My little boys Mr. Gray and Mr. White went to their new homes a couple of minutes ago. We rescued their mom and her 7 month old son right before Christmas. She was sick, and running a fever. We got her fever down, just as she was going into labor. We could not get her to eat anything, the vet had her on antibiotics, but said that as soon as she was feeling better, she would eat. She had 3 beautiful kittens, but on day 4 we lost the biggest boy. The vet let us borrow one if his incubators and showed me how to insert and feed them using a stomach tube. It was touch and go for a while, we had a hard time keeping their temps up, but the incubator helped. About week # 2, the momma cat (Bella) started producing milk. It was a god send! The vet was wonderful! The first day, we were at the vets office 4 times. Then we were there every day just for a check up. On the weekends when the vet was closed, he stopped by my store to check up on them.

So, today they went to their new homes, healthy, happy, and full of life. Of course, I have the sniffles! I will miss the little pitter patter of kitten feet running up and down the hallway at home, and little kitten kisses first thing in the morning. They went to a good home, and they went together. They were originally supposed to go to two separate homes, but they are so bonded to each other, the other person could not bear to separate them, so she gave up her kitten so they could be together. They are only a couple of minutes down the street from work, so I can sneak out at lunch time to visit. The new family is so excited to be getting the kittens. When they knew they were getting one of the kittens, they came by the store every day to visit. Today, the father took the day off from work to welcome the kittens home. They have 2 children, a 3 yr old and a 5 yr. old. While I would not normally adopt out to a household with such young children, the kids are so well behaved and good, I have absolutely no reservations about the boys going to them. When the mother found out last night that they were indeed getting both kittens, she said her husband's face just lit up in pleasure.


















The ups and downs of rescue. I am so happy the boys are healthy and going to their new homes, and so sad to see them go. I would not give rescuing, to see the joy on the faces of the new parents just makes it worth the sorrow of losing one of the babies.

Thanks for letting me ramble, time to find another Kleenex,
Penny


Penny J. Wills
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