We are barely into kitten season in this area and my phone is already ringing off the hook. How do I tell people on the other end that I can’t help this year, and really neither can most of the rescuers I know. All of us are full up whether it be dogs or cats, or rabbits or gerbils.

Last night one of the late night callers got really snippy with me and told me that if I don’t come and get this pregnant female in her shed, she won’t be responsible for what happens to this cat in her shed, I would be!her husband will probably shoot it! I cried after that phone call.

This hasn’t happened to this home in years, but I have so many cats right now that I actually ran out of cat food. I have a little that I can scrape by with until payday Weds. but with the added trips to the eye surgeon and mike’s medicine plus the fact that I broke his insulin bottle the other day…dang it- my emergency food money has been used up.

So this just keeps me in the reality of the moment and even though my phone is ringing and all these people need help- this year, I can’t help them and that just makes me sad leaving those cats and kittens to an uncertain fate. Gosh, if I could I would take them all- but I don’t just take them and feed them. I spay and neuter when necessary, medicate when needed, and provide long-term care both physically and mentally for these cats. People telling me that it my problem these cats are in their yards, sheds or on their property, need to take a good, hard look at how they care for their own animals. Not blame me for the situation.