As if I needed yet another pet, another one has managed to make his way into my life. At least temporarily. I was out in the garden the other morning, I guess about 9:30 or so, when I heard this distressed meow coming from nearby. So I grabbed my garden stool and peered over the privacy fence to try and figure out where this was coming from and saw this little gray kitten wedged into a tree trunk next door.
Now, I know these folks next door to me have a very large dog. A very large and fairly aggressive dog - who is frankly the main reason I put up a privacy fence to begin with.
When I would be out in my yard and the neighbors would let him out, he would immediately charge their chain link fence right at me, barking and raising all kinds of cain, and flat out, this dog's behavior scared the daylight outta me. And worse, the neighbors would do nothing to discipline this dog or to stop this behavior so it literally happened every single time they let him out. He actually still does this, but he can't really see anything anymore, so he stops pretty quick and they do a better job of getting him to settle down.
All that to say, I was petrified about this little kitten being in this yard where this big, aggressive dog lives, so I did what any lover of animals would do and I went next door to let them know about this kitten. Apparently I woke everybody up. But... I retrieved the kitten.
He is pretty underweight and probably only about 4 weeks old, but he's very gentle and extremely affectionate, so I couldn't help but wonder if some little girl out there was missing her kitty. He also took right to the litter box. I put up a "Kitty Found" sign on the pole near my house, hoping that if somebody was missing him, they'd call. So far nobody has.
Most of you who have been reading my blog for awhile remember several months ago, we took in a puppy that was left in a box at WalMart, and I already had a older lab, plus one declawed female and another declawed male cat {everybody is also fixed except the pup who is about to be, and, of course, this kitten} both found their way to my front door as kittens themselves a few years back.
So we already have 4 animals living with us. He's very sweet, but I really don't know if we can take on another pet. The shelter is out of the question - they are already overrun with kittens this time of year so he would be doomed. But, animals are just so hard to give away. Not only is it hard to find someone who is looking to take on a new pet, I also worry over whether they will be treated well.
What to do? What to do??
