Everyone needs love....right?

So here's the thing. Most of you know that we've been looking for a calico cat for a while now, been watching the shelters like crazy and nothing, lots of torties this year, bot no calicos.

There's these people that live up the road, they see their animals differently than I do, they all live in the barn and they flat out refuse to fix any of them because after they fix them, they get eaten by foxes or hit by cars

They have pigs, goats, chickens, dogs, cats, etc etc you name it, they have it. Anyways he also has a salt water tank and him and hubby go in on orders to save on shipping, they havent let me in their house or yard for years because last time I was there, I LOST it at them! He was telling me theyhad a litter or kittens born and there was 2 calicos. One with a tail and one without (most of their barn cats have no tails). I asked if I could come look at them and it took about a week of me bugging them but finally he agreed.

So I walk in and of course everything is just filthy, rotten dirty and he has 3 adult cats and 5 kittens in a stall in the barn. He lifted the tail less calico first and her bum was a mess, all the tail less babies had dirty dirty bums. Looked at the adults and they did too, litter box full of diarhhea, anyways he seemed shocked then said it must have been from the bacon, he fed them a lb of raw bacon the day before

They want $100 for the tail less ones, OMG, SERIOUSLY.....they are BARN cats. Anyways the tail less calico isnt a calico at all but a tortie.

So this is the calico girl.....

These are actually the same people we got Kasey from. They just brought her to me though without me even seeing her.

I know I shouldnt but this poor kitten will probably be eaten by a fox if I dont give her a home since they never find homes for their cats.

Shes not ready to go yet even though he was willing to let me take her yesterday' but the vet wasnt open and theres no way I would bring her into my house without getting checked and needled first, I dont know what she has or if anything.

Craig is all for it, the boys dont know since of course they would be like YES.

HELP!!!

This girl is free because she has a tail

I dont know if this is common, I honestly think the foxes get them before they ever find new homes :(

They said they lost 18 cats last year....actually seen a fox walking out of their yard with one in their mouth. That's why they keep them in a cage in the barn now.

People disgust me, they have had the SPCA on them but they are sheltered with food and water, that's all they require I guess

Well we've decided to get her!!!

Im going to make her vert appointment for 2 weeks, she should be old enough then to take home! So not this Friday, but next hopefully she will be come home!

Well......

SHE'S HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope, this is the girl we took, this was the only one we were "allowed" too.

Kailie, I run into these people at one of our local stores and she said they put the kittens in the house (away from their Mom) to make sure they were eating and healthy before letting them go. She said 2 were not doing well so they put them back out in the barn  :(

So they had already taken her away from her Mom so there was no sense in leaving her there.

She's 6 weeks old.

The first day she was a nervous wreck, now she's hilarious and CRAVES human attention, you can't leave her alone for more than 20 seconds or she's crying for you. She just wants someone to hang out with her in her bedroom. She's not allowed out and about yet. ...I have to call the vets this morning and make her appointment since we brought her home on Saturday....once she's been seen and needled we will go from there. I did deworm her though.

Her name at first was Turtle (from Judy Bloom) but now I think it's Daphne. I'm sure we will go through 10 different names before we find the right one.

My heart is broken for the other cats :(  The SPCA has been called on them before but they have food, water and shelter. They're "just" barn cats. I have MAJOR issues with our SPCA, actually pretty much most people in my area do....but that's besides the point....I was able to bring this baby home so atleast she will have lots of love and a good home. I wish I could save them all.

And I never knew that about tail less cats....interesting!

Im going to get some pics of this girly soon, gotta charge my camera battery then I will post away!!!

Terrible is an understatement!

All last week I kept texting them to find out if next Friday was OK so I could make her her vet appointment, never heard back from them. I even had Craig FB them....nothing.

So when I seen her Friday night at Reptile Ocean I asked...she claimed she never got any of of texts (ya right). That's when she told me about bringing them into the house, taking the other 2 back out, etc etc. Saturday morning I told Craig I was just going to go get her, no sense in her sitting in their house getting no attention, etc so I texted her....nothing. So I just drove there and got her. They wouldnt let me in the house, she went in and got her.

The first time I went there, I DID freak out at them, that's why they dont want me at their house. Actually it took a few yrs for them to even speak to me again and the wife is still not sure. You can tell she has a guard up when Im around....but in all honesty, I wasn't nice to her at at all. They were running a "petting zoo" and it was NASTY.....the smell was awful, they had a big ice cream container on the side of one of their rabbit cages and I asked what was in it and they said hairless rats, wanted to know if I wanted them since most of them were missing their eyes (other rats ate them)...

ARGHHHH the story goes on and on......

They had a tortie/calico mix tail less one there last Winter, I have never ever seen anything like her, she was the most beautiful cat I think I've ever seen....we were there selling tickets for something Dakin was running in and I plain out asked them if I could have her...

They laughed and said NO, when I first went to go look at these kittens, I asked where she was and they said she was one of the ones that the fox got....grrrrrr.  The man comes to my house often to pick up his fish when him and Craig do a fish order and he fell in love with Oliver (my Siamese) so he went out and bought 3 Siamese and he's already bred one......and he also has 2 female Abyssinian kittens that he plans on breeding....grrrrrr!  Anyways enough of my rant, here's my new precious girly...sorry about the eye gunks, I havent cleaned her face yet, surprisingly she doesnt mind me cleaning her up at all. I already notice a HUGE difference in her fur, she doesn't smell nearly as bad, her little nails are still filthy though, slowly but surely she will be spotless!

Sitting up pretty!

Getting sleepy and ready to have a nap!

Oh and yes that is a mattress on the floor, haha. We have her in Dakin's room and the other 2 boys were upset because he got to sleep with her and they didn't so we moved another mattress in there so all 3 boys can sleep with her at night time....she cries when she's left alone so this works!

Although they were up something to 6 this morning playing with her, haha

She is sweet, isn't she?!?1  My heart melts everytime I snuggle or watch her play....she's purring now and it's like music to my ears!

Not only the kitties need TCS vibes but everything :(

My friend went there a few weeks ago to take their grandaughter back (she had her over for a playdate) and there was 2 dead chickens in the field....the lady said "oh, I knew that one over there died, but not the other one"...

No big deal to them.

They also do dog grooming but yet they wouldnt let me go into their basement where they do grooming.....as if I would ever take any of my animals there!!

I do and Im so glad we have her!

Surprisingly a few people DO take their dogs there, I know of 3 and they're well aware of what goes on there, it also doesn't bother them to just drop their dog off at the door and walk away.

Where I take Dixie, you walk right into her dog grooming place and I always sit there and chit chat and even play with the dogs (she also runs a doggy daycare) for a while....very friendly, you have full view of her kennels, tubs and you can even stand there and watch her do all her groomings....I love it!

If someone met me at the door and wouldn't let me come any further that would raise ALOT of red flags IMO.