Well, I took the kitteh ’round to the local Chinese joint, but they weren’t interested; too scrawny.

So… off to the pet supply store.

You know, just to get a couple cans of kitten food. Can’t let the little runt starve, after all.

And a small bag of kitty litter.

And a few cat toys.

:sigh:

Our normal vet is closed until tomorrow afternoon, so it looks like we’ll at least have an overnight houseguest.  I don’t know Thing One about taking care of a cat. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Oh boy, what now?

I was awakened about an hour ago by the Unforgiving Puppy growling and stomping with all his might by the back door. Usually when this happens there’s a rabbit or a squirrel sitting on the patio. This time it was a tiny, gray and white kitten, mewling pathetically and shivering.

Well, shit.

It’s curled up in a cardboard box with a blanket and a hot water bottle now. Seems to be skinny and scared but structurally sound. I suppose I should give the vet a call and find out what to do with it.

I’m afraid I might be stuck with the damn thing since the local shelters are usually overflowing with cats. Wouldn’t be too cool of me to save it and then hand it over to get euthanized. Besides, the little guy (girl?) already gave me blogfodder.

I got the position; I turn in my paperwork to HR tomorrow and, come January, I’ll be an official IT monkey. And a well-paid monkey, at that!

Oh, and the blog’s been updated to the latest WordPress; please let me know if you see any breakage.

More to follow. Right now it’s tequila time.