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