Alright, so blogger's annoying me enough that I'm giving up on it. I'm making a wordpress blog, and those of you who follow me on here, can now follow this link for my updates.
Sadly this will be my last post on blogger, but I hope you'll enjoy my new blog as well. http://myldraandj.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Saturday, August 2, 2014
New Addition to the Family
Shortly after I wrote the last post on the last day of July, my parents went for their walk and came home with a 2 week old kitten. The poor kitten had been left in the woods on a hill that is on our property, and we have no idea how other than he was the runt of the litter and the mother abandoned him since sometimes mothers are known to abandon the weak ones. His mother could have been a feral cat too.
Anyway, they said they were walking when they heard this little squeak/chirp noise. They were like "it can't be a kitten, why would a kitten be all the way up here?" and so they looked for it, thinking maybe it's a baby wild animal or something. But underneath some brush, they found a tiny kitten. It was cold, wet, alone, covered in ants and slugs. Its paws were red and raw (not bleeding though) from trying to get out from under there. It still breaks my heart to think about what the poor thing had been through the last couple days before we found him. Left alone there in the woods probably for two or three days before my parents found him. It really amazes me how he managed to survive all alone, and no wild animals got to him before we did.
As of now, he's alright. We had to take him to the vet today as my mom was worried about him not eating properly this morning. After the vet fed him proper formula through a feeding tube, he seemed to regain what strength he has and his energy is back. He's definitely got his appetite back too. He's really spunky and hyper, so that's a good sign. He wants to eat a lot, and he's so young that we have to help him use the bathroom by stimulating his bladder like his mother would have.
I picked out his name and it's Noah. I like it. It seems to suit him. We're going to have to be round the clock babysitters and not leave him alone for like the first month or at least until he gets big enough to be able to play with the other cats. The other cats don't seem to be too bothered by him, but he's too young to play with them now so we can't leave them alone with him obviously. Maybe they'll warm up to him once he's older. So, this makes four cats that James gets to meet when he comes here. I think four cats is the most cats we've ever had at once.
As for news about James, there's still nothing to report. I'm really hoping he gets his passport either the week after next week, or the week after that at the latest. I'll be upset if it doesn't happen by the end of August.
Anyway, that's about all for now I guess.
Anyway, they said they were walking when they heard this little squeak/chirp noise. They were like "it can't be a kitten, why would a kitten be all the way up here?" and so they looked for it, thinking maybe it's a baby wild animal or something. But underneath some brush, they found a tiny kitten. It was cold, wet, alone, covered in ants and slugs. Its paws were red and raw (not bleeding though) from trying to get out from under there. It still breaks my heart to think about what the poor thing had been through the last couple days before we found him. Left alone there in the woods probably for two or three days before my parents found him. It really amazes me how he managed to survive all alone, and no wild animals got to him before we did.
As of now, he's alright. We had to take him to the vet today as my mom was worried about him not eating properly this morning. After the vet fed him proper formula through a feeding tube, he seemed to regain what strength he has and his energy is back. He's definitely got his appetite back too. He's really spunky and hyper, so that's a good sign. He wants to eat a lot, and he's so young that we have to help him use the bathroom by stimulating his bladder like his mother would have.
I picked out his name and it's Noah. I like it. It seems to suit him. We're going to have to be round the clock babysitters and not leave him alone for like the first month or at least until he gets big enough to be able to play with the other cats. The other cats don't seem to be too bothered by him, but he's too young to play with them now so we can't leave them alone with him obviously. Maybe they'll warm up to him once he's older. So, this makes four cats that James gets to meet when he comes here. I think four cats is the most cats we've ever had at once.
As for news about James, there's still nothing to report. I'm really hoping he gets his passport either the week after next week, or the week after that at the latest. I'll be upset if it doesn't happen by the end of August.
Anyway, that's about all for now I guess.
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