Relocations and In Take
Our Cats after Release
Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get
BMG (Bitch – Moan - Groan)
OMG (Oh My God)
Hoarder
“Catching Some Rays”
Relocations and In Take: Placed 28 this week with intake at 23.
2 Garage in
McKinney (Trouble, Jake)
1 Adoption
Group (Thor)
1 Sun porch
in McKinney (Spot, Shakey)
17 Valley
View Rescue (see below – Hoarder)
1 Bonham Rescue
2
Barn in Parker
(Izy, Ion)
4 Shed in Heath – Rockwall County
(Felix, Oscar, Belinda, Brindle)
Cats After Release
1. Weatherford: Jackie
sent an additional picture of Carlos – doing great in Weatherford.
2. Dallas: Miranda
and Trouble are doing well along a golf course.
I did not see them cause the homeowner left the equipment on the front
porch.
3. McKinney:
Lucille and Yoko are living in the woods. The food continues to disappear but they have
not been seen.
4. Duncanville: Ed
and Fred are still in the neighborhood.
The homeowner has been them but they are keeping their distance.
5. Celina: Minnie,
Mya, and Jake are hiding in the barn.
There are 2 donkeys and 2 Great Pyrenees dogs on the property to keep
the predators away.
6. Denton: Chleo
started out in a cage in the garage but has “graduated” to being indoor/outdoor in this nice home in Denton. She is getting along GREAT with the family
dog – Clariece.
7. Denton: In this
barn I placed Morgan and Ebony. Saw
Ebony run out of the building when I arrived.
I left extra food when she comes back.
8. Chandler: Bobbi
– now Tinker Bell – is doing great. Now
she is indoor/outdoor (more in than out) – HA HA! Looking good in East Texas!
Calls/EMAILS You Don’t Want to Get: KITTENS!
Don’t put kittens in a barn
environment. The hawks carry them off in
the daytime and the owls at night. I
have gotten two calls this week from people who contact me THEN get “kittens”
from somewhere else. OK – Now you are
out the cost of spay/neuter and shots – that is IF THEY SURVIVE! We only take cats 8 months and older. Please don’t set them up to fail!
BMG: All you folks
out there doing TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return), when you come across FRIENDLY cats
that have been abandoned – GET THEM OFF THE STREET. If they can be a “pet” then they deserve a
safe, indoor-only home with a family.
NOT A BARN with hawks, owls, coyotes, packs of wild dogs, rattle snakes
and on and on and on. There are 200-300
adoption groups in the DFW area. Become
associated with one that can help you place these friendly cats. Don’t leave them on the street to be shot,
chased, hit with rocks, etc. from uncaring humans.
OMG: Feline Leukemia is very contagious. Barn Cats, Inc. tests every cat for Feline
Leukemia. It is my understanding that
most TNR groups do not test for leukemia.
When you return a “positive” cat to a colony you are potentially
returning it to infect the rest of the colony.
TEST and euthanize those positive cats.
It is a terrible death. Just
think about a sick cat, living outside with little shelter, who at some point
will have trouble even moving and then the ants CRAWLING ALL OVER IT. GROSS!
Give them a quiet, simple death.
That is the humane thing to do.
Hoarder: Rob with ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation) is working
with Barn Cats to finally close out a hoarder situation in Valley View,
TX.
Trip 1: Got a
nursing mom and 5 kittens. Then 9 additional
kittens.
Trip 2: Got 5 – 4
of which are now at Barn Cats and one that tested positive.
ARF took the kittens
(thank GOD) and we will take the feral adults as they are caught. The
hoarder (a guy) is relating better to working with Rob – that was a good
idea!
“Catching some Rays”: Nancy and I rearranged the old cat room this week. We have some additional caging that has doors on the sides…makes for easier cleaning. Now two of our custom cat trees are in front of the window.
Valentina, Tess and
Bunny (in the back)
Thanks for following the
Barn Cats blog. See you next week! Peg
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