I was driving out to go to the vet’s to see Gerald this afternoon, at about 3pm. Shortly after leaving our house, I saw something flipping in the middle of the road.
Oh dear…it was a small calico kitten, and it looked like she had just been in an accident. It looked bad and beyond help.
But further in front of this kitten, I saw another kitten and this was a grey tabby. She was right smack in the middle of the road too and she was crossing to get to the other side of the road.
This is a very busy road, barren on both sides. How on earth did two small kittens end up right in the middle of the road? It definitely looked as though someone had just placed them there. No mother-cat would do this.
I quickly stopped my car by the side of the road and went over to get this grey tabby. There is absolutely no way a small kitten can survive on this busy road. Luckily she allowed me to pick her up. The moment I did so, I looked back and the Calico kitten was already gone. It was a sight which will take me years to “un-see”….it was very tragic.
With the grey kitten safely in my arms, I went back to my car and we continued our journey to the vet’s.
I wrapped the little kitten in a shopping bag and sat her on my lap and we drove to the vet’s. I kept telling her she is now safe and not to be afraid. She was very calm and quiet throughout the 30-minute journey.
After we arrived at the clinic, the vet assistants helped me put her in a cubicle while I disinfected my hands and attended to Gerald. I requested for the vet to check this little kitten too.
The vet was fully booked, as usual, but the vet assistants were kind enough to slot us in. The little kitten fell asleep on my lap as we waited for our turn. Everyone remarked how calm and serene she was. Indeed she was and she was very sweet too.
I named her Juno. I’m not sure of her gender, though, but her name will be Juno for now.
The vet checked Juno and did a PBF (ear-prick blood check). Everything looked normal. No indication of parvovirus. Juno’s temperature is normal too. The vet dewormed her.
From the pinch test, Juno is just slightly dehydrated but the vet prepared some AD (mixed with water) for her and managed to coax her to eat after syringing some into her mouth and then Juno started eating heartily. The vet remarked that she’s very clean and looked well enough, so if she and her sibling were abandoned, it must have just happened. I think so too, because she didn’t look emaciated at all. She is very alert.
The vet checked and Juno is most likely female.
We drove home. Juno was in the shopping bag again, on my lap, at peak-hour traffic. She was very good throughout the journey.
We’re home, Juno. You are safe.
Juno is now upstairs, quarantined in one of our bedrooms.
I used a warm wet cotton pad to stimulate urination and she urinated. The vet estimates her to be about 3 weeks old. She already has teeth, including her canines (this would put her to be 3-4 weeks old). Her eye colour hasn’t changed yet.
I know I’m too old to rescue another infant animal and see her through, but how could I not pick her up from the middle of the road?
We will take it one day at a time.
You are safe now, Juno.
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