Rescued another Kitten last night

[8 track mind]

I was over at my neighbors house having a beer out in his garage last night when a dull white flash caught my eye. The white flash was some sort of critter that ran under my neighbor's 1940 Chevy business coupe. I managed to crawl halfway under the car and retrieve a very dirty and very skinny kitten.

This little kitten is white with a black dot on it's face and a ringed tail. It's totally friendly, wants nothing more than to be picked up and held. She is so relaxed that when you pick her up, it's like picking up a wet rag. I brought it home and the wife and i got to work. We put her in the bathroom while the wife got the kitty carrier and a spare litter box. I prepped the food and water.

This kitten ate and ate and ate and ate some more, and drank all the water that she could get. over the course of 1 hour she ate a whole can of wet food. When i would try to take her empty food bowl away she would bat at my hand and mew a bit. we had to take her collar off because it was extremely tight and filthy.

She finished eating, played for a bit, and promptly fell asleep on top of the tank of the toilet. Overnight it dropped the worst stink bomb i have ever smelled in my life. I mean this was paint peeling, tile buckling, weapons grade kitten poo. Iran doesn't need the atom bomb; they could intimidate anyone in the world with a teaspoon of this stuff. I guess her pipes are cleaning out.

This has to be some kid's pet that they got bored with and the parents kicked it out of the house (i have a pretty good idea what house it came from). You have to be a real self centered dickhead to kick a kitten out of the house so it can fend for itself.

[myrna minx]

1. Thank you for caring for the little baby.

:hug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Bless you for saving a homeless animal

You going to keep it?

[8 track mind]

3. not sure yet

the wife and i rescued a year old cat last may and we we found her a good loving home. I'm thinking we will probably do the same. We have 1 border collie and three cats that are all rescued animals and it's kind of a full house right now!

[Maine-ah]

4. if I was anywhere near you, I'd take her from you in a heartbeat

ToddlerMaine-ah wants a kitten badly, but I haven't found one that I like enough yet. The one you found sounds purrr-fect!

[8 track mind]

14. that would be awesome!

i don't think she has met anyone she doesn't like. scroll down the post and you will see the pix of her

[Skittles]

5. guys like you make me swoon

yes INDEED

[Bertha Venation]

6. me too, Skittles

Me too. *swoon*

[Bertha Venation]

7. Good for you!!

:hug: Thank you for caring for the kitties.

[ceile]

8. Thanks for doing that.

I know you'll find someone to take her.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Poor little mew baby! Thank goodness you were there to help! *hugs*

[joeybee12]

10. Good work, but we must have photos! n/t

[8 track mind]

13. just got them! here you go!

[BuelahWitch]

18. Are her eyes blue?

She looks a bit like my Angel from those pictures(except Angel didn't have any black spots at all). What a little doll!

[joeybee12]

20. I got the photos..NOW MUST HAVE KITTEN!

She's adorable!!!!!!!!!!

[emilyg]

21. Pretty baby. Thank you.

[EndersDame]

11. Than You for Being this Kitty's Guardian Angel

I don't necessarily believe in a god with a white beard but believe the Universe has a way of looking out for the small critters! You might want to get her checked for worms if she has the stinkies

[8 track mind]

15. yes will do

the wife called and said she has fleas, so i have to pick up some flea soap on the way home. The wife gave her a quick dunk in the sink and a few of them came off. Kitten did NOT like this and is not pleased at this point

[Gormy Cuss]

12. Totally agree with your last line.

If you can't keep a cat and can't find it a good home at least drop it off at a shelter. Dumping any house cat outside to fend for itself is cruel. Dumping a kitten that way is sadistic.

[Ikonoklast]

16. Find her a good forever home.

Thank you for taking care of the little lost ones.

[8 track mind]

17. I will do my best!

The last rescue we had went to a fellow DU'er. they had lost their cat of 22 years. The last i heard the new owners have hired a small team of specialists to find new ways to spoil her ;-)

[ThomCat]

19. Good job!

:)

I am glad you found her and are taking care of her. If you don't keep her I hope you find a great home for her.

What kind of people would do that to a kitten? x(

You said that you have a pretty good idea which neighbors it came from. I bet they are not very good neighbors.

[8 track mind]

22. total scum

3 kids, the mom is a drug addict and the kids are little punks. I gave it a flea bath tonight and you would not believe the amount of dirt and fleas that came off of her. Kittens and baths are a deadly combination. Have you ever tried peeling a soapy, wet, kitten off of your t-shirt? Dude, let me tell you it's damn near impossible. And painful.

We will find a good home for her, but she's going to the vet first for her shots and a overall checkup.

BTW we have decided to name her Rachael, since we had Rachael Maddow on the tube when we got her in the house ;-)

[suninvited]

25. well, that kind of sucks

the kids probably dont have a snowballs chance in hell of making something of themselves in this world, especially if people already call them little punks. I can imagine childhood would be pretty difficult if ones mother were a drug addict.

Nice that you helped the kitten. Hopefully someone else will do something nice for the little punks, as well.

[8 track mind]

26. i've allready tried to do something for the kids

without going into too many details i have gone above and beyond for that family. The final straw was when one of them shot another kid in the chest with a 10 pump pellet gun at a 15 foot range. The parents saw it and just sat there and laughed. Fortunately the pellet hit a bone in his chest and he didnt have to go to the hospital. the police were called and the parents lied their asses off to protect the little heathens.

I have my limits.

[Robeson]

23. You are a good soul. Thank you so much for your care.

[applegrove]

24. You did good!