This week was pretty traumatic regarding some of the kittens that I had placed into a foster home. I did manage to get them out of harm’s way and I have had to rethink my process of finding help when we are overwhelmed by the numbers. I guess it’s like Mike says, no one takes as good of care of these high-risk babies like I do. I’m still wrestling with certain decisions I made that left two kittens who are almost 3 months old, underweight and pretty sickly. Again,it was a hard lesson learned- harder on the kittens overall though. I will recover, but I will not trust as easily as before.
But now, I would like you to meet Skya she is being up close and personal!
Here is Pickett her brother:
Pigeon a sweet marbled tabby boy
And then Digit and his brother Pirate
Again, like everything else in rescue, there is a learning curve and lessons to be remembered for the next time. I was beating myself up for being so trusting but have stopped because it served no purpose. Next time we get overwhelmed by numbers- the lessons learned in the last three weeks will be on my heart before I make any decisions regarding the care of these sweet babies.
Unfortunately, not everyone can be trusted to do what you do with regards to cats. If they could, you wouldn’t have to look for people to help out: they’d already be helping. The rescue-group to which I belong has gone through the same. I suspect all rescuers have. You rescue animals because you’re a good person, and good people trust more easily than bad. But there are plenty of people out there who are genuinely helpful; they just have to be found.
In the meantime, those are beautiful kittens. Digit and Pirate sure do look like brothers.
Thanks for listening. 🙂 I am still trying to wrap my head around the two kittens who at almost three months of age only weigh a bit over a pound. Their brothers and sister who stayed with me are a healthy 3 pounds 7 ozs right now. The person who had them seemed to have another agenda in front of her. It’s unfortunate but at least, as I said before they are out of harm’s way.
I’m so sorry this has happened to those little ones. I wish I lived closer to you so I could help you out. I hope they all find loving homes.