Distractions

FuzzyHusband and I were headed out for our usual Wednesday evening pub visit and stopped at Walgreens to get him his flu shot. Our plans were changed when this wee thing was seen running through the busy parking lot.

According to our vet, she's between 4 and 5 months old. Her adult teeth are coming in and she actually lost some baby teeth this evening. She's a bit on the small side, but we don't know how long she was in that "island" of land in a triangle made by three 4-lane streets. Also she's not microchipped, which is a bummer. The vet and I weren't sure if she was dumped or somehow got lucky dodging cars after accidentally getting out of her home. She's in great health overall and too clean to have been outside for long.

I've been checking the area we found her in for "lost" posters, posted on Facebook and other social media, and called the county's animal control to see if anyone's reported her missing. So far I've gotten nowhere. FH also left our contact info at the pharmacy in case her family went looking for her. I'll try again next week a couple more times. If someone's missing her, I want to reunite them.

FH hath decreed she may not stay permanently, but we're fostering her until the legal stray hold time is up and our local no-kill shelter has an open spot. Happily her FIV/leukemia test came back negative and she didn't have fleas that we could find. Once she gets to TAPS, they will get her all her shots and get her spayed.

I kind of wish we were keeping her because, well...

Mercedes will be so very sad when Ellie Bean is gone. *sigh* Pixel will be glad when the "interloper" is gone. Artie would eventually be friends with her if she wasn't quarantined while the deworming kicks in..

In other news we were able to rent a pickup truck yesterday and haul away the dead couch and a bunch of detritus from the garage. Our neighborhood rents a big dumpster twice a year, so everything that could legally be tossed in that needed gone was taken. So much more room in the house!

Per FH's idea, we've set up a large table where the couch used to be and have created a sewing area for me. The recliner is still down there for him to sit in and my desk chair is quite comfortable, so we can still watch the occasional movie together, but now the dining room can be fabric free.

Artie seems to believe the new bedding I set up for Mercedes is his.

I found him in there last night when I went down to feed Victor. Goofy cat.

That's all for this week. There will likely be more kitten pictures next weekend. I'm not sure how long Ellie Bean will be with us, but she's too cute not to photograph!