Barn and Chicken House
Our Barn has been converted with shelving for free-roaming Sanctuary cat housing and the old Chicken House has been converted to house some cats with feline AIDS (not contagious to humans)
Barn and Chicken House
Interiors
Cats in the Barn can
stay on open shelves with padding or inside modified plastic bins for a more
cozy stay. The Chicken House has its
separate yard area along with an enclosed room with shelving and blanket
padding. Both areas include heat lamp
areas when temperatures get low.
Outdoor enclosures
There are several pen enclosures connected with tunnels
which give these cats options of location and attractions while staying totally
safe. The enclosures have weather
protection, from rain and cold in winter and heat in summer. There is shelving,
sleeping bins and heat lamps inside and mister cooling between them on the
outside. The enclosures originally were
created to house a group of cats from a lumberyard which had been neutered and
cared for by an employee there; a new management determined they were to be
removed from that site, which led to this relocation instead of the animal
control agency which most likely would have euthanized them.
Free roaming Cat
Sanctuary
Cats that have become accustomed to by people are allowed to
roam freely. Some find their favorite
perch and look down upon us all, and others are quick to occupy a warm hood of
a visiting automobile! When the secure
fence enclosure is completed there will be an approximate 2 acre area free to
roam, free from predators and the nuisance of local wildlife like the coyotes,
raccoons, skunks, and opossums.
Kittens in their pen
We recently rescued a number of kittens at about the same
time and they have been placed together in an enclosure so they may all be
together, monitored, tamed, and provided with medications, etc. as
required. Kittens can escape through
typical chain-link fencing, so this enclosure has been lined with aviary
netting to insure containment. This
group includes offspring from a very feral mother and many from an unhealthy
trailer park colony we hope to eliminate.
These kittens are excited to have people come to visit, a great change
from their previous fearful behavior and difficult living conditions. Several of them have been adopted already to
good homes.
