[Twinkletoes]

I didn't apply for it.
The hours are terrible.
The pay is lousy.
No matter how hard I try, all I hear is complaints!

Last night I was in the yard and heard a baby cry. So I got my trusty flashlight to investigate. And there it was on a chunk of discarded broken concrete: a lil white baby kitten! For something so small, it sure did cry Loud!

So I picked it up for a minute until I saw the Mom nearby, then placed it right back where I found it. Later, when I listened, I didn't hear it anymore.

But today I was outside planting flowers and it was crying! It was in the same place, only under a board. So I brought it in the house and gave it a saucer of half and half. It was too little to drink from it. The eyes are open, but I'll bet it's not more than 4 weeks old.

What to do what to do? I called the animal rescue to see if they had a Momma kitty. Nope. "Our job is to NOT have any pregnant momma cats."

So I called the local radio station to see when they had their 10 min. segment of call-in advertising. I was (seriously!) going to advertise for a Momma cat that could take an extra kitten. The guy that answered said it was over, and that He wasn't lactating, so he couldn't help. (Yes, he really said that!)

The animal rescue lady said to feed it with a syringe. It didn't really like a piece of hard plastic poked in its mouth. So I got an old dustcloth and, with a rubber band, made a hangie-thingie on the end of the syringe.

The kitten wasn't too crazy about it initially, but I think he is finally deciding its not all that bad. DH brought home a couple of jars of meat baby food for later.

So, that's my new full-time job.

Last year it was lil yellow baby birds that fell from their nest. This year its a lil white kitty with blue eyes abandoned by his mother. So cute! But very meowy and scratchy! Tonight he gets to sleep in the laundry room. He is lying on DH's old sweatshirt in the bottom of the laundry basket.

I'm thinking I'll name him/her Sugar. DH asked if it were a boy or girl. I said, "If it grows pom-poms, its a boy."