Hi my name is Keri and I came here several times some months ago after I lost my chihuahua Tia who was my best friend since childhood. I've had some difficulty getting used to life w/out her and I'm still not entirely used to it (I still cry sometimes at night from missing her lying beside me or thinking of missing her during the day). Anyway, that's not what this thread is about.
I have been feeding a stray cat, my family calls her the "neighborhood cat" because everyone in the neighborhood feeds her and pets her, and she has thrived under my care and my family's. We kept her in our garage at night during the cold winter with a bed w/a heating pad under it and such. Anyway, she has recently had 4 beautiful kittens in our garage as an ultimate sign of loyalty..haha..and now I'm desperate to find them good homes.
I've taken care of these kittens since the very first hours of their lives. They are now 3 weeks old and bright-eyed, playful, and full of life little fluffballs. I desperately wish I could keep them because I treat my pets like my family members but I know that I can't...I'm between jobs right now and the apartments I plan on moving into within the next few months don't allow pets. The thought of giving these kittens away to just anybody and not knowing if they will be mistreated or neglected tears my heart apart.
This is why I'm here. I know the people here really care about their pets and that is why they would take the time to come grieve as a group over their respective losses. I know some of you are not ready for new pets and some of you already have enough pets...but I thought it was worth a try. If I can't find good homes for the kittens in the next couple of weeks my parents are going to give them away at a neighborhood-organized garage sale or take them to the vet's office to have the vet give them away. This may be fine but I will worry about what kinds of homes they are going to...I already had a very terrible, too terrible to mention in fact, experience with some kittens I was taking care of and neighborhood kids.
I can't travel far to meet you if you'd like one or multiple of these kittens but I can go as far as Shreveport, LA, Dallas, TX, or Little Rock, AR, as each are situated relatively near where I live. I will be posting pictures of the kittens on here for y'all to look at if I get any interested replies.
As far as my wishes for these kittens...They have lived their entire short lives so far in my garage and are very much at home indoors. They are learning to scratch on a scratching pole right now. Their mother is very healthy and lovely and is taking extremely good and careful care of them. Each of the 4 kittens appears to be very healthy and playful. Within a week I will be preparing a small litter box to start trying to train them to be housebroken. My wish is that these kittens will go to good homes that will keep them as purely indoor cats. The outdoors are a dangerous place for even a wise and street smart cat and these kittens are entirely accustomed to the indoors. I also wish for them to have homes where they will be well taken care of...loved as the adorable little babies they are, fed and given water as they need, played with, taken to the vet when necessary, and kept safe from harm.
If anyone is interested please email me at bjorkdoll2003@yahoo.com. From there we can discuss more about it. If I get any interest about the subject I will, as I said before, post pictures up here of each of the kittens along with a brief description of their individual personalities. I really truly hope y'all will consider taking one of them because I really believe that the ppl here are truly animal lovers and will take good care of my little adopted babies. Thank you for taking the time to read this. --Keri