Well, we took the new kitty to the vet, and she tested negative! hurrah! Hopefully it's not a false one.... Aside from some ear mites and fleas, she seems pretty healthy. The vet estimated that she was about 3 months. She weighs less than 3 pounds. So tiny!
I think we're going to call her Clementine. She's tiny and orange, and it fits in with the plant motif I've already got going (Juniper, Kudzu, and poor Olive). I suppose her nickname will just be Tiny. Because she is, and all... haha. -Megan >===== Original Message From Melissa Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Congrats Megan on the new kitty! Yes, of course no kitty could replace >Olive, but I think it's wonderful that you and your roommate are so caring >and understanding! > >I have a kitty that is not old, but she's just disproportional. She's about >a year old. I got her in April--rescued from eating out of a dumpster--so >she was very malnourished. Her body is much bigger than I would expect her >head to be. She's cute, but not a cat that you would call beautiful--I tell >her that she's beautiful inside! > >Have you named the little one? My suggestion would be to get it to the vet >for wormer, ear mites, etc. and see how old he/she is. > >Best of luck! > >Melissa > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Megan Heikkinen >Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Slightly OT: Thanks; new kitty > >First off, I want to thank all of you for your condolences. I miss Olive, >but >I am doing much better. Although it hurts and sometimes I question myself, I > >think I did the right thing. I couldn't stand seeing her suffering. > >And now there is a new kitty in the household. I am by no means trying to >replace Olive, because that would be impossible. My mom's new neighbors had >this little kitten that they didn't take care of, and so my mom was letting >her stay inside. Stepdad won't let her keep it, so she sorta kinda pushes it > >on me... My roommate decides to take her, because her cat is way back in New > >Jersey and she wants her own kitty. So, the little kitty is in her room for >now, because I do not want to take any chance whatsoever of getting my cats >sick. Although, this thing is slightly malnourished and dirty, and my guess >is >that it's probably FeLV-negative, otherwise it probably wouldn't still be >alive. Still, I want to take precautions. > >Here's the weird thing about this cat: It's very very small, and at first >glance looks like a small kitten. However, it's got the proportions of an >adult cat. It's so strange. She looks like a miniature cat. Could her growth > >have been stunted, perhaps? Or do some kittens just turn out that way? > >I want to get her tested ASAP, so she isn't stuck by herself in a tiny room, > >but I have no idea how old she is. Size-wise, she looks maybe a month or so, > >but if it IS possible her growth was stunted.... The vet techs told me that >you can't really tell if they're positive or negative until around 4 months, > >but I don't want to keep her cooped up in my roommate's room for the next >few >months. > >-Megan
