May 10, 2010 - Special Delivery

Last Wednesday, the clinic had a visit from the Cat and Kitten Fairy. During the afternoon, someone left a taped-up box in front of the clinic. Luckily, here in the Midwest we are pretty laidback so we did not think to call Homeland Security and just opened the box ourselves and discovered a cat and her 4 kittens. Momma is very young but doing a great job with her kittens. She is a striking tabby as are 3 of her sons. The fourth son is grey with a hint of tabby markings to come. Obviously, momma was someone's pet. She is healthy and sweet and loves our attention. The kittens are about 3 weeks old now and growing quickly. Somehow, during our busy day, we have to find time to go give momma and the babies some cuddling - oh, the sacrifices we have to make sometimes. We are looking forward to the next few weeks - it is very hard to have a bad day when there is a litter of kittens around. Needless to say, the momma cat got a very good Mother's Day gift when someone who decided that they could not keep her was responsible enough to bring her and her babies to a safe place. Stay tuned for regular updates. Gotta go - I'm off to play with the family.

Jan , RVT