Life’s Little Diversions

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Life’s Little Diversions

If you follow my blog, you know that my world has been pretty much consumed by the accident that totaled my car— first of all dealing with my injuries, then getting the insurance dealt with, obtaining a rental car, finding a new car, getting it plated and registered and insured and then going for a third time to Guad. to bring it home. In the midst of all of this, a little drama occurred in my life which has shifted my focus away from my problems in order to deal with these new plot details in my life’s production.

The scene opens with Pasiano and I trying to move everything out of the rental car so I can take it to Guad to trade for my newly purchased Honda HRV. I’d been shopping and the trunk was full so we were unloading things and carrying them into the house. Before we’d started, I’d fed Annie the cat, who refused to enter my grounds since the third dog came to live with us and so was always fed on the front wall. On my third trip by the wall, I heard a hissing and looked up to see a miniature feline form had taken the place of Annie. Ironically, it seemed to be a small clone of Lulu, my first cat who had been a mother or older sister of sorts to Annie before moving out and in with the neighbors when I had the gall to bring a second dog to live in our compound. Lulu had passed away a few months before, but here seemed to be a reincarnation.

I pointed her out to Pasiano who seemed as a delighted as I was to see this little creature staking its claim to poor Annie’s breakfast.  As we stood, astonished and chuckling, I heard a sound outside the garage door. Thinking perhaps this was  the stray cat who had been coming around for the past month, I opened the garage door expecting to see her.  Instead, I saw another small kitten standing near the wall next to the driveway.  Before I could point it out to Pasiano, I saw a third kitten clinging to the bougainvillea vine and making her way up to the wall, presumably to join her sister. I called out to Pasiano that there were two more, and by the time he’d made it out to survey the scene, I’d seen the fourth kitten—farther up the vine than the first I’d seen.

I immediately went inside to make another dish of cat food and two of the kittens outside the wall devoured it ravenously.  They were tiny, but seemed to be starved and had no trouble doing away with the adult catfood, which was all that I had.  Luckily, Yolanda was here, and she cleaned out my cat carrier, we found a clean towel to put inside, and soon I’d caught all of the kittens  and brought them inside, but not before the dominant female kitty (three females and one boy who was runt of the litter) had another confrontation with Annie—and won.  Annie retreated to the bushes. I had Pasiano put a third dish of food out for Annie about 20 feet down the wall and I’ll be darned if that little kitten didn’t go down and run Annie away from her new dish of food as well, even though her own dish was still half full.  Talk about moxie!

Well, that was three days ago and the story goes on. That day was taken up by dealing with kitties, taking them to the vet, buying kitten supplies. Getting plates and registration for my new car was put off for a day and going to get my car put off two days. Today I got my car, which is a story for another day. The kitties are doing well and having new adventures every day. Forgottenman tsk tsks and says I’m turning into a cat lady. I am standing firm that that side of my personality is not going to take over—but rather just flavor a life that needed some diversion.  In the meantime, I need a home for four kittens. They are sweet and in three days have gone from running from my attention to running to the door every time I enter their sanctum sanctorum in the guest bathroom.  All are litterbox trained. The minute I put it in the room, they ran to use it with great enthusiasm. The dominant girl checks, and if anyone fails to cover completely, she jumps in and finishes the job. Adorable.

I am spending way too much time inspecting poop  for consistency and volume, so I depend on you to save me.  Surely someone needs one or two of these darling companions!!  Just comment here with your contact details or call me at 387 761 0281 or email me at jubob2@hotmail.com

The End. (For now.) Please click on first photo to enlarge all and read captions.

 

This is the first brave kitten who commandeered Annie’s food dish.
Soon after, I discovered this second invader.
And a third.
And a fourth. All were pretty scruffy looking, but a trip to the vet who examined and bathed them all took care of that.
When I first saw the white kitty, I thought she was missing an eye. It was completely sealed shut. Later, I discovered it was just crusted shut with a bad infection which has pretty much cleared up after three days of eye drops.
When Annie tried once more to reclaim her food dish,
First day I found them, feeding the starving kittens.
It may be that the mother cat brought these kittens to my house hoping I’d feed them as I’ve fed her a few times, but the presence of this box makes me think someone dropped them off. T
The minute I turned it over, the boy kitty–runt of the litter–climbed inside and curled up.
As tiny as they are, all are good climbers.
What he got to eat.
And this is what his mom got to eat!!!
Three on one.
A dapper friendly inter-species friend we met at the vet’s.
The boy gets a dish of his own. Obviously, he hasn’t been doing so well competing with the girls for food.
Getting comfortable on a lap for the first time.
The boy ges a little added private attention.
This kitten preferred her privacy in the far back of the kitty carrier whereas her siblings chose to curl up outside on the yellow towel.
This adorable shot was not staged. The terracotta cat, made by a clay scuptor after he went blind, just happened to be sitting on the little shelf above where this particular kitty likes to hang out.
This towel gives them a choice between curling up in the cat carrier or out in the room. Today I came in and they were all curled up on top of the cat carrier. Adorable, but alas, I couldn’t find my camera.
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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

20 thoughts on “Life’s Little Diversions”

  3. Jennifer Nichole Wells, BFA's avatarJennifer Nichole Wells

    So adorable. I feel a bit sorry for Annie, but I have a feeling she’ll be just fine. Can’t get over these cute fur balls. No matter how they arrived at your place, I’m glad you found them and have cared for them. Good luck on finding them homes.

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  4. Allenda's avatarAllenda

    What wonderfully good news. We were hoping all would be well. They couldn’t have scaled a better wall. I think perhaos you are acting in haste trying to find other homes for these beauties, when you know they have already found their fairy godmother. Time will tell. Hmm, do you keep all, or some , or one? I don’t think none is even an option. What would Lulu suggest?

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Already put this on Facebook, but will repeat it here: OMG!!! I went in to check on the kitties and there were only two there. I looked everywhere..even inside the toilet, in the shower curtain I’d cinched up over the bar, in the kitty litter closed container. Looked in living room and spare room. Knew I hadn’t left door open. WEnt back to living room, beside myself. Then on a whim opened all the drawers and found one in the drawer where I keep medical supplies. I’d opened it to get ace bandages out but know they hadn’t jumped in then. Perhaps there is some way to get in from the back? Never did find the other kitty, but when I came back in with camera, he was on the floor. Little dickens. Scared me TO DEATH!!!!!

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  8. Manja Maksimovič's avatarManja Mexi Movie

    Ohhhh, this is something completely different. I remember when we found our dog litter. They were brand new, still blind. We brought up three by the bottle and kept one who lived to be 13. Oh, how they look at you! ❤ Wishing you much joy but also luck in giving them to good people.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I hug and kiss them all a hundred times a day. My sala was a jungle jim today. They were tearing across the couches, leaping to the TV table and then to coffee table, then coming to sleep on top of my scanner and computer case. Three below, one above.

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          I have a feeling they are all staying right here. People keep telling me to take them to the cat shelter. Another friend tells me I’m an “enabler.” (Can’t quite figure that one out as I didn’t exactly see who or what left the off.) But, I can’t institutionalize them. We’ll see.

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          1. Grace, the Ultimate Cat Lover's avatarGrace, the Ultimate Cat Lover

            You must keep them or find good homes. Never give them to a shelter unless you are out of options. As long as you can feed them and keep them happy/healthy, there is no issue. How are you an enabler? – lol, no, they are not alcoholic gambling kittens, but if they were you would probably seek help.

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            1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

              Hah!!! No, I have not even considered giving them to a shelter. if I can’t find homes, they’ll stay here, but be outside cats because I have a friend who is very allergic to cats. I’m in a walled compound in a low traffic area so once they are grown, they’ll be okay outside. I’m in the process of putting a video of the kitties on Youtube. Two of them, actually, with the help of forgottenman.

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