Sometimes it is hard, sometimes it is easy, sometimes fun, sometimes just funny (after the fact - in the moment sometimes you just want to scream).
Last week mom left work and saw a gray cat sitting under the bushes outside her office. Now, this will be the THIRD cat that has shown up outside the office. When mom mentioned this to the head rescue lady (while looking for a trap to use since ours has been loaned out), the rescue lady asked "are you feeding them?". uh no!!
Anyhow, mom borrowed a trap, set it and waited. When she came out to check...the food was gone and the trap hadn't triggered. Stupid thing stuck. So mom traded it in for another trap. Still nothing. Then it was the weekend....
So mom set the trap on Monday at work. Nothing during the day. Normally she doesn't like leaving the trap up, but this time she made the exception. And here's the reason....when mom saw this cat last week she looked very pregnant. The goal was to catch her before she gave birth.
Well, about 9pm on Monday, mom got this weird feeling. Go check the trap. Understand, we live about 20 minutes from mom's office, so this isn't something you do on a whim (mom says especially when gas is $3.50 per gallon). However, the feeling wouldn't leave, so mom drove over. And there was the cat in the trap.
But...she looked somewhat skinnier. crap..... Mom looked around quick but it was dark. And now the cat was trapped - so what to do. If you let her go, there is a risk of not catching her again. Mom called the rescue lady who said take her to a 24 hour clinic that the rescue uses (though not mom's favorite place), explain the situation and ask if they can spay her overnight. Mom went over, explained the situation in detail and asked them to keep her posted. When mom called Tuesday morning ....they didn't spay her that night. REALLY?????
So mom ran over Tuesday morning, picked up the girl, took her to the low cost spay/neuter clinic we use and explained everything to them (ok, she MAY have left out the "trapped her last night left her at the other place" part of the story).
Yesterday afternoon, after not hearing anything and trying to figure out what to do with our girl once she is spayed, mom called the clinic. NOT pregnant...NOT lactating. NO KITTENS!!! No idea what mom saw last week, but hopefully it is the same girl and it was just weird. Either way, Lulu is spay, vaccinate and ear tipped. Teehee - got another one. :) Good job mom.
Phew! That's quite a story. But at least Lulu is safe and there are no abandoned kittens!
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Yikes! But whew! No kittens left alone! Gotta obey those feelings!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got her and that she wasn't pregnant. Good job Mom. It is such a good feeling to get that done. It took me two years to catch my feral Momma here. Have a great day..
ReplyDeleteWell, that's good...we think. Maybe the shadows or something played a trick on your mom's eyes and it just looked like that cat was pregnant. We're glad she caught Lulu and that she's fixed now with no chance of babies. :)
ReplyDeletepee ess...our petsitter (the animal control officer) for when mom goes to BlogPaws is technically a police officer, so she does wear a uniform and carries a gun when she's on duty. But the mom says she's very nice.
Your Mom has got the cat spayed which is the most important thing so at least she won't get another litter.
ReplyDeleteLuv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Kudos for getting her spayed. She'll have a much better life without kittens to feed and worry about.
ReplyDeleteUh oh. I hope there’s not another pregnant cat wandering around. Poor Lulu had some night last night.
ReplyDeleteyeah, we are worried about that too but haven't seen another cat. maybe mom was hallucinated after a long day at work :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all the good work you do! Did you release her or will she try to find her forever home?
ReplyDeleteshe was released (more on that Friday)...she was acting pretty feral
DeleteWith a name like LuLu how can you go wrong?
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Lets just hope it was a trick of the light and there isn't a second kitty.
ReplyDeleteWell, in any case, we are glad Lulu will now have a better life. Thank you, Mom Jeanne, for all you do. You rock!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a story!!! Glad it has a happy ending, and wonderful for Lulu that she FINALLY got spayed! :) Glad you listened to your intuition!
ReplyDeleteNice work! Gotta listen to that gut feeling! I'm amazed at how stressful TNR can be. Lots of hard decisions need to be made that can really impact a cat. Sounds like you did well. Glad no kittens and hope there is not a pregnant cat that looks like Lulu around there. Might want to use a trail camera and food out at the office just to make sure there's not a second kitty. You never know!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
Nice work….and intuition too!!!!
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