Get in the van

After a hiatus of cat-fixing of several months, I was finally able to get Jumbee and Carlos done last week, thanks to the help of NYSeiler and Lari from Care for Cats, Inc. My access to the mobile spay vans that had fixed most of our cats was essentially lost, so I'd been scratching my head as to where to find new sources of help. We have a constant parade of cats coming to our feeding station, and the severity of this winter brought many new faces out. As many as 7 new cats have been regular visitors this season, all more or less adults, some tame and some feral. It's a lot of cats, but not nearly enough to book a spay van of my own. However, other folks out there have the requisite number of cats and are able to schedule the van to come to their residence.

But a van can usually process some 25 cats a day, so there are usually some empty slots. Such was the case last Thursday so I got the two most prominent members of the new crew up to Corona, Queens. They were neutered, vaccinated and tested (all clear!) They're back home and doing awesome. Now all the usuals around my house are fixed, I can focus on the remaining drifters.

The 5 or so remaining cats don't live in the yard, but come by often. I am hoping to continue this cat networking to find more upcoming open slots to get these guys done as well. The hope is we can build an informal network of concerned cat people who can alert each other as spots come up.

Don't forget we still have some cats to adopt out!