A new kitty...

I have a new kitty coming to stay with us.  She is a young, very small Siamese who was stuck in a fence near the railroad tracks.  A city employee found her and brought her to a nearby vet.  This poor kitty is really scratched up and has severely scraped paw pads.  We do not know if she is feral yet but we do know she is pregnant!  She is in a lot of pain and is understandably totally freaked out.  Basically, she is acting feral but she might just be scared to death and in a lot of pain.  We will just have to give her time to feel better and see if she is feral or not.

We don't know how long she was stuck in the fence but we know she was terrified.  The fence is near the railroad tracks which means the train went by her (loudly) and it shook the ground as it went by.  She nearly ripped off her paw pads while trying to escape.

I will know more on Monday.  She is going to come stay with us after she is feeling better.

70 Dead Siamese Cats in Bags...

Authorities are trying to find out who stuffed 70 dead Siamese cats into seven large trash bags and dumped them onto a road in suburban San Antonio.

San Antonio television KABB reports the dead cats were found Thursday in the Guadalupe County town of Marion. The animals were all adults.

Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke says the cats appeared to have been kept in a freezer or refrigerator. They've been buried at a site in Guadalupe County.

Marion is located 23 miles east-northeast of San Antonio.

This sounds like a breeder to me.  With this economy, nobody really has money to buy a cat.  This is such a disgrace that a breeder, who supposedly cares about the animals they breed, would dump dead cats on the side of the road like trash.  I despise breeders simply due to the fact that I am out there, dealing with the pet overpopulation problem, and I see cats dumped, hit by cars, abused, etc.  We have far too many animals and breeders are only adding to the problem.  

I do believe that there are responsible (used in the loosest sense) breeders who do care about who buys their animals.  There are other breeders who don't care who buys them as long as they are gone. 

If you want a specific breed, contact breed rescues.  Breed rescues typically have one breed of cat or dog and that is all they deal with.  Also try general animal shelters because often times, they have a breed of cat or dog that you might want to adopt.  

Why buy from a breeder when you can save a life that was born to a stray-not to a deliberately impregnated animal.  Adopt-don't buy!

I haven't seen the Siamese cat for three days!

I am a little concerned because I haven't seen the Siamese cat that I was feeding for only a few days. It has been three days since I saw it and I am concerned that something might have happened to it. It could be someone's pet and they let it in but I really don't think so. It was out all night once and it was walking around meowing like it was starving. I hope it didn't get run over by a car.

I keep finding cats outside!

Last night, as I was going outside to feed some kittens I saw around the dumpster, I got a good view of one of them. It looked to be about 6 months old, based on it's size only, and it was a beautiful Siamese. I know there is also a tabby, possibly two tabbies. I can't tell if I am seeing the same one or not-I haven't seen them together. I am trying to figure out what to do about them. I have 9 cats right now and I cannot bring anymore in until some are adopted. I know time is of the essence, the longer those kittens are outside, the harder they will be to tame.

I have also seen an adult Siamese walking around and meowing for food. It has some kind of temporary collar on, it looks like it is made of plastic or even paper, but there are no tags on it.