Read the Introduction, to get the general picture of my interaction with the alley cats, and the Summary, to put the stories on a timeline.
This are very very strange times. This week, slowly, everything closed. The law was that gatherings over 500 people are illegal, but many institutions closed voluntarily to play it safe and they closed even if they weren't serving 500 people. Then the law changed and made illegal the gathering over 250 people. The restaurants were asked to close with the exception of serving take out and deliveries. The fashion stores closed. There is a recommendation for social distancing.
The food stores are open and will stay open of course, but there were rumors of people buying all they could find. It is not clear if pet stores could eventually close. So I made a shopping trip on Tuesday to buy basics for 2 weeks: flour, rice, pasta, pasta and tomato sauce, oil, all kind of beans and... cat food of course, lots of it, because we feed lots of outdoor cats. I forgot the litter and I sent my husband to buy it later. I found everything I wanted, but truthfully, not in my regular store and not the brands that I usually use.
We confirmed on Wednesday that Org A. was still doing the spay/neuter for 3 cats the next day. Later we received an e-mail that they are closing. We called again and they said they are closing from Friday, so they can still help us. In fact they said to also bring the cats scheduled for the next week. We decided it's over our head to nurse 6 cats from surgery. We also have just 3 carriers. We got that done, but as per now, they'll be close for one whole month.
Today it was announced a complete lockdown, or shelter in place. All non essential businesses are closed. My heart was shivering at the idea that we will not be able to feed the strays. But it is allowed, at least for now. My husband business, is also considered essential, for now, so he is able to move around. He says that there is absolutely no traffic, and the stores are relatively empty. On some stores the security lets in a certain number of people, as people get out, others get in. Everybody is keeping 6 feet distance. I keep asking my husband to get everything he needs from a store for few days so he won't keep going into them.
And me, I'm stuck in the house for a week now, with at least two more weeks to go, as my activities are in the artsy side and considered non essential.
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