fillymum
synful soul
We have had real summer storms here today. Thunder, lightening and very heavy rain.
We got up from our siesta and DH asked me could I hear a kitten crying and as we have 3 14 week old kittens I was quite scathing in my reply. No he said. Sounds younger. He looked out of the kitchen window and exclaimed, I do not believe it !!! There in the torrential rain was a little , black kitten. It still has it's umbilical cord attached and it's eyes closed. DH, being the person he is, vaulted through the window, stark naked, I might add, picked the little scrap up and brought it back in the house. It was frozen, wringing wet and crying like the babe it is.
First thing I did was to dry it thoroughly and stimulate some warmth back into it against my own ample bosom and under my wrap.
I heated some skimmed milk through filled a small syringe and fed it milk. DH found a piece of sheep skin and made an igloo type container for it to sleep in. It is encased in wonderfully warm and natural sheepskin.
DH will sleep in the spare room tonight with the Kittie and with luck on our side we will raise this scrap. We have already introduced it to our Alpha female cat and she was good with it so perhaps in a few days she will take over. I do not think she has milk left but I am sure if she has she will care for it.
I hope it survives and how it got to us. I do not know. Our nearest neighbours have a black female, perhaps she brought it to us, I alreadyfeed her as they don't give a dam about her. She didn't look pregnant but then she is a naturally skinny cat. We haven't seen her for a week, so it could be hers. If it is what a clever cat to bring it where she knows it wil be cared for and not drowned as I am sure her owners would do,
I will take some photos over the next few days if it makes it through the night.
We got up from our siesta and DH asked me could I hear a kitten crying and as we have 3 14 week old kittens I was quite scathing in my reply. No he said. Sounds younger. He looked out of the kitchen window and exclaimed, I do not believe it !!! There in the torrential rain was a little , black kitten. It still has it's umbilical cord attached and it's eyes closed. DH, being the person he is, vaulted through the window, stark naked, I might add, picked the little scrap up and brought it back in the house. It was frozen, wringing wet and crying like the babe it is.
First thing I did was to dry it thoroughly and stimulate some warmth back into it against my own ample bosom and under my wrap.
I heated some skimmed milk through filled a small syringe and fed it milk. DH found a piece of sheep skin and made an igloo type container for it to sleep in. It is encased in wonderfully warm and natural sheepskin.
DH will sleep in the spare room tonight with the Kittie and with luck on our side we will raise this scrap. We have already introduced it to our Alpha female cat and she was good with it so perhaps in a few days she will take over. I do not think she has milk left but I am sure if she has she will care for it.
I hope it survives and how it got to us. I do not know. Our nearest neighbours have a black female, perhaps she brought it to us, I alreadyfeed her as they don't give a dam about her. She didn't look pregnant but then she is a naturally skinny cat. We haven't seen her for a week, so it could be hers. If it is what a clever cat to bring it where she knows it wil be cared for and not drowned as I am sure her owners would do,
I will take some photos over the next few days if it makes it through the night.