Oh no. I found a little kitten in the road! (Photo update!)

[sasvermont]

Oh my gosh. It is so cute. I am sure it is feral. It ran across the road from a field and into another field. I snatched it up and brought it home.

My plan is to de-flea it tonight, giving a bath, clean its ears, get all the burrs out of its fur and of course feed the little devil.

Since I have an FIP positive tested cat, I cannot keep any more cats. I have the kitten in a large container with box, food etc. It is in my guest room. It seems scared and happy to be eating!

On Tuesday I will call my vet to drop the little one off for an evaluation, while trying to pitch the thought of adoption to one of my co-workers.

I think I may have saved this little one from a typical barn cat life. Around here farmers consider cats part of the farm but don't treat them with much respect. The come and go.....get sick, die, eaten by other animals, stepped on by cows etc. They also get hit by cars..... and reproduce like crazy, repeating the cycle.

I will keep you guys posted on how its doing. It looks quite healthy, but dirty and smelly. I think I spotted its Mom in the field too. The farmer won't miss the kitten. I am sure they have many more.

Why don't people spay and neuter their animals? I just don't get it.

[jenluckenbach]

Glad you snagged this little one.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Awwwwwwwwww. Good for you for saving the little one. I'm proud of all the PTers of the world. Good people are hard to come by...

[Lizzie]

I'm so glad you scooped up this little one and are ready to introduce it to a better life. That's a very lucky kitten. I was looking through the special needs cats in my area on PetFinder yesterday and found a rescue out in farming country that had rescued kittens from a farmer that subscribed to the rural method of "shoot, shovel and shut up". He'd already shot the mother and about 9 kittens. It must be the same in your area as in the Olney, Illinois area where ReachOutRescue saved 12 kittens, they let them breed because they find them useful in keeping down rodents and then simply kill the excess. These people seem to have no idea that each cat is an individual with its own personality.

[sasvermont]

He/she tolerated the bath. I was as gentle and fast as possible. The kitten is quite skinny and quite young. He/she is nibbling on the baby cat food that I bought her and is tasting the KMR milk. I did find that the cat pooped in the towel while I was towel drying her/him after the bath. I am sure this kitten has never seen a litter box. I am hoping that by keeping the kitten confined and with a litter box, it will get the idea. I put a nice warm blanket and a beanie baby in with the kitten....and toys.....I have check on it a few times tonight....and it is calm, sleeping and warm......

Tomorrow is a new day. I would like it to feel secure in its new little home - and don't think exposing it to my cats is the right thing to do..........I surely hope a guy I work with will take this little furry creature and give it a furever home. It is a grey tiger kitten....rather muted in color....long hair on its tail......looks like it will be medium hair in length....maybe tomorrow I will roll it over to see if it is a boy or girl.....It seems semi feral...no hissing.....just a couple of meows....it seems shy....but not crazy wild........

Anyone interested? I know, I know. There are so many, many cats and kittens in need of a good home. I feel pretty confident that the guy at work will say yes.

If I can find my camera tomorrow, I will take some photos!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad that you were able to rescue this little kitten and he/she sounds so adorable. Hopefully it'll get a clean bill of health and the man at work will want to adopt it. I look forward to seeing pictures of him/her.

[sasvermont]

I am fairly sure this kitten is male. I am fairly sure it has worms, too. I will let the vet take care of that. I bought drugs at the Petco, for worms and ear mites, but the directions say they are for older kittens, so I will keep little Mr. Muffet ...aka kitty...... secluded for sure. I hope once the vet visit is over and he has a clean bill of health, he will be adopted.

I am having trouble with him not using his litter box. I hope with a new clean cage a couple of times a day, he will get the idea. I put a little poop of his in the box, hoping that he'll get the message. Jenluckenbach gave me some pointers too. Thanks Jen.

Its funny. I am not attached to this kitten.....as I know I am at my limit. I think the FIP thing has me convinced that I am at my limit, too.

I will spend some time with the kitty today, to try to get him to purrrrrrrr.

I feel as though I should have left him with his Mom, in the field, near the road, to live out his probably short life....and then I rethink it and figure I saved him from a short life. He seems so lonely and scared. I know. I know.

Maybe he will fall in love with the beanie baby lion in his cage. Hey, maybe he will lean how to roar!

P. S. When I spyed him, he was in the road...right in the middle and when I stopped he ran into a field.........his Mom, I think, was in the field on the other side of the road.....trying to catch something......she never even noticed me......So I didn't snatch him off a leash......but I did run through a field to catch him.....he didn't just walk up to me.......Yes, I kitnapped!