What a week
it was last week. So crazy I didn’t even
post anything! As you know, I am raising
six babies, by myself. They say it takes
a village to raise children, but I am doing it alone, with the help of
momma. Momma kitty, Lucy, is just the
best mom ever. She is very attentive to
her babies, even allowing them to go to the bathroom in her mouth! Now, I know that sounds disgusting, but this
is what the animal kingdom does! Well,
maybe not all, but for cats, its true! I
know I have heard about that, but never witnessed it. And no, I didn’t sit there and stare… it was just fascinating to comprehend.
They are
going into their fourth week of life, and from alien like… to looking like NEARLY normal adorable little
baby kittens. Give it a few more days
and I am going to just melt. I’ve watched
their fur come in – man are they going to be fluffballs, all of them, and I’ve now
witnessed their nails retract – I had no idea their nails couldn’t retract into
their paw like normal cats do, until they are at least four weeks of age. Fascinating!
And their eyes! Talk about
melting your heart. They are now fully
open and they can actually see movement.
They know my voice when I go into ‘their room.’ They look up, and when I lay down to look
into their eyes, they are looking into mine!
It’s the sweetest thing ever.
I’ll get
back to the kittens, but I almost forgot, Just one week after rescuing Momma, I
rescued Sir Jonathan Willoughby Teddy Bear (Kristin named!) from the same
location – Grand Avenue and Stout Street – and within days of his rescue and
neuter at the clinic, he was adopted! The
couple are very sweet and just fell in love with him. He is doing well, and I can’t thank Kristin
and Darrin for opening their homes up for an adult cat to be saved from the
remainder of its life living on the street.
There is such a need for adult cats, I just wish more people would offer
to foster.
Its been
brutally cold out there, and last Saturday, I found the red cat I’ve been
feeding on Melville for many many years dead in one of the shelters. I reached in to fill the bowls, and saw a red
tuft of fur. I knew it was him. He was
old and sick. But never let me near
him. It was devastating, but at the same
time, comforting to know he would not suffer again.
And the very
next week, I was able to ‘rescue’ another red kitty I’ve been feeding for MANY years
on Garson, knowing I was going to have him euthanized. He was very sick. I had tried to rescue him many years ago from
Grand and Baldwin, but when I got him out of the carrier in my bathroom, he
freaked. I wrote about this maybe four
or five years ago in my blog. I had to
return him. He migrated from that time
to Garson near Chamberlain. I could see
him getting thinner and thinner and lately I had spotted blood in the snow. His back legs looked bad, almost icy and wet. I knew I couldn’t let happen to him what
happened to red. So he was brought to
the vet and the vet told me that I had done the right thing. He would have suffered greatly out
there. Poor baby. I named him Garson. Thank you to Elizabeth for transporting him
to the vet for me. She is keeping the
body of both reds to bury in the spring.
Such a kind thing to do E.
Backing up
to two mornings ago, I was crouching down to pour food at a shelter on
Parsells, and a cat was behind me crying.
I went to put my finger out to touch, and he took a swipe at me and his
one nail got me good on my hand. So much
so that it must have nicked my vein, and it started to swell fast. It was the start of a very large, very gross
hematoma. Sheryl and I had never seen anything
like it. Apparently neither did the
doctor that looked at it after I drove immediately to ER. He even wanted to take a picture of it! After a dose of penicillin, a bandage wrap,
and $150 co-pay, I was good to go.
Today, its much better but looks like a giant bruise on my hand and wrist. Bad kitty!
Back to
kittens, here are some adorable pictures.
PS, I have named them: Two black
kittens are Bear and Truffle, two calicos are Ginger and Georgie, the grey is
Harley, and the brown tabby is Ralphie!
ADORABLE! (click on the pics to see up close!)
Have a great day!"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."
