Well - I guess it is time to share with the board about Faith.
First the photos - then the story about how we got her...
Faith last Thursday (7/19 I think):
She weighed 10 ounces.
Here she is tonight....you can click on all the photos to see them larger (in another window I think)
She weighed 20 ounces earlier today.
Now for Faith's story......
Last Thursday we were at the feed store (I really do need to ask him to deliver feed to save me from temptation) when a woman dropped by with this teeny tiny kitten. As it turns out, the woman feeds feral cats out where she lives and one of them brought her kitten up to the woman's house or porch or something and dropped the kitten off. Both the mama and the kitten were VERY malnourished (in spite of the woman's attempts to help the feral cats).
Well - upon first getting the kitten, the woman went to the vet and bought eye cream for it and a can of food. From what I learned the next day at the vet's...she ran in with the kitten and tried to get them to take it...but they wouldn't. So she did the next best thing....she went to the feed store where "sucker" Peg was....along with my adorable (animal-loving and very compassionate daughter Robin (even a bigger sucker)) and the biggest sucker of all - Art.
Needless to say - Faith came home with us.
The lady was like, "She can't be more than a couple of months old..." when we asked her how old the kitten was (not knowing the full story). Robin and I sort of looked at each other and went "uh huh...more like maybe a month old?"...
So Friday morning saw us off to the vet to get her checked over because some folks told us she might have a URI (upper respiratory infection). She did.
The vet didn't do bloodwork or anything as he said she needed to keep all of the blood she had in her for now....but he gave us meds for her and we left the clinic $58 poorer but knowing we had formula for the kitten along with meds and her vet visit.
Let me tell you something I learned. A malnourished kitten can become VERY VERY playful once they have some food and formula in their tummy, some time to sleep, and a few toys. Faith has taught us that much.
I'm still trying to figure out how Faith made it into the guinea pig cage tonight since I deliberately moved the item she'd jump on from Robin's bed - and then use to jump into the cage. However she does it....she's very much fascinated with the guinea pigs.
I'm sure that y'all will be seeing more photos of Faith in the days and weeks to come.....along with some of Robin too!
Peg