This morning I went outside to get the newspaper from the newspaper box at the end of the driveway. I was surprised to find a very large cardboard box outside of my front door. Inside the cardboard box was a cat with a litter of four newborn kittens inside! Boy was I surprised! And upset! It was below freezing out and some jerk abandons a mother cat with newborn kittens outside my door! Not that I’m upset to have a cat with kittens here unexpectedly, but I am very upset that someone would just abandon them in this cold weather! That’s just plain and simple mean!
So I brought them all inside the house and put the box near the wood stove to help them keep warm. I fed the mother cat and gave her some fresh water to drink and pulled out my old litter box and set it up near the box for the mother cat to use.
I’ve called the animal shelter to know what happened, in the off chance that someone has a change of heart and decides that they want them back. Chances of that happening are slim to none, but I thought it was the right thing to do. They offered to come get them, but I told them that I’d keep them here for now. As long as the mother cat doesn’t get mean, or decide to use the other parts of the house instead of a litter box, I’m okay with them staying here.
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