| If you don't find homes for them right away, consider taking them
to the Farmer's Exchange grain store. They've been finding homes
for kittens all summer. when they're small they go quickly, too.
If you live in Townsend you probably know where it is, but if not,
it's on Rt. 13 just south of the center on the right, a long dirt
driveway.
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| Or a "no kill" shelter in your area. I believe there's a note (don't
remember #) that lists these. There's one in Sterling, MA,
Lancaster,MA, and Pepperell, MA.
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| > Or a "no kill" shelter in your area. I believe there's a note (don't
> remember #) that lists these. There's one in Sterling, MA,
> Lancaster,MA, and Pepperell, MA.
If you mean Dayglyn in Pepperell, they wouldn't take them.
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| Here's an update on these kittens.
I took them to the vet today to be examined and tested, and just got
off the phone with the vet. They all came out negative for leukemia
(good news). The vet will be giving them their first vaccinations
today. There were no signs of worms in the stool sample (more good
news), but the vet is deworming them anyway. There were no signs of
ear mites (even more good news), but they do have fleas (can't have
everything).
Their biggest problem, besides the fleas, is that they're scrawny.
They threw up their first meal at the vet's, but they've since
managed to hold down some Feline Growth.
They're adorable, but they're scared and need love. Two of them hissed
at me as I reached in to take them out of the carrier. This is the
first time I've ever seen any cat hiss (I know, I've led a sheltered
life), but I can tell it's not a good way to win friends at the humane
society. Still, they allow themselves to be handled without struggling
(within limits), they haven't tried to bite or scratch, and given a few
minutes to get over their fear, they start being affectionate, until
they get bored with us. Then they show that they'd rather play with
each other than with us big folk.
One of the kittens is mostly orange, one is white with a good deal of
orange around the head, and one is almost all white, with some
gold/orange spots on the head. We now think they're all male, but I
forgot to ask the vet to be sure. We're probably going to keep one of
them, and while I have my current favorite, I don't know which one yet.
I'm not quite sure where they'll be for the next two weeks, since it's
still a little too soon to expose them to our cats; we still need to
work that out with Dave Fingerhut. We'll do the best we can. Two of
them are definitely available, and if someone wanted all three, that
could be arranged too. (We'd just go adopt some different kitten.)
Gary
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