Roundup Day

I'll post photos later, but for today: I grabbed the three younglings from the backyard and put them into the library this morning.

I wasn't sure how I was going to do this; they are going to foster on Saturday, and I had no idea how I was going to round them up. I have no cages to put them in (my cages are all out on loan). Seeing all three of them in the yard this morning, I just picked them up, scruffing each one in turn and taking it into the house. The first two, I put into carriers so I wouldn't have a jailbreak when I brought in the others.

They were freaked. Totally freaked. Poor things.

I am glad I have a place for them to go to, but I am a little sad about this. At least they are safe until Transport Day.

As for you, Rescue Groups

I've had exactly two rescue groups help me, ever. One is Peter Zippi who provides me with so many vouchers for TNR. The other is LBSNF, who helped me round up the feral momma who got loose in my library last year, and who also sent a friend with a trap to my house so I could get Simon.

Note: nobody, no rescue group EVER, has taken animals from me. Ever.

With the exception of these two groups, I am no longer helping rescue orgs. Period. you guys won't help me, I won't help you. That's the way this works.

I am not going to do it for you

So, you have a feral/stray cat/kitten roaming around your yard and you'd like to do something about it? GREAT!

I will lend you traps, provide you with vouchers and info and appointments and everything you need to do this.

What? Oh, you want me to do it FOR you!

Um. No. I would if I had the time, but I don't. I can't.

I work 50 hours a week. Commute probably 1.5 hours a day on top of that. Come home, take care of my pets, take care of my ferals and strays, take care of my house - on some rare days, I may actually eat dinner. On the weekends, I am doing TNR in my own neighborhood, transporting kitties to foster homes, and maybe, just maybe, cleaning my house and if I am really lucky, I will have a social life. But those last two items are usually pretty unlikely.

So what I will do, is empower you so that you can do this. Because you? You can TOTALLY do this. I promise, you can do this.

Let me show you how!

Army of One

So how am I supposed to do this all on my own?

The TNR program that was being started at my local ACS sounded too good to be true - and sure enough, this is very much the case. It's a great program, but it doesn't help in my case. I can't leave a trap with Mrs. B down the street and have ACS come get the traps and TNR the cats - and Mrs. B isn't going to do it herself. In the first place, she doesn't drive and in the second place she can't afford it. And Mrs. C on the next block, she drives a tiny coupe and can't fit a trap into her car. These were going to be my weekday reinforcements, to ensure that we got everybody done this year, instead of waiting for me to have weekend TNR appointments made.

Except, please see the previous post about the Wellness Clinic.

For crying out loud.

Oh well. Brace yourself for kittens.

SNPLA New Wellness Clinic

SNPLA's wellness clinic is on Sundays now, at both Pico Rivera and San Pedro locations.

While I love these guys and what they do, can I just vent here for a moment?

I ONLY have the weekends to do TNR. Having only Saturdays available, between both clinics, is kind of not convenient.

They TNR program that I thought LBACS was putting in place didn't turn out to be what I thought, and I can't use it. And now SNPLA is limiting me to one day a weekend.

At this rate I will NEVER get everyone done.

I am very frustrated.