How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] caught a teeny tiny black kitten

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Re: [CHICKENS-101] caught a teeny tiny black kitten

Thank you Marla. Since I'd have to go there to pick up my live trap, I am going to drop the kitten off on the way to my parents. The kitten is in really bad shape with gummy eyes, I couldn't see how sick it was with a flash light last night. Depending on if it is sick from disease or not, and the severity of how ill it is from not having care and food will determine if the kitten can be saved or not. I have a kitten at Dave's. Even if someone adopts the kitten before I get there Dave's cat is pregnant again, (his cats are in high demand because the mom raises them with chicks and adult chickens). I need a farm cat and really cannot afford high vet bills right now. Helping out a man we know who found himself homeless with jobs and slipping him food money off and on. 
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan

    From: Marla <marlajulich@yahoo.com>
 To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:45 AM
 Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] caught a teeny tiny black kitten

 We are just weaning off the 3rd litter of feral kitten that have been brought to us this summer. This one has been the healthiest. The first litter had been abandoned by mom 3 days before we got them. I had another neighbor call me last week with an orphaned feral kitten that was sick. I sent her to the vet to be cared for like your animal control does. We are in a tiny town and lucky to have a dog catcher, he takes them to a vet to either be adopted or put down. He never picks up cats though. The heat and drought we're having here is my guess to why so many abandoned kittens this year. It's hard work but getting them caught young, tamed, and fixed is a start on keeping down the feral population. We tried catching a young one several years ago that slept with our ducks. We named it Duckie. Duckie is a female, keeps having kittens, and she and her kittens still evade all our traps. I had to cat proof the chick pens because of her. I keep   trying. One of these days she'll slip up and I'll get her. 
  Good luck with the little one Cathryn!
  Marla
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