Someone just walked into the restaurant i work at, dumped this soaking wet kitten in the lobby, and left without saying a word. I just got a kitten this month, so i took her home with me since i have kitten supplies and everyone else at work has too many pets.
She cried the whole ride home, and my kitten (13 weeks old), Niniane was not happy about the new cat. I took the stray into the bathroom and fed her. Afterwards i weighed her and she wasn’t even 2lbs. She was absolutely filthy, so i gave her a quick bath without much struggle.
I dried her off and groomed her with the slicker brush and then let Niniane into the bathroom so they could socialize a bit. Nini was curious, but very standoffish and mostly just hissed while the stray just wanted to climb into my lap. I put a cat hammock, scratching post, and some toys in the bathroom (none of which Nini uses) and have locked the stray in there until i know she is litter trained. Currently she is jist sleeping in the hammock, so i think I’ll leave her there for the night and try to socialize the kittens some more tomorrow.
Edit: i think i am gonna call her Boudica. It’s much better than “the stray”. She just peed in the litter box and even buried it, so that’s a massive step. Unfortunately I’m still gonna keep her in in the bathroom for the next few days, but I’m so glad she used the litter box.
I do always assume the best in people; however, there are some actions that are unambiguously shitty. Like walking into a restaurant with a soaking wet kitten and leaving it there without saying anything. No matter which way I Iook at it, there is nothing “innocent” about that.
First option probably just leave kitty in wherever it was and let it die. At least this way it has found a home. I think leaving the kitty to die would have been comparatively worse in the scenario we’re talking about.
Yeah, the fact that it was wet suggests that the person found it outside.
Exactly. In all likeliness the restaurant was probably the closest open (warm) building in the area the kitten was found.
Yeah, I concur. It would have been nice if the person had done more, but we got no idea who they were and what shit of their own they were dealing with. They picked the kitten up and took it to the nearest warm place. Lots of people would have walked on by.
I mean, I could be wrong. Maybe they’d failed to drown the kitten and brought it to the restaurant assuming it would make a tasty paté. But I’m thinking your guess is more likely.