Okie_girl|1347583346|3267845 said:Missy! I'm so glad to hear that Blu is back! I can imagine how worried you were. Tons of dust that the barn cat situation works out.
TooPatient said:Yay Blu!!!
I hope you're able to get her into a comfortable barn life. May not be the ideal life, but far better than what she has now. She'll be safe and cared for. You are a wonderful, kind person for caring so much!
missy|1347640910|3268112 said:Thank you Okie, TooPatient and Yssie for your feedback. I really appreciate your thoughts and that is the plan I am going to with- trap her, bring her to the person who will bring her to the farm. There are a lot of events that have to go right for this plan to be successful so I am asking for all your good thoughts and PS dust and I will keep you posted. Fingers crossed.
ETA: If we are successful in trapping her we will most likely drive with Blu to NYC as soon as we do if the woman who is willing to keep her for a few days is OK with that because after thinking about it that would be the best way to transport her. Without our 4 kitties in the car- not because of the health issues (assuming there is no risk- waiting to speak with my sister just in case)- but because driving with 5 cats in 5 cat carriers and all our other stuff heading back to NYC is just not that feasible. And then we will drive back to the beach and get our kitties and head back to NYC again.
So, hopefully it will all work out. Thanks again for the advice and support.
Yssie|1347643135|3268132 said:missy|1347640910|3268112 said:Thank you Okie, TooPatient and Yssie for your feedback. I really appreciate your thoughts and that is the plan I am going to with- trap her, bring her to the person who will bring her to the farm. There are a lot of events that have to go right for this plan to be successful so I am asking for all your good thoughts and PS dust and I will keep you posted. Fingers crossed.
ETA: If we are successful in trapping her we will most likely drive with Blu to NYC as soon as we do if the woman who is willing to keep her for a few days is OK with that because after thinking about it that would be the best way to transport her. Without our 4 kitties in the car- not because of the health issues (assuming there is no risk- waiting to speak with my sister just in case)- but because driving with 5 cats in 5 cat carriers and all our other stuff heading back to NYC is just not that feasible. And then we will drive back to the beach and get our kitties and head back to NYC again.
So, hopefully it will all work out. Thanks again for the advice and support.
Fingers and toes crossed for a smooth trap and trip!!
missy|1347754578|3268856 said:Thank you Enerchi and LOL- I feel for you girl. That is one of my dreams too- just have to remember to play the darn lottery! I keep forgetting!
I wanted to add something as an FYI for those who did not know about how these kitty diseases are spread- I spoke with my sister and Feline Leukemia can be transmitted via air so you don't want to expose your furbabies to an animal that has not been tested. No traveling in the same car. However, FIV is only spread through saliva/blood and not airborne so much like HIV in humans that way.
Okie_girl|1347801762|3269044 said:missy|1347754578|3268856 said:Thank you Enerchi and LOL- I feel for you girl. That is one of my dreams too- just have to remember to play the darn lottery! I keep forgetting!
I wanted to add something as an FYI for those who did not know about how these kitty diseases are spread- I spoke with my sister and Feline Leukemia can be transmitted via air so you don't want to expose your furbabies to an animal that has not been tested. No traveling in the same car. However, FIV is only spread through saliva/blood and not airborne so much like HIV in humans that way.
Missy, thanks for this information, I'm so glad you checked it out. I'm thrilled that it looks like it will work out with the horse farm folks. Crossing my fingers that Blu shows up and you can trap her as untraumatically as possible!
if Romney doesn't win in Nov they should just dissolve the republican party, if i ran i can beat Obama. this election reminds me of 1980 Carter vs Reagan.Zoe|1348004287|3270445 said:Dear Governor Romney,
Do you even want the job? If so, you're not acting like it. Alienating half the population is really not a good move. I thought that seemed kind of obvious.
Sincerely,
Obama Fan
missy|1347956968|3270098 said:Okie_girl|1347801762|3269044 said:missy|1347754578|3268856 said:Thank you Enerchi and LOL- I feel for you girl. That is one of my dreams too- just have to remember to play the darn lottery! I keep forgetting!
I wanted to add something as an FYI for those who did not know about how these kitty diseases are spread- I spoke with my sister and Feline Leukemia can be transmitted via air so you don't want to expose your furbabies to an animal that has not been tested. No traveling in the same car. However, FIV is only spread through saliva/blood and not airborne so much like HIV in humans that way.
Missy, thanks for this information, I'm so glad you checked it out. I'm thrilled that it looks like it will work out with the horse farm folks. Crossing my fingers that Blu shows up and you can trap her as untraumatically as possible!
Thank you Okie. I am more conflicted now more than ever.
At the suggestion of an animal rescue friend I spoke with 2 feral cat initiative people one of whom thought it a bad idea to relocate Blu as these relocations are often unsuccessful and even when crated for 3-4 weeks the feral cat doesn't stay and then she will be in a strange town far far away from what she knows. I cannot tell you how stressed out I feel thinking about poor Blu and the best option for her. We already have the plan in place- to try and trap her Thurs night and Fri AM if thurs night doesn't work and then transport her to the woman in NY who will drive her to Saratoga that day.
One of the feral cat initiative women I spoke with seems to think Blu might have another caregiver during the week since we are only there on weekends but Blu always seems starving when we first get there and eats more than she usually does vs when we have been there for a day or 2 and then she eats less so I am drawing the conclusion no other person is feeding her but I cannot be 100% sure of anything.
I could be making the situation much worse.
http://www.aplnj.org/assets/pdf/Relocation.pdf
(Sorry to be using random comments thread for Blu- in hindsight I should have started a separate thread for Blu.)