This is great news. H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Hughes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:36 PM Subject: [obsnw] Re: tiny kitten possibly needing help
> > Thanks to all those who repsonded - I did try and reply to each person > personally - if I did not accpet my apology and here is an update. > > One of my waiters took the kitten home last night after dark - after > no-one had seen a potential mom. > > He fed it and kept it warm with 2 hourly feed with cat formula he > bought - bless his soul. > > I have since found a surrogate - through someone contacting me from my > original post to the list! > > The mom cat has two kittens who are just over a week old so they are a > little bigger and more feisty than the little guy. We presented the > little one to the mom and she immediately started licking it so we > then proceeded to put it with the others and it immediately started > trying to latch on to a nipple! So it knows what to do and we just > hope the other two bigger kittens do not fight it off too much. They > guy who took it (who is living in a tiny one room apartment with his > family in Cape Town overflowing with "stuff" and poverty) will check > it frequently to make sure it is getting fed. I left R40 with him so > he can buy more food for the mom - with the promise of more in a while > and when I fetch the cat when it is older. > > Sometimes compassionate help like this comes from the most unexpected > quarters and from people who barely have enough for themselves. > > Thanks to all > > Trev > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.32/2460 - Release Date: 10/26/09 08:10:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
