Blog 07/18/16 to 07/24/16

Relocations

Our Cats after Release

Bad Calls/Emails:  16 Cats and Counting

BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan:  Cats Out and Brought Back

OMG (Oh My God):  RATS EVERYWHERE! 

Relocations and In Take:   We placed 18 this week.  We are only putting cats in areas with good insulation and ventilation and all have a fan.  “Julie” even got an air-conditioned area! 

            3          Workshop in Argyle (Heckle, Jeckle, Jenny)

            1          Workshop in Haslet (Motley)

            1          Adoption Group (Simba)

            2          4 car garage in Heath (George, Brittany)

            3          Barn in Ponder (Lottie, Linda, Lola)

            2          Moved cats from Argyle to Bartonville

            3          Workshop in Rockwall (Merrill, Dude, Clark)

            2          Barn in Copper Canyon (Happy, Mama Kitty)

            1          Garage/office in Copper Canyon (Julie)

Our Cats after Release:

1.     Whitesboro:  Tom, Andy, and Ian went to this workshop in Whitesboro.  I did not get to see “the boys” but the barn owner says they are around and doing their job.  GREAT!

2.     Eastland:  Charlotte and Duchess are being illusive – up the stairs to the attic – but Sugar is visible and lets them pet her.  They have seen the two but only occasionally.

HOWEVER, they have had several HEADLESS RATS – GREAT JOB, LADIES! 

Bad Calls/Emails:  16 Cats and Counting

In a Dallas suburb, a mom has 8 adults and 8 kittens.  I told her we do not kittens because the hawks carry them off in the daytime and the owls at night.  She said there used to be more and that is probably what happened to them…BUMMER!  Anyway, told her to TNR to stop the breeding and I can take the adults in the fall.  It is getting pretty hot and I need to take cats from kill shelters to save their lives.  If you don’t get the first cat(s) sterilized, this is what happens.    

BMG:  Cats Out and Brought Back

I took 4 cats to a location in between Midlothian and Waxahachie.  She had said “There is a shed/garage, an empty chicken coop, and a workshop with an air-conditioned apartment.”  Well, the shed/garage does not have electricity for a fan, the chicken coop is falling apart with lots of dried chicken poop piled up and lots of spiders, and the workshop with the apartment is occupied and closed up (hot-hot-hot) all the time to deter anyone from stealing their equipment.  Bottom Line:  There was no place for the cats to have a “home”.  SO – back to Lewisville with them.  The cats are demanding Frequent Flyer Miles.  We always try to not set them up to fail.       

OMG:  RATS EVERYWHERE

My neighbor found 2 rat bodies decomposing in her yard!  I am getting so many requests for cats that I cannot keep up.  Calls about rats are up 67% in the city of Chicago.  They have begun releasing sterilized feral cats to those areas.  WOW!    

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