Blog
11/02/15 to 11/08/15
Barn Cat Bash – Friday, November 27, 2015
3 pm Auction with 6:30 Dinner
Relocations and In Take
Our Cats after Release
Bad Calls/Emails: Too Many Cats!
BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan): Shelter 50 Miles Away
OMG (Oh My God): Melted Equipment
Relocations and In
Take: We had
12 placements this week.
3 Barn in Saint Jo (Yankee, Scotty, Ariel)
2 Barn
in Sachse (Kiz, Klaus)
4 Barn
in Southlake (Dee Dee, Skitty Kitty, Shelly, Ginger)
3 Adoption
Group (Mittens, Janice, Johnny)
Our Cats after Release:
1.
Southlake: Diabla, Riley, and Mama
Kitty were place in this barn by the side of the house. They put in a cat ladder so they can get on
top of a storage area and the cats are using it. They rattle a bag of treats or special food
each evening and they come back into the barn area. ALL GOOD!
2.
Sherman: Sonja and Stan went to
a therapeutic riding stable outside of Sherman.
They are doing well.
3.
Glenn Heights: Jason and Jessica
were placed in this barn when we had put cats over 6 years ago. The current ranch manager says they are
sticking close by which is always good.
Bad Calls/EMAILS: Too Many Cats!
Received
a call from an obviously elderly person that said animal services had issued
her a citation because she is “over the city limit” – which is 6 animals. She has 6 dogs (tethered in her backyard)
plus 10 inside cats (her pets) then 20 to 30 feral cats. Wonder if a neighbor turned her in…??? This was a confusing call because the “feral”
cats are not really feral but kittens she took in as STRAYS. But – there is no spay/neuter going on here
and the problem has just gotten worse and worse since she took in a litter of
kittens a year ago – which means they are breeding with each other inside her
house. If these older kittens are
pick-up-able, then probably can be adopted.
She has not spoken with any of the MANY adoption groups in that
area. I advised her to speak with them
then let the rest go to animal services who will get them spayed/neutered and
put them up for adoption. Wonder why it
needed to get this bad before she did anything.
I am also worried about the 6 tethered dogs that are all 5 years or
older.
BMG: Shelter 50 Miles Away
A
guy from a neighboring community traveled 40 to 50 miles to another community
to get a friendly house cat that he proceeded to put totally outside and not
feed. His community has a no
free-roaming cat ordinance. This was in
August of 2015. The cat went to a
neighbor who saw he was skinny and started feeding him. He then gave the neighbor all the paperwork
(sterilization record, shot record, microchip, etc) who brought him to Barn
Cats. We will evaluate him and then
trade him to an adoption group. I called
that shelter and told them the story but they did not even seem concerned. Maybe that is why that guy went there…??? He also gave them an incomplete address and
they obviously did not check it with a driver’s license. Well, that house cat’s worries are over. We will get him back into a safe, indoor
home.
OMG: Melted Equipment
Most
of our older style waterers have broken.
The new style is good but the tops CANNOT BE PUT in a dishwasher – they will
melt. One of our equipment pickups,
trying to help which I appreciate, did exactly that and the results are shown
below. BUMMER!
Thanks
for following the Barn Cat Blog. See you
next week! Peg
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