“Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.” –Jean Paul Richter JOSHUA DUNCAN Joshua was a very affectionate boy from the day he arrived and he always loved to climb up on my chest for petting and his trademark loud purring while steadily swishing his little 3/4 bobtail. This past week […]
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Goodbye Hallie
Helping Hallie has been a struggle since she arrived from the colony, but since her last vet visit she had been eating, walking around fine, getting in my lap for pets and lounging, climbing on the cat shelves, and sleeping up high on them, then today she walked under a chair laid down, and never […]
When trying to help goes wrong
THE ROAD TO HADES IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS… When trying to help goes wrong… A kitten or cat shows up at someone’s property and a well-meaning citizen thinks the best thing for the cat or kitten is to scoop them up and take them to the shelter. However, that well-intended act may not have […]
Blue
Blue was discovered caged and terribly neglected along with several other kittens and a multitude of chained-up dogs. (Illegal treatment of animals in Texas) The kittens were emaciated, infested with parasites, dehydrated, and appeared sickly. The dogs were equally in need. On the day of discovery, Blue was standing up against the cage wire looking […]
Helping Hallie
Oct 20, 2021 (pre-spay) Dec 8, 2021 (post-spay) Fig 1 After 20 days kenneled, medicated and fed heavily Fig 2 Dec 28, 2021 Fig 3 Aug 30, 2022 Meds and Food Hallie came to us on 05/26/2021 from an abandoned colony of cats and kittens. She was always quiet and very timid, hiding all the […]
Who Cares Anyway?
I do not know this cat, but I have seen him around. Today this poor boy showed up to our backyard feeder dragging his back legs and with no use of the back half of his body. As I approached him, he managed to drag himself away quickly with only the use of his front […]
Nevada Kills Cats By The Thousands
Cat Trap Fever: The best of the bad options for feral cats? by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current February 15, 2019 One every six minutes, seven days a week, eight hours a day.  That’s the rate at which the Lied Animal Shelter euthanized cats in 2009. Seventy-five a day, upwards of 27,000 a year, according to […]
Friday Night Funeral
I had just fed part of the hungry kitties at the Henderson, TX cat colony and upon leaving saw a cat lying in the road. I figured it was dead, but I just had to stop and check. It was not. The poor thing looked about 6-9 months old and had a puddle of blood […]
One More Reason To Keep Your Cat Indoors
CAUTION: IMAGES ARE GRAPHIC – DO NOT REPORT THEM just do not look. One more reason to keep your cats indoors. I mentioned in a previous post an unfortunate incident with a cat. One of the strays that I only recently observed eating at our shop has an injury and I have been trying to […]