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I have been hearing a cat meow from time to time over the past couple of days - first I thought I was imagining it, then saw the cat just as a shadow about two days ago. Tonight as I was unpacking the car from Christmas celebrations, I heard it again, really loud and persistent. I waded through the snow on the front yards, and a young man waiting for a bus came across the street to ask if it was my cat that had gotten away. I told him that I thought it was a stray, and I had some food in my car, I would go and get it.
So I put out some kibble, and this tiny kitten, shaking from either fear, hunger or cold, probably all three came up to eat. It looked about 6 months old - but I am no expert on this, it could have been younger. It was so hungry I could get within inches, but then it would get spooked and run away. However, if I backed away it still came back to eat, and eat, and eat, and eat.
I went back to the house and got a tin of wet food, took that down to put out for the poor little thing, and he ate the whole tin (that's one of the small size, the size that Sam considers a between meal snack). However, the kitten would still not let me near. So I left - when it was scared it ran under the porch, and there is a lot of loose dirt, and leaves and stuff there, so I imagine it can have a nest. I was afraid that if I stayed longer, it be too scared to come back and finish eating. I don't think that kitten quite knew what to do with the canned food - it spent a long time sniffing and looking at it, then started eathing and wouldn't stop. However, the weather is cold and snowy - I hope that a full belly will let the kit sleep through the coldest part of the night, and I will put food out for it again tomorrow.
There is no way I can rescue this thing, but there is a cat rescue society in town, so I will also call them to let them know. I hope that if I feed it, that will keep it around until someone can capture it.
Poor little kitty looks like a miniature Sam - long grey hair, and a fluffy tail, although soaked wet from snow.
I stood in the cold crying as the kitten ate, and came inside to tell Sam that he is a lucky lucky boy.
For Christmas he got a new filtered water dispenser.
So I put out some kibble, and this tiny kitten, shaking from either fear, hunger or cold, probably all three came up to eat. It looked about 6 months old - but I am no expert on this, it could have been younger. It was so hungry I could get within inches, but then it would get spooked and run away. However, if I backed away it still came back to eat, and eat, and eat, and eat.
I went back to the house and got a tin of wet food, took that down to put out for the poor little thing, and he ate the whole tin (that's one of the small size, the size that Sam considers a between meal snack). However, the kitten would still not let me near. So I left - when it was scared it ran under the porch, and there is a lot of loose dirt, and leaves and stuff there, so I imagine it can have a nest. I was afraid that if I stayed longer, it be too scared to come back and finish eating. I don't think that kitten quite knew what to do with the canned food - it spent a long time sniffing and looking at it, then started eathing and wouldn't stop. However, the weather is cold and snowy - I hope that a full belly will let the kit sleep through the coldest part of the night, and I will put food out for it again tomorrow.
There is no way I can rescue this thing, but there is a cat rescue society in town, so I will also call them to let them know. I hope that if I feed it, that will keep it around until someone can capture it.
Poor little kitty looks like a miniature Sam - long grey hair, and a fluffy tail, although soaked wet from snow.
I stood in the cold crying as the kitten ate, and came inside to tell Sam that he is a lucky lucky boy.
For Christmas he got a new filtered water dispenser.