Found a small kitten next to a busy road!

moggylover

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I found a stray kitten just after Easter in 2004. He was tied up in a bin bag with another (dead) kitten, and I thought he was a black kitten. He was, the vet reckoned, only about 5 weeks old. I took him home, washed him off, and he turned out to be white with a big black eye patch and a black tail.

Later that afternoon, after looking round the same street, I found his brother, mewing in a doorway, he was entirely white with a grey patch between his eyes that disappeared as he grew up.

They were both terrified, but I took them to the vet, who checked them over, and then they moved in with us.

Sadly, the first one I found, Elijah, died when he was just 3 from heart failure. His brother, Yossie, then moved to my parents' house. He is a lovely, gorgeous cat, whose early life doesn't seem to have troubled him too much - he is very sociable and even tolerates my toddler carrying him around!

Oh God, I wish they would let me loose with whoever tied them up in the black bag:mad: !

I have had them dumped on my doorstep in boxes wrapped with parcel tape, or an old sports bag and even one squashed into an old bird cage! I made the mistake of having my piccy in the local paper with some rescues that needed new homes, and it made the entire situation worse!

I have even been to farms where there were buckets with the rotting corpses of tiny dead ones they had drowned! I have to admit that I sometime wish I had never, ever, got into rescue work cos you never manage to escape unless you move a very long way away:o - but then I manage to salvage another critter and I realise that it is worth the pain and distress and anger (and even the expense) in the long run.

neverdespairgirl

This was totally by chance, as I walked along a road near where we live.

I totally don't understand why anyone would dump living kittens in a bin bag.

I've changed my avatar to show Elijah and Yossie as newly-rescued kittens (-:

moggylover

At least my rescues end up with me because people know that I will take care of them I suppose! Just dumping them in a bag is so vile! If they really cannot take care of them then take them to a rescue centre!

I had a rabbit brought to me that was found tied up in a blanket and dumped! He was beautiful - but had some very overgrown teeth which is probably why he had been dumped - but what a rotten way to do it! It was sheer chance that a lady walking her dog found him cos the dog was sniffing and pawing at the old blanket and she saw it move:eek: . Admitted that it made her jump - but at least she was brave enough to investigate!

I've also had a parrot brought to me with absolutely NO wing feathers as they had been hacked off so that he could not fly around cos he was pretty destructive! He cost me a cage (not cheap for parrots) before I found someone who could care for him properly and had another parrot for company.

I've got two beautiful pet rats - that my sons friend had for about 6 weeks before he got "bored" with them - and my son managed to get them home in his school kit bag, on the school bus (hidden so that the driver would not put him off) and I was begged to let them stay:rolleyes: - he is obviously just as daft about animals as I am:o . They now share a 4' fish tank (fortunately both boys:eek: ) locked in the study where the cats cannot get to them and we later rescued two Degus - similarly unwanted after a short time! And then there was the miniature hamster which two girls got a uni - all went well until the hols, when they both cleared off and left him there for the fortnight with no-one organised to feed and water him:eek: . My friends daughter went in to their room to return some books she had borrowed, realised what they had done and promptly brought him home to me!

Honestly, I could do with a mansion just to house the livestock!

moggylover

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

This was totally by chance, as I walked along a road near where we live.

I totally don't understand why anyone would dump living kittens in a bin bag.

I've changed my avatar to show Elijah and Yossie as newly-rescued kittens (-:

Ah NDG - they are really beautiful! I'm so glad you found them and took them in - sad that one of them did not get a long life - but at least he had a little more time than it would appear was originally intended, and the love that moggs deserve during his time with you and your family.

neverdespairgirl

moggylover wrote: »

Only one way to find out;) . Females are often less tolerant than toms surprisingly enough

My family got a cat when I was about 12, and we kept one of her only litter of kittens. They were always together - you'd rarely find Lulu (mother) without her gorgeous but thick-as-two-short-planks daughter, Beth.

Then Lulu died, aged 6. Beth was inconsolable. So we got another kitten, to keep Beth company.

It was hate at first sight. Beth arched and spat and hated this tortoiseshell invader. We tried everything, but for hte next 9 years, until Beth died aged 14, there was a state of armed truce. They mostly ignored each other, and just hissed if they met unexpectedly. Little Cat and Yossie get on well, though, even though Little Cat was 11 when Yossie moved in.

Aylana

I just don't understand some people. I mean why would you dump animals in black bags or whatever! Surely it is just as easy to take them to a rescue centre! Your kitties are so cute neverdespairgirl, and so lucky to have been found by you.

My mam got known for taking in strays which is how she ended up with 12 of them. Allsorts of people used to turn up with random cats for her.

OH has a colleague at work who is interested in taking kitty. She knows that kitty is a feral and seems to be willing to take the time to do lots of handling and cuddles etc. Kitty will stay with us for the next week at least, until we know that no one is looking for him. Then it will depend how long taming him takes. I don't want to foist him on someone however well meaning if he is just going to attack her or hide all the time. So I will see how it goes.

I want to be sure about the girl who wants to take him too. OH is in a right strop about it all this morning. He wants kitty gone asap, but it is just tough luck. I want to do the right thing by kitty, it is only a few weeks out of OH's life affected, but the decisions I am making now about homes could affect kitty's whole life!!!

Grrrrrrr men.

foxxymynx

dangly toys work a treat with scared kitties, - or at least it did with my 4 lol (I have 3 now) and talk to it, - it'll get used to the sound of your voice

Milford_Cubicle

I'm currently on the look out for a mini-kitty to join the family.
We have a steelworks not too far away and there are always feral kittens running around which you could quite literally 'steal', my auntie had one many years ago which came to her grey, but was actually white once it'd been washed in the bathroom sink :rotfl:

I have all the respect in the world for people who take animals and in and care for them. Keep up the most excellent work, moggylover

Aylana

Quick update: We managed to get the kitty out from under the bed eventually. It launched an escape mission pushing the bedroom door open running downstairs and into the living room where the dogs chased it behind the settee. We managed to catch it again and have relocated it into the bathroom. There are no hidey holes for it to vanish under there. We have had to remove all bottles and stuff as it ran rampant in there at first cos it was frightened. We have flea'd it. But now it seems quite traumatised again!! So I don't think I have really achieved much now!

neverdespairgirl

Aylana wrote: »

I just don't understand some people. I mean why would you dump animals in black bags or whatever! Surely it is just as easy to take them to a rescue centre! Your kitties are so cute neverdespairgirl, and so lucky to have been found by you.

I was the lucky ones, lovely cats!