So I helped a secretary in my office, who is an animal lover, rescue a pair of Siamese kittens this morning. She found them hiding in an abandoned garage near our workplace and I got fairly grubby digging the second one out of a cinderblock wall.
Quite nervewracking as there looked to be a good six-foot drop behind the 5-week old kitten and I was afraid she would slip and fall as I reached for her. Fortunately, she didn't - though she let me know her displeasure with teeth and claws. She screamed a lot when I took her out of the wall - I had to do it slowly to make sure I didn't hurt one of her limbs. Whew.. never so glad as when she came out undamaged.
She and her brother are now at the vets getting treatment (flea bath, test for feline lukemia, etc.) and I'll be taking them home tonight. I expect to have them for a couple of weeks and hope that we can find a real home for them.
I'm not quite prepared to take full-time responsibility for them but I'm looking forward to getting them settled down and used to a person.
Posted by artandscience at August 1, 2006 08:31 AM