11/11/13 to 11/17/13

     HAPPY TURKEY DAY! 

(along Hwy 377 in northern Denton County – hay bale for body – 6 fl tall and windmill blades for tail feathers – CUTE!  )        

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get

BMG (Bitch – Moan - Groan)

OMG (Oh My God) 

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 37 this week with intake at 16. 

4          Organic nursery in Mesquite (Snow White, Evan, Diamond, Kathy)

3          Barn in Corsicana (Tank, Gina, George)

1          Garage in Frisco (Bette)

3          Barn in Paradise (Twinkle Toes, Sonny, Kitty)

2          Barn in Sherman (Gina, Gracie)

3          Workshop in Windom (TJ, Sunny, Moony)

5          Workshop in Sanger (Angie, Ace, Amy, Ashby, Ally)

16        Bonham Rescue

In Corsicana, Tank (who I rarely saw in my cat room), came out and let the husband pet him! 

SHOCK!   

Cats after Release: 

1.      Anna – Mr. Nanty (Nathan) and Tank are seen each night patrolling the property.  There are many free-range chickens on the property and the cats are keeping their distance from the large roasters!    

2.      Trenton – Kennedy, Macie, and Elaine have all been seen regularly around the barn area.  I got a picture of Kennedy in their “sleeping” area. 

                                                            

3.      Bells – I have put a total of 9 cats out on this property.  Girlfriend and Cindy have left the “man cave” and are hiding out in the hay barn…rat haven over there!  This picture is of a cat I put there about 4 years ago. 

                                                                                                                         

4.      Mineola – I send two new volunteers off to Mineola to collect the 3 triple cages that were there.  When they arrived, they discovered that the ranch manager HAD NOT RELEASED THE CATS A WEEK AGO!   SO – they closed the workshop, and let the cats out.  The manager set up food and water and the barn owner added a litter box when she arrived later that day.  Those were all cats from a school in University Park.  They are doing well there.

5.      Flower Mound – Tootles and Custard are hiding out at the back of the barn.  They are doing well.  I had to take the picture from far away so as not to spook them.  Sorry it is not really clear!

                                                                                

6.      Whitesboro – Katie, Billie, and Bobby are doing well.  Did not see them.  

7.      McKinney – Fluffy (now Lilly) continues to thrive in her heated shed in a backyard. 

8.      Bartonville – Lots of good news here including pictures of cats from many years ago.

Cupcake on Stairs to the Loft

      

Candy in her Cat Tree

 

Tux - one of her Original Cats

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get:  A person with many dogs and cats in Trenton was evicted this week.  He continues to return to feed the animals.  Local adoption groups are taking friendly cats and dogs – but – you know what that means:  Barn Cats will probably get all the “left-overs” – the unadoptable cats.  Rhonda is going out there to trap on Sunday night.  None are sterilized – of course.      

BMG:   From last week:  All that paperwork is STILL not completed from animal services who got the cats done without letting the volunteer “pick” them.  I continue to wait – almost all those cats have been placed now and I am left to MAIL those documents when they are received. 

OMG:  Took in 4 cats from a person in an apartment complex.  One went in to be spay but needed a neuter….Rosie went in and Roger came out!   Here we go again!  Two weeks in a row!

Thanks for following the Barn Cats blog.  See you next week!           Peg

11/04/13 to 11/10/13

Relocations and In Take

Our Cats after Release

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get

BMG (Bitch – Moan - Groan)

OMG (Oh My God) 

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 36 this week with intake at 25. 

9          Barn in Grandview (Princess, Smudge, Toothless, Zuzu, Salem, Sassy, Kendra, Kirby, Kevin)

4          Workshop in Ennis (Bells, Rue, Zinger, Ceva (Celia))

3          Workshop in Waxahachie (Boo, Whisper, Downey)

4          Barn in Justin (Blackie, Creamy, Two-Face, Uncle)

2          Greenhouse in Flower Mound (Jan, Janet)

5          Feed store warehouse in Era (Freddie, Helga, Stella, Rita, Sterling)

1          Garage in Richardson (Ricky)

1          Home in Celina (Tyra)

2          Adoption Group (Bill, Lonnie)

5          Bonham Rescue

 The Greenhouse in Flower Mound turned out to be a couple I had known many years ago.  We attended the same church. 

In Era, the store manager asked for 5 BIG spayed females.  So, I went to Lewisville Animal Services and got 5 big females from “death row”.  One, Sterling, has worked her way into the office onto the leather sofa and is even SLEEPING WITH THE DOG!

           

              

Sleeping with the 'Enemy'  LOL

Cats after Release: 

1.      McKinney – The 5 we placed there (Sabrina, Puddin, Lucy and Lonnie) are doing well with the llama protecting them. 

2.      Parker – Ion and Izy are going well but are more “elusive”.

3.      Wylie – Ivy and Sugar are going well.  The other two previous placed cats have also been seen recently. 

4.      Rockwall – These 3 are still living in the shed where I placed them.  There is a loft and even a window! 

                   

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get:  A local trapper was asked to go through a house to trap in the backyard.  WELL – HOARDER!   The good news is that there are only 3 cats living in that filthy house.  An appointment was made to get the inside cats, but the people never showed up.  YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH if the people will not cooperate!   

BMG:   I said I would take 10 cats from a local Animal Services organization.  BUT – all had to be tested, fixed, and given shots.  WELL – the group did not wait for the volunteer to pick the cats (I needed a group of friendly and feral PLUS no body under 8 months and no white cats).  SO – they picked 10 cats and sent them to the SPCA clinic to get the work done.  HUMMM!  One was a solid white, front declawed cat!  WHAT?  ….and 4 others were too young.  THEN – they did not get the correct paperwork.  It has been over a week and I still do not have rabies certificates for those cats.  WHAT A MESS!   

OMG:  Took in a cat from Lewisville Animal Services “Bella”.  She went in to be spayed BUT needed a neuter – in as Bella and out as Bill.                      

Thanks for following the Barn Cats blog.  See you next week!           Peg

10/28/13 to 11/03/13

Relocations and In Take

October Close-out

Our Cats after Release

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get

BMG (Bitch – Moan - Groan)

OMG (Oh My God) 

Another Turtle in the Road

Relocations and In Take:   Placed 25 this week with intake at 12. 

            2          Barn in Bartonville (Cupcake and Candy)

            1          Return to owner after vetting (Paloma)

            2          Garage in McKinney (Mr. Whitey, Miss Torti)

            1          Backyard in McKinney (Missy)

            6          Shed/Workshop in Azle (6 from Valley View Hoarder)

            2          Workshop in Bells (Girlfriend, Cindy)

            1          Heated shed in McKinney (Fluffy)

            10        Bonham Rescue

Girlfriend and Cindy were “friends” from their previous location in Fort Worth where there shelter is now just a pile of dirt.  They were trapped separately over a week apart so I did not know if they would recognize each other.  When available, I put them in cages side by side in the cat room and caught them “talking to each other” one afternoon.  In Bells, I put them in the same triple cage.  Girlfriend immediately left her carrier and went into Cindy’s carrier to see her friend.  It was heart-warming!  A cat that I placed in that workshop several years ago was still there to check out the new residents.    

October Close-Out:  BEST OCTOBER EVER – 118 placements in 7 counties!  That makes 571 so far in 2013 which is 131 over this same time last year.

            Collin               Denton            Rockwall          Wood

            Cooke              Fannin             Tarrant

                                   

Cats after Release:  Our cats are doing well in Rockwall, McKinney and Little Elm.  I placed Fluffy this week in McKinney.  She is liking her new feral house.

                               

 Fluffy in her feral house in McKinney

                    

Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get:  Update Burleson:  (15 feral cats) Hope to get the first 4 in on Monday next week.  WI would like to place them together in Justin.     

BMG:   I put 2 cats in a barn in Little Elm.  I left several messages when it was time to pick up equipment.  My calls were never returned.  WELL – when she finally DID return my call, her ROOMMATE had disassembled all our caging and LEFT IT OUT LYING IN THE MUD IN THE RAIN.  It was there for a week or two.  The person I dealt with did not:

1.      Call me to pick it up

2.      Move it to a shed or garage where it would not get wet and RUSTED! 

WHAT?  This is total disregard for someone else’s belongings.  If she wanted it out of the way, then take it apart and put it against a wall – there was plenty of room.  I WAS (and still am) APPALLED at this behavior.  People will forever amaze me!

OMG:  Someone in Lewisville noticed worms (usually tape worms) on their cats.  They called an area feed store rather than a veterinarian.  The person there recommended a drug that is poison for cats.  The folks did not know that and gave it to 3 cats – it killed one.  They called me and told them to call All Care who said BRING THEM IN!   It was too late for the youngest cat – they put her to sleep – she was convulsing.  The other 2 survived.  Barn Cats paid for the treatment.  GEEZ – call a vet office – Dronsit (for tape worms) is not expensive and the youngest cat would still be alive.   

Another Turtle in the Road:  I am forever stopping to move a turtle from the middle of a highway, road, or street.  LESSON LEARNED:  Always take them to the side they are headed toward.  If you take them back, then they start across again!   WELL – this turtle turned out to be a clot of mud!   HA HA!                        

Thanks for following the Barn Cats blog.  See you next week!           Peg