It's What I Do
It's What I Do
These are some of my tales from various rescue adventures.
Gender: male Member Since: March 18, 2008 Last Signed In: November 18, 2008 Blog Views: 621 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
A sane end for Crazy.
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I have to admit that I am tired. I've been pulled in every direction in effort to save a cat or a kitten.
Of all these years that I have been doing this, this year is the worst. People who know what I do come up to me and ask if I can take in a litter of kittens or an older cat because someone got foreclosed on and left the pet behind thinking that the bank would discover the cat within a few days. What the ignorant are unaware of is that banks sometimes don't show up for at least a month after a home is foreclosed on. Or how about those who can't afford to bring 'fluffy' to the vet because their gas tank needs filling? Little Fluffy is dropped off in a rural field where the owner thinks the cat will hunt mice and rats for the rest of its "happy" life. I am the one that gets the call about some cat that has had a litter in a barn and the owner of the land despises cats for some reason. I have to deal with being under threat each night I go out to a particular site, the threat of being jumped by 'thugs' who have nothing better to do, the threat of these cats that I am trying to help getting shot at by BB guns (or worse). I'm ranting, I know. We are out there every night and barely have time to take time for ourselves. On a lighter note, I should be posting some new photos of the rescues I have done.
Despite having a broken shoulder, I'm still out there doing what I do. Just not as much as I can.
I finally caught one of "Olive's" kittens who is about three or four months old. I wanted to catch them sooner but the person who asked me to do this has told me that she is full and can only take one here and there. We almost caught two at once since two white kittens were going into the same trap. There is always a rush when this happens because it cuts out a lot of long amount of waiting in the future. Alas, the second cat backed out at the last minute. The one that we did get will be easily domesticated since it allowed me to pet him and liked to talk. It was brought to my attention that I should be alert in this area that I am trapping because there are people getting jumped in the same alley that I am trapping in. Yeah, I'm careful as it is, as anyone would know from past posts. I do have to say that we rescued an unexpected cat. An orange Manx who was wandering around in a parking lot and was hungry. It's a friendly little guy and we checked the paper over and over for Lost ads. In the end, he will go to a good home. I know I am behind on posting pictures but they are coming, I'm just editing my face out of them. I'm a little shy ;-) |