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

[sasvermont]

And while I was looking for the camera, I took the time to find rechargeable batteries and recharged them! How about that for thinking ahead?

Today is Vet day for Timstead, the little kitty. I know, he has a name, not a good sign! I named him Timstead because he was found in front of the farm called Timstead Farm.

I will take photos of him today, after the vet visit and hopefully with the guy who is going to adopt him. Even if the guy says no, and he just might, I will still take the photos. I have my camera WITH ME today! I never cease to amaze myself somedays......thinking ahead.....!

Well, I had better get to work. The appointment is for 11:30, thus I must leave 1/2 earlier for travel time. Timstead is in the car - its cool out right now...in the 50's....so the car is fine. He is in his carrier, large enough for a lion....along with his litter box and food.

He is doing so nicely with the litter box. He had me scared there on the first day. He pooped all over the place. Day two was fine.....and hey, its already day 3, nearly 4!

I will keep everyone posted.

I just love little kittens. I know I cannot do this too often....or else I will fail at the delivery stage.



UPDATE: The fellow at the office is taking the kitten and keeping his name (assuming it is a male ) So Timstead has a home. We have the Vet visit....and few more hours in the car and then off to his new home! I will buy the food, post, pay for the alterations and offer free cat sitting services as well. Its a deal made in heaven. Another kitten saved!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope that everything goes well at Timsteads vet visit and I'm so glad that he also has a home. I can't wait to see pictures of him. He sure sounds adorable. Now you'll also be able to watch him grow up.

[sasvermont]

He spent the afternoon on my lap, since he will be going to his new home tonight.

Here's what he had done to him:

Ear mite removal. What a gross scene that was...oh my gosh. He will have meds for 6 weeks.

He had three kitten shots...don't recall what for....

Stool sample....he has round worms and some other unusual parasite. So meds for three days straight then again in three weeks.

He had fleas and they put a flea treatment on him at half strength.

I scheduled a vet appointment in three weeks with my vet, so his new purents don't have to go if they don't want to. I just want to see this through to the "final alteration".

My vet knew of the kittens, as the farm had a "free kittens" sign out all weekend. I guess this one didn't get adopted. The vet was also familar with the gray cat we think it Timstead's Mom.

All in all, the kitten was well behaved. I, on the other hand, got a speeding ticket (3 points and $144) on my way back from the vet.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Let me go take some photos right now. I will upload them this evening, when I get home.

SAS

Yea! Timstead

I promise to download some more tonight......didn't have time to do the Imagestation thing last evening.

By the way, Timstead had a quiet night last night and was a good boy and used his litter box. They are keeping him in his crate for a few days, until the flea and worm treatments take hold. All in all, his new purents are thrilled with him. Timstead has this look to him....very bright eyed and intelligent looking. You should have seen him looking for me when I had him in the office. When someone else was holding him, he was looking at me! Made me feel so special.

And that is why a would fail "Fostering 101"

[lizbud]

Thanks for saving this little guy. You are his guardian angel SAS.
He is so precious.

[AbbyMom]

Congratulations, Timstead, on your new furrever home. You are so precious I know you're going to be pampered and loved.

Good work SAS!

[Pam]

What a sweet thread. Sallyanne you are Timstead's very own guardian angel. I am amazed at your strength to not take this little guy on as one of your own but glad that you have found him a good home. This is the best of both worlds because you will undoubtedly be given *Auntie SAS visiting rights.* Sorry about the speeding ticket. How could a policeman give a ticket to someone with such an adorable passenger?

[sasvermont]

Tickets serve many purposes, mostly income for the city/town/state. I was going too fast and now I will slow down for at least two years until the points go away.

I lost sleep last night wondering if Timstead was using his litter box.... if the two folks who took him will love him enough.....if he will carry fleas in to their house....worry, worry, worry. I do that for a living.

I did tell Chris, the guy at work, that if they change their minds at any point, that I would take him back and find him another home. The same goes with TiTi, the bengal kitty I rehomed.

So yes, Timstead found someone to give him a better chance at life and for the first year, free medical services for his purents! I feel so responsible for scooping him up off the road.......and changing his life...I know it should be for the positive, but I think about all the fun he will be missing, running through the fields, eating mice....etc.

I will have constant contact with the kitten's dad since he works with me. Once that changes, I am sure I will not keep in touch....as often.

If I can, I will force Chris, Timstead's dad to take photos of him as he grows.

[Pam]

I, on the other hand, got a speeding ticket (3 points and $144) on my way back from the vet.

No good deed goes unpunished.

I had forgotten about this until I read your note in my thread about tickets. Coming back here now I thought it amusing that Timstead's new human has named him RADAR!

[sasvermont]

Pam, it is funny that the new owners named him Radar! I was nabbed by Radar.....

Radar went for his second visit to the vet this past Wednesday. Although my car and wallet went to the vet, I did not. He has doubled his size since his last visit and from all of the fun stories about him, he is turning in to a love bug as well as a wild and crazy kitten. He got a clean bill of health at this visit, along with shots. One more series of shots and then the big snip.

He sleeps with his new mom and dad and plays, plays, plays. I have been promised a pic of him soon and as soon as I get it (them?) I will post them here too.

Yes, Radar is a lucky kitten, for sure.

I saw his fur mom on the side of the road, where she lives, on Saturday. I guess it is a matter of time until she produces another litter.

I forgive the farmers around here, as many of them are just about out of business due to the prices of milk, gas etc. I just feel sorry for the poor cats. Yes, people do leave their homes (move) and leave their cats, allowing them to move on to the next farm or home. It will never change.

Lucky Radar.

[sasvermont]

what went wrong?

[Prairie Purrs]

what went wrong?

Fixed the links--the first [IMG] had a slash in front that was messing them up.

What a cute little monkey!

[Prairie Purrs]

what went wrong?

There needs to be a [/img] at the end of each. They start with [IMG] and end with [/img].

Radar is a lucky little boy indeed!