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Either way it's a situation that I have no idea what to do about it. If I re home the cats another colony from the same hoarding condition moves in and the cycle continues. We have a total of 9 or 10 colonies as there were well over 80 cats wandering in and out of that 2 room house. Yet I am here jumping up every 20 minutes because of the Mom alert. Soon there will be snow. How am I supposed to hide a shelter for these cats in 3 minutes time trudging through snow to hide their stuff or shelters. She watches from every window and gets upset that I'll hurt myself, or she may fall and I won't hear her when in the back yard. And as I just stated even if the cats do move on she'd just find something else to scream and complain about. Either I'm up too early in the morning, my top doesn't match my jeans, I'm drinking too much coffee, the list goes on. That aspect never changes. But the one thing that will no doubt as it has happened before is if I bring the cats inside she would have her severe allergy flare up, even 2 flights upstairs. And cats fighting usually is noisy so she'd know even if her allergies don't tell her. And the 2nd thing is I'd be in the bushes with them. While it's true I probably should have thought this through before setting out food for them (actually more of an offering to Shaman for her appearance at bad times) these cats look to me trusting to take care of them. I realized that when I saw an extremely injured Treasure limp back to the house for water and rest Thursday evening. How can I betray that trust by sending him off to someone else? He's already been abandoned at least once and then kicked to the curb. And yet all my money is gone because of prior vet bills and food. I have no money to even get straw for these cats. I ask for advice and I got a lot of great advice here but my health prevents me from constructing a cat shelter. See when I fell in June of 2018 I not only fractured my humerus but I also sustained severe nerve damage in my hand. Not having insurance and money I can't afford to go to a doctor to fix. So mobility is an issue for me. (Which btw it was at that time of my injury Shaman showed up).
I have posted over and over and over again asking for help with a catio or shelter to be placed behind the garage (on Next Door app as those people are close by) and got no response. I've had numerous GoFundMe's posted and no one bothered to donate. Even posting photos of the cats and wanting the money to help with that. So I'm at a total loss. My mobility issues as well as the Mom situation prevents me from properly watching over these cats. Now I have today's stress of Sopdet and an added stress that an injured Treasure is off in those dangerous bushes looking for her. I suppose unless you live with these issues it's hard to fully comprehend.
And regardless of what the internet says, I know it was 50 below zero (with wind chill factors). I saw that on my thermometer which matched the local news stations reports. I lived through it. I worried and lost sleep for weeks worried if Shaman and the others would survive out there. So yea, I'll find my local news weather report for last year but it was that cold for real. We in st louis live between 2 rivers which cause the cold we have due to the humidity as well. Not to start an argument but like I said I lived here for 63 years that I've been on this earth and while it normally gets cold last year it was the worst. All of the Midwest was bad. I don't want to go through another winter worrying about these cats but again I'm not going to betray their trust by re homing them. With their history they may never trust another human if I give them away and they'd just be dumped again.
I have posted over and over and over again asking for help with a catio or shelter to be placed behind the garage (on Next Door app as those people are close by) and got no response. I've had numerous GoFundMe's posted and no one bothered to donate. Even posting photos of the cats and wanting the money to help with that. So I'm at a total loss. My mobility issues as well as the Mom situation prevents me from properly watching over these cats. Now I have today's stress of Sopdet and an added stress that an injured Treasure is off in those dangerous bushes looking for her. I suppose unless you live with these issues it's hard to fully comprehend.
And regardless of what the internet says, I know it was 50 below zero (with wind chill factors). I saw that on my thermometer which matched the local news stations reports. I lived through it. I worried and lost sleep for weeks worried if Shaman and the others would survive out there. So yea, I'll find my local news weather report for last year but it was that cold for real. We in st louis live between 2 rivers which cause the cold we have due to the humidity as well. Not to start an argument but like I said I lived here for 63 years that I've been on this earth and while it normally gets cold last year it was the worst. All of the Midwest was bad. I don't want to go through another winter worrying about these cats but again I'm not going to betray their trust by re homing them. With their history they may never trust another human if I give them away and they'd just be dumped again.
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