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post #1 of 19
9/24/11 at 9:47am
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Got up this morning and started some prep work for cooking. BooBoo was sitting on the litter box bench staring out the French door. I opened the door and.....oh help me, the tiniest little kitten (looking like a straggly Mollipop baby) was curled up on the pool cover and staring straight in the door way.

She's really scared; as soon as I brought a box out to the deck she ran into the roses. I brought some canned food out and put it on the cover....she hasn't touched it. I just went out to take some trash to the can and she was huddled on the pool sidewalk. But she again ran under the roses. So I brought new food out and put it right by the bushes; I'll check in a little while and see if she's eaten any.

If I can catch her, my sister will bring the cage back over to me and we'll put her in the computer room. I don't know what else to do. Nobody wants a stray baby.

Dear God, I can't have eight cats in the house. I just can't. It just breaks my heart.
post #2 of 19
9/24/11 at 9:59am
Oh Geez Pam, I don't know what I would do except give it food as you are. If you remember years ago I found a tiny black kitten on my porch, I think somebody put it there knowing how I love cats. It was a hot and humid night and I kept looking outside and the kitten was just sitting there. I couldn't let her stay out all night so I brought her in and tried to feed a little warm milk which she sucked on thru the needle. I kept her all night on a towel in the tub with the door closed so Misty wouldn't bother her. I had called the Animal Resue but they said they would come in the morning which they did. I had her in my arms while waiting but I knew she was very sick, her eyes has been stuck closed and she smelled of death. I was crying like a baby when the truck came to fetch her. I called later and found that she had died. I was just happy that I gave that tiny kitten some love and hugs. Sooo I know how you must feel right now. I found out later that a lot of kittens were born very sick in our area. I often think of that tiny black kitten and am glad I took her in that night.

Let us know what happens with her/him.
post #3 of 19
9/24/11 at 11:38am
Probably good idea to try and trap. If very small make the trip plate bigger by using cardboard/box from cat food cut to fit. Shelter may have trap for loan-could always get her and return trap after saying you never saw her again...

I trapped a kitten in July-think he was dumped cause no other kittens or mom cat ever came.
post #4 of 19
9/24/11 at 12:18pm
Sucker?...


I will tell, Golden heart!.. ...
post #5 of 19
9/24/11 at 12:59pm
Most of ours didn't come to us as kittens, but I do know EXACTLY that "we just can't have another one!" feeling.

How close are you to your vet and staff? If you're willing to pay all expenses, would one of the techs be willing to foster? In the end, that's how we dealt with baby kittens, and they always ended up being adopted out through the vet's office, so they went to good homes.

It was the older ones that were the problem..... that's how we surpassed our limit of two by three, and then our new limit of five by one, and then our new limit of six by one more, and then our new limit of seven by one more....



Anyway, just a thought on next steps after you bring the baby inside.....
post #6 of 19
9/24/11 at 1:23pm
OH Pam - I agree with Rigel!!! No Sucker's here - only "Golden Hearts" . What else can you do but help this little one, nothing. I guess I would try to make some calls to vets too and rescue/foster networks in the hopes that someone could take this little one. .
post #7 of 19
9/24/11 at 2:48pm
Pam, remember when you adopted Tabby I posted "Rick and Pam - 7 and counting!" Shall we make it "8 and counting". Seriously though, I know it's impossible to adopt another one, but I know you'll do whatever you can to find a good home for the baby --- even if you take him (or her) in temporarily, you'll still be saving a life. There's a special place in heaven for people like you and Rick. Please keep me posted.
post #8 of 19
9/24/11 at 3:58pm
I agree with Rigel, Pam---no suckers here.

I've actually said this a couple of times in my life: "when you've got 7, what's 1 more?"

Good luck with the baby; I hope you can trap the poor little thing.
post #9 of 19
9/24/11 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by CoolCat View Post
Sucker?...


I will tell, Golden heart!.. ...


Hope you caught the poor baby!
post #10 of 19
9/24/11 at 9:26pm
Awww...poor scared baby. I hope you can catch him/her.

I know too well the feeling of, "I can't have another one..." but at the same time really, really feeling like it is the right thing to do. There is a cat I once looked at when I was searching for a friend for Blue last winter. He was sweet, but I really wanted a female. I ended up getting Chloe (and then Momma, Percy, and Juno)...but tonight I was on petfinder (because I am THAT stupid) and there was his face staring back at me. He is all grown up now and beautiful as can be. He is in a no kill rescue, but still hasn't found a home. I told dh..."if I could have just one more...."

*hugs*
post #11 of 19
9/25/11 at 10:07am
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Thanks guys!

I am proud to say that I am an aunt to an adorable little brown tabby, whose name is Lily. She weighs just a little over one pound, right around 18 ounces. We combed her out...no fleas. Checked her ears and eyes. They seem clean, but I'm paranoid about ears. Heated up some Sip and some cat food to make a gruel and gave it to her through a syringe. She ate quite a bit and then huddled up at my neck.

My sister took her home and is going to see what her gang does with her; if Whiskeys starts to spray, Lily will come back to me. And I'm going over tonight to visit.

Thanks for keeping her in your thoughts. She has a home. Even if it doesn't work out with my sister, she will have a home with us.
post #12 of 19
9/25/11 at 10:35am
Pam, what good news! And I love the name. Hope things work out --- but she has a "forever home" no matter what. Do we have another cat-godchild?
post #13 of 19
9/25/11 at 11:10am
Pam, you are a big-hearted marshmallow!
I'm so happy to hear that Lily has a home, that you're either her Meowmy or her Aunt Pam.
Either way, I think congratulations are in order for the newest addition to your family!
post #14 of 19
9/25/11 at 11:32am
Awwww, Pam, you are NOT a sucker! AT ALL!

I too know the feeling though. Between our own and our fosters, it's crazy. I am up to my eyeballs in fosters and even have some in OUR bedroom which is supposed to be cat free. We go into the shelter today to return some things from the adoptathon yesterday to see 2 kittens in isolation that all of the other foster people passed over because they're not super young kittens. Where do you think they are now? Yep, in our bedroom on antibiotics recovering from a slight URI.
post #15 of 19
9/25/11 at 11:46am
I'm so glad the little kitten has found a home, I'm sure you asked Rick first. Glad he agreed and good luck with Lilly whether she is with your sister or you.
post #16 of 19
9/25/11 at 1:33pm
Pam, what wonderful news! LOVE the name!

there won't be any spraying.... but Tabby probably wouldn't mind a little sister.
post #17 of 19
9/25/11 at 3:20pm
AWW Pam - This is just great to hear. Lily is sure one lucky little girl to have found her way into such a cat loving family . Hope it works out at your sister's for Lily Keep updating and
post #18 of 19
9/26/11 at 5:58am
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There's a picture of Lily up in the picture section if anybody would like to see her. I think she's a cutie! (Sandy, my sister, always thought Mollipop was just the most beautiful kitty; I told her that she now has a Popper-girl of her own. )

Thank you so much for keeping her in your thoughts over the weekend....we honestly didn't think we'd be able to catch her, but she was so hungry, I think, that she just gave up.
post #19 of 19
9/26/11 at 5:37pm
Sadly this sweet little girl did not make it. RIP Lily.

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