Unhappy Ending
I had a very satisfying stepdown week, totaling 17 miles at an average pace of 8:29. I finished the month of April with 91 miles.
I missed my Wednesday run because I was up all night Tuesday with this little guy.
A feral cat (actually, Zen‘s sister, “Tuna”) gave birth on our patio to a pair of kittens. One must have died shortly after. She rejected the other and ran off. We took him in and after a frantic hour of research to figure out what to do, we spent the night bottle feeding him every two hours and trying to keep him warm.
On Wednesday morning, he was not doing well and we called around trying to find someone who could care for him properly. But if you’ve ever faced a similar problem you know that rescue charities, humane societies and the rest are overwhelmed at this time of year with newborn animals.
I wish I could report that we saved him and found him a home, but in fact we had to take him to the city animal shelter, where he was euthanized.
My wife and I cried our eyes out.
Poor little kitty.
There is a cat rescue/adoption organization in SF Bay Area whose president would drive across the state to save kitties. I so wish people would spay and neuter their cats. There would be fewer sad incidents like that.
So sad. :(
This is not cool.
Not what I expected from a blog named “running is funny”.
This is quite the opposite of funny.
I want my money back.
That is not funny. Not at all.
Don’t you have another website where you can post cry-your-eyes-out stories?
PS-Where’s Bob Barker when we need him?
I am so sorry. That little fuzzy guy was loved during his short little life, which is something most little feral kittens never experience from people.
And it’s entirely possible that he was not long for this world, even if his mother hadn’t abandoned him. Years ago we had a roommate whose young female cat had a litter of 4. 2 of the 4 were stillborn and the vet said they had not developed properly, which is not rare with young/small mama cats. Perhaps this little guy was already sickly and that’s why his mom left. You did your best and he was able to pass in a humane fashion. That was kind of you to give him that gift.