Yet more strays working their way into my life. So today at work, it's about closing time, and I see the receptionist running down the hall and calling for me. She wouldn't tell me what was going on...and then she handed me a box of four, three week old kittens. A guy had brought them in, as he had found them under a car that he had parked for two months, and was going to animal services to have them euthanized unless someone could take them. So, me being me, I now have a nursery in my bathroom. Three of them are doing well, the fourth I think might need fluids if it isn't doing better eating by tomorrow. Two are eating from a bottle, one from a syringe, and the fourth dosen't care for eating too much, although I'm trying to get in there and give it a tiny bit of the milk replacer every hour or so. However...I do have a leukemia positive cat in my house (she's never gone in the bathroom, I keep the door shut at all times anyways) and I walked them in with a towel over the box, so the kittens should be fine, but obviously none of them can stay, or for very long either.
So my question is, does anyone have any contacts in the Tampa area that would be willing to take these little balls of fur? I called a couple rescues, but most everyone is full. If I can't find a rescue, my next option is the humane society (is no-kill, but it's not my best preference) or to keep them in my bathroom until they are big enough to find homes. The last option is not very practical, as the longer they are here I am afraid they will be exposed to the leukemia, and very often it is difficult to find cats a good home. I also work 8-10 hour shifts, so they wouldn't be fed during that time and I would rather not bring them to work and expose them to anything. Anyways, any help is greatly appreciated. Here are some pics of them. The white one is the one thats not doing all that great, and the black one didn't take very good pictures.
Close up of the stripey one
Close up of 'whitey'
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