Two dumped little babies.

Last week at work, 4 kittens showed up. My boss lives lives next door to his business. It is out in the country. The kittens were dumped and my bosses kids wanted them. I found out today that he planned on shooting them if I didn't take them because noone wanted them. .

They are not wild. Someone has handled these babies a lot before they were dumped. They sat at the door to my job all day today looking in the glass. When I got ready to go home two of them were under my vehicle and I had to bring them home. The other two were no where around...

We will manage somehow... It won't be long before I have my enclosure. I am worried about the other two but there is nothing I can do about them if they are gone, hit by a car or shot. But these two are safe now. They appear to be a couple months old or so. They are little and are going to be beautiful.

Why someone would dump little babies still nursing is beyond me. It is an absolute death sentence! As soon as I got them home, they got in a condo and promply feel asleep after meeting my other kittens.

I am naming them Sugar and Spice.

The man who told me my boss was going to shoot them is his brother. He works there too. The boss is out of town right now and he called and told his brother to ask me if I wanted the 4 kittens that were dumped. I told the brother "I just can't. I have 18 cats now".. He then told me his brother planned on shooting them when he got back if they weren't gone...

I have no idea where the others are.... I have never even seen them.

What beautiful little girls! I know how full you are, but bless you for taking in these two. Maybe you can try to rehome them since they are young and so pretty?

They are very beautiful Val..... But I dont' know one single person who wants a cat to be honest... Within a month my enclosure will be built and it will be fine. Little babies are no trouble to me.. The other cats have not even noticed them much. They are so tired and are sound asleep right now........... They are both tortishelle and one has a tail that is longer than her body. I have NEVER seen a kitten with a tail like this. I have one long haired cat now but his tail did not get bushy until he was quite up in age. This one little girl has an amazing tail. She walks with it hanging down behind her. She curls up the end slightly so it won't drag the gound. It's like a lab tail on a dog..

That is terrible just leaving poor defenless animals humans are so uncareing!I have always had cats and dogs. My cat family I had Mama cat who had a litter and I kept one of her females(daughter) then she had a litter and I kept her only male cat(the mother and daughter were calico and he was a all white long hair) So I had the grandmother daughter and son(grandson) They all lived to the ripe old age of 15 14 and 16. They were great. Never had a male anything before and he was the nicest loving huge 25lbs. of white fur I ever had.

I'm so glad these precious little ones are safe with you, Jenn. The jerk that was going to shoot them isn't worth further mention.

I am glad they are with me too. I would not have slept good tonight if I hadn't brought them home... They rode pretty good in the back floorboard. It was scary to them but not bad for a first ride.

They have not eaten yet but they do know where their water bowl is.

Husband came out to help me in the house when I got home and I handed him a kitten. It was comical.......

My big boy JJ like them so that's good..... He only attacks dogs evidently. He has already groomed one of them.

I am going to put the condo in the bedroom tonight with us so the other adult cats won't have access to them until I can supervise ........ My little babies Hank, Honey and Princess Minny sleep in the bedroom with us too. And Jimmy my wild boy... And JJ, the three legged wonder cat...

Now..............time for a margarita.......

Good for you Jenn - you really are a cat goddess. I hope the other two sibs are still out there and make their way to you.

I'm going to keep my eye out for them. I don't go back to work till Monday. I might go out there and see if I can see them but I hate to tresspass on bosses land....... if he is out of town.... But I could drive by real ssssllllloooowww...

Thank you for taking these darling in Jenn. I hope you can find the other 2 as well.

I guess if I see them I could put a note on his door and tell him I have them....... That way if someone reported me he would know it...... I'll look for the others in the morning. They were no where around this evening because I looked. The brother of my boss told me they were a little wilder. I somehow find that hard to believe since these two were so gentle. He has no idea what a wild cat is.

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I'm going to keep my eye out for them. I don't go back to work till Monday. I might go out there and see if I can see them but I hate to tresspass on bosses land....... if he is out of town.... But I could drive by real ssssllllloooowww...

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So slowly it's almost like trespassing?

You're on the side of the angels.

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I guess if I see them I could put a note on his door and tell him I have them....... That way if someone reported me he would know it...... I'll look for the others in the morning. They were no where around this evening because I looked. The brother of my boss told me they were a little wilder. I somehow find that hard to believe since these two were so gentle. He has no idea what a wild cat is.

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That is quite likely!

I like your note idea - makes everything above board.

They are eating now and one has actually used the litter box I put close to them.. cool...........

I don't know if they were ever in a house before but I know my boss NEVER let them in. He put all 4 of them for several day in an enclosure about 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. I did not know kittens were in it until they were out and running around and someone told me the story about them being dumped.....

The brother, who is divorced, told a guy at work a story I overheard the other day. He said his ex-wife had a horse that broke his leg and she had him shoot the horse to put it out of it's misery. He laughed and said "I'm not sure what good that did. I HAD a horse with a broken leg. Now I have a horse with a broken leg who has been shot".. They just laughed.......

My husband thought he was probably joking but after hearing about my boss possibly shooting cats, I'm just not sure. They both got new guns the other day and after work were shooting them in the pastures when I left.

I get paid pretty good. I have to bite my tongue because jobs are scarce around here and I need the money...

Jenn, you have a heart of gold! I'm wondering - did you make provisions for being able to expand your indoor/outdoor enclosure for the cats? It seems like you may be needing more space soon.... You're a cat magnet honey, and just make sure you're ready! There's a giant neon-like sign that only cats can sense that says "GET LOVIN' AND CARING HERE!"

BTW - with this many kitties, having worked to fund and set up a shelter, I can tell you that you'd really better figure a way to create an "isolation ward" for when kitties get sick, or fosters the find their way there get sick. Having a separate space to keep kitties while they get better, when you're caring for so many, can save you IMMEASURABLE money, not to mention heartache.

Go get 'em girl - if you can handle it, they need ya!

Laurie

I guess I better start thinking about that....... I saw a picture of Hissy's shelter yesterday and she has a spot for newcomers until they get along with each other. That's a good idea.. Only it could be my hospital room......hehe

And yes, we do have expansion plans. The 20x20 portion is to get us moved so the cats will be safe. After we are living there we are definately expanding. I have a huge side yard that I would dearly love to totally enclose. I have many ideas. I just have to filter through them and find the realistic ones and build from those...

I do know husband is also going to make them a kitty front porch next to our porch with their own kitty door from the kitchen so they can sit with us.. It will be small......4x4 but big enough for them to have an extra space to enjoy. They all love sitting on the porch..so this way they can have their own little porch. It's going to be small but about 8' tall......

We like drinking coffee on the porch and the kitties sit with us now so this way they can sit with us on their porch...

I never plan on anymore cats. It just happens........

How can you say no when they are so needy? I just can't..

But as far as their enclosure, we plan on having several enclosed area that all stem from our house. We are not sure if they will be connected with runs. The porch is only one of them. we also want something from our living room as well.

And next year we are building another bedroom on the house. Husband wants a kitty door there as well. This one will probaby be elevated since the bedroom is way above ground the way he has it planned. The bottom of it will be a shade from the sun for the dogs.

The only one that will have beds or be covered for weather is a 10x20 area in the 20x20 room we are building now. Husband brought home the temp roof for it today. We will build the permanent roof on it later. The temp roof is a huge bright yellow tarp with big ducks on it. hehe He is so proud of his duck tarp......

The thing I am most thankful for is an understanding husband........... He loves them too... not in the same way I do but he understands my need to save the kitties. And so he is building them safe areas for my peace of mind.

Jenn

HOW MANY CATS DID YOU ALREADY HAVE? ARE YOU PLANING ON SELLING THEM OR KEEPING THEM. IF YOU REALY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE TO MUCH TROUBLE YOU COULD TAKE THEM TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER. BUT I THINK YOU CAN MANAGE WITH TO MORE KITTENS AROUND THE HOUSE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET THEM THERE OWN LITTER BOX INTILL THE OTHER CAT(S) GET USED TO THEM. THAT IS WHAT WE DID AND IT IS WORKING OUT GREAT.