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Originally Posted by nanajoy  Unfortunately we have the same problem where I live. People come on vacation and "make a pet" of a feral kitten/cat and feed it until it is time to go home. The problem has gotten bigger and bigger. When I first moved here, a neighbor called animal control to take a large cat that had attacked his yorkie. A day later I found her four babies, eyes still closed, in my hedge. Since we have dogs, and my husband and I are allergic to cats, we could not keep them. I kept them in a large garment moving box on our lanai and fed them every two hours with a dropper. Our local no kill would not take them until they reached 4 pounds...and after a health check there they brought back fleas to our place! We did find homes for all four, but our dogs spent most of the time we fostered them scratching on the lanai window.  |
I got lucky with this vet\shelter. It just opened 6 months ago and is a brand new facility. They are just about full. I had called other shelters and they were all filled up. I don't know what I would of done if they wouldn't have taken him.
As for him (found out it was a boy) not eating, the vet techs said that happens sometimes with kittens. She said they have to sometimes be shown how to "suck" from a bottle or a syringe. As soon as they took him, they starting working on getting him to eat. Anyway he is safe and sound Living where I live, this won't be the last time I will have to rescue a kitten. So far in the 3 years I've been here, this kitten is the 3rd cat I've had to help. One died (about 4 weeks old) and the other had to be put to sleep because his injuries were to extensive. I've also picked up a dead kitten out of my driveway (and no it wasn't me that killed it). Oh well.....such is life.