I had plans yesterday.
They were all derailed when I was outside and a girl walking her dog on the other side of the street mentioned that she thought she could hear a kitten crying under the neighbor’s porch.
I fished it out with no problem, and derived that this was most likely a kitten abandoned by mommy…the crusted-shut eye only added weight to that theory.
I took her down the street to the humane society but, even though they are open until 5 on Sunday, they were inexplicably closed. I took her home and cleaned up her eye, and Briggs looked for other local animal rescue type places.
We found an Animal Rescue League in Wilkinsburg and took her there…and they told me that they were totally overstocked on cats, and even though kitten season should be over they were still full of them, and they COULD take her, but due to their shortage of space and her upper respiratory issue (we think she has a cold) she would most likely be euthanized. I agreed and took her back to the door, but she was tiny and crying and I couldn’t go through with it.
So, we took her with us. We ARE taking her down to the Humane Society this morning, and hopefully they WON’T say they are going to put her to sleep…’cause we are a bit attached now. She’s an adorable little puff-ball, mostly black, with tortoise-shell markings, and the most pathetic little eyes and a mew that can almost make you cry, it’s so sad. She’s really too young to be away from her mom, but close enough that she should be okay…she’s about a month old and is eating solid food. I took some pictures:
Awww! Adorable!
Anway, Mercury was pissed off all night…I felt really bad, ’cause she OBVIOUSLY wanted love, but was so stressed out by the (little, tiny, defenseless) kitten’s presence that when you tried to pet or cuddle her, she would hiss and growl…while rubbing against your hand. Eventually, she just went and hid in one of her dark, out of the way places. *pout*
Anyway, I’m not at work yet because today I am going over to Ross Township with Briggs to drop of applications at Barnes and Nobel (fingers crossed!) and Ikea. Then I’ll go to work after that.
But I should go now ’cause of getting dressed and stuff.
Later, skaters!
***update:
Well, first of all, I’m not going to work today…I’m going job hunting instead. I am dropping off applications here and there and stuff. Woohoo. Exciting.
KITTEN UPDATE–
We took her down to the Humane Society (she really needs to get young kitten care and a vet check.) and they were SO much nicer than Animal Rescue League. When I mentioned that we had gone to the ARL, the HS woman kind of snorted a little. But the HS was TOTALLY nice and sweet to the little kitten and our counselor was cuddling her and gave us a ref. number to give them if we wanted to check up on her (at the ARL, they told us that by signing the kitten over, we gave up all rights and would not ever know what happened to her) and who knows, once she’s had a checkup and gotten all healthy we might end up adopting her regardless. And I think that she wasn’t very sick. Her eye wasn’t even crusty this morning and she was barely sneezing.
And Mercury had even come out of hiding and was letting us pet her and not hissing every time little kitten made a noise.
Dude you MUST keep her. MUST.
Dump Mercury, she’s a pain in the ass anyways. Ever heard the saying “God closes a door and opens a window”? That window is for you to dump Murcury out of, to her death. The little replacement is MUCH cuter.
yeah I’m going to hell.
PS – I got a missed call from Briggs yesterday. Kindly remind him – AGAIN – that booty calls from another state are probably not something I’m going to come through on.
haha…the call was actually from me.
ps. Screw you. Mercury is the shizzle.
Awwww! How could you give up a sweet little fluffball like that. Ok, I guess I would too in a heartbeat. But still. Awwwww!
It WAS hard, but a lot of the decision was based upon, Humane Society will give her vet care…I don’t think she’s VERY sick, but I’m sure she could use something to treat her cold. Also, as heartbreakingly adorable as she IS, she’s also at that total pain in the rear, demanding kitten stage…crying pittiously to be taken out of the box and played with, not knowing about litter boxes OR how to wash herself (her face was all crusty, not from her infection, but ’cause she would stick her ENTIRE face in the food bowl and wasn’t old enough to know how to clean it..so cute!)
Anyway, there was a part of me that was hoping the HS would say, ‘well, we can’t take her…we have no room. You’ll have to keep her.’ but I know it’s for the best. With the HS, she’ll get medical treatment and nourishing food and shots and spayed.
But, if she’s still there in a month or two, we might have to go get her back.
And I CAN check on her and see how she’s doing.
Awww! Cute cat! I so want another kitty, but our 14 year old cat would have a fit – she already hates the dog (even though the dog loooooooves her).
Hey – have you become a Steelers fan yet? They’re my favorite (and not just because I think Big Ben is dreamy)… Go Steelers!
Haha! I actually saw your ‘Steelers Fan’ SN and laughed, seeing as I’m in the area…:D
Sadly, I really have no interest in sports…although when they were in the Superbowl the other year, I totally cheered for them, since I was moving here.
My cat was pretty unhappy about the kitten’s presence–she does NOT like other cats. She seemed to be getting over it by day two, however, and didn’t hold a grudge once it was gone, so I have hope that when we get another cat for real (we need to–she’s so lazy!) she will come to terms with the situation with the minimum of fuss.