I ugly cried!
This might be kind of a long post.
I have been staying in garland, and about 6ish weeks ago I picked up 6 bottle babies (10-14 days old) from someone in the DFW area. I had no clue what I was doing. Second day i had them....my god! What is that smell?
Took them to a vet. Coccidia. And the vet informed me that 2 were very small/underweight and might not make it. Um. Nope. I held those 2 Littles in my hand and said "there will be no dying on my watch. There is no way I can deal with you 2 babies dying".
I read about bottle feeding and everything I could about littles. I ordered so many nipples and bottles off Amazon. Kitten formula. I got baby changing pads and blankets. I dont have a washer/dryer at the house. I was going to laundromat everyday because I was changing out bedding everything I saw poop. Got tiny litter boxes with non clumping litter. I ordered so much stuff. I bought fingerless gloves-Freddy Kruger mittens they all had! My cuticles were bleeding.
Those littles were so demanding!
I read about Coccidia and said-well, shit! This is going to kill us all! Fortunately, the house i am in has no carpet, no furniture because I am remodeling it. But I had to bathe the littles everyday for a week. I really think they loved it! Haha!
Everyday, those littles amazed me, and they LOVED me! And I loved them. I bought beds, scratching posts, toys and every kind of wet food.
I fed them wet food 3xs a day. The runt, hazel, would have so much food on her feet and belly from plowing through everyone's food! They ate hard food. They traveled with me back and forth to lubbock. When I left them there (with my family) I was transporting cat from garland and houston to colorado.
Of course my family fell in love with them. And I had picked up 2 void kittens in ft worth. So now I had 8.
It was time for them to fly. I had raised these babies. They were playful, sweet, loving, and oh so beautiful.
I had named them-
Maple, hazel, teddy, presley, baby maxx Jr, and Harry styles
The voids got named-
Tommy Lee
Nikki sixx
I was so in love with them all. Baby max jr was to be adopted by my friend in lubbock. u/historical_duck_8238 needed me to pick some kittens from Houston, so I went down and picked up 4 more kittens for transport to colorado.
On early Thursday morning(with kitten passports in hand) the 11 kittens and I set off for Loveland Colorado. We were headed to colorado kitty coalition.
And the tears flowed as we drove. It is a 12 hour trip(I didn't pee the whole way). I stayed for intake, I made their wet food. I had individual blankets made with their names on them.
They made weight. They are all getting fixed on monday. I told Arika, if nobody adopts them within the month, I will come get them.
I UGLY CRIED.
I didn't want to leave my babies!
But I know in my heart, they will be perfect kittens/cats for someone.
I raised them, spoiled them and loved them. All 12 slept with me and they purred with affection for me. I was their momma for a short time. I didn't keep any(I have 9 cats at home in lubbock).
It was time for them to fly.
I will always remember them and I took so many pictures.
I love will always love you my sweet 6!
And of course the hitchhikers i picked up along the way!💜
So hard but so rewarding! Thank you to all the people that rescue and foster. This was my first time, but I know it won't be my last.