Poor abandoned kitten!
So, someone at work today mentions they've seen a black kitten hanging
out near one of the entrances and has anyone else seen it? Not me, I walk by that entrance every morning. But then again, I'm not looking for a cat, and I'm walking in at 6:00am when it is still very, very dark. Anyway, a couple of folks have seen this kitten. I don't tend to keep catfood at work, so I went off to the cafeteria and picked up a breakfast sausage or two, and wandered outside. I didn't see the kitten, but found a hiding place, and put sausages there (yea, I know, but it was the best I could do). Checked a couple hours later - no sign the kitten's been there, but then again that might be his night spot, dunno. Someone said he looked a little older, but the pawprints in the snow look like a small kitten. I'm fairly mad at some unknown person - my work place is essentially surrounded by forest and it's unlikely that a kitten could have wandered into there by accident - best guess, someone dumped it there at work (grrrr). I went again at lunchtime, and checked as I left, and no sign of the kitten - sausages are untouched & no new tracks. Nobody else has seen him today either. I hope that someone was able to entice him and gave him a nice warm place to sleep tonight, but I fear the worse. The place he's chosen to hang out is the edge of a parking lot - so there's worries of him getting hit, or worse yet taking refuge in an engine block. Or he might have gone into the sewer, or already died of cold or starvation. I simply don't know at this point. I don't have a live catch cage and I don't even know if the kitten's still there. I'll leave a couple days' worth of actual cat food at that spot tomorrow morning, and check at lunchtime, but if I can't find him I'm afraid he's on his own for the weekend. I told the folks I chatted with that if someone can catch him, I'll at least have the kitten vetted and spayed/neutered as appropriate, and hopefully give him a good home. If I can find signs that he's still around, I'll try to find someone with a live trap and get permission to put one out next week, when we can monitor it. I worry about him though - his hiding place is just a little cave made by deep snow melting around a solid sort of bench. At least it's something, but it doesn't look very warm. I haven't even SEEN this kitten, and yet I'm still worried sick about it. Please send warm purrs for the invisikitten! jmc |
Poor abandoned kitten!
Keep looking. That's how I got my beautiful Sapphire cat. Just some meows
in the early morning until one day I saw a girl playing with her. She was a stray who could have gotten lost in a storm but actually was declawed (I hate that) so someone apparently had planned to keep her. My son hung her picture in our clubhouse for a week and then we kept her. She turned out to be my guardian angel for 15 years. Sometimes the best pet you could have just "turns up". Barb |
Poor abandoned kitten!
Yes, keep trying! Can you call a rescue group or local shelter to see
if you can rent/borrow a trap? |
Poor abandoned kitten!
Suddenly, without warning, Rene exclaimed (2/26/2010 4:28 PM):
Yes, keep trying! Can you call a rescue group or local shelter to see if you can rent/borrow a trap? I am. First visit to the hiding place, I thought it hadn't been back and feared the worse. Later though, a coworker mentioned they'd seen it ducking into a sewer drain - and when I rechecked where I'd thrown the only food I could find (sausage links and a pattie) I realized the link I'd tossed furthest into the "cave" was gone, and the pattie had been moved. I don't work the weekend, but brought in a dry food sample that Meep can't eat anyway (it's a good quality meat-based food), opened the top of the bag and pushed it into the space. It'll be easy enough on Monday to tell if the food's been touched, hopefully. Someone at work has a trap, so Monday I'll see about arranging to trap it. jmc |
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