Two- four week old black kittens arrived this morning. The gentleman handing them over told me that the mom had died in a freak accident (I didn’t ask) and he had been in touch with several rescues and no one would take them not even the shelters because of the ringworm. It is pretty severe- one kitty has about four hairs left on the top of his head. But I told the guy we would take them and probably why others refused had nothing to do with the ringworm but more with the color of the kittens. I know that ringworm is frustrating to deal with, but most shelters will accept them and just deal with the frustration.
So now instead of 8 kittens there are ten and the existing kittens are already eating us out of house and home! Two more mouths to feed in the mix. The babies are semi-feral but I believe more scared and missing mom than anything else.
Jack spent a comfortable day inside his “man cave.” He finally decided to begin eating again at 4:00. I was getting worried. I have been giving him the rest of his pain meds and I think that has helped as well even though the vet said the pain meds weren’t necessary anymore. I think they just calm him down a bit. No one has stepped up to adopt him yet- but we are still hoping.
I still find it inconceivable that people have a prejudice against black cats. People who are arrogantly ultra-modern in every other way are still unconsciously living with sixteenth century fears when it comes to black cats.
It puzzles me as well as black cats have strong immune systems, they typically live longer than any other stray cat and they have amazing personalities. But they are rarely adopted unless we are lucky enough to find the true lover of the blackness.