2010 has been a busy year, sadly full of setbacks.

We did complete the temporary building, however because it was attached to a part of the hurricane damaged older building, it was leaking as well. We are now going to start from scratch and tear it all down. We are also looking for a larger property to rebuild.

The cats we have now have been moved to an outdoor enclosure, which they LOVE since they can chase bugs and lizards.

This oil spill has also thrown us for a loop and we are undecided if we are going to stay here or relocate further from the spill.

The cat profiles at cajuncatopia.com (ning) site have been taken down, since ning is going to a pay service platform and removing the free sites. I will try to get the profiles posted here in the next week or so.

When we know more, we will post another update!

Blessings to all!

CajunCatopia

Well, there have been very few days the past couple of months were we did not have at least 1 afternoon thunderstorm.

One good thing about all these storms is it has given us daily tests of how the new roof is holding up.

For some reason, we just can’t seem to get the roof to quit leaking, even after it has been replaced.

Each time we do something new, we find even more structural damage. It seems Hurricane Gustav hit us a lot harder than we realized.

After an entire year or trying to rebuild and repair, we have decided it just might be best to start from scratch.

Our current kitties will remain in the temporary building while we start over, and once the new building is complete, they will be moved and the entire old building will be torn down.

We really did hope we could save it, but it seems our resources would be better spent just starting over.

Thanks for all your continued support.

Blessings to all!

I will try to get some pictures of them posted soon, and add their profiles to cajuncatopia.com

Next will be electrical work, then getting the office (in new section) all set up.

Once the office is moved from old and still very damaged area to the new area, we can then completely finish ripping out the damaged floors and walls and start working on getting them replaced.

Still a LOT left to do, but at least starting to see some progress again, which is very nice!

Nutro Products Announces Voluntary Recall of Limited Range of Dry Cat Food Products

Contact:
Monica Barrett
Nutro Products, Inc.
(615) 628-5387
monica.barrett@effem.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Franklin, Tennessee (May 21, 2009) — Today, Nutro Products announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® COMPLETE CARE® Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO® MAX® Cat Dry Foods with “Best If Used By Dates” between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.

Two mineral premixes were affected. One premix contained excessive levels of zinc and under-supplemented potassium. The second premix under-supplemented potassium. Both zinc and potassium are essential nutrients for cats and are added as nutritional supplements to NUTRO® dry cat food.

This issue was identified during an audit of our documentation from the supplier. An extensive review confirmed that only these two premixes were affected. This recall does not affect any NUTRO® dog food products, wet dog or cat food, or dog and cat treats.

Affected product was distributed to retail customers in all 50 states, as well as to customers in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Israel. We are working with all of our distributors and retail customers, in both the US and internationally, to ensure that the recalled products are not on store shelves. These products should not be sold or distributed further.

Consumers who have purchased affected product should immediately discontinue feeding the product to their cats, and switch to another product with a balanced nutritional profile. While we have received no consumer complaints related to this issue, cat owners should monitor their cat for symptoms, including a reduction in appetite or refusal of food, weight loss, vomiting or diarrhea. If your cat is experiencing health issues or is pregnant, please contact your veterinarian.

Consumers who have purchased product affected by this voluntary recall should return it to their retailer for a full refund or exchange for another NUTRO® dry cat food product. Cat owners who have questions about the recall should call 1-800-833-5330 between the hours 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST, or visit www.nutroproducts.com.

Click HERE for full article and list of foods affected!

We removed the tarps from the roof, repaired the roof (4 times now), however it is just not holding. That means before we can do anything else, we need to get an entire new roof.

Once that is complete and we are able to work on the shelter again, I will post updated photos.

***SPECIAL NOTE***

We are still in desperate need of volunteers to service feral cat colonies, as well as funds to spay/neuter feral cats in the TNR (trap, neuter, return) program.

The pictures are not the greatest and not near as many as we would like, but until we get a better camera, those will have to do!!  =)

We desperately need a camera that takes pictures quickly, since cats rarely stay still for a photo.

For now, we are using our camera phones, because with all of the construction, a better camera is certainly last on the list of things to get.

We hope you enjoy meeting all of our amazing kitties!!

CLICK HERE!!

Then time for sealing, weather proofing, ceramic tile and the rest of the interior (well, after we get the electrician over to do his part)!!

We are so excited and the cats are too.  They are already having a ball “climbing the walls” (LOL) and checking everything out when we are not in there working.

Here are some pictures of of the cats doing their inspection:

Aggie thinks this is super cool!

Charlie thinks it is pretty cool too!

We were not surprised Mess was the first one to find the best climbing spots!

Einstein is just chillin' as usual...

Cookie thinks this "might" be OK.

Timmie (Miss Priss) says, "You better not get any of that sawdust stuck in my beautiful coat!!"

The framing is done, as well as the siding and roof, minus a few small details such as weather proofing and trim.

Our next steps will be to add the porch/entry to the office, storage room (which will be attatched to the back side of the porch), have the electriction and plumber come do their thing and then start working on the interior!

We are very excited and hope to be fully complete early summer (’09)! I know our current kitties will be very happy to have their own space as well.

Here is a snapshot working on the framing:

And here is one of my son, ever so diligently helping!!  =)

Blessings to all!