A palm-sized cat was discovered on the street, hungry and alone, at the start of this year. He was picked up by a local animal rights activist and taken to the Los Angeles Wrenn Rescues Center – but it was too late.
The kitten (called Mouse) weighed just 240 g as a one-week-old at the age of four weeks. Erin and her son Chris, both foster care volunteers, offered to assist. Erin describes him as “infested with fleas, recuperating from eye problems, and severely underweight.”
The kitten was a skeleton about the size of a mouse.
“We fed him with a syringe because he almost stopped eating and did not take a bottle. He was fighting a cold he caught earlier and was taking medication. Weight was gained slowly, by the gram.
As soon as the kitten recovered, he immediately showed his character. He jumped on the man’s shoulders after each feeding and climbed onto the handles to be stroked.
He proceeded to stroke a silky blanket with his paws while purring loudly. “His true personality shines through. “What he lacks in height, he more than makes up for in personality,” Erin explains.
“The mouse is little, but he probably considers himself to be rather large. He is the personification of persistence. He gets back up after being knocked down. He tries and tries again, but he never gives up!
Having matured, the striped boy became that still frame. At each weighing, he begins to swing in the scales until he flies out of it, and then scrambles back to repeat everything again.
“He’s very passionate about his antics,” says Erin. “By evening, he stretches out on an office chair, showing that his lanky body has grown a little more.”
The Mouse keeps everyone entertained with his never-ending antics. You never know what he’ll come up with next.
“He has so many old and new toys,” Erin continues, “that he picks a couple out and then can’t decide which one to play with.” He yanks the phone from my grip while joking about it. Attacks anything that moves with his wild gaze.”
A woman’s own cat helps her in certain ways with the socialization of a restless kitten. With a tabby kitten, Red O’Malley is exceedingly patient. He unleashes all of his shenanigans on him and is always ready to cuddle his small pal to keep him company.
“The Mouse didn’t have a companion when he was younger, and it appears that he absorbs all of O’Malley’s caresses.” “You’ll virtually usually find these two dozing together.”
Mouse insists on assisting the foster mother when she works from home.
“He leaps from the ambush, attacks my fingers, and proves that this is his table in every manner conceivable.” “Pulls the keyboard and mouse out of the way, settles down, and observes with a royal attitude.”
The energy drains from the Mouse only when he retires to his bed.
“At last, he’s a regular weight for his age, but he’s still on the lowest bar!” “He’s still as wacky as ever, making our new adopted children and us giggle every day,” Erin adds.
