Went to let my birds out the other day, and I found a tiny, filthy, terrified kitten in the chicken coop. It was terrified and super spicy, so I put on my welding gloves to pick it up. I put it in a cat carrier with some water. I spent a couple hours searching for a mama or other wayward babies, but I couldn't find any.
The little thing was too spicy and terrified for me to look at it much, so I just left it in the carrier in my guest room. I called my vet to see what she wanted me to do with it until the shelter opened that afternoon, and she said she had a cancellation, so I could bring it in.
We get there, and the vet tech took it out of the carrier expecting a hissy, bitey, scratchy feral, but the kitten just wanted pets and loves. The vet examined it and determined the following:
No idea where she came from or what the heck happened to her. We live in the middle of nowhere off a one lane, private dirt road. Regardless, no one here ordered a kitten, so the Cat Distribution System is broken.
Anyway, here's Cooper after I gave her a bath this afternoon:
The little thing was too spicy and terrified for me to look at it much, so I just left it in the carrier in my guest room. I called my vet to see what she wanted me to do with it until the shelter opened that afternoon, and she said she had a cancellation, so I could bring it in.
We get there, and the vet tech took it out of the carrier expecting a hissy, bitey, scratchy feral, but the kitten just wanted pets and loves. The vet examined it and determined the following:
- It's a female
- It's probably between 4 and 5 weeks old
- All 4 of its paws were burnt so badly that the skin had flayed off
- It had punctured its upper lip on its canine, which was protruding from the lip
- Its bottom lip had been pulled away from its mandible and would need surgical intervention
- Its tail had nerve damage
No idea where she came from or what the heck happened to her. We live in the middle of nowhere off a one lane, private dirt road. Regardless, no one here ordered a kitten, so the Cat Distribution System is broken.
Anyway, here's Cooper after I gave her a bath this afternoon:
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