Melissa and I enjoy going on a walk - after all we don't have cable, what else is there to do? Also doctor orders are to walk a half hour each day while being pregnant.
Being that we now live in a new place, we have new opportunities to explore! And on our first walk together we decided to walk towards G's Dairy (local ice cream place)! We had only made it a few blocks when I hear this noise coming from a bush. It was a loud, dirty kitten meowing.
We briefly petted it with our fingertip before we decided we'd keep on walking and let it go back into it's bush. Nope. It followed us down the sidewalk. People in cars driving by gave us envious looks. "How did you train your cat to do anything other than lie around the house? That's awesome." At least that's what their eyes were saying.
We decided that it must be really hungry and that we'd take it back to our apartment to give it some quick nourishment before we dropped the cat off at our old neighborhood that has a lot of feral cats. In fact we've rescued one other kitten (a much less homely looking one) in that neighborhood. Our landlords ended up adopting it.
As I was carrying it back to our apartment it did just as Melissa predicted - it 'sharted' on me. Squirted right down my shirt. Oh you would've thought Melissa was at a comedy club with how hard she was laughing.
Well after attempting to feed/water it, it was time to take it on a drive to the cat neighborhood. There is a small hole in the fence at our last apartment. Most of the cats use that hole to squeeze into the back yard of our landlords when needed. We decided to shove the kitten through that hole, and put a piece of wood blocking that hole so it wouldn't come right back out.
Melissa moved like a pro in the cover of darkness. Even before turning onto our street she was able to spot people that might notice what we were doing. She dimmed the lights and waited them out. She even planned her escape route on our drive over. Her sneakiness is just one of many reasons why I love her!
Being that we now live in a new place, we have new opportunities to explore! And on our first walk together we decided to walk towards G's Dairy (local ice cream place)! We had only made it a few blocks when I hear this noise coming from a bush. It was a loud, dirty kitten meowing.
We briefly petted it with our fingertip before we decided we'd keep on walking and let it go back into it's bush. Nope. It followed us down the sidewalk. People in cars driving by gave us envious looks. "How did you train your cat to do anything other than lie around the house? That's awesome." At least that's what their eyes were saying.
We decided that it must be really hungry and that we'd take it back to our apartment to give it some quick nourishment before we dropped the cat off at our old neighborhood that has a lot of feral cats. In fact we've rescued one other kitten (a much less homely looking one) in that neighborhood. Our landlords ended up adopting it.
Well after attempting to feed/water it, it was time to take it on a drive to the cat neighborhood. There is a small hole in the fence at our last apartment. Most of the cats use that hole to squeeze into the back yard of our landlords when needed. We decided to shove the kitten through that hole, and put a piece of wood blocking that hole so it wouldn't come right back out.Melissa moved like a pro in the cover of darkness. Even before turning onto our street she was able to spot people that might notice what we were doing. She dimmed the lights and waited them out. She even planned her escape route on our drive over. Her sneakiness is just one of many reasons why I love her!
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