SANDRA and her husband
JIM kindly offered to take Blackie, a
cat that I had been feeding for years underneath a porch of a vacant house on
Stout and Grand Avenue. At one point, the
shelters and everything were strewn out onto the curb, and I knew someone was
moving in. It’s a long story, with
police involved (I called) but luckily, we were able to get Blackie out of
there and into the country life, thanks to Sand and Jim. Love them both for taking in this once
unadoptable, aggression issues cat.
Today, they love him and he is a beloved member of the family. So thank you guys for helping me to Feed a
Cat through Christmas!
JBlackie
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| Blackie then, living under porch |
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| Jim built Blackie his own home! |
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| Blackie, living the life, today |
I go through 36 pounds of dry food every day. I fill up the bags when I get home in the
morning from feeding. That’s a lot of
food. Just saying...
This morning, as I pulled up to one of my locations, a boarded up house
that has had some vagrancy issues lately – the side porch door has been wide
open a few times - I glanced up toward the house as I passed the side of it – and I can’t believe I even did it, normally
I would pass right by – and I saw a little calico cat in the window on the
second floor. I couldn’t tell if the
window was up or not. I immediately
pulled to the side to think. Each time I
saw the door open, I would close it just enough that it wouldn’t look
suspicious to someone driving by – they would take my shelters again. I would take a count as to how many cats were
normally there – one gray, one older muted calico, and one young bright calico,
and I would be sure they were accounted for before closing that door slightly. Yesterday, someone must have come along and
bolted the door – there was a pad lock on it.
I immediately sprang into action and got my crowbar. Yes, I sometimes do things a bit -- illegal shall we say? In the ‘old’ days, I would panic and call
the police, call my police friend, call the fire department, I would
panic. But today, I take matters into my
own hands. I pried the padlock and
sprang the door open! I went around to
the front of the house, did my feeding, all the while calling for the kitty,
still not seeing her. I went back to the
Jeep, looked up, and there she was! I
got back out, went to the side of the house, and tried to secure the door a
bit, very loosely in case there was another inside, but didn’t want kitties to
get back in.
So there you have it.
Another exciting day in the hood!
Oh, and we have another trip down memory lane:
I rescued a mother cat, and a kitten cat, unrelated, a few years back. Their mom wanted to share a picture of them now. She adopted them together, how great is that! Does anyone remember Sweet Pea, and Charlie?
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| Charlie |
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| Sweet Pea - so dirty - THEN |
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| Charlie and Sweet Pea today! |
Have a great day!
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
Yes! More happy updates! I think I remember Charlie and Sweet Pea. They look so happy and pampered now.
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Glad you were able to get the kitty out of the vacant house. It might not be wise to post exactly how you did it...you never know who might be reading and tattle on you.