Barn Cats BLOG 7/28/19

Blog 07/22/19 to 07/28/19

SOLD TO ANIMAL ALLIES OF TEXAS

BARN CAT TRUCK

Abbreviations:

MCCC – Mid-Cities Community Cats

DCL – Dallas Cat Lady

PCFCC – Panther City Feral Cat Coalition

FF – Feral Friends

TTR – Tall Tails Rescue

GP – Garland Pawsibilities

Relocations

Our Cats after Release

Calls/Emails:  Feral Friends to be placing some Cats

OMG:  Older Cat that Does Not Look Good – UPDATE

BMG:  Emails without Phone Numbers or Locations    

TRANSITION UPDATE

Relocations: 

3          Barn in Gainesville (3 from MCCC)

3          Barn in Flower Mound (3 from MCCC)

Our Cats after Release:   No equipment picked up that I know of this week.  Will have Frisco, Ivanhoe and Van Alstyne next week.       

Calls/Emails:  Feral Friends to be placing some Cats

Had a conference call on Sunday with 2 folks from Feral Friends.  Went over what to look for in a good barn, how to place them (caging, etc.), questions to ask barn owners before you agree to take out cats, weather concerns in summer and winter, placement of cat doors (best in a window that gets it off the ground and other critters don’t come in), etc. etc.   They got several barn possibilities in Lucas and Fairview.   GOOD LUCK!  

 

OMG:   Older Cat Does Not Look Good -- UPDATE

I put 2 cats out 9 years ago in a barn in Highland Village.  The owners have sold the property and the new owners wanted to keep Sweet Pea.  The other cat is gone…???  The daughter of the former owners went over to feed Sweet Pea because the new owners are out of town.  She reported back to her mom that Sweet Pea “does not look good”.  She called me and I advised that she should take her to our vet and we will get her checked out and treated as needed.  She is still at the vet clinic…testing, etc. to be done on Monday.  Update next week!  UPDATE:  This is Sweet Pea.  She tested negative and got her shots updated on Monday.  I placed her at our Elder Care Facility – in their workshop – on Sunday.  She was out of the carrier and taking it all in immediately.  That was better than when she was here for a week…she rarely came out when I was around but always ready for canned food!   UPDATE:  Sweet Pea will be released next Sunday.  The other cats were sitting on top of her cage when I was there last week.  Glad everyone is letting along. 

BMG:  Emails without Phone Numbers or Locations 

I am still amazed about how many emails I get with folks needing “emergency” information and they do not include a phone number.  Some don’t even include a location.  Recommendations are dependent on WHERE YOU ARE.  Info for the Dallas area is not the same as for the Houston area….much less Pennsylvania!!!!!!!! 

    

TRANSITION UPDATE:   Interesting that Feral Friends now wants to do barning.  I had written them off several weeks ago and every retrieved the equipment I had given to them.  Hummm!  We shall see…   They are picking “low hanging fruit” in Fairview and Lucas.  They have a barn in Sanger but that is too far for them.  I will work with another group to get that one done.           

Thanks for following the Barn Cats Blog.            Peg  

Barn Cats BLOG 7/21/19

Blog 07/15/19 to 07/21/19

SOLD TO ANIMAL ALLIES OF TEXAS

BARN CAT TRUCK FOR SALE

Abbreviations:

MCCC – Mid-Cities Community Cats

DCL – Dallas Cat Lady

PCFCC – Panther City Feral Cat Coalition

FF – Feral Friends

TTR – Tall Tails Rescue

GP – Garland Pawsibilities

Relocations

Our Cats after Release

Calls/Emails:  Older Cats being removed from Apartment - UPDATE

OMG:  Older Cat that Does Not Look Good – UPDATE

UPDATE:  Friendly Cat in Lancaster – ADOPTED!  

TRANSITION UPDATE

Relocations: 

3          Workshop in Blue Ridge (3 from MCCC)  

Also checked out a barn/shed in Cedar Hill but it was full of equipment (no room for caging) and just not enough air flow for summer in Texas.  We will be waiting for fall for that location.   

Our Cats after Release:   

1.     Decatur – 5 MCCC cats were placed in this big shed in Decatur.  All 5 have been spotted so looks like it went well.

2.     Gunter – 3 from Garland were placed in this AIR CONDITIONED office connected to the barn in Gunter.  2 were friendly and 1 other is skittish…but….all 3 are hanging around.  They agree with me – LOVE AIR CONDITIONING!   HA HA!  

Calls/Emails:  Older Cats being removed from Apartment -- UPDATE

Received a call a Dallas location.  New management “wants the cats gone – NOW!”  The same person has been feeding them for about 10 years.  The good news is that there is a location that wants BIG CATS so will try and place them in their shed.  Hope this works out for the sake of the cats.  Will have an update next week. UPDATE:  The male cat did not like me…hiss, hiss.  So, I asked the person who has been caring for them for over 10 years to go along.  I put up a cage in a backyard under a cabana (with good fencing in the yard) and she helped with the relocation.  Sally and Steve went here.  Hope they do well!!!   UPDATE:  Going to move them to an out-building on Wednesday this week.  There is a window so they can come and go and it will be better when cold weather comes around. 

OMG:   Older Cat Does Not Look Good

I put 2 cats out 9 years ago in a barn in Highland Village.  The owners have sold the property and the new owners wanted to keep Sweet Pea.  The other cat is gone…???  The daughter of the former owners went over to feed Sweet Pea because the new owners are out of town.  She reported back to her mom that Sweet Pea “does not look good”.  She called me and I advised that she should take her to our vet and we will get her checked out and treated as needed.  She is still at the vet clinic…testing, etc. to be done on Monday.  Update next week!  UPDATE:  This is Sweet Pea.  She tested negative and got her shots updated on Monday.  I placed her at our Elder Care Facility – in their workshop – on Sunday.  She was out of the carrier and taking it all in immediately.  That was better than when she was here for a week…she rarely came out when I was around but always ready for canned food!  

UPDATE:   Friendly Cat in Lancaster - ADOPTED

Received a call from a lady who was having to put her father in an assisted living facility.  A friendly cat had shown up there many months before and now would be abandoned.  Also, the daughter has a terminal illness.  His name is Meow-Meow and is a brown tabby.  I told her I would take him but she would have to deliver him to the vet we use in Coppell.  She did that on Monday.  He tested negative and now is loose in my house waiting for an opening at Petco.  Glad I could help – the cat deserves it!  

UPDATE:  Meow-Meow is still with me.  There has not been an opening yet at Petco.

UPDATE:  He is going to Petco on Monday, July 1^st!!!!!  All good news!!!!

UPDATE:  He was adopted this week to an indoor home.   YEAH TEAM!  

   

TRANSITION UPDATE:   I gave more equipment to MCCC this week.  They are doing the most placements right now.  ALSO – Good news that the truck has a buyer.  We will close the deal in August after I get it UN-WRAPPED and checked out by the dealer.  GOOD NEWS!        

Thanks for following the Barn Cats Blog.            Peg  

Barn Cats BLOG 7/14/19

Blog 07/08/19 to 07/14/19

BARN CAT TRUCK FOR SALE - $6,000 plus Taxes

2015 Ford Transit Connect – 120,000 miles approximately

Animal Allies of Texas contacted me this week to purchase the Transit.  They need to get approval from board.  We shall see…

Abbreviations:

MCCC – Mid-Cities Community Cats

DCL – Dallas Cat Lady

PCFCC – Panther City Feral Cat Coalition

FF – Feral Friends

TTR – Tall Tails Rescue

GP – Garland Pawsibilities

Relocations

Our Cats after Release

Calls/Emails:  Older Cats being removed from Apartment - UPDATE

OMG:  Older Cat that Does Not Look Good

BMG:  Disappointment

TRANSITION UPDATE

Relocations: 

2          Backyard in Frisco (Sally, Steve)

1          Barn in Van Alstyne (Myra)   

Our Cats after Release:   

Nothing picked up this week.      

Calls/Emails:  Older Cats being removed from Apartment -- UPDATE

Received a call a Dallas location.  New management “wants the cats gone – NOW!”  The same person has been feeding them for about 10 years.  The good news is that there is a location that wants BIG CATS so will try and place them in their shed.  Hope this works out for the sake of the cats.  Will have an update next week. UPDATE:  The male cat did not like me…hiss, hiss.  So, I asked the person who has been caring for them for over 10 years to go along.  I put up a cage in a backyard under a cabana (with good fencing in the yard) and she helped with the relocation.  Sally and Steve went here.  Hope they do well!!!   

OMG:   Older Cat Does Not Look Good

I put 2 cats out 9 years ago in a barn in Highland Village.  The owners have sold the property and the new owners wanted to keep Sweet Pea.  The other cat is gone…???  The daughter of the former owners went over to feed Sweet Pea because the new owners are out of town.  She reported back to her mom that Sweet Pea “does not look good”.  She called me and I advised that she should take her to our vet and we will get her checked out and treated as needed.  She is still at the vet clinic…testing, etc. to be done on Monday.  Update next week!

BMG:  Disappointment

The very first groups I placed after Operation Kindness “changed their mind” was to Emory, TX.  Those cats came from Feral Friends.  I took 4 folding cages over to one of their volunteers along with litter boxes, carriers, feeders/waterers, etc.  Each time I call them they have no cats to place.  So, where is all that equipment?  IN A STORAGE SHED!   Well – not anymore…I got it back and gave it to the Dallas Cat Lady who is using the equipment I gave them.  I will remove FF from the list at the top of the BLOG next week.  BUMMER!  

TRANSITION UPDATE:   Winter items have gone out to DCL, Garland, and MCCC.  PCFCC will get their stuff later this coming week.  Things are moving slowly….wish it was just one group…would be much easier.    

Thanks for following the Barn Cats Blog.            Peg