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obliviousally) wrote2024-08-28 12:45 pm
obliviousally) wrote2024-08-28 12:45 pm
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stuff and UHHHH WINDOW KITTEN???
so, uh, we have a kitten
monday night, tony was at his desk in his office and caught something black out of the corner of his eye on the landing outside the window next to his desk. he thought: "oh cool a black squirrel???" because critters will come up on the landing occasionally. but when he looked over, it was a whole ass tiny kitten and when he opened the window to grab said tiny kitten, he spotted one of the kids from next door (oldest one, arguably the only empathetic one tbh)
he asked the kid, hey uh, is this yours? and she said yeah, but she can't keep it in the house anymore because the 'dogs don't like it' (or that she couldn't keep it safe from the dogs). so tony told her he'd figure something out, but it would be safe with us and then shouted for me (repeatedly, i was running stuff in destiny and had the volume up fglkhdlgkdf)
we both went UHHHHHHH at it and it stared at us in confusion. so we chucked it into the carrier and ran out to pet supplies because, while we have two whole cats, they're both seniors now (uuugh) at 14 and we do not have kitten stuff or even kitten-sized stuff (litterbox, place to stay safe, etc., etc.). bought some kitten food, some catmilk, a litterbox, came back home and set it up in the bathroom
it ate eagerly and we discovered that it's able to eat wet food no problem. it's clean overall - clean ears, mouth, fur, eyes, nose. doesn't look like any bugs on it at all. all fangs, both top and bottom front teeth. eyes are STARTING to change from the baby blue. can groom itself, uses the litter box, is pretty chill and not skittish/feral-ish. likes to hang out on the bed with us and sleep in the middle where any hawk could just swoop in and grab it - no sense of self preservation
we THINK it's somewhere 4-6 weeks. probably closer to the 5 week range. I THINK it might be one of the two kittens they had a few weeks back (the day my mom and i went to the county fair, after my appointment with the surgeon about my thyroidectomy and stuff) - they had found two 1-2 week old kittens that a mother cat had left somewhere and they asked if i wanted them. to which i said 'no' b/c i couldn't care for a newborn kitten. i recc'd to their parents/adults to reach out to one of a kind pets and hopefully they could help, but i heard nothing else after that. i assumed, as one would when it comes to two abandoned newborn kittens taken in by the mess of a house next to mine, that they had passed away - BUT GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME, i'm wondering if this isn't one of the two that passed
but it's doing cat-stuff VERY well so either this kid really committed to caring for it, it's a different kitten altogether, or some instinct things are just really well hard coded, idk
yesterday, i was off (b/c i'm working fri/sat this week), so i drug the big rat cage out of the basement and set it up as a baby cage for it (it's about the size of an adult rat tbh) and put it in the living room. dean and finn are PERTURBED, to say the least. they've hissed at it multiple times but it just does the baby kitten thing and lays down submissively so it doesn't get swatted. finn frequently looks like he's forming thoughts about things he's never had before: like regret
tony has dubbed it 'oryx' (it is also female, but we're just using whatever gender feels right for the conversation when talking about it lol)
we've got an amazon wishlist and stuff set up and if any friends would like to throw a few bucks our way to go towards stuff like vaccinations and a spay later on, it would be greatly appreciated
amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/203QVXZ48VJNG?ref_=wl_share
ko-fi: http://paypal.me/obliviousally/
paypal: http://paypal.me/obliviousally/
cashapp: https://cash.app/$obliviousally
venmo: https://venmo.com/obliviousally
pet clinic stuff mostly for my own reference, but also transparency
there's a couple local places that do low cost vaccine/spay clinics, all seem to have roughly the same pricing, give or take $5-10. a spay is usually around $80 (and generally includes a rabies vaxx b/c they're required in ohio, and they also include an exam, obv), most vaccines are around $20-30. she doesn't need anything until 8 weeks at the earliest, which is probably a month and some change out
PetGuards: $65~
petguardsclinic.com/services/#spay
One of a Kind: $80~
www.facebook.com/OOAKSN
MABEL: $85 (incl. rabies)
www.summithumane.org/mabelpricing
monday night, tony was at his desk in his office and caught something black out of the corner of his eye on the landing outside the window next to his desk. he thought: "oh cool a black squirrel???" because critters will come up on the landing occasionally. but when he looked over, it was a whole ass tiny kitten and when he opened the window to grab said tiny kitten, he spotted one of the kids from next door (oldest one, arguably the only empathetic one tbh)
he asked the kid, hey uh, is this yours? and she said yeah, but she can't keep it in the house anymore because the 'dogs don't like it' (or that she couldn't keep it safe from the dogs). so tony told her he'd figure something out, but it would be safe with us and then shouted for me (repeatedly, i was running stuff in destiny and had the volume up fglkhdlgkdf)
we both went UHHHHHHH at it and it stared at us in confusion. so we chucked it into the carrier and ran out to pet supplies because, while we have two whole cats, they're both seniors now (uuugh) at 14 and we do not have kitten stuff or even kitten-sized stuff (litterbox, place to stay safe, etc., etc.). bought some kitten food, some catmilk, a litterbox, came back home and set it up in the bathroom
it ate eagerly and we discovered that it's able to eat wet food no problem. it's clean overall - clean ears, mouth, fur, eyes, nose. doesn't look like any bugs on it at all. all fangs, both top and bottom front teeth. eyes are STARTING to change from the baby blue. can groom itself, uses the litter box, is pretty chill and not skittish/feral-ish. likes to hang out on the bed with us and sleep in the middle where any hawk could just swoop in and grab it - no sense of self preservation
we THINK it's somewhere 4-6 weeks. probably closer to the 5 week range. I THINK it might be one of the two kittens they had a few weeks back (the day my mom and i went to the county fair, after my appointment with the surgeon about my thyroidectomy and stuff) - they had found two 1-2 week old kittens that a mother cat had left somewhere and they asked if i wanted them. to which i said 'no' b/c i couldn't care for a newborn kitten. i recc'd to their parents/adults to reach out to one of a kind pets and hopefully they could help, but i heard nothing else after that. i assumed, as one would when it comes to two abandoned newborn kittens taken in by the mess of a house next to mine, that they had passed away - BUT GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME, i'm wondering if this isn't one of the two that passed
but it's doing cat-stuff VERY well so either this kid really committed to caring for it, it's a different kitten altogether, or some instinct things are just really well hard coded, idk
yesterday, i was off (b/c i'm working fri/sat this week), so i drug the big rat cage out of the basement and set it up as a baby cage for it (it's about the size of an adult rat tbh) and put it in the living room. dean and finn are PERTURBED, to say the least. they've hissed at it multiple times but it just does the baby kitten thing and lays down submissively so it doesn't get swatted. finn frequently looks like he's forming thoughts about things he's never had before: like regret
tony has dubbed it 'oryx' (it is also female, but we're just using whatever gender feels right for the conversation when talking about it lol)
we've got an amazon wishlist and stuff set up and if any friends would like to throw a few bucks our way to go towards stuff like vaccinations and a spay later on, it would be greatly appreciated
amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/203QVXZ48VJNG?ref_=wl_share
ko-fi: http://paypal.me/obliviousally/
paypal: http://paypal.me/obliviousally/
cashapp: https://cash.app/$obliviousally
venmo: https://venmo.com/obliviousally
pet clinic stuff mostly for my own reference, but also transparency
there's a couple local places that do low cost vaccine/spay clinics, all seem to have roughly the same pricing, give or take $5-10. a spay is usually around $80 (and generally includes a rabies vaxx b/c they're required in ohio, and they also include an exam, obv), most vaccines are around $20-30. she doesn't need anything until 8 weeks at the earliest, which is probably a month and some change out
PetGuards: $65~
petguardsclinic.com/services/#spay
One of a Kind: $80~
www.facebook.com/OOAKSN
MABEL: $85 (incl. rabies)
www.summithumane.org/mabelpricing