I learned about this feral kitty this week and I have been emailing her caretakers Dorothy and Phil about her plight. Dorothy is a delightful woman who used to rescue stray cats but ceased doing so some years back due to her husband’s illness. She kept a few of her rescues, Betsy is one of them. Betsy is a mackerel tabby brown about 12 years old. She has been living inside their bedroom closet, to scared to come out for quite sometime now. The family is relocating and Dorothy does not think that based on all she knows about Betsy, that this move would do her any good. She has asked me to take this feral cat and allow her to stay here until her end of her days.

Dorothy said that when she found out about me, she smiled and knew that Betsy would be happy here. I hope so- apparently, Dorothy has tried to adopt out this cat before but it ended in failure. She believes that the upcoming move across country would do this cat in and she does not want to be responsible for that. Instead, she will drive her 3 hours to our home and see where her kitty will be living out the rest of her days.

In order to do this, based on what I know and have gleaned from the conversations- we need to insulate the deck enclosure and put a new roof on it. Instead of putting up drywall or plywood or chipboard, we will cover the insulation with pet screen as Betsy seems to love to climb up walls and run laps over Dorothy’s head when she is scared.(Much like Cyclone used to do to us). I have talked to George and he is willing to come over when the weather permits and start doing the work and he will also make high ramps along the sides of the enclosure (inside) So once Betsy goes high, she won’t be stuck and have no where to go but a straight drop down.

There is a bit of seed money for the project but before we can do anything, we have to get rid of all the soiled cat litter that has been building up since the hoarder kitties arrival and free up our trailer so we can load supplies on it. If anyone reading this has any money that  they can spare- would you please toss it our way? Guesstimates for this dump run is $85.00 and the reason it is so expensive is because it goes by weight. Someone left about 7 bags of cat litter (the pine stuff) on our porch while we were away and unfortunately, the bags were opened a bit and it rained in our absence. I about threw my back off by lifting these now bags of concrete off the ramp so Mike can get in the house. They are the reason the dump bill won’t be under $50.00.

Here is Betsy- the kitty soon to be relocated: