PET TALK

I'll talk more about the family of five later.

I'd like to tell you a little about Lucky now. His mom was a beautiful calico that came to our back yard to have her babies. When we first saw her she had a litter of three kittens. They were already big enough that you couldn't catch them. We tried to catch her and get her spayed, but didn't have any luck. It wasn't long that we noticed she looked like she was gaining weight. We figured she was probably pregnant. About 3 weeks later we found her kittens. She had 2 boys and 2 girls. It was getting really cold so we were trying to keep a close watch on her to make sure she had everything she needed. She was wild and wouldn't let us touch her. One day when we checked on her, all we found was one very cold kitten. My husband covered him and waited a while to see if she was coming back. When she didn't, we brought him inside. He was about 10 days old and we weren't sure we could keep him alive. We set up our heating pad and fixed him a warm and cozy bed and started bottle feeding him. We had lots of trouble finding a formula he could tolerate. Finally we found one he could handle. He started making progress, day by day. That's how we decided on his name. He went through alot being so young, and was very lucky to survive. Now he's a great big beautiful boy.

A few weeks later his mom returned with his brother and sisters. As soon as the kittens were old enough to be weaned, we set out a live trap and started catching them and their mom. We took them to get shots and spayed and neutered to try and control the population of animals at our home. We brought them all back home to live out their lives here. There are still two of them that stays here all the time. Lucky's brother Tuffy and his sister Sandy.