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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 |
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