Please welcome the newest member to our family. Little Miss Noel.However, this little girl was found out in the snow last week. She came up to my hubby one night, meowing like crazy. He tried to bring her in that first night, but our kids ran to see her and she slipped out the door that was still open a tiny bit.
So we watched out for her a couple days. Feeding her and trying to get her to trust us. There was another cat with her that we thought was her mama. On Thursday, the weather was supposed to be 15 degrees overnight, so decided they needed to come inside.
I picked up the little one and stuck her in a cat carrier we have and took her inside. I placed her in a room and we slowly all came and met her while she was in the crate. That night we kept her in the crate but we put her in our bedroom so she wasn't alone. We didn't want her to roam around the house and interacting with our other pets until we had her checked out by a vet.
We tried to catch the mama cat, to no avail. We managed to get her to come in by bribing her with milk, but she flipped out and just wanted out. We didn't want her running around wild in the house and possibly attacking any of the cats or dogs, so we let her out. We placed a box with a heated pet blanket outside along with food and water in a sheltered area, so she was out of the elements as much as possible.
The next morning (Friday), I bribed her back in with milk. Then I threw a blanket over her and placed her in the cat carrier. I then took her to Animal Control to be adopted out - she was too wild for us. Turns out she was a previous catch, spay and release, so the kitten wasn't her's. It must have just been her companion. That made me feel a little less guilty by separating them.
I know that they are both going to be warm, fed and cared for. I know that they both deserve a better life than struggling to find a warm place to stay, food to eat and avoiding animals and people that may hurt them.
This little girl has been to the vet, got her first shots, received some deworming meds and will be fixed when she is old enough. She is in really good health and everyone there loved her. She is so cuddly, and will be loved and adored for the rest of her life.
As you can see from the pictures above, she enjoys being near people. She sleeps on anyone and everyone. She is still a little skittish, but is getting better every day.
We named her Noel because we found her around Christmas time. It also sounded like a pretty "girl" name, since all our other pets are boys.
As you can see from the photos below, she looks almost identical to one of our other cats. Both are tuxedo cats and adorable.
I'm sure you will see more of her in the future.
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