30 Cats in one trailer...oh my gosh...

[sasvermont]

I will know more tonight. I will ask about the numbers. I know that they have them in two groups - and know that there were 12 in the group I sat with on Tuesday. I suspect the kittens (white) will go quickly. They just reunited them with the group this week. They are around 8 weeks old now.

I will fill you in tonight.

SAS

[Randi]

Originally posted by Logan
I'm so glad they have you, Sallyanne, to help them learn the real meaning of love. What a terribly sad situation. I hope that each of them will find wonderful, loving homes. The shelter sounds marvelous! Wouldn't it be great to have more like them all over the world? Wishful thinking............but better yet, it would be great if there were no need for shelters at all.

Logan, you said it so well!

Sas, I just saw the picture of the orange guy - he's just wonderful! I really hope someone will adopt these kitties! Thanks for caring! I wish I could come along and hug them all!

[sasvermont]

Well, there were 11 in the one "condo" unit tonight. I stopped at the store and bought 3 good cat toys, so I was a big hit! They actually liked the price tags better than the toys!

It was fun playing with them all again. Next week I will head to the "East Dorm" to visit with the rest of them. Hopefully more will have been adopted out by then.

By the way, there were 32 to start and now are 25 left. They said 8 or 9 had only one eye. So the East Dorm must have the rest of the guys with one eye. There are more orange cats than white, so my guess is that they are mostly male cats.

Anyway, things were fun tonight. They were playing with my keys, shoes and socks.... and they were FULL OF IT most of the time...running, jumping, playing....it was fun to see. A couple of them sat in my lap for about 10 minutes each...then off on a chase!

I will go twice a week until the majority of them are adopted. It is unheard of to bring in 32 cats at one time, so the shelter is packed with cats. And these cats cannot mingle with the general population due to illnesses they have had and have been exposed to.....

Stay tuned.

=^..^= x 32

[Candy16]

Oh, the picture of the kitty you posted is absolutely adorable! I can't see how anyone could do such a thing to such wonderful, loving creatures. If they are all as cute as that multi-fingered doll-baby I saw, I don't know how anyone could pass them up! You are an angel in disguise for working as hard as you do for them. You go girl!!

[sasvermont]

I posted more near the original picture...one is cuter than the other....!

[smokey the elder]

This sounds a lot like a rescue Little Orphan Animals did this summer. An old man was feeding approx. 2 dozen cats, mostly orange. We pulled, vetted and fostered them; there was a fairly high mortality among the kittens and possible genetic damage, but a lot of the kittens were adopted and are doing really well. If the colony in the trailer had orange and white cats, then it's probably close to 50/50 male/female.

I'm glad these kittens are socializing well!

[hellostranger]

SAS,

How are the kitties doing? Have some of them been adopted?

Laura

[RussianBlueKitty03]

Yeah please keep us updated!! I just read through the whole thing and I hope theres a happily ever after at the end

[sasvermont]

I didn't visit the Humane Society this week, but last week I went twice. While I was there with these guys, one little fella was adopted. It was Charlie, actually. Two of the three white kittens were adopted, and slowly they are getting out of there. There were only 7 left last week. Once they are all adopted, it will free up one entire condo for several other cats .... individual ones and not so restricted.

It has been fun to see them form relationships with the inn keepers and how they now love to have visitors.....they are socialized now...and I had a tiny part of that fun. They really broke my heart when I first saw them. There were so many and from what I understand, 9 had one eye, most have jaw and teeth issues and the kittens (3) had heart problems from inbreeding so much.

So the ending to this story is not a fabulous one, but a good one. This particular part of Vermont has a great shelter and a great concerned community. As you get further out in the sticks (where I live) the farmers etc. tend to treat their animals less nicely. Not all farmers, but many just let their dogs and cats run and they shoot them when they become a burden. Such is life unfortunately.

I will let you know when the last kitty has been adopted, which probably won't be TOO long!

Thanks for asking.

[Karen]

Thank you so much for keeping us updated - what a heartbreak - so many sad kitties, partially blind, sick, all because of unthinking people. But then so much joy you have had playing with and bringing toys (and price tags) to so many kitties.. And how much joy they will bring, we hope, to however many homes they fill - that, my friends, will be unmeasurable!

[mel55smiles]

NEAR OUR HOUSE WE HAVE A CAT COLLECTOR, WITH 60+ CATS
AND NONE OUR ALTERED, BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU PASS BY THEIR IS AT LEAST TEN MORE CATS,.


CAT COLLECTORS ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE HELPING BY GIVNG CATS A HME BUT REALLY THEY ARE ONLY MAKNG IT WORSE,
ONE DAY I SAW A KITTEN, ABUOT 6 WEEKS OLD OVER THEIR, WITH A BULGING EYE...

[sandragonfly]

Originally posted by shais_mom
Sounds similiar to the story on Animal Planets Animal Cops where they found one man living in a house with 247 cats that came from and unaltered pair. They were wild jumping on the people as the walked by. They were all euthanized unfortunately.And they didn't press charges b/c the man was mentally ill, I believe they did something to help him, tho.

What the....jesus..how did that mental ill man got those kittens in first place??? That means there's other mental ill people out there...giving him these cats in need! Shais_mom, when I see this story, I understood and simply am boiled...I also once saw on a show, "ASPCA" (one of my favorite show) - A woman who had those animals and was never found...that had 173 cats, and 56 dogs...ALL in a small shelter! The show also showed the video of this ugly, gross, terrible shelter...crumbs of mold, bacteria, old food, several leftover turkeys, chickens, about an inch of liquid on the carpet, (water,milk,V-8, etc.), no beds, no dry areas and all!! I was like HUH?? Where does she lives!!!

I always dreamed and dreamed to have this small-kind of electric device...and ask a question to it, "Where are the kittens that are in need" and Dog-God will answer, "By the coffe store in SF on Lombard" or "By the creek in Oregon across the street, Udsteam".. - Applies to all of the animals so that we can SAVE THEM ALL Anytime!!!...anywhere!!! *tears falling*

[Jasonscatmom]

I know exactly how you feel, I went in and removed over 175 cats and kittens from a cat collector's house and the smell was sickening and it was dark and all the animals were silver or black or Siamese and very few were altered, but I had to remain calm to get all the cats out before the county stepped in to euthanize them. It is sickness with some people. keep up the good work the kitty's need you.

[NoahsMommy]

Oh my goodness, this is so sad!

I'm so glad that they were rescued and brought to a good place. You are wonderful for helping out so much, you really do help with your time, the cats crave it.

They are so cute too, I'm sure they'll we adopted soon.

[sasvermont]

I went to the humane society on Tuesday but didn't sit with the trailer kitties this time. Another volunteer was already sitting with them so I went to another "kitty condo" and played with four cats that did not like to mingle with other cats. They were caged individually, so I played with them one at a time. I did check on the trailer kitties and no more had been adopted. I am not worried as this shelter is a no kill one and they have the space to keep them.

A couple of the trailer cats have such bad feet and eyes that I doubt if they will ever be adopted. They will probably end up in a permanent foster home. I will keep you posted!