Today, I met with Dorothy and Phil. They came down from Portland to meet with me, see the possible place that their Betsy will spend her remainder of her days in and then they took me to lunch. I found them to be very down to earth, strong Christians and just all around lovely people. We have decided to provide Betsy with a second catio- this one on the second floor right above the first so she can have somewhere to observe the outside cats and wildlife without them being able to touch noses with her. They would like the enclosure to be fully insulated, the new catio in place and the new entryway ready to go by Feb. 22nd. George is agreeable, and tomorrow we make a dump run (George and I) to get rid of the cat litter and free-up our trailer.
I was quite impressed with the measures these two have gone to in order to make Betsy’s life as best as possible while under their care. I promised to blog about all the progress she makes and keep in touch with them in the future.
Since they can’t take Betsy with them, are they able to provide some financial support now and then? A delicate question, of course, but perhaps not out of bounds considering what you are doing for them.
Thankfully, that has been brought up (by them) and it looks very favorable. They are funding the insulating and renovations to the enclosure thus far which is helping a great deal. Our vet debt is still in the thousands of dollars so not having to scrabble (and beg) for extra for building materials was a huge relief. All the canned cat food that was delivered in and around Christmas is now all gone. But it made such a large difference for the kittens to be able to get them healthy and move them on into loving homes. The day after we took those 27 kittens- it brought our population count here to 54 cats! We now have 29-