So here's the whole story.
On Thursday, Corrie was trying to make friends with Cream Puff, but it bit her. So she goes to the health center and they call the health department, and we're told that there's been an outbreak of rabies in some cats in another part of town, so that we either need to kill the cat now, or quarantine it for ten days.
Well, of course we're not gonna condemn a kitten, so we had ourselves a new pet. Cream Puff was a very well-behaved cat...it didn't even object to having a bath. We made a little home for it outside on the porch...so it had air and sunshine, but we made sure it stayed warm, too. We both would get up during the night and replace the hot water bottles for it. We got kitten food, a litter box, even a little kitten harness so that it couldn't meander over the balcony.
Cream Puff seemed to be pretty sick the first night we had it, but its health improved as the days wore on. Yesterday, it seemed to have an eye infection, but nothing serious. Unfortunately, we noticed yesterday afternoon that one of the other kittens from the same litter had died. So we call Animal Control, and wait. A few minutes later a couple, the Van Curens, show up and we assumed they were with AC. But come to find out, they're staff at VT, and they take care of the wild cats in the area. They feed them, take them to the vet, etc. We tell them of our predicament, and they tell us the name of their vet and offer to pay for Cream Puff's expenses since we were going to provide it with a good home. Me and Corrie couldn't believe our luck, so we made plans to take the little critter in this morning.
I just woke up, and Cream Puff is dead.
We've called the Health Department, and they should be over soon to get the cat to be tested. I've emailed the Van Curens to let them know; it might be prudent to take the last kitten in right away since there seems to be a real problem.
I'm really sad. I was getting used to having a kitty, and I was thinking last night of how nice it would be to have a cat lying around. Before I went to bed, I was looking through the cat book I have, thinking how beautiful Cream Puff was going to be...wondering if I could enter it in the Moggie section of a cat show.
My comfort is that we gave the kitten its best shot...and that its last few days were happy.
On Thursday, Corrie was trying to make friends with Cream Puff, but it bit her. So she goes to the health center and they call the health department, and we're told that there's been an outbreak of rabies in some cats in another part of town, so that we either need to kill the cat now, or quarantine it for ten days.
Well, of course we're not gonna condemn a kitten, so we had ourselves a new pet. Cream Puff was a very well-behaved cat...it didn't even object to having a bath. We made a little home for it outside on the porch...so it had air and sunshine, but we made sure it stayed warm, too. We both would get up during the night and replace the hot water bottles for it. We got kitten food, a litter box, even a little kitten harness so that it couldn't meander over the balcony.
Cream Puff seemed to be pretty sick the first night we had it, but its health improved as the days wore on. Yesterday, it seemed to have an eye infection, but nothing serious. Unfortunately, we noticed yesterday afternoon that one of the other kittens from the same litter had died. So we call Animal Control, and wait. A few minutes later a couple, the Van Curens, show up and we assumed they were with AC. But come to find out, they're staff at VT, and they take care of the wild cats in the area. They feed them, take them to the vet, etc. We tell them of our predicament, and they tell us the name of their vet and offer to pay for Cream Puff's expenses since we were going to provide it with a good home. Me and Corrie couldn't believe our luck, so we made plans to take the little critter in this morning.
I just woke up, and Cream Puff is dead.
We've called the Health Department, and they should be over soon to get the cat to be tested. I've emailed the Van Curens to let them know; it might be prudent to take the last kitten in right away since there seems to be a real problem.
I'm really sad. I was getting used to having a kitty, and I was thinking last night of how nice it would be to have a cat lying around. Before I went to bed, I was looking through the cat book I have, thinking how beautiful Cream Puff was going to be...wondering if I could enter it in the Moggie section of a cat show.
My comfort is that we gave the kitten its best shot...and that its last few days were happy.
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