Two down and three more to go...

With the border closed, I thought it would be easier to schedule an appointment with the vet in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, México. I found that not to be the case in April as I could not obtain one until May at which time I took Bonnie Mae to be fixed. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch Molly and had to postpone her surgery to a later date.

I called in August but could not secure one until September. No one had any idea that the week of my appointment would coincide with the Haitian migrant crisis in Del Rio that lead to the closing of the Mexico/USA border for a week.

I called to reschedule and again had to wait for another month where I was able to secure one for Friday- October 22, 2021. I typically try not to cross the border on Fridays as the lines into México tend to be long and slow especially in the afternoon when I have to make a return trip to pick them up.

There has been this huge male white cat with beige spots that has been coming around lately and my fear has been that he would impregnate my little girls especially my beautiful Muñeca who at seven months old is still the size of a 10-week old kitten and a pregnancy could endanger her life.

This time I was better prepared and had my two cat carriers ready in different parts of the yard. My main emphasis was to trap Molly because Muñeca is very loveable and allows me to pet her unlike her siblings Barnabas and Donald.

Wouldn't you know it...I would trap Molly but I had to place her in the smaller of the crates...the one where I was going to take Muñeca! It took longer to pay at the US toll booths than it took to cross to Ciudad Acuña.

The only problem with this veterinary practice is that he has a lot of patients making parking close by almost impossible. I had to walk four blocks with two pet carriers. Thank goodness Molly and Muñeca do not weigh that much!

This time I did not go shopping I came back home and took a two-hour nap since I slept very little the night before. I went back at 5:00 p.m. and unlike back in May, there was very little traffic for a Friday...likewise to cross back to the USA.

Both of my girls are doing well. Now we still have Donald, Barnabas, and Grayson to take care of.

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Fat white cat with beige spots

A couple of days ago I thought I had seen Blanca...she is Paquito and Nico's mother...she has not come around in a long time. I walked over to the northern part of the yard but she ran away...something odd for her since she is not afraid of me.

I called out to her but the cat that emerged was not Blanca but a fat male white cat with beige spots sporting a collar and tag. He is the same cat that comes around and makes horrible sounds like he was getting ready to fight. Paquito being the alpha cat hates him and they both start making that sound. Only Molly has had the guts to run him off the property but that was because at the time she had just had her litter and was protecting them.

Yesterday he showed up but without a collar and tag which makes me wonder if their owners decided I needed a NINTH cat...grrrrrrr!!!!  I wish I had taken a picture of his tags so I could find out who his owners are but I did not want to get close to it.

It rained on and off all last night so this morning I went to check out how much rain had fallen on my rain catchment containers. I could hear this darn cat who has a very peculiar meow on the next street over heading this way but the two neighbor's dogs were barking loudly upon hearing him. He somehow made it unscathed and started following me around just like he did yesterday.

Even though I fed the cats early and they ate well...I found the carcass of two dead birds by the side porch. Even Grayson was eating some of it...😝...that is the one thing I do not like about cats but I know it is just in their nature.

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