Gatlinburg TN
There’s a woman who goes to the same church as Fran who might be able to help our kittens. Her name is Alicia and she lives across the mountains in Cherokee. Alicia has a cat that has kittens a few weeks older than ours. Since those kittens are in the process of being weaned, we’re hoping that the cat will take our kittens and nurse them.
It was a long drive over to Cherokee today. We were filled with hope and concern. We knew the kittens would be better off with a MomCat than they are with us, but we don’t know this woman. We agreed that if either one of us got the willies, we’d leave with our kittens.
Alicia is a young woman who lives in a double-wide that is precariously perched on the side of a steep hill. We had to put the truck in 4WD to get into her driveway. There was a lot of garbage on her porch because she was cleaning out her kitchen. But, the rest of her home was spotless. Even though she had three adult cats and a litter of kittens, there was no “cat” smell.
We smeared canned cat food all over the kittens and held our breathes. MomCat licked the cat food off them and let them try to nurse for a few minutes before she stalked off. She was very young – a first-time mother. Alicia admitted that the cat hadn’t been all that thrilled with motherhood the first time around and wasn’t sure how this would go. She wanted to keep the kittens over night and work with them.
It was an even longer drive home. I was impressed with her home and how healthy her cats looked. Kelly was pessimistic that this would work and was worried about Alicia’s ability to feed the cats every two hours. Since Alicia had bottle-raised kittens before, I kept a good thought.
There’s a woman who goes to the same church as Fran who might be able to help our kittens. Her name is Alicia and she lives across the mountains in Cherokee. Alicia has a cat that has kittens a few weeks older than ours. Since those kittens are in the process of being weaned, we’re hoping that the cat will take our kittens and nurse them.
It was a long drive over to Cherokee today. We were filled with hope and concern. We knew the kittens would be better off with a MomCat than they are with us, but we don’t know this woman. We agreed that if either one of us got the willies, we’d leave with our kittens.
Alicia is a young woman who lives in a double-wide that is precariously perched on the side of a steep hill. We had to put the truck in 4WD to get into her driveway. There was a lot of garbage on her porch because she was cleaning out her kitchen. But, the rest of her home was spotless. Even though she had three adult cats and a litter of kittens, there was no “cat” smell.
We smeared canned cat food all over the kittens and held our breathes. MomCat licked the cat food off them and let them try to nurse for a few minutes before she stalked off. She was very young – a first-time mother. Alicia admitted that the cat hadn’t been all that thrilled with motherhood the first time around and wasn’t sure how this would go. She wanted to keep the kittens over night and work with them.
It was an even longer drive home. I was impressed with her home and how healthy her cats looked. Kelly was pessimistic that this would work and was worried about Alicia’s ability to feed the cats every two hours. Since Alicia had bottle-raised kittens before, I kept a good thought.
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