My new foster!!! Umi.... the kitten!
She's my new foster, an orange tabby.
I heard about her just the other day at work.
Her story...
My co-workers mother, was walking back to her car down town, and heard meowing, she lifted up the hood to her car, and there was this kitten sitting on one of the engine belts. It's sure a good thing she was crying!
So she tried to chase the kitten for about 5 hours trying to catch it, and gave it to her daughter to take care of (my co-worker) unfortunatly they were highly unprepaired for a kitten, and her fiance does not like cats.
It's always hard for an animal to be in a household where it is not wanted. :(
My co-worker started asking if anyone wanted a kitten the next day at work, so of course I basically insisted she give the little darling to me!
So during our big rain storm, I head over to her house to help her find and capture the cat, we tore that place apart but we could not find her!
So sadly I had to return home. I receieved a call at about 7am this morning, saying she had finally caught her, and I went to pick her up.
Poor darling was hiding herself in the corner of a couch with her head down. She turned around and started hissing at everyone around her.
So, she's here now, safe and sound. She's obviously never really been around people, she's still quiet warey but getting much better with me, I got her cuddling and purring with in minutes ;)
The poor dear was being fed tuna and milk! *sigh*. So she's got some real cat food and water for herself now in her room, and a litter box (thank goodness she knows how to use this! ha ha).
He belly is soooo bloated, from the milk and the worms. She's also got ear mites thankfully not a very large case of them. Both the worms and ear mites are being treated. I used a pet whipe to clean her up a little, I don't want to tramatize her with a full bath her very first day, and gave her a little grooming. But she defeintly still needs some more work. She's VERY skinny I can feel and see a lot of the bones in her body, hopefully once she starts to eat some real food and gets rid of the worms, I can get a better idea of what age she really is, right now I'm thinking 5 or 6 weeks, but sometimes malnurished animals can stun their growth.
So I'll be holding on to her for about 3 or so more weeks. Get her used to me, little kids, and my other animals after her quarinteen is over.
Here's her darling little face, I hope you enjoy her pictures. She's got an ear thing going on, reminds me of that character Gizmo (anyone remember that?)
http://www.pwnd.org/~angel/cat/umi61403.html
