We used to do a tun of rescue work, but in the last year or two we really slowed down, for health and sanity reasons.
Today I got a call from a women who got my name from someone else that knew I did rescue work, and asked me if I could come get some kittens.
She lives like 6 minutes away, so we went over.
very sad state. Her son was arrested for dog fitting, and drugs, there were originally 6 live cats, plus 2 dead cats in a pet porter (very small one).
She took the cats away from her son before he went to jail, but didn't know what to do with them, since they had never been outside that little porter, they were born in it, lived in it.
Well before we got there, one of her grandkids opened the pet porter and most of the cats scattered, by the time we got there, there was only one very small kitten and 2 dead kittens in the porter,
We buried the dead kittens and brought the other kitten inside our home. Gave her food and water, she drank the water. We can't get into see my vet until Thursday, I really want to take her to my vet because I get a deal.
Her eyes are bright, no gunk, her ears look clean, but she wasn't walking around at all, just laying there, not shaking or breathing hard, didn't look stressed at all. She will let you hold her and seems very calm.
I am worried about her though, She weighs barely a pound, is super tiny and I can barely see any teeth in her mouth, the women told me she knows the kittens were born sometime in November. I know she should be a LOT bigger then she is, she is skin and bones right now.
She lays where ever you put her, she looks around a lot, but isn't interested in checking anything out really.
BUT someone rang the doorbell and she ran under my bed, there must be a slit in the black lining under the box spring, I know she is under there somewhere but I think she is inside the mattress.
Any Ideas how I can coax her out of there? I hate to think of her in the mattress, I did leave food and water easily access to her in case she decides to come out.
Today I got a call from a women who got my name from someone else that knew I did rescue work, and asked me if I could come get some kittens.
She lives like 6 minutes away, so we went over.
very sad state. Her son was arrested for dog fitting, and drugs, there were originally 6 live cats, plus 2 dead cats in a pet porter (very small one).
She took the cats away from her son before he went to jail, but didn't know what to do with them, since they had never been outside that little porter, they were born in it, lived in it.
Well before we got there, one of her grandkids opened the pet porter and most of the cats scattered, by the time we got there, there was only one very small kitten and 2 dead kittens in the porter,
We buried the dead kittens and brought the other kitten inside our home. Gave her food and water, she drank the water. We can't get into see my vet until Thursday, I really want to take her to my vet because I get a deal.
Her eyes are bright, no gunk, her ears look clean, but she wasn't walking around at all, just laying there, not shaking or breathing hard, didn't look stressed at all. She will let you hold her and seems very calm.
I am worried about her though, She weighs barely a pound, is super tiny and I can barely see any teeth in her mouth, the women told me she knows the kittens were born sometime in November. I know she should be a LOT bigger then she is, she is skin and bones right now.
She lays where ever you put her, she looks around a lot, but isn't interested in checking anything out really.
BUT someone rang the doorbell and she ran under my bed, there must be a slit in the black lining under the box spring, I know she is under there somewhere but I think she is inside the mattress.
Any Ideas how I can coax her out of there? I hate to think of her in the mattress, I did leave food and water easily access to her in case she decides to come out.
