DH called around 11:30 and asked if I had gotten his email - ummm... no? Weeelllll... we have a new animal evidently :roll: . He was walking from plant to plant at work and saw a couple guys huddled up. They called him over and said "Hey Kev! You have kids at home. Don't you want to take a cat to them?" He said well, I guess that should be fine (the last two kittens were so friendly we no longer have them - one got under DH's tire one morning and got run over 
- he felt awful when he found out, the other one vanished about the same time Southern States picked up a trailer load of hay from up the hill. ODS said he saw her by it, and given her fondness of hitching rides in vehicles and on trailers we're thinking she was in it when they closed it up that afternoon) - he said he went to get a better box than what they had, but they were gone by the time he got back... just the closed up cardboard box sitting there. He didn't know what to expect! All he knew is the guy trying to get it out from under the metal ramp had big leather gloves on :x . He took the box to his office and had an audience as he slooowwwllly opened it up to peek inside. He found a cute kitten face peeking up at him. He hesitantly stuck his finger in by it, not sure if it would attack or not, and it just nuzzled up to it. He was sold :lol: . He had planned on just keeping it in the box for the afternoon, but its crying was attracting a bit too much attention. One lady offered to hold him while DH was on a conference call, and it was happy as could be. Not a peep. He's not sure if it's feral, or someone dumped it. It's friendly as can be, and definitely wants company. He rode home in his lap (20 minute commute, so it's rare for him to be here at lunch). Poor thing is skinny as can be, but was eagerly eating so hopefully just hasn't eaten in a while. We have already told the kids not to get too attached just yet, just in case. The face is all Tabby, the body is a neat mixture of markings - a couple stripes down the back, and some splotches here and there. It only has half a tail - not sure if it somehow got cut/bit off, or if it was born that way??
Frankie is the guy that got it out, we figured that would work for male or female. I'm leaning towards male right now... can't quite tell for sure. We gave it a bath as soon as it came in the door b/c it has fleas - Dawn dish soap took care of most of them.
You can kinda sorta (not really) see the tail in this one, curled up by it's feet. Where it ends at the cage bar? That's all it has...
Thankfully he's stopped hanging out in the litter box and found the warm, comfy towel instead. Pretty well zonked out now that the kids have gone to their rooms for rest time... purring quite contentedly...
(My youngest insisted it needed a truck to play with)
- he felt awful when he found out, the other one vanished about the same time Southern States picked up a trailer load of hay from up the hill. ODS said he saw her by it, and given her fondness of hitching rides in vehicles and on trailers we're thinking she was in it when they closed it up that afternoon) - he said he went to get a better box than what they had, but they were gone by the time he got back... just the closed up cardboard box sitting there. He didn't know what to expect! All he knew is the guy trying to get it out from under the metal ramp had big leather gloves on :x . He took the box to his office and had an audience as he slooowwwllly opened it up to peek inside. He found a cute kitten face peeking up at him. He hesitantly stuck his finger in by it, not sure if it would attack or not, and it just nuzzled up to it. He was sold :lol: . He had planned on just keeping it in the box for the afternoon, but its crying was attracting a bit too much attention. One lady offered to hold him while DH was on a conference call, and it was happy as could be. Not a peep. He's not sure if it's feral, or someone dumped it. It's friendly as can be, and definitely wants company. He rode home in his lap (20 minute commute, so it's rare for him to be here at lunch). Poor thing is skinny as can be, but was eagerly eating so hopefully just hasn't eaten in a while. We have already told the kids not to get too attached just yet, just in case. The face is all Tabby, the body is a neat mixture of markings - a couple stripes down the back, and some splotches here and there. It only has half a tail - not sure if it somehow got cut/bit off, or if it was born that way??Frankie is the guy that got it out, we figured that would work for male or female. I'm leaning towards male right now... can't quite tell for sure. We gave it a bath as soon as it came in the door b/c it has fleas - Dawn dish soap took care of most of them.
You can kinda sorta (not really) see the tail in this one, curled up by it's feet. Where it ends at the cage bar? That's all it has...
Thankfully he's stopped hanging out in the litter box and found the warm, comfy towel instead. Pretty well zonked out now that the kids have gone to their rooms for rest time... purring quite contentedly...
(My youngest insisted it needed a truck to play with)
