Hello
today I found a tiny black kitten wandering our street and accidentally scared it into climbing into under the hood of a car. after spending like an hour trying to get it out we succeeded and then it climbed into ANOTHER neighbor's car hood and by that point I was scared to leave it be.
I'm not really sure how to handle this. its old enough to be eating chicken from a can and grooming itself, but its TINY. I've never taken care of one this small. its finally warmed up to me enough to where I can get it to lay down with me and purr (but its still scared around my family members) but if I leave it be too long itll go hiding in a corner. I also have two other cats who don't like it but I've been keeping it seperated from them anyways.
and it meows A LOT. which makes me feel bad. its most likely missing its mommy and I'm not even sure if it was abandoned but its below freezing outside and it took me forever to get the poor thing to warm up when I first brought it in. if I let it go how will I know it won't go climbing up someone's car hood again?
I'm going to be trying to contact the local vet in a few hours but I'm nervous they won't be able to help due to covid19.
Since I'm not even sure if its abandoned, am I just being cruel by keeping it and not letting it out? Would it be okay in this freezing weather? Or would it be best to keep it for now?
And also, I've only had it for maybe 12 hours, but I haven't seen it pee or poop yet. Should I be concerned? I also read that if its young enough it still needs help from its mom using the bathtroom. if it can run around and eat food from a can do you think its old enough to poop on its own?
thank you
today I found a tiny black kitten wandering our street and accidentally scared it into climbing into under the hood of a car. after spending like an hour trying to get it out we succeeded and then it climbed into ANOTHER neighbor's car hood and by that point I was scared to leave it be.
I'm not really sure how to handle this. its old enough to be eating chicken from a can and grooming itself, but its TINY. I've never taken care of one this small. its finally warmed up to me enough to where I can get it to lay down with me and purr (but its still scared around my family members) but if I leave it be too long itll go hiding in a corner. I also have two other cats who don't like it but I've been keeping it seperated from them anyways.
and it meows A LOT. which makes me feel bad. its most likely missing its mommy and I'm not even sure if it was abandoned but its below freezing outside and it took me forever to get the poor thing to warm up when I first brought it in. if I let it go how will I know it won't go climbing up someone's car hood again?
I'm going to be trying to contact the local vet in a few hours but I'm nervous they won't be able to help due to covid19.
Since I'm not even sure if its abandoned, am I just being cruel by keeping it and not letting it out? Would it be okay in this freezing weather? Or would it be best to keep it for now?
And also, I've only had it for maybe 12 hours, but I haven't seen it pee or poop yet. Should I be concerned? I also read that if its young enough it still needs help from its mom using the bathtroom. if it can run around and eat food from a can do you think its old enough to poop on its own?
thank you