Brandau Becomes Shadow

 You have met Brandau before.

She is the cat that someone dropped

off on Brandau Rd and she came to the 

barn to live with the kittens.

I gave her that name cause at one point

the Cat Shoppe was interested in 

taking her, they thought they had a home

for her. This was before winter months and 

I was unable to catch her.

With that being said, I have always called

her a her cause she appeared to have

Tortoiseshell markings and sometime

ago while reading up on Torties I learned

that they are always females.

Next~ was she fixed? No way for me 

to tell. But with the kittens being

fixed we felt that we should be safe.

Chance we had to take.

A couple weeks ago us folks at

the barn noticed that Brandau was looking

rough. That beautiful hair was not so

pretty anymore. And she lost a lot of it.

She had sores all over her body and she

just looked frazzled. 

Last week I was asked to try and 

catch her. Our only thoughts were to hand

her over to Metro. I was unable to catch her

so yesterday Jeanna and I met at the barn and 

we were able to catch her and get her in the

carrier. I headed to Metro Animal Care with her.

Metro usually will take in strays but they

only have room for 60 animals

and yesterday they had 179 in house.

I went in and told them the story of her

being dropped off, that we did not

know if she had ring worm or mange

or what. But the cat needed help.

I was then informed that a cat, dog, pig...

whatever that ends up as a stray at your

place becomes your pet. 

I found this out before when trying

to get the kittens fixed without it

costing us a pretty penny. So as it is,

all three cats belong to Chris cause 

they ended up at his place. 

I find that a bunch of bull crap.

I could have a litter of kittens dropped

in my yard and it is up to me to 

find homes, have fixed...etc. 

Anyway...I was asked at Metro if I had

taken her to the vet. I explained again that

the cat was not mine. That she lived at

the barn where several different folks

boarded their horses and that I could not

afford to take her to the vet I had my own

pets to care for. She was very nice and 

started entering info on the computer. I had

no clue what to do but then she handed me

a piece of paper with a vet clinic on it, with the 

address. She told me to take her there and Metro

would pay up to $200.00. 

WHAT?

I was stunned. 

But I did take her to the vet.

Keep in mind I was so afraid that she

had ring worms so bad that she would have

to be put down and I would be the one

that had to make that call. 

It was very emotional for me...

But GREAT news, she was having an allergy

to fleas! I stated that I had not seen any

and I was told that they clean so much

that they eat the fleas while grooming. 

So for $167.00 bucks they saw her, she

was treated with flea meds,  antibiotic shot, 

a shot for itching and a rabies shot.

All I have to do is treat her for fleas every

month, I will be treating the other two 

cats at the same time. Jeanna and I 

being the only two that care will take

turns buying the flea meds. 

Brandau looked better today.

Just not feeling like she was itching

herself to death had to make a

difference. 

I learned that Brandau

has been fixed. She carries a tattoo

on her belly that shows that. I learned

that most rescue places tattoo the cats

that are fixed. I also learned that she is 

about 4 yrs old and yes, she is a tortie 

so she is a she! 

With all this I have decided that

the name Brandau just don't suit her.

I looked up names for black cats and

I took a survey on FB.

Shadow

Onyx 

Raven

Ebony

Duchess

Elvira 

I was leaning to Onyx but when I 

looked at her today I think Shadow

suits her best.