Saturday, June 25, 2011
Sad News about the little kittens
I usually like to post fun and interesting things that are happening in our family...or things that I feel will have a good outcome or at least be a good learning experience. This is really none of those things and now I wish I hadn't posted about our cat adventures. I really expected that at least one or two of the rescued kittens would survive. All of them ended up with extreme neurological problems... as it ended up..they couldn't move, were in pain, and had to be put to sleep. What we have learned is that the mother and father cats and all 4 kittens were either poisoned OR had rabies. If it is the latter ...we will all have to be treated. The results will be back the end of next week. I do know that we have had a pretty severe squirrel problem in this area and possibly someone decided to take this matter into their own hands and cut down on the population by poisoning them. I am hopeful that they wouldn't intentionally try to harm other animals and hopefully they were not aware of the potential consequences to the entire neighborhood. I do know that these sweet little kittens touched all of our lives and had adorable personalities that made us laugh and smile. A lot of effort was put into their survival and we will sure miss them and I doubt we'll ever forget them even though they were only part of our lives for such a short time.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Cats, Cats, Cats!!!
What a week!!!
Our neighbors asked us to water their plants each day that they are out of town. It has been blazing hot in Texas with record hot summer days. 104-107 degrees. They were afraid that their plants would die because of the severe heat. Craig took the first day. He was gone for quite a while as the nieghbors have a lot of plants and a beautiful yard that needs to be hand watered to conserve water and not burn up the plants. Craig came home to tell us that there were baby kittens in the neighbors yard. I went to take a look with my daughter Valerie. There were two cute little kittens alright but it was clear that something was seriously wrong with one the the kittens and they were REALLY young. Valerie took the kittens to the vet and the one we were worried about had to be put to sleep. The kittens didn't appear to have any mother cat to take care of them and the neighbors never told us about the cats. I doubt they even knew about them. Valerie decided to bottle feed the little survivor.
The next day I watered the yard and looked around real well to make sure that we hadn't missed any kittens and to also make sure that a mother cat wasn't missing babies.
Today, I went to water the yard and was very upset to find yet another baby kitten dead under a patio table. I went home and got Michael and told him to go over every inch of the yard to see if there were any more. Sure enough, we found one more kitten...scared to death and as thin as a rail. It was so skinny but ready to protect itself. That little guy wasn't going to let anyone near him and he was scared to death. (These kittens couldn't have been over 5 weeks old...if that).
I called Valerie and had her bring the little kitten that she had taken home back to help calm the new little cast away. When he saw his brother...he calmed right down and took some kitten formula out of a tiny kitten bottle. Valerie now has both kittens. I'm not sure what happened to the mother. We have a gray fox in the neighborhood and my guess it that is what happened to her.
Anyhow, it looks like for now...Valerie is taking in some little darlings. The neighbors come back tomorrow. Boy will they be surprised to find out all the adventures that took place in their yard while they were away.
Our neighbors asked us to water their plants each day that they are out of town. It has been blazing hot in Texas with record hot summer days. 104-107 degrees. They were afraid that their plants would die because of the severe heat. Craig took the first day. He was gone for quite a while as the nieghbors have a lot of plants and a beautiful yard that needs to be hand watered to conserve water and not burn up the plants. Craig came home to tell us that there were baby kittens in the neighbors yard. I went to take a look with my daughter Valerie. There were two cute little kittens alright but it was clear that something was seriously wrong with one the the kittens and they were REALLY young. Valerie took the kittens to the vet and the one we were worried about had to be put to sleep. The kittens didn't appear to have any mother cat to take care of them and the neighbors never told us about the cats. I doubt they even knew about them. Valerie decided to bottle feed the little survivor.
The next day I watered the yard and looked around real well to make sure that we hadn't missed any kittens and to also make sure that a mother cat wasn't missing babies.
Today, I went to water the yard and was very upset to find yet another baby kitten dead under a patio table. I went home and got Michael and told him to go over every inch of the yard to see if there were any more. Sure enough, we found one more kitten...scared to death and as thin as a rail. It was so skinny but ready to protect itself. That little guy wasn't going to let anyone near him and he was scared to death. (These kittens couldn't have been over 5 weeks old...if that).
I called Valerie and had her bring the little kitten that she had taken home back to help calm the new little cast away. When he saw his brother...he calmed right down and took some kitten formula out of a tiny kitten bottle. Valerie now has both kittens. I'm not sure what happened to the mother. We have a gray fox in the neighborhood and my guess it that is what happened to her.
Anyhow, it looks like for now...Valerie is taking in some little darlings. The neighbors come back tomorrow. Boy will they be surprised to find out all the adventures that took place in their yard while they were away.
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