OT: DH Rescued a Kitten! long - Page 3

and find a GOOD home for him. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)

> So, Li'l Guy went to the Baby Dr. this AM. I took him at 9:30AM and
> dropped him off because they didn't have any open appt's. today and were
> just going to work him in when they had time. The Dr. phoned me at about
> 12:30 PM saying that he was doing well and his fecal test came back
> negative as did his feline leukemia, etc. tests which is good for a stray
> kitty.
> Now, for the WEIRD part. That whole business with his neck being
> devoid of fur and looking all swollen, etc. was NOT the result of an
> attack or a run in with a vehicle, etc. The poor little kitty had a wolf
> worm!!! I have never ever heard of this sort of creature and wish I never
> had! Apparently the "parent" laid it's eggs or whatever on Li'l Guys neck
> and it had hatched and just stayed put. The horrid thing had burrowed
> into the kitty's neck and was feeding off of him -- YUCK is just not
> strong enough!!!!! They removed the nasty thing and it was about the size
> of the first two joints of my pinkie or the size of a large grape when
> rolled up -- makes me shudder just to think about it.
> So now Li'l Guy had been cleaned up and has no more weepy nasties
> around his bald neck but he does have this huge hole on the side of his
> neck which I have to put Neosporin on several times a day. It's about as
> big around as a good sized pea which is big for a little kitty that
> doesn't even weigh a full pound. He's just barely 15 oz. and the Dr.
> thought he was more likely closer to 6 weeks old than 8 weeks! Surprising
> how quickly a wild critter can grow up when out in the wild.
> Now for the fun part. You will never guess WHO is being cat mom for
> Li'l Guy?!?!? Not Bunny Sue who was a new mom this time last year. Not
> Ivy Jane who is so shy and hides a lot. It's Cassie the Old Lady Baby
> Cat! She has really taken to Li'l Guy and has not made one hiss or growl
> or anything. Nothing like she was when I brought the other girls home
> :-). I had Li'l Guy on my lap with Cassie's blankie earlier tonight to
> give him some loves and some medicine and Cassie jumped up and started to
> sniff him and just check him out. She had no problem with him being on my
> lap and using HER blankie. She doesn't even allow the other cats into the
> family room let alone be on Mom's lap or get near HER blankie -- LOLOL!
> Cassie likes to lounge in the bathtub and was in there when DH and I
> came upstairs a little bit ago. We took Li'l Guy and put him in the tub
> with her and she sniffed him all over and then started to clean his ears
> and make sure his tush was clean, etc. He did the head butt thing asking
> for a little love from her and she just sat down and started to groom him.
> He decided he wanted to get feisty and reached up and smacked her in the
> face and she just backed up a bit and let him be a P.I.T.A. -- nor
> argument at all.
> He spent the evening in the guest bathroom with his kitten chow and the
> toys, etc. I didn't want him sneaking around the house and snuggling down
> somewhere because I didn't want to have to look for him to give him his
> antibiotics. Right now he's in the huge box next to our bed again for
> this evening. I didn't have the heart to leave him alone in the bathroom
> for the night. I want to make sure he can find the "big cats" litter
> boxes in the laundry room before I turn him loose in the house. This is a
> big two story house and I'm not sure he'll make it up the stairs and to
> the laundry room in time if he needs to go potty --
> LOLOL!
> So, good news here on the home front. Now to get him all healed up and
> find a GOOD home for him. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
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> First - poor little fellow - are there a lot of rabbits near where he was
> found. Google tells me that wolf worms, a type of Bot fly, usually hosts in
> rabbits.
>
> Second - Cassie has given you a message, Little Guy IS home.
>
> Cheryl
>

greatly :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)