Random Fridays....

Our friends at CindyLu's Muse found this great app that helps shelter - you use it when you walk your dog and they track it and make donations. How cool is that? Click on the link to her blog to see more details.
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Update on Lulu: normally TNR is Trap-Neuter-Return. In this case mom went with Trap-Neuter-Release. Mom had Lulu in the garage Tuesday night to recover since there weren't kittens to worry about. Mom worried what would Allie think. However, Allie was right there when mom got home from the shelter waiting to get into the garage. She ate her dinner over night and there was no racket and everyone seemed fine this morning. So, after much deliberation, mom released Lulu at our house. It may not be the ideal plan, but mom at least can provide shelter and food for her.....Lulu ran past Allie on Wednesday morning on the way out of the trap and there wasn't any racket either. Allie jumped, but it appeared to be more startled by the gray cat rocketing past.
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Our friend Tama over at The Poupounette is a master dangler. Tim decided to show her that he has some skills too:

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Be sure to join us tomorrow for Junior's birthday....and a surprise on Monday.

wordy Wednesday - Lulu

 

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).

Such was the case recently.....

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.