[Recap Post] April 27, 2010/Tuesday

[starshadow_rivaulx]

Busy, busy, busy!

• Where to begin? OK, the kittens slept like logs the night before,
  which was good. They yelled like gangbusters once they realized that
  I was up and about - the speed at which they seem to have bonded to me
  is something scary, really. Amazing how the volume fell the moment
  they latched on to the feeding bottle.


• So the general plan was to return to AFPSLAI to pick up that
  dividend check, then pass by the Village shelter on the way home, to
  be in time for Ma's physical therapy appointment.
  
  
  
  • The run up to AFPSLAI was smooth as silk. Ditto for updating
    passbooks and claiming the check. Left Ramon in the car to babysit
    the kittens, who were as good as gold. *smile*
  
  
  • Not so much luck at the Village shelter. The guy in charge said
    they wouldn't take kittens so young without their mother, because they
    would die. Now, having bottle-raised kittens with a fair amount of
    success (Mocha and Latte were even younger than these three when
    Brownie their mama died, and look at the fatlings now...), I
    understood this to mean that there were no resources available to
    provide the care these babies needed, and so I bundled Ramon and
    kittens back into the car.
  
  
  
  


• Home just in time for Ma's physical therapy. While the therapist
  was working with her, I was able to contact the nice lady who runs the
  village shelter - she's actively involved with CARA, one of the
  better-known animal welfare groups here. We had a wonderful
  conversation, and we agreed that I'll foster the kittens for about a
  month, and then she can take them in. So for better or worse, they
  are home for the duration, the dears.


• Dropped our sweet PT off at her jeepney stop at Alphaland - what,
  you think we'd let her wait for the Village transport service in this
  heat? With the poor child subject to nasal allergies? Of course not,
  HDU. *grin* Then back to life as usual, except for the four-hour
  feedings required by our new boarders.
  
  
  
  • Ramon had several choice words to say about whoever was so
    heartless as to separate kittens from mother before they were even
    weaned - and these were well-cared for, FAT, HEALTHY kittens, eyes
    open and teething. Then after separating the kittens, leaving them
    out on the street to fend for themselves. Personally, I called
    whoever it was a turd in my Tweets on the subject. With the mental
    reservation that it was doing the actual turd a disservice - at least
    real turds are good for fertilizer...