Re: OT: DH Rescued a Kitten (long)!
- From: Maureen Wozniak <mwoz2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:03:31 -0500
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:03:11 -0500, Tia Mary wrote
(in article <7c52o0F24r859U2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
Hi Guys,
Well, DH returned home from a 2 day business trip this PM. He
walked in the door and the first words out of his mouth were "We have an
emergency!" I'm thinking he's had an accident and start to fly up out
of my chair only to find him gently walking into the family room with a
tiny little kitten clasped to his chest! He immediately give me the
little guy who snuggles up to my chest as I wrap him in my lap blanket.
DH goes off to get a saucer of milk while I inspect the little guy.
It is a boy kitty and he has been hurt something awful! ALL of the
fur around his little neck from one ear to the other in a t least an
inch wide swath has been ripped away. He's started to heal and there's
minimal scabbing but a lot of dried, raw looking angry flesh. DH
returns with the milk and the little guy hunkers down and starts to
drink for all he's worth. I would be hard pressed to put him at 8 weeks
old. Once he's had his fill of milk, he snuggles down and goes right to
sleep while I hold him close and pet the top of his little head.
He's a little white and gray tabby and DH found him about a mile or
two from the house on a busy street. DH first thought he was looking at
a leaf skitter across the street but when it wobbled and changed
direction, he noticed it was a kitten. He stopped the truck and went to
check and found the little guy hunkered down by someone's garbage --
probably looking for food! He let DH pick him up and did nothing more
than mewl a bit all the way home.
After holding him on my lap for about 20 minutes, I needed to come
upstairs and he let me carry him along with no problem. He was likely
too weak to be able to do much other than meow. Once up here and at the
computer, I had the little guy on my lap wrapped in a large towel. DH
brought up the saucer of milk, got another of water and then brought up
a little bit of soft food -- maybe a level tbsp. as I didn't want to
give the little guy too much at first and have him ralph it all up!
Little Guy (his new name for now) immediately started to strain to get
to the food and when I rotated the little plate to make it easier for
him to get at it, he growled for all he was worth -- LOLOL! He finished
the food, had a bit more milk and then snuggled down for another bit of
a rest.
After that food stayed down successfully I had DH bring in a bit of
dry food. The pieces are a bit large for Little Guy but he managed to
eat every last bit! After some more milk, a bit of water and another
little nap, I decided it was bed time. Besides, I needed to have my
bath and get to bed! So we got a huge box and put another towel in it
along with a smaller box with litter and the smallest cat bed with
Little Guy in it with his towel. The milk and water are ian there too
and I covered the top with a screen. No problem keeping Little Guy in
-- he's too weak to climb out, I think -- I don't want the other cats
trying to get inside to see who this newbie is!!
He got up, had a bit more milk & water and then went right back to
sleep and hasn't made a sound since and that was about 1 1/2 hrs. ago.
I left a message at my vet about him and said I would phone first thing
tomorrow AM and I wanted to bring him in ASAP to have his poor, wounded
little neck looked at.
So -- NO I won't be keeping him -- I don't do male cats, just female
and three cats is one more than my limit. We will foster him until his
neck is all healed and hopefully grows some hair back. If the vet can't
find a home for him, then we will take him to Cats-In-The-Cradle, the
no-kill shelter that we got our two new babies from. I did call DD and
let her know about Little Guy. The SMDGD desperately wants to have a
kitty and I think this kitty would be great. The problem will be with
Steven, my DSonIL. He gets all huffy when discussing a new cat. He
says HE wants to be the one to chose the next cat. I bet that Raechel
(the SMDGD) will be able to have some say about this. Especially
considering that HER GrandFather SAVED this little kitty from going to
Kitty Heaven, etc. I told DD that if they should want Little Guy,
GrandFather could bring him to AZ when he comes in September to meet me
and help close up the cabin :-).
Regardless of WHO ends up with Little Guy, he could use some "good
stuff" from everyone so that he heals up OK and overcomes any trauma. I
told DH this is what we get for being on a first name basis with St.
Frank -- LOLOL! Needless to say, until he is all healed, he will be
staying HERE with his new foster family. And the other cats didn't seem
to mind his smell or anything -- imagine that!! Miracles never cease to
happen, do they :-))). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
Rethink the no male cat thing. Our male cats have always been our sweetest,
most loving cats.
If you weren't so far away we'd glad adopt him.
Maureen
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