Journey of a kitten

Roo had taken this little kitten on as her own.  She spent her days in the barn just sitting and holding him…and feeding him. 

She didn’t want to go to WV ‘cause something might happen to him, so Mama told her she could bring it to her house.  The whole trip she sat back there and held her kitten wrapped up in his wash rag known as its “blankie”. 



He even enjoyed strolls in the baby doll stroller : )

This little kitten’s journey began with us not knowing he was coming.  His momma didn’t look like she was pregnant not like Sallie and Bonnie at all.  I don’t even know if she knew she was gonna be a momma, she had him on the deck and he was thrown across the deck in her fear. 



I held him as soon as he was born and he was so tiny! I never had seen a baby kitten that small, it took some coaxing but finally his momma accepted the kitten and began to feed him.  She kept him on the back porch in a kitty taxi for a few days and then moved him to an apple box in our shed.



When I came back from WV in June his momma was missing and he was so hungry.  Again it took some coaxing but Sallie took the little kitten on.  I knew she wouldn’t be able to feed him for too long ‘cause her kittens were already 6wks old.  She took him to the barn loft and kept them with her kittens.

After awhile I noticed Sallie was not going to the loft anymore instead she was going into the barn and doing the cry they do.  She wanted the kittens down from the loft, but they were in a deep computer box and couldn’t get out.  We had to get the box down and when we did there was “Cutie Pie” still alive but looking the size of a newborn kitten not the size he should be. 



Roo took him under her wing and become his “momma” he knew her voice and would follow her around the barn.  He would try to climb her and she would have to slip out of the barn so he wouldn’t try to follow her. 

This past Tuesday evening he took a very bad turn and we told the kids we didn’t know if he would make it through the night.  They were pretty upset and Roo kept saying she shouldn’t have taken him to WV. I was still forcing formula down him but he had no interest.

On Wednesday morning Roo got up and first thing she said was “have you checked on  my kitten” I told her I had and that he had not made it.  Her next reply “but I prayed and prayed, mommy…why did he have to die.” Isaiah was mad and couldn’t figure out why we had to loose Missy (kittens momma) and now the kitten, later I found out what he was really feeling.  It took some talking and we began to keep them busy. 



We went out and hit the two new stores in Roscoe for some cheese and custard.  Roo usually won’t finish ice cream but she ate the custard down and loved it.  Isaiah enjoyed his as well but he actually had to have JD’s help on finishing his as did I.

Later as we enjoyed the pool, Isaiah swam over to the raft and began to tell me how he felt he had done the wrong thing.  He was also praying Tuesday night but instead of praying for healing only he prayed that God take the kitten if it would be sick and not strong.  I told him he had not done anything wrong and I was proud of him, he had prayed the right way.  We are suppose to leave things to God and even though sometimes we don’t understand his ways or his answers are not what we want….we still gotta have faith in him and know his way is best.  He replied with “yeah but still I don’t think I’ll tell Ruthie what I did” :D

That evening we laid the kitten to rest.  Roo wanted him in the horse corral and JD in the hot muggy weather began to dig.  We discovered it was mostly rock and his job was gonna be harder to do. JD said a few words and placed “Cutie pie” into the ground.  Roo took her flowers and laid them on top of her kitten and then got on her knees and helped JD cover him up.  I thought what a strong little girl most would have stood there and cried or turned away…she got down and wanted to be the one who laid him to rest.  Isaiah then marked the grave and the healing began.



Roo is now taking on being mother to Sallie’s older kittens who are not too sure of this.  They had to have baths this morning and go for a morning walk to see where “cutie pie” had been born.  Sallie followed along behind Roo making sure each one was returned to the barn at the end of their stroll.

“Cutie Pie”- May 25, 2010/July 6, 2010

All but one of these pictures were taken by my phone so the quality is not very good.