Good news and bad news on the kitten front

[conuly]

In the good news, the antibiotics are working. They're not sneezing as much, their breathing is very much improved, and there's no visible gunk in their eyes. In the bad news, Kid Blink's damaged eye is still filmed over. It's not clear whether she has any vision in it at all, actually. It doesn't seem to slow her down, at least.

They are habitually hiding when people enter the room... but when I shifted the bed a little they came out and purred at me. This is probably because they thought I had food. No such luck - Eva had already fed them, and since I know kittens who haven't gone hungry will eat until they vomit, and these kittens have, I didn't want to risk them upchucking even a little bit of their medicine. I'll feed them later. Nellie came close and let me pet her, even putting my hand over her eyes! But when I attempted to move her to my lap, she bolted. Conclusion: I'm definitely not the first one to try snatching her up. And Kid Blink also came and sniffed my fingers and gingerly rubbed against my hand for a second, which makes me feel really good about her prospects.

I meant to talk to my neighbor today, but I forgot she goes to Mass, and I don't know when she'll be home. I should leave a note on her door.

Comments

[chanter1944]

Yay purrers! Yay meds working on said purrers, too. :) A third yay to Kid Blinkykitten allowing some friendly contact, and awww, Nellie, you are a doll.

[conuly]

She really is. I have to move them faster than I thought - I'm positively falling in love! (It helps that I really can't have them. I know that their time here is limited. It wouldn't be loving to try to keep them when I can't care for them properly long-term.)

[lydy]

This story makes me happy. Thank you for rescuing the kittens, and thank you for writing about it.

As for falling in love...Lady Jane Grey is my accidental cat. I really wasn't going to keep her, I had four other cats already, a full house. But I had to keep her on antibiotics for 10 days, and then I decided to keep her until she was known free of FeLuk and FIV, and every day when I came home from work she would bounce up on the couch to be petted... Yeah. Also, she visibly moderated her behavior to please me, and that was just too much. So, she's been with us for a year and a half. I still can't clip her claws, but otherwise she's very civilized. (I would not have named her Lady Jane Grey on purpose, it's an ill-omened name. It happened by accident. On the other hand, her namesake lived to be 19, and that's not a bad age for a cat...)

[conuly]

I fall in love with cats very easily. I know from experience that when they're in their new forever home, I'll feel bad for a few days and then feel better - and I know they'll be happy there too! But the sooner they get moved on, the better.

[lydy]

Yeah. I've rehomed a few cats, myself. It's a little hard, but so much better than any alternatives. My error was that I let Lady live in my front rooms for 3 months. There was some emotional complexity for me in that we lost her kitten, and that made me extra-tender of Lady. (They said the kitten was 14 days old, but I think they were wrong. Although the kittens eyes were open, they had no color, and the kitten's weight was more in line with being two or three days old. Either way, we lost the poor little wight.) I was determined not to lose Lady, nor to send her to a shelter until I was sure that she was entirely healthy. And then...well, she's a very, very fine cat, and Nuit's aggression towards her has tapered off. Thank god.

[conuly]

Three months will do it! I'm glad it's working out for you and her and the others, though.