This morning, I had the pleasure of meeting Jewel and her two daughters, Reese and Corbi. I have been on a lot of adoption visits and you just get a sense of the family when you walk through the door. I found my first impression of this family to be warm and welcoming.
It was a distracting visit, because I had the three bottle babies with me. I couldn’t leave them at home, Mike is not able to care for them, so I took them with me. When I asked and received permission from the mom to bottle feed the little ones- the girls eyes just lit up! What a surprise for them. Of course, the youngest wanted Mom to adopt the bottle baby, and as carefully and gently as I could, I told her the amount of effort that is needed to keep one so young healthy and living. Then, I let out the two kittens; Jazz and Serena, and I think the bottle babies got forgotten fairly fast!
I was talking to the mom, trying to make sure that EVERYONE was on board with the adoption, and she told me about the “preparation and research’ her girls had done before even looking for kittens on the Internet. I asked to see this “report” and was brought this composition notebook where they had written everything needed to keep a young kitty healthy and happy. It was done in long-hand, and have to say, I am quite impressed. These two kitties are set for life! There were pages of information from everythng from what to feed, to what type of cat bed the kittens might need.
I wish every family entered into this type of relationship the same way!
So there are now 5 kitties in new homes, I started with 13, lost three, adopted 5 and now have 6 more- you do the math, I am to exhausted! 🙂
The one Lowe’s employee interested in Serena and wanting to swap her for an ac, turned out to go nowhere fast, so I kept taking calls on Serena until Jewel called me. I knew in the initial phone call this was a visit I needed to keep.
Concats to Serena & Jazzmin on their noo furrrever home. We hope they have a long and happy life.
We were wondering about that ‘free A/C’ lady. Sorry things didn’t work out.
PS: Have you considered borrowing those girls ‘report’ and passing out copies if it to noo pawrents? If it is long enough, it might even be worth printing it up with a cover. Just a thought.
No, but I believe there is an article in this experience somewhere and will chase that soon. 🙂
Wonderful news! Sad the other woman is a no show so far tho
LOVE families like that. And good for the mom to make the kids put some work into realizing the care needed. 🙂
Quite a busy day for you. Too bad about the Lowe’s air conditioner but at least the important things – adoptions – are getting done.
Ah, memories of my first kitty. My grandmother said she wanted to get me a cat for my 10th birthday, but before I could adopt her, my mom made me do reports. She went to the library and got out all the kids books (and probably some for adults too) on taking care of cats and made me read all of them. Then, I had to answer questions based on what I read.
27 years later, I still remember this. I don’t remember any of the questions, but I do remember learning how to pick up a cat with one hand for their front paws and one scooped under their tush. I’m glad I still remember this because I’ve also found this grip extremely helpful for gently immobilizing them for transfer to a carrier.
If I end up having children of my own I’ll make them do the same before any pet adoption. I wish more parents were like this. 🙂