30 or $40 a kitten to place them with that group.  I recommended she go to see if a group that works out of Petco and/or PetsMart can take the kittens.  She said she understood but still went back to the HS and the charges.  She obviously does not understand!   Then she says she knows where they are coming from because a lady several doors down is a HOARDER.  OK – go to the HOA and complain.  She says she had done that with no results.  I said to contact that humane society and turn in the hoarder.  She does not want to anger the neighbor.  WHAT?  She is abusing cats and you do not want to anger her?  I had to disconnect from the call at this point because she just does not get it and was not listening.  I am not familiar with groups and/or have any contacts in Houston.  She will have to address this one locally.       

BMG:  End of our Spay/Neuter Program in Bonham

We have had very few placements in August and September but spay and neuter operations have continued which is good.  BUT – I got the MasterCard bill and it is out of sight!   We pay it off every month but it is way out of hand now because of no money coming in.  When no cats go out – we get no money from barn owners.  Then we cannot take in any cats, so we get no money from in-take. ALL BAD!  I had to stop the spay/neuter program in Bonham.  We cannot stop buying food, litter, or gasoline…so the spay/neuter program had to be discontinued at least for now.  Hopefully we can start back up before spring kitten season.  BUMMER! 

OMG:  Texas Country Reporter Festival

We had a booth reservation at the festival for the 3^rd year but then the rains came!   I did not set up the booth but since I was already there, did some shopping for the up-coming auction. 

About ½ the booths did not show up – I felt sorry for the folks that were there – so I think my purchases were appreciated.    

Witch Hat Weekly Special Photo – Tess

Tess is one of my personal cats from many, many years ago.  She is now 15 years old.  She is not the most pleasant cat – only likes me and not even any of the other cats.  Also she has some “bad litter box” habits (read between the lines) which has always been a problem.  BUT – you cannot discard a 15-year-old member of your cat family so I just make it work.  Anyway, this is Tess in the Witch Hat. 

  

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