Funny how things like that happen, right? We probably wouldn’t have crossed paths if it weren’t for a whole series of events last year that made me prioritize taking care of myself. And now we care for others—kittens included.
Void kitten now enjoys touching noses with us. And it broke my heart not to bring him home yesterday; I cried so much. We’re going to try to speed things up at our apartment to finally get him off the streets.
Void kitten has been purring louder and louder. He also enjoys resting his chin on my arm as he gets all the pets he needs from us.
We’re going to bring void kitten home pretty soon. 🖤
My classes started this week, so we weren’t able to feed void kitten until much later in the night. The first day of classes he patiently waited for us to come back from uni; the second day (yesterday) we left my university campus much later than usual we couldn’t find him.
I cried.
I cried so much. I was afraid something had happened to him and we had failed him.
Today I started my day super sad. Spouse and I went for a walk and saw this majestic and friendly grey kitty.
When we arrived home, we saw every single person we’ve become friends with in our neighborhood in this past month — everyone who’s outside whenever we feed void kitten because they’re walking their dog or enjoying the fresh air.
Then a few hours later, we went to see if we could find void kitten again. We walked to the clinic where we usually see him and he wasn’t there; he wasn’t in the parking lot either.
We decided to walk around the block because sometimes, when we turn around to go back to our apartment building, he just ✨ appears ✨. And as we were turning around…
We see him running towards us, meowing to get our attention. 😭
We go to his favorite spot and I’m almost crying again at this point because I was so worried. He eats and purrs and asks for pets from the both of us.
A neighbor from the apartment building in front of the parking lot comes to us to introduce herself and tell us she’s been watching void kitten for a while. She gives him food whenever we can’t go. She sees him waiting for us every night. And she’s really fascinated by the whole thing because she’s never seen a cat love two people so much.
So spouse and I decided we can’t leave him behind anymore. Void kitten needs to come home.
Our apartment isn’t ready yet, but we talked to everyone in our current apartment about bringing him earlier than planned and they agreed. So we’ll bring him here.
We believe that other cat I mentioned a couple of days ago is void kitten’s mama; she’s thinner than the first time we saw her. We suspect she was pregnant back then, which also explains why she was so skittish. We were told she had babies a couple of weeks ago, and since then she’s been observing how we interact with void kitten and accepting food we leave for her.
We didn’t even need a pet carrier to bring him home; I picked him up and we walked with him in my arms the whole way back to our apartment. He was such a good boy taking a bath and has no fleas (!!).
The bakery is officially open and he’s very serious about his job.
What a weird night for void kitten, eh? The two people who fed him for over a month brought him to a big weird place, then a small weird place. Then they fed him what was probably the best meal of his life so far, gave him a bath, helped him get dry, put him in the fluffiest bed he’s ever slept on, and activated night mode (i.e. turned off the lights) where he’s now sleeping peacefully.
It took him a little while, but he used the litter box! And he found a spot he loves on our couch. Caught him sleeping and purring. 🖤
🥺 first time he sat on my lap on his own.
We arrived from our neighborhood cat watch shift and void kitten was behind a couple of pillows, belly up, legs stretched, relaxed af. Baby is living his best life now.
He was born to be a fediverse star.
For reference, here’s the very first photo I took of him on January 31.
Coming home to a kitty meowing because they’re so happy to see you again is the best feeling. 🥲
He knows when it’s time for dinner and greets me with the sweetest meows. 🥹
He likes to sleep on a spot on our couch where he can see me working.
He likes to watch figure skating.
About a vet visit: since he’s still quite skittish about strangers, we decided to look for a vet that could visit our apartment rather than take him somewhere. He’ll have his first vet appointment tomorrow. 🤞🏻
The way he loves taking naps near me and always comes to me for a snuggle makes me feel like the most special person in the world.
Baby void is estimated to be 4 months old and seems to be in very good health. We’re running a blood test + rapid tests today. We will start his vaccination schedule and microchip him next week.
We suspect he was separated from his mom too early because… well… he’s been showing some nursing behavior with me (trying to suckle on my hair). I’m slowly getting him to be (1) more gentle (2) redirect his attention to a toy or a blanket.
His mom seems to be very young herself. She had him in early December, and we know she just had another litter weeks ago. So it makes sense she weaned him very early on.
We want to rescue his mom and his siblings, and TNR his dad. But this will require some coordination with pet rescue groups to find them some temporary and permanent homes.
Test results are out and he’s a super healthy boy. 🖤
Baby void is going to be microchipped and vaccinated today! We were able to grab an early appointment.
Morceguinho is now vaccinated, microchipped and slightly irritated at us because we keep bringing vets home. >:(
Baby’s first diarrhea (he was given deworming meds for the first time).
He’s good, playing a lot, meowing a lot, etc. He seems way less stressed now.
Morceguinho is feeling better. Ate some wet food as breakfast, played with me for a couple of hours, and now he’s a bit sleepy. I think he’ll take his morning nap pretty soon.
@anna nenem criando a rotininha dele 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Anna e só
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