For one month today, I have been caring for 5 sweet little babies round the clock. Their momma was struck by a car not twelve hours after they were brought in the world π. I have volunteer fostered off and on since 2005, that's actually how I got my beautiful little tink 17 years ago. Gosh how I loved her. I miss her dearly. I figured what better way to honor her life but to do once again the very act that brought her joy to my life in the first place.
These babes has brought me so much warmth, joy, and love that has been missing for me since she left us. I have considered to keep one of these guys, but I don't know yet. I love them all equally. They've had some pretty serious ups and downs between parvo, ringworm, and just not pooping after weeks of bloody diarrhea, and the ringworm is making me crazy... They're too little to do much so it's been a game of management till they're older and big enough. I have literally spent every penny I have and then some.... I had to take another loan ugh. I have maxed my loan, and now I will have to take them in again for these unresolved issues. I need to buy some colostrum I think, I realized my mistake wasn't giving any from the beginning π© like, how could I have forgotten to do something so important π’. Thankfully they're never too old for it, so I shall be ordering some as soon as I can afford it and hoping it just helps somehow π. You guys, I feel so happy and so stressed at once. I h spent 70$ alone in baby wipes πππ thankfully potty training starts next week, but I have got to get these guys pooping π. Oi....... Treating parvo in five motherless kittens btw.... You don't know stress π. I didn't sleep for the first week but 5 hours total. Week two I got 13 hours sleep, last week, about the same. This week I'm thankfully pushing 23, but I was bitten by fire ants in my sidewalk yesterday so I'm not exactly sleeping right now π my left foot is throbbing, swollen and burning.
SO yeah, I guess ice had an interesting month.... Now I have five kittens, conic on Sunday, plus my first open air market as a vendor Saturday. Yup... Yup yup yup stress πππ
SO here's some really effing adoooooorable kitten shots for ya'll β€οΈ and remember adopt don't shop, there's no such thing as too many cats, except unless you can't afford it ππ and spay/neuter ffs ππΎβοΈπ