Help! Tiny Tabby

CatNipped wrote:
Jill have you seen him/her again since s/he ran away from you? I
can't help it, I can't get that picture out of my head, I'm haunted
by those sad eyes!

Hugs,

CatNipped

I have not seen the kitten again. I've been looking! Those eyes are
haunting. Poor thing

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
.. .
I stepped out on my patio this morning to dump the dregs of the
parrot seed for the birds and there was a tiny grey tabby sitting
there. I'm no good at guessing the age of kittens but it's smaller
than Tallulah's little Hubert! Obviously a stray, possibly abandoned
by mama-cat (or mama was killed or trapped or something). Poor
little baby was extremely afraid of me. When I tried to slowly
approach, it ran into my shamefully overgrown monkey-grass and hid.
I parted the monkey grass and it was shaking like crazy at my
approach and slunk further back away. It won't let me get near it.

Here's the deal (and it breaks my heart to say so). I can't start
feeding this kitten. The apartment manager just graciously removed
my monthly pet fee for Persia because I'm unemployed, to help with
my rent. No way can I take in another. Also, I cannot afford more
vet bills at this time.

I *did* think about putting food out to try to trap the kitten so I
could take him/her to a no-kill shelter. But the woman across the
street & down a ways feeds ferals. Per that other neighbor down the
street (the one who scared the crap out of me by leaning over the
fence to tell me about a dead cat), she's got 12-14 of them hanging
around and does nothing else for them, I might add. I can't afford
to attract her bunch over here. I'm pretty sure that's where this
one came from since the woman doesn't attempt to have the ones she
feeds spayed or neutered.

Lastly, even if I could afford and take this sweet little darlin'
in, Persia is a one-cat cat. She freaks if she sees another one
through the window. I simply can't disrupt her life that way.

If I could figure a way to trap this little one and take it to a
rescue place to be cared for, I would. Maybe you have some
suggestions that won't attract every feral cat in the neighborhood?

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:25:40 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

CatNipped wrote:
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I have not seen the kitten again. I've been looking! Those eyes are
haunting. Poor thing

Jill
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Purrs for tiny cat -- let's hope another cat lover was able to rescue it.
LBM

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:25:40 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

CatNipped wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I have not seen the kitten again. I've been looking! Those eyes are
haunting. Poor thing

Jill
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Purrs for tiny cat -- let's hope another cat lover was able to rescue it.
LBM