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The kitten ended up going to the Orphan Kitten Project - a group of vet med students who take in orphaned or abandoned kittens in order to get practice caring for little kitties. They're overwhelmed with kittens right now and aren't technically accepting anymore, but there was another singleton the same age, and they do better raised as part of a litter, so they were actually happy to get her.
So now she has a "sister", and adequate care if she isn't as healthy as she seems, and I don't have to worry about Leif killing her with kindness or![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
koyote dying of an asthma attack.
We have a feeling she may have been purposefully abandoned - she's quite clean, nice shiny fur, no fleas, healthy beyond some dehydration and exposure, and very comfortable around humans. As much as I hate the idea of euthanizing healthy kittens, I'd rather people do that than abandon them to die of dehydration or exposure, especially when they're too young to be separated from the mom and don't have a fighting chance unless someone picks them up.
I also wonder a bit about all the other people who went by and didn't stop. Of course, I didn't hear any meowing on the way out, so perhaps it had only started up recently. Then again, most of these people didn't even stop to ask if the woman pushing a bike with a toddler in the trailer, miles from town, needed help, so it wouldn't surprise me if they had heard but hadn't stopped.
Leif is interesting with the kitten. He wants to love her and hug her and call her George, but at the same time, gets very jealous if I try to feed the kitty. He did the same thing with Alex the dog (who ran away and hasn't been found yet). All in all, it makes me glad we don't have a small baby right now.
I forgot to take pictures before the kitty left.
So now she has a "sister", and adequate care if she isn't as healthy as she seems, and I don't have to worry about Leif killing her with kindness or
koyote dying of an asthma attack.We have a feeling she may have been purposefully abandoned - she's quite clean, nice shiny fur, no fleas, healthy beyond some dehydration and exposure, and very comfortable around humans. As much as I hate the idea of euthanizing healthy kittens, I'd rather people do that than abandon them to die of dehydration or exposure, especially when they're too young to be separated from the mom and don't have a fighting chance unless someone picks them up.
I also wonder a bit about all the other people who went by and didn't stop. Of course, I didn't hear any meowing on the way out, so perhaps it had only started up recently. Then again, most of these people didn't even stop to ask if the woman pushing a bike with a toddler in the trailer, miles from town, needed help, so it wouldn't surprise me if they had heard but hadn't stopped.
Leif is interesting with the kitten. He wants to love her and hug her and call her George, but at the same time, gets very jealous if I try to feed the kitty. He did the same thing with Alex the dog (who ran away and hasn't been found yet). All in all, it makes me glad we don't have a small baby right now.
I forgot to take pictures before the kitty left.
oh good a happy ending!
and now George the kitty has a sister :)
Re: oh good a happy ending!
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I kind of wish everyone would spay/neuter cats, though.
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This kitten would be too young for that, though. It probably required at least a few weeks to a month or special care before it is ready to be spayed and released. And I don't know if it would have a chance of surviving on its own at a young age after being raised by humans for that long.
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Melina is the same way with the pets :-\
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Our kitty just died. We want to wait a little(long)while to adopt again, but we've decided if Sammy and Sherman(recently deceased kitties) send any cats our way we'll take them in.
I've never seen a baby with a cat.. we imagine Brenna Rose is tugging Sammy's tail like a good girl wherever they are.
I'm glad you found it a good home.
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Our experience with babies and cats wasn't great. They did ok for a while, but then got fed up with the ear and tail pulling and started taking swats at him. And now he's just way too hyper around animals, though maybe if he'd been living with them for the past year, he'd do better.
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