Info to help some kittens

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:03 pm

I'm hoping someone on island can provide me some info so that I may assist some motherless young kittens hanging out at the villa we are leasing. We have been here since Saturday and there are 3 beautiful all black green eyed kittens all sticking together and obviously w/o their mama. Is there somewhere on island that will help to care for them or assist in getting them adopted? I would be more than happy to sponser them in some way. I am not a cat person, but these guys are precious and don't seem to have someone to teach them. I am feeding them but I am only here for a week and we have 2 dogs at home that would not be particularly appreciative of mom and dad bringing them home.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:12 pm

Contact the St. John Animal Care Center. Here's their phone # (340) 774 1625, I'm sure they'd help out!

Website: http://www.stjohnanimalcarecenter.com/

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:31 pm

Yes, contact the ACC - they might have you catch them and take them in yourself. If you can't, depending on your villa I might be able to help you get them to the ACC

Pia

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:44 pm

CA Girl and Pia: Thank you both so much. Pia: I really appreciate the offer. I'll drop you a PM to let you know where we are located. I will contact the ACC tomorrow morning. It will be tough to catch them myself as I do not have a crate or anything similar in which to place them once captured. I'll see what the facility folks say and hopefully we will get these sweet babies taken care of. I'll let you know how it works out.

cypressgirl · Post by **cypressgirl** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:51 pm

The owners of Luna Vista might be able to help you. Jan, the wife is a vet and has a mobile vet clinic that parks by Skinny's a few days a week. She is very nice and I hope I'm not putting her in a bad spot, but I'm sure she would help if she can. Here is their web site..... www.mylunavista.com Great people and love animals as much as any of us. I hope you can help find a home for those babies. It's so nice of you to take an interest.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:32 pm

Taylor wrote: I'll let you know how it works out.

I'll be waiting to hear!

Thanks for being so concerned. They sound like beautiful kitties!

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:01 pm

Any updates on the kittens? Pia do you know anything?

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:11 pm

Have not heard a thing and don't know where they are staying so can't go help

maybe they decided to keep them and take them home

Pia

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:12 pm

Sorry for the delay in posting an update.

Short story: All is well with the kittens.

Longer story: Cat wrangling is tough duty! After receiving assistance from CA Girl and Pia (thanks again), I contacted the ACC. They indicated that they are a no kill shelter and that they would help if we brought in the kittens. So, not having anything to put them in, we opted for the laundry basket and a large towel. First we captured them in the laundry room. Once in there my husband "picked off" the first two, but Number three was not going easy...Finally got all three in the basket, pulled the towel tight and started for the car. Oops, the aggressive one got out. We managed to get the quieter two back in the laundry room but the third was back in the wild. So, since he now knew our plan we had to go to Cruz Bay (we were in Coral Bay), pick up a crate and a capture cage and headed back. Baited the trap with some steak and voila...wild kitty was caught. We got him into the laundry room because at this point the ACC was closed. Continued to feed them as we had been doing all week and waited until morning. Okay, let's get them in the crate and go. Once again, the first two went fairly easily, but the devil kitty was having none of it. Since there was no drywall behind the sink in the laundry room, kitty headed up into the wall. We kept trying and after a couple of hours of going in and backing out, my husband caught him. Of course he sustained a hugely ugly and painful full cat bite on his knee along with chewed up fingers (did I mention that no one told us that the ACC had big 'ol gloves that would have helped until after the fact!). So, off we go to the Keating Ctr to make sure everything is okay with the hubs. Drop him, take kittens to the Canine, Cats and Critters per ACC direction. They are pooping and peeing up a storm which truly added to the delightful car ride. Anyway,apparently Wednesday is spay/neuter day. Went back, picked up The Kitty Conqueror, then back to Chelsea Pharmacy for antibiotics.

We've been joking that the theme for the week turned out to be no good deed goes unpunished!

Final note on the kittens. We went by on Friday (on our run to the pharmacy for different drugs) to check in on the kittens...found out that they were spayed on Wednesday, stayed overnight at the ACC and were released back into the wild in Coral Bay close to the house. There are three or four cat feeding stations in that particular area and it was deemed okay to release them near one of the stations. After all this, I was a little distressed that they did not keep them for adoption, but at least I know they won't have to deal with pregnancies and hunger and thus shorter lives etc.

I was feeling a little low about the kittens and hoping that they weren't too mad at me. On Saturday before we left I took one last look at their "usual place" and was tickled to see one of the kittens looking back at me. Unbelieveable that he had found his way back to the house! ACC said they probably would, but I had my doubts. Anyway, out came the last of the filet mignon which was going to be wasted and we enjoyed watching him chow down.

I only got one semi-decent picture. They look larger in the picture than they did in person. The link is: http://twitpic.com/9jfdo

lprof · Post by **lprof** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:22 pm

That is one cute pic...and you two are surely swell peeps for all that you did and endured. Hope that your hubby is well on the way to recovery now; cat bites can be nasty.
Thanks, thanks, for making all the right moves for those three kittens.

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:42 pm

First I hope hubby is OK and second thank you soooo much for all you did on your vacation - what a wonderful thing to do

Pia

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:51 pm

Thanks for the "long story". And thanks for all your efforts on behalf of the kitties! Darling picture, my my, what big ears they have!! The better to hear the next villa tenants opening the fridge!

Hope hubby's ok, cat bites can be so nasty... I speak from experience and a $1500 bill at the emergency room!

Tracy in WI · Post by **Tracy in WI** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:03 pm

Taylor - You and the "Cat Conquerer" did good! Those are some cute kitties - they look like identical triplets! Thanks for taking time on your vacation to do such a great thing.

Tracy

LMG · Post by **LMG** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:15 pm

Wow, what a story! Great work! You all definitely earned some good Jumbie points there.

toni · Post by **toni** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:28 am

Wow, what an adventure to have on your vacation! But you did such a good thing. The reality is that at least the trap/fix/release gives them a good chance at life w/o the problems of more kittens in their future. I've been through that just this spring with some feral kittens that appeared in our barn. I'm trying to socialize them, but it's near to impossible. At least I got them fixed already, but I had the benefits of a have-a-heart trap to help me-there's nothing like grabbing a biting/spitting/scratching kitten as you found out. Kudos to you and a round of applause for your wonderful efforts on their behalf!!!

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