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I Can't Believe It
11 years ago
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Yesterday, after returning to work in an industrial park from lunch, I noticed a small whitish thing wandering around in a field, looking through my rear view mirror.
I got out to see and because it was a little way off, I followed it. It walked to the road and across the road to the factory over there. It was a kitten. I followed it around and tried to get close to it. It still had blue eyes.
Then he headed across the road and stopped. A car came along and luckily she saw the kitten on the road and me waving franticly and stopped. She left her car in the middle of the road (dead end road), got out and tried to help me catch the constantly meowing kitten. After a while, she left, saying that she would call the SPCA to come & get it.
I tried for a little while longer to catch him but to no avail, so I went back to my office and proceeded to call the SPCA as well as Animal Control to try to get help catching this baby. No-one would come out! I can’t believe it!
I then called my daughter and asked her if she would take the bus to help me. I took a little more than an hour for her to get there. She brought a small carrier and a can of tuna and a can opener. Then we went out to find the kitten. All we had to do is keep on meowing and we found him in the back of a business that sold used windows & doors. My daughter, the cat whisperer meowed (in her higher voice than mine) in the direction of the kitten. As she meowed, the kitten came closer and when she moved, the kitten would retreat. She had me open the can of tuna and she placed it in front of her, backed off a bit and started to meow again. Once the kitten smelled the tuna, he headed straight towards it and just dove into it. From there, my daughter could catch him and put him and the tuna into the carrier.
We combed him off and on all night, dropping the gunge and a few flees into a jar of apple cider vinegar, water and dish soap & gave him a bit of watered down milk. He came through the night wonderfully, even used the kitty litter a few times. He will be visiting the vet this morning to get checked out. He has a bump of what seems to be a scab on his forehead.
It really ticks me off that places that are supposed to rescue animals in distress don’t.
Something they should look into is an occasional free spade clinic so people wouldn’t find the need to drop off animals or kill them themselves.
I got out to see and because it was a little way off, I followed it. It walked to the road and across the road to the factory over there. It was a kitten. I followed it around and tried to get close to it. It still had blue eyes.
Then he headed across the road and stopped. A car came along and luckily she saw the kitten on the road and me waving franticly and stopped. She left her car in the middle of the road (dead end road), got out and tried to help me catch the constantly meowing kitten. After a while, she left, saying that she would call the SPCA to come & get it.
I tried for a little while longer to catch him but to no avail, so I went back to my office and proceeded to call the SPCA as well as Animal Control to try to get help catching this baby. No-one would come out! I can’t believe it!
I then called my daughter and asked her if she would take the bus to help me. I took a little more than an hour for her to get there. She brought a small carrier and a can of tuna and a can opener. Then we went out to find the kitten. All we had to do is keep on meowing and we found him in the back of a business that sold used windows & doors. My daughter, the cat whisperer meowed (in her higher voice than mine) in the direction of the kitten. As she meowed, the kitten came closer and when she moved, the kitten would retreat. She had me open the can of tuna and she placed it in front of her, backed off a bit and started to meow again. Once the kitten smelled the tuna, he headed straight towards it and just dove into it. From there, my daughter could catch him and put him and the tuna into the carrier.
We combed him off and on all night, dropping the gunge and a few flees into a jar of apple cider vinegar, water and dish soap & gave him a bit of watered down milk. He came through the night wonderfully, even used the kitty litter a few times. He will be visiting the vet this morning to get checked out. He has a bump of what seems to be a scab on his forehead.
It really ticks me off that places that are supposed to rescue animals in distress don’t.
Something they should look into is an occasional free spade clinic so people wouldn’t find the need to drop off animals or kill them themselves.
He had flees, 4 lbs 5 oz, large scab on his head but the vet says he is ok.
We did the flee drips on the back of his neck and we are going to spray the house tomorrow.
He is eating very well - has to be slowed down along the way because he eats like a dog - non stop if we let him.