July 31, 2008

I remember always being around puppies, or kittens when I was growing up. I treasure these childhood memories more than anything. And I took my love of animals with me into my adulthood and now my sons have the same love.  

A bond between a pet will last a lifetime . I favored kittens the most in my life ever since I was a small child.  I blame that partly on my father because almost every other week my father would bring a new kitten home to me.  We would lose them either by being  hit by a car or they would find a Tom cat and run off .  Our home was never without one of these small creatures.

 God created pets to give us pleasure- they are a gift -to love and care for… And it’s our responsibility to take care of lost and abandoned kittens and especially if they are found on our property.

 I cared for an abandoned kitten over eight years ago and he is still a big part of my family. 

 Yesterday my mother called me to let me know my brother disrupted two kittens from their nest.  My mother knowing how much I loved kittens and cats knew I would go to their rescue. I stopped what I was doing , which was coloring my hair ; I grabbed my car keys and raced over to my brothers property. When I got there hair color dripped down my face as I rushed over to where the kittens were. The kittens were snuggled up against the other in a red bucket.

 They could not have been more than a week old their eyes not even open yet. My first impulse was to take them home because my gut knew neither my brother or his wife would know how to care for these young kittens.

 Not many people love animals as much as I do, or have the stomach for the endless hours feeding them and caring for them without no reward accept the pleasure of hearing them purr.

  I was ready to take these kittens home and care for them., at  least until they were old enough to be adopted.

 My brother hurriedly said his wife was out buying the kittens formula and bottles to feed them and she was going to take them.  At first I wanted to chuckle she was going to take them someone who has never cared for an animal in her life. I thought to myself it would be a great experience for their three children to care for these kittens.  I know my kids will never forget caring for our abandoned kitten Dusty, now a plump adult cat whose losing his front teeth.

 Thank Goodness my brother and his wife was going to take care of these kittens especially when I heard one of his workers chased the mother away. A fero cat rarely will come back and take care of  their kitten once a human scent is on them.

 They would die left outside unprotected without their mother.

 I actually could not sleep well last night because I was worried about these two kittens.

 Early this morning I went out and looked for the kittens because I was told my brothers wife decided she did not want anything to do with them, if I would have known this I would have gone back and taken them home.

 I searched where my brothers said they were- all I saw was the red bucket he put them in, but it was hanging upside down from a wooden pole.

 When I finally spoke with him this morning he said he went back out to find the kittens, and he found one of the kitten mulled and dead and the other was no where to be found.

 I felt sick to my stomach.

If I would have known then what I know now I would have grabbed the red bucket and ran with it.

 I plead with property owners everywhere- if you find a kitten, or a wounded, abandon animal don’t leave it in the elements unprotected.  It’s your responsibility as a property owner  to take the animal to the humane society, at least to a vet, or animal shelter if not yourself.

 A nursing cat would have adopted those two kittens and they may have brought hours of joy to a family somewhere now that will never happen.

 

All they had to do if they did not want to care for the innocent kittens was to have called me I would have gladly taken care of them. It saddens me to think they would jump at the chance to go on a shopping trip to the mall, dinner at a local restaurant, a birthday party, or even a  baseball game and a drive to our local humane society was too much of a hassel.

They would not have blinked an eye, but for two little kittens they just brushed it away like dried leaves on their front steps on an Autumn day -they did not even give them a chance.

 If I were a superstitious person I would worry about what kind of Karma this would bring to their property. It’s a good thing I’m not superstitious. 

 

I applaud anyone who finds an abandoned kitten and saves its life. You are a few of the angels God has made to protect these innocent creatures.

 

Re: It’s bad Luck to Kill a Cat

Posted by masakim on February 07, 2003

In Reply to: Bad luck to kill a cat posted by ESC on February 07, 2003

: There was a recent discussion here about cats having nine lives. Here’s an interesting twist.

: “Aunt Nola always said it was bad luck to kill a cat, and then explained why. It is because cats have nine lives and, if they live those nine lives out naturally, everything is alright, but if people killed a cat, the remainder of its nine lives would be lived out as a witch. The witch then would be throwing all kinds of bad luck to the cat-killer’s way. That, she said, is the reason witches have cats with them. No matter what color a cat is, she said it turns black after it is killed and starts living the rest of its life as a witch.” From “Aunt Nola was Always an Expert When It Came to Witches” by McCreary Roberts, Kentucky Explorer magazine, Volume 17, Number 8, February 2003. The article by Mr. Roberts, a Breathitt County, Kentucky, educator and newspaper columnist, was written in 1984.

W. Baldwyn wrote in 1546:
A Cat hath nine lives, that is to say, a witch may take on her.