Blog 03/14/16 to 03/20/16

Relocations

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:  Another Mess in Corsicana

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan):  Phone Messages Not Returned

OMG (Oh My God):  Pringle now Pistol

Wisteria Blooming  

Relocations and In Take:   We had 8 placements this week.    

2          Adoption Group (Cory, Squirt)

4          Barn in McKinney (Brad, Bobby, Toby, Jeremiah)

1          Barn in Seagoville (Ted)

1          Barn in Hickory Creek (Mittens)

Our Cats after Release:

1.     Gainesville:    Buddy, Hugo, Missy, Daisy, Betsy, Betty, and Garfield went to this barn area next to his MAN CAVE!  They are elusive but seen at sundown.  The food is disappearing so all is good in Gainesville. 

2.     Flower Mound:  Henry and Harry went to this backyard.  Unfortunately they have taken off.  The home owners are still holding out hope that they will return so we will just have to wait and see.  They will take additional cats if the boys do not return.  UPDATE:   They are back!   YEAH! 

3.     Flower Mound:  Helen, Heather, Hope and Bruce went to the multi-barn site with lots of chickens.  They are seeing Bruce more that the girls but I’ll bet they are still around. 

4.     Red Oak:  Daisy, Luna, Geri, and Gizmo went to this warehouse area.  All 4 are still around protected by the biggest set of long horns I have ever seen.   CHECK IT OUT – they are 9 ½ feet from tip to tip:

  

Bad Calls/EMAILS:  Another Mess in Corsicana

There is a guy with several cats in Corsicana who is terribly ill.  He wants me to take his cats if/when he goes to an assisted care facility.  OK – probably can do that based on available caging.  I asked if he had discussed this with the Navarro County Humane Society.  And I quote:  “All they do is fight amongst themselves.  The animals are secondary to their internal squabbles.”  Well – BUMMER!   People:  Get over yourselves and take care of the animals that need you – Geez!  

BMG:  Phone Messages Not Returned

Received an email from someone saying her friend wanted 4 cats for her barn in East Texas.  A phone number was included.  I left 5 messages that week (this was 2 weeks ago).  Never received a phone call back.  So I took the high road:  sometimes phone calls are missed in the country…so gave her the benefit of the doubt.  The next Sunday, the friend got her to text me and said she was on her way to Tyler and would call me Sunday night.  Nothing again!  On Thursday they were together again – she texted and I called her AND SHE ANSWERED!  Hallelujah!   I asked some questions and she said she would send pictures on the inside of her barn…well…that was 5 days ago and NOTHING!   I have written her off.  If she does not have time to call me back to discuss cats and the layout of the barn, then she probably does not have time to take care of any cats. 

OMG:  Pringle now Pistol

We sometimes take cats from the Bedford city shelter.  We got 3 from them several years ago and one was this nice orange guy, Pringle.  When we took him in to the vet to be checked and shots updated, they discovered he was declawed in front.  NOW WHAT?  We cannot put out a declawed cat.  Then – ACT OF GOD!  We got a call from a business in Whitesboro that wanted an inside cat for their store.  They have lots of very expensive western-theme furniture and a declawed cat would be great.  Pringle is living “high on the hog” in Whitesboro and sleeps on the most expensive pieces they have – of course!  How they are opening up another building just across the driveway and will need another cat in June.  We will certainly get one for them.  Pringle (Pistol) is a big hit and some people just stop to see him.   BARN CATS ROCK! 

Wisteria Blooming – Check it out!

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