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Hello, I know I haven't been on here for a long while... Since I had basically raised a momma and her 4 kitties...
Today, I was working on my girlfriend's dad's farm (He rents space until he can buy his own). There are feral cats that roam, some love humans and some don't which is usual. Today was like any normal day. Feeding cows, Bottle-feeding Calves, lastly rest of the milk going to the cute kitties.
I was walking through the barn and when I got close to the calves all I heard was a little kitty cry, as if it was crying for momma. Of course I couldn't just ignore it, I went over to check it out and to see if it was what I thought it was. Sure enough, It was a baby kitten. Eyes still closed, could lift its head, Must of been maybe a couple days old to a week. I looked up, it could have fallen, and my instincts just told me to pick it up and try finding where it could have come from. I looked everywhere and even showed some of the female barn cats the kitten... as if I was asking it "Is this yours?" and there was one I showed it to and she just stared at it and well growled.
I ended up putting it back where I found two other kittens (Close to where it had fallen) hoping that it wasn't rejected... So I come here to discuss it, get ideas on what to do so I can then discuss it with my girlfriend and manage to come to an agreement with her...
So far I've come up with one solution,
1) In the morning my girlfriend will be going up there to feed. I'm going to have her bring a box with her and check the spot throughout the times that she is there. If it has fallen and still alive and no mother to be seen anywhere like today, I'm going to have her bring it home. I'm going to treat it for fleas when I get home from work and I'm going to obviously get kitten milk replacer once more and do what I can until I can take it to the shelter (I also may just keep it depending on how attached I get to it).
But please give me some ideas, I will be asking the farmer tomorrow if I see him if I can care for the barn cats. (Defleaing, cleaning, feeding). My heart just hurts for these guys and especially that kitten!.
Today, I was working on my girlfriend's dad's farm (He rents space until he can buy his own). There are feral cats that roam, some love humans and some don't which is usual. Today was like any normal day. Feeding cows, Bottle-feeding Calves, lastly rest of the milk going to the cute kitties.
I was walking through the barn and when I got close to the calves all I heard was a little kitty cry, as if it was crying for momma. Of course I couldn't just ignore it, I went over to check it out and to see if it was what I thought it was. Sure enough, It was a baby kitten. Eyes still closed, could lift its head, Must of been maybe a couple days old to a week. I looked up, it could have fallen, and my instincts just told me to pick it up and try finding where it could have come from. I looked everywhere and even showed some of the female barn cats the kitten... as if I was asking it "Is this yours?" and there was one I showed it to and she just stared at it and well growled.
I ended up putting it back where I found two other kittens (Close to where it had fallen) hoping that it wasn't rejected... So I come here to discuss it, get ideas on what to do so I can then discuss it with my girlfriend and manage to come to an agreement with her...
So far I've come up with one solution,
1) In the morning my girlfriend will be going up there to feed. I'm going to have her bring a box with her and check the spot throughout the times that she is there. If it has fallen and still alive and no mother to be seen anywhere like today, I'm going to have her bring it home. I'm going to treat it for fleas when I get home from work and I'm going to obviously get kitten milk replacer once more and do what I can until I can take it to the shelter (I also may just keep it depending on how attached I get to it).
But please give me some ideas, I will be asking the farmer tomorrow if I see him if I can care for the barn cats. (Defleaing, cleaning, feeding). My heart just hurts for these guys and especially that kitten!.