Blog 04/28/14 to 05/04/14
Barn Cat Bash, June 1st
Bistecca
(formerly Grotto) in Highland Village
See list below – updated weekly on auction items!
Relocations and In Take
Our Cats after Release
April Update
Bad Calls/Emails:
Leaving Your Senior Cats Behind
BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan): Flies EVERYWHERE!
OMG (Oh My God):
Tootles
Barn Cat Bash Auction Update: Baskets and Yard Art
Relocations and In Take: Placed 13 this week with intake at 5.
1
Barn in McKinney
(Donna)
2 Garage/Workshop in Denison (Thing 1
and 2)
2 Barn in Justin (Jamie and Jenny)
2 Garage in Fort Worth (Pepper Anne,
Patton)
2 Garage in Commerce (Addison, Edgar)
4 Bonham Rescue
The Fort Worth location
was at an historic house on the Ridglea Country Club golf course. WOW – lucky cats!
Our Cats after Release: Picked
up equipment in 4 locations this week but did not get any pictures –
sorry!
1.
Weston: Thomas is doing well here and has even made
friends with the dog. Barn was closed
when I went by so did not get to see him.
2.
Weston: 4 cats from Judy went to this location. All are doing great.
3.
Van Alstyne: Amy, Andrea, and Mocha went to this workshop
area. Saw the tabby/white (Andrea) when
I was picking up equipment. All are
hanging out in the workshop and doing well.
4.
McKinney: Put Grace and Blossom in this barn. Grace has worked out well but Blossom is just
too shy for this location. I switched
her out with Donna, a calico. Blossom will be relocated to Flower Mound to a
quieter barn next week.
April Closeout:
We placed 75 in April in 9
North Texas counties:
Collin Cooke Dallas Denton
Ellis Fannie Grayson Montague Tarrant
It
was a great month but not our best. That
was in 2008 when 77 were placed…just 2 short…Geez!
Bad Calls/EMAILS:
Leaving your Senior Cats Behind
Tuesday
was not a good day for the phone. A guy
left a message trying to place his 2 cats because he was moving. OK – maybe he is moving to Germany or
something…benefit of the doubt. WELL –
the cats are 14 and 16 years old and he is moving from McKinney to Fort Worth. He rented an apartment in Fort Worth that
DOES NOT TAKE PETS! WHAT? You have two elderly cats and you rent an
apartment that does not take them. Would
you leave your kids behind! AND – just
to make matters worse – this is Tuesday and he is moving at the end of the
week. I “read him the riot act” and he
hung up on me.
On
the other side – another call was from a grandmother trying to help out her
daughter who had a child that is allergic and other child on the way. That cat was also up in years but she was
trying to find options for this cat. I
said you really need a “Seniors for Seniors” program but we do not have anyone
doing that in our area that I know of.
So we talked about senior “independent” living locations and she will
try to find someone to take that cat at one of those places. Hope it works out – at least she is
trying!
BMG: Flies EVERYWHERE
We
reserve the right to turn down any relocation if we feel the property is not
suitable for our cats. I traveled into
the Dallas area with 3 cats on Thursday.
The horses looked OK but the flies were HORRIFIC! I will not put cats in a cage where they can
be attacked by flies with no way to get away from them. There are fly predators, misting systems, and
compounds to feed to your horses to make their poop unattractive to flies. This location had NONE of these…so returned
to Lewisville with our cats.
OMG: Tootles
Remember the little tabby
that went from her barn to the Circle R Event Center in Flower Mound – this was
in March! She got an infected eye and it
ruptured on Wednesday night. I put her
to sleep on Thursday. What a sweet little girl who had been through
so much! RIP, Tootles! I will miss you.
Barn Cat Bash Auction:
Cat and Dog “Play” Baskets
Neighbor Nancy is the
queen of basket making around here. They
are just running over with goodies when she is finished. We were off trying to find BIGGER ready-made
cellophane covers for them this week.
Take a look…
Talked about our yard art
last week but the pictures never were transfer from my phone to the
computer. Now – here they are:
Thanks for following the
Barn Cats blog. See you next week! Peg
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