That is what I said 2 years ago when I started fostering a 3 week old kitten that someone had brought into the clinic. He had been found in the woods with no sign of a mother nearby a good samaritan picked him up and brought him in.
He was skinny and a little dehydrated with a sore on his forehead. We rehydrated him and started him on Kitten formula. His sore turned out to be a warble (fly larvae that burrows under the skin). Once removed the sore healed quickly.
Since he was to young to eat on his own I bottle fed him and took him home so he could get 1:00am feeding. I wouldn't name him since he was going to go to another home, but he went home with me every night. He was a feisty kitten. When ever I fed him he would just fight with the bottle. I had to trim his nails so he wouldn't completely shred my hands. It was really kind of sad he would just get so frustrated. After bottle feeding him for a couple of weeks I tried to get him to drink out of a dish or eat a little canned kitten food. He refused both. I think I bottle fed him till he was about 8 weeks old.
After I had him for 3-4 weeks I did name him "Sirus" . I still said that I was going to find a home for him, and to prove it I put up a poster and put his picture on an adoption website. I didn't have any inquiries about him. I don't know why. But I do know that I was getting more and More attatched.
I eventually started leaving him at home once I didn't have to bottle feed him during the day, but I still said I would bring him in for people to see if somebody was interested. Still no inquiries.
Needless to say Sirus still lives with me, and has found his forever home. He is my shoulder cat and will leap up on them any chance he get.
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Our next one is my moms named Sonora. She is beautiful brendal ? color and is 4 yrs old
Then we have Fuzzbutt who was the baby at a yr old until my husband decided we needed another kitten for her to play with. Well, she hates him but Sonora has adopted the kitten and they sleep together, use the box together and chase each other from one end of the house to the other. His name is Smudge as he is solid white with a little grease spot on the top of his head. I would have every animal in the world if I could. Im studying online to be a vet asst. Im afraid I would cry to much tho if I persue it.~~!
Alice, Keep up your studies. Being a Vet tech can be sad at times, but it is also very rewarding. I must admit I cry form time to time, but it is so wonderful when you get to send an animal home that had been very sick.