The Cat Whisperer
Today was mildly eventful. It started out with me dreading getting up, and dragging my butt to get ready. It was 9:30 AM, and already hot and muggy, what on Earth could make the day better, than sitting in the shade, and maybe drinking some lemonade?
Well, about 10:30, we got on the road, and headed down to H-E-B, for a coffee and a donut (me, a bottle of water, and a bran muffin), but before I even got into the building, I heard the scared, and alarmed, "MEW! MEW! MEWWW!" of a lost kitten.
That noise was ingrained in my very fiber, from my cat, who has seperation anxiety, and can't deal with being away from me too long. But, more importantly, and further back in my past, from when I was only seven or eight, I recall that noise from the fereal cats who left their kittens near our shed. My instincts kicked into over drive, on the memory of the week old kitten I found back then, hoping it wasn't the same situation. Something that small, in this heat, and humidity? I didn't really want to think about it.
It didn't take me too long to find the place from which the baby was hiding. She was terrified, and shaking from heat exhaustion, and dehydration. She was a little mangy, too, which leads me to believe there was some neglect going on (or, and I hate to sound like I'm being mean, but it's true), some Mexican family with a mommy cat, who just let her have the kittens under the house. It was a shame, because she was a real sweetie, and didn't fight me, when I went to pull her from under the propain tanks.
I didn't name her, because I didn't want to get attatched. Haha, too late. Anyway, I had the manager of H-E-B get a box, water, and something for the little girl to snuggle up to. She wasn't much older than 4 weeks, sadly. Where her mother was? I could only speculate, since there was a main highway across the street, and many busy business roads around. I know the management at H-E-B will take good care of her, especially after I gave them a little 101, on what to do. Thanks for helping me out, guys!
In other news, because of the rain we had, the Rain Lilies have been growing like crazy! These are some of my favorite flowers, they are so flippin' fragrent, like jasmine, but, lilies! And to top it off, they are white. God is tugging at my heart strings, today!
Well, about 10:30, we got on the road, and headed down to H-E-B, for a coffee and a donut (me, a bottle of water, and a bran muffin), but before I even got into the building, I heard the scared, and alarmed, "MEW! MEW! MEWWW!" of a lost kitten.
That noise was ingrained in my very fiber, from my cat, who has seperation anxiety, and can't deal with being away from me too long. But, more importantly, and further back in my past, from when I was only seven or eight, I recall that noise from the fereal cats who left their kittens near our shed. My instincts kicked into over drive, on the memory of the week old kitten I found back then, hoping it wasn't the same situation. Something that small, in this heat, and humidity? I didn't really want to think about it.
It didn't take me too long to find the place from which the baby was hiding. She was terrified, and shaking from heat exhaustion, and dehydration. She was a little mangy, too, which leads me to believe there was some neglect going on (or, and I hate to sound like I'm being mean, but it's true), some Mexican family with a mommy cat, who just let her have the kittens under the house. It was a shame, because she was a real sweetie, and didn't fight me, when I went to pull her from under the propain tanks.
I didn't name her, because I didn't want to get attatched. Haha, too late. Anyway, I had the manager of H-E-B get a box, water, and something for the little girl to snuggle up to. She wasn't much older than 4 weeks, sadly. Where her mother was? I could only speculate, since there was a main highway across the street, and many busy business roads around. I know the management at H-E-B will take good care of her, especially after I gave them a little 101, on what to do. Thanks for helping me out, guys!
In other news, because of the rain we had, the Rain Lilies have been growing like crazy! These are some of my favorite flowers, they are so flippin' fragrent, like jasmine, but, lilies! And to top it off, they are white. God is tugging at my heart strings, today!