We're gonna have bitty visitors!!!!

Yes i know i have 3 cats, but tonight we're gonna have 2 bitty
visitors!!!! I'm so excitied!!!

ok, lemme backup and summarize.

My roomie's family lives in Anaheim and LOVES cats, so much that they
have about 14. i think 4 or 5 are indoor, but most are outdoor. How
did they acquire so many? It's called feeding strays and then they
invite their friends.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, her sister saw this new cat wandering around
and decided to follow her and see where she went. (prolly so she could
plan on trapping her and fixing her, get her shots, etc) and the cat
led her to five squirming bitties.

Well the sister rescued the bitties, but was unable to catch the feral
mama cat and I haven't asked about their progress to catch her. She
feels bad in a way cause she took the kittens away from the mama, but
she didn't want the kittens to be feral. She took them in and her mom
and other sister have been taking care of them and getting them used to
hoomins.

Turns out they are now VERY used to humans and are little fluffy
that's cute, but you can't possibly keep them."

Two of the bitties are coming up from Anaheim to my apartment cause two
of my roomie's church friends are going to adopt them. I'm so
excited!!!!

I've never had a kitten running around the apartment, since Imp was 5
months when i adopted him and Mischief and Mayhem were adults.

Of course for at least tonight though they will have to be quarantined
in my roomie's bathroom, since they haven't been checked out by a vet

Monique Y. Mudama...

You'll be amazed what they can get into. It might be a good idea to
try to bit-proof your apartment before they get there. You don't want
them stuck behind the refrigerator or something.

yet.

That's where i volunteered my services :) I can easily give them a
physical look over, but the main this is a FELV/FIV blood test. Where
i work we charge $55 per test, which in my opinion is kinda high, and
also i've only been working there for 2 months so i don't qualify for
my employee discount yet.

Also the roomie tells me they had a mild eye infection a week or so ago
too. Her mom had put antibiotic ointment in the eyes and they cleared
up. In a case like that, my gut tells me that a vet should check them

Monique Y. Mudama...

Gotta agree with this. Eek, I wouldn't be putting anything in
anyone's eye without consulting a vet.

Mischief...

Yeah but to a point it makes sense, since they put Neosporin in the
eyes, which has antibiotics in it. It's similar to what a vet would
prescribe anyway. Prolly not the best thing, but it seemed to work.
But i'd still want them to be checked.

rrb...

She'll be lucky if she didn't blind them. Antibiotics meant for eyes are
buffered just for that purpose. I would recommend that at least a vet
or even better perhaps a veterinary ophthalmologist check their eyes as
they might have vision problems now.

have fun with the kits.

But at the same time, i

out to make sure.

*sigh* Of course i could just let the new owners deal with taking
these guys to the vet on their own. But I kinda want to see a kitten
bouncing around with Imp, Mischief and Mayhem going "WTH IS THAT??"

I've made predicitons as to their reaction:

Mayhem is gonna keep her distance. Imp is gonna hide under the bed.
Mischief is gonna hiss and sulk.

So while the silly hoomin in me is anxious to see bitties running
around the place, checking out the cat tree and watching my kittie's
reaction, i DON'T want to spread anything. But at the same time, i
don't think i could pay for exams and testing.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Agreed about spreading anything. You don't want the hassle or cost of
that.

Mischief...

Well i just checked with my coworkers, turns out all we coul do at this
point would be to check out the eyes. At 5 weeks they are too young to
be tested for FELV/FIV.

But that doesn't mean i can't play with them and cuddle them and hold
them and squeeze them and rub their cute little heads. :)

Kristi, after going to the emergency vet more times than I can count
in the last two days, I have to say, I love vet techs and all that
they do. Thank you for doing such important work.

Mischief...

Thank you, it can be quite a rewarding profession. And purrs for
Oscar, I'm sure she's gonna be just fine. Just give her lots of love
while she's dealing with the e-collar. :)

I wish i had a baby gate or something to put in the bathroom doorway so
they could see each other. hmmmmmm.......... Wonder what several
layers of saran wrap would do?

Adrian A...

Congratulations on your soon to arrive bitties. As for your predictions,
when it comes to cats you're almost guarenteed to be wrong. ;-)