Introducing Atlas

Three cats? That’s what I was thinking as we left the batch of kittens last week. Tom and I have both been quoted saying that we’d never take home another cat because two was plenty, yadda yadda yadda. And that’s what were we saying as we held the kittens rescued by Toronto Cat Rescue. We spent about forty minutes with them but kept coming back to, three cats? Well, we went home and thought about it. And thought about it. And thought about it some more. The last thing we wanted is to take any attention away from our two boys, but Morn does like to play more than Pumpkin and Pumpkin likes to cuddle in a dog pile of people and fur… I’ve lived in a house with four cats before and even with all our space it was a little crowded, but three we could handle. Tom was sure that it would be okay, and that he’d fit right in and the boys would welcome him readily (after adjusting of course), but I was a little more hesitant. Then I logged on to the Toronto Cat Rescue website and read his story, I cried like a two year old, and told Tom it was okay and that we could adopt him.

Here is a lucky little boy who narrowly escaped tragedy. He was rescued from a home after the husband in a drunken fit kicked the kitten against a wall and badly injured him. He was rushed by a TCR volunteer to the vet where he stayed under observation for many days. Luckily nothing was broken and he rebounded from his terrible start at life to become a totally sweet, loving kitten. He is so happy to be held and loves to play. He purrs instantly and seeks out human attention. Help him find a home.

He has an upper respiratory infection, which I know I mentioned, but we knew that adopting him. The entire lot of kittens wouldn’t stop sneezing (some more than others) and if you aren’t a cat person- a URI (kennel cough) can be really really serious in kittens. If you do adopt a kitten who’s sneezing a bit, be sure to take him to a vet right away. If you wait too long it could be fatal. But he’s on medication, and though he’s still sneezing, his fever is gone, he’s wheeze-free and his nose is no longer crusted. We take turns spending at least twenty minutes with him every hour or so and I’ve taken to reading him, “The Princess Bride” for about an hour before bed time every day. Since it’s super contagious he has to stay quarantined in the bathroom for five more days (twelve total) and we have to strip down before we go in and see him. It’s a little crazy when you have to pee, but worth it in the end to ensure Pumpkin and Morn aren’t rubbing up against infected kitty fur. He’s extremely well behaved for a kitten (bathroom curtains are fine, toilet paper rolls are untouched, toothbrushes, etc.) and he’s super playful, affectionate, and is constantly exploring and purring. We named him Atlas.

Please excuse these horrible bathroom-lighting photos, he is still quarantined after all. =(