After I left a drop trap and a couple live traps in Brownssville, for them to catch their four adults, or try, they had no luck, for today's appointments. I didn't think they would. I went ahead and made plans for other cats to go.
The Lacomb lady with Laca, fixed last Friday, caught the big male she was after. I named him Thor for the records. He was fixed today.
He is a beautiful impressive big boy.
Then I turned to the barn south of Albany, for the other four. One they'd had in a rather roomy cage in the barn, with her kittens, so they could be tamed for adoption. So we got a small live trap into the cage to get her contained to go. Barn owner had already caught two pregnant ones. Then she had managed to get another female with kittens into a carrier from a cage but the kittens were in the carrier with her.
She did not want to come out into a transfer trap but she finally did and she went also. A vet student has been getting some of the pregnant ones in to be fixed at Rad and also finding homes for kittens and getting them in to Safehaven, too. The kittens from the two moms fixed today are going this week somewhere, Safehaven I think but I"m not sure.
Anyhow, so those four girls are now fixed and back recuperating in a stall at the horse barn.
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Charkie was pregnant at spay |
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Mama Gray Fluffy was also pregnant |
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Wild Thing already had kittens, now of adoption age |
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Sweetums too already had kittens but they are old enough to be without her now. |
Even if the Brownsville colony was a bust you did well. Vet students are wonderful. Good luck with shaving Nemo. I am sure it will be challenging. And that he won't be grateful.
ReplyDeleteThanks EC. Its quite wonderful to meet these young future bright vet students. They're so smart and full of life, like lots of the young people I meet. You got that right about shaving Nemo and no gratitude, lol.
DeleteYou do incredible work and I'm glad that vet students are helping out.
ReplyDeleteMe too! They are a bright group. When I'm around bright energetic young folk I think to myself, "everything will be ok here." Makes the world seem right.
DeleteYes!
DeleteAh, the joys of getting someone else to do the driving. If you have a choice, might as well do the part you prefer.
ReplyDeleteIt's also that when I drive them up to Portland, I generally have to remain in Portland all day long then. It's such a long hard day on me, having trapped the night before too, and then having to also take care of them once back home. Too much. So am I happy I don't have to do it all? Yes I am.
DeleteI have enough issues cutting a cat's nails. Can't imagine holding one down to remove matted hair.
ReplyDeleteNot for faint of heart.
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