I am very tired. My mind is screaming for sleep, and my body is echoing the demand. But I want to blog, I have to blog, while this is all still fresh in my mind. While the grief and rage is still raw. You see, five kittens died tonight, and their short, pain filled lives didn’t have to be.
Dan got home from work around 6pm. Not long after, he went outside to mow the grass. A few minutes after that, he calls me from the back door, looking rather grim. He wants to show me something. He points at the ground, past our back steps. There’s a tiny black kitten laying there, covered in flies. I was horrifed — my first thought was that it was dead. I even asked Dan, “Is it dead?” He goes, “I think so”. As he’s turning to get the trash can, I see a tiny back leg twitch, the tail flop. I gasp, “Oh my god, he’s alive!” I run back into the house for a clean hand towel, and bring the cat inside.
He was so… TINY. From nose to tail he fit in the palm of my hand. He was covered with some gritty, textured stuff (which I would later discover to be maggots), and started mewling and nuzzling against my hand. I could tell he was very young, but figured that a tiny bit of water wouldn’t hurt him until I could get kitty formula. I used a dropper to give the kitten a few drops of water, and then put him and the towel in a small box, and hightailed my ass out to the car and to PetSmart. I figured they could give me a better estimate of his age, how to clean him, and what and how often and how much to feed him.
Fast forward to after 7pm. I’m home. Kitty is a boy, 1-2 weeks of age, he needs 1-2 tablespoons of kitty formula every 3-4 hours, and I can use baby wipes and a tiny bit of Dawn dish detergent to remove the MAGGOTS that are all over him. So, gloved up, I wipe him down, settled him in a heated towel, and feed him roughly 1.5 tbsp. of kitty formula. After that, I put him back in the box in our bathroom, and he settles right down to sleep. No more mewling and frantic pawing at the air.
11:30pm. We’re home after going to a local festival and enjoying some bouncy rides (Alyssa), food (boardwalk fries, funnel cake and snow cones!) and fireworks. I check on the kitten, and bring him out to feed him some more kitty formula. As I’m working on using the bottle with him, I notice that his eyes appear to be slitted. Or are they…? I look closer, and I immediately recoil. The kitten’s eye sockets had maggots in them. Add to that the bloody stool in his towel, and what looked to be a protruding rectum.
Now, I was originally going to wait until Monday morning to take him to a vet, but after seeing that, I immediately call our local shelter. After hours voicemail. I move on to another county wide animal assistance program who claims to have a 24/7 hotline. They do, and as soon as I tell the man who answers about the maggots, particularly those in the eye sockets, he tells me to get the cat to a vet ASAP. So I call a 24/7 emergency clinic. The visit fee is pretty steep — almost $90 — but I tell them I’ll be there in 15-20 minutes. At this point it’s almost 1am.
So I’m leaving the house and going to the car with the kitten in his box, and what do I hear? Tiny baby kitten cries. Only it’s not coming from the kitten I’m carrying. So I set him in the car, follow the cries, and lo and behold, nearly trip over one of his litter mates. He’s in the same shape. I can’t believe it. From one cat to two? I thought the mother cat abandoned the kitten I found because of the maggots… it looks like she ditched them all!
1:30am. I get there, give the receptionist my name, and as I’m filling out paperwork, a tech comes out, swoops up the kittens and rushes into an exam room with them. A few minutes later, she beckons me in, and the vet himself comes in a moment later. I’m given the bad news: the kittens are literally being eaten from the inside out by the maggots. There is no treatment. The kindest thing to do would be to put them to sleep right away.
I admit that when I left for the clinic I knew that the kittens were in bad shape. I tried very hard to prepare myself for putting them both to sleep. It was a real possibility. But even though I had only been with the one kitten for five or six hours, and had found the other one right before leaving, it was still heartbreaking news to hear, and I broke down and cried. But I immediately signed the consent forms, and while the tech went back to prepare things, I rubbed the kittens’ heads and said my goodbyes to them. It was awful, and I’m sitting here now tearing up thinking about it again. Their cries were so pitiful, and seeing those maggots in their eye sockets and all over their bodies was horrifying (and disgusting).
The tech came and took them back, and within a few moments I didn’t hear any more cries. Thank goodness. It was very sad, but a big relief: the kittens were no longer in pain and miserable, and I wasn’t faced with the prospect of intensive round the clock care, and deciding whether to give up the kittens for adoption or go from a three cat household to a five cat household.
I pay the bill — $188. I was given a discount. One visit fee, one euthanasia/cremation fee. The perks of having two kittens whose combined weight is less than five ounces, I suppose. I cried in the exam room, I cried while paying the bill, I cried in the car. I called my mom on the way to Walmart (I hate that store, but I wanted to get something for Sunday’s dinner) and cried to her for a good half hour. I think she wanted to cry to when I told her everything.
I get home. It’s a little after 3am. I’m exhausted. My throat is swollen and sore (it’s been this way since Saturday afternoon; I think I’m coming down with something), my eyes are red and raw, my head is pounding. I want to do nothing more than numb myself with Nyquil (my alcoholic drink of choice) and crawl into bed.
But then I hear it. More mewling. I wanted to cry all over again. Here I am, home, weary and heartbroken, and there are more. MORE. I reluctantly grab a flash light and start following the cries. I find one maggot-ridden black kitten laying on the front walk of my neighbor’s house (more about him in a moment), and two more underneath our back steps. One was mewling, the other barely responded when I touched him with the small blanket I brought from the car. I run in the house, pee, get a drink, scribble a note for Dan in case he wakes up, glove up, grab a box, come out and collect three more tiny, pain filled bodies.
Back on the road. I call my mom, crying and raging (more about the raging in a moment). Back to the clinic. It’s 3:30am when I get there. The staff are shocked and saddened to see me. They take the box, refuse to bill me, and I leave. I tell the receptionist that I hope I never see her again. She laughs and says likewise.
5am. I get home. I warily trudge over next door to make sure there are no more dying kittens strewn about. Instead, I encounter whom I can only presume is Mama cat, who stares me down and hisses and spits at me. I guess she saw me collect her babies earlier.
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So, the neighbor and the raging. We have an issue with stray cats being in our neighborhood, because the guy next door to us feeds them. His front porch has anywhere from 5-10 bowls of cat food at any given time. He does not bring the cats in. He does not have any cats that he lets out. He’s just content to put food out for them. His front deck also has open spots beneath — perfect areas for cats to go and hide in. Obviously, this is very, very bad. You feed strays, they hang around. You give them a semi-secluded place, and they’re mating. And making babies. And having babies.
This guy has been doing this since we moved here, and probably before then. I guarantee you that the five kittens I found tonight/yesterday were the product of a cat that was here as a kitten last year.
I’m furious with this guy, and by no means am I finished with what happened. I’m reporting him to our local animal shelter, and to ORCA. I also have photos, receipts and documentation from the emergency clinic, and I am seriously considering going to small claims court over this. Even if I don’t win and get reimbursed for the $200 I spent on kitty formula and the euthanasia of five kittens, perhaps the stress and embarrassment of being tried and called out for his irresponsible actions will do something. I’m also going to be paying him a visit, and bringing along photos and receipts. Maybe he doesn’t see that he is, at the very least, INdirectly responsible for the deaths of these kittens. I’m going to make him see.
And with that, I’m going to bed. I am exhausted. Thank you so much to everyone who sent me messages on Twitter — I can’t tell you how much it was appreciated! 
61 Comments
, on July 7 2008 at 6:19am:
OMG! That’s horrific! I’ve been following your Twitter updates too and I can see why you’re so upset about it. I would have been the exact same. Poor little kitties.
I guess your neighbour thinks he’s helping, by feeding the stray cats, and he’s probably well-intentioned, but I agree with you, either you ADOPT the cats (which means they belong to you and you are therefore responsible for their welfare and the welfare of any resulting kittens) or you take them to the vet and arrange for them to be adopted by someone else, you don’t just feed them and encourage them to hang around! :/
, on July 7 2008 at 7:02am:
how awful! what a horrible thing to go through *hugs* but at least they’re not in any pain anymore.
people who don’t spay their pets make me so mad! really, it’s not like there’s a shortage of stray dogs or cats in the world to adopt. nobody should be allowed to have un-spayed animals unless they are a registered breeder. my cat was a shelter kitty, and was spayed even before i got her.
also, i hope your idiot neighbor can see what he is doing is wrong after this. sure it might be nice to think you are helping strays by feeding them, but all it does is encourage them to hang around and breed -more- strays since there is access to food. so in the end it’s crueler than not putting out food in the first place.
, on July 7 2008 at 7:14am:
Truly heartbreaking. If the photos don’t convince your neighbor to stop leaving out cat food, he is completely heartless. Can you call animal control about all the stray cats as well? Thinking about those poor kitties, left laying there until flies laid eggs on them, the pain they must have been in-I don’t think I’m going to be able to forget that for a long time. It was a good thing you did, rescuing them like that. You have a big heart, Jenn.
, on July 7 2008 at 7:57am:
Truly heartbreaking. I don’t know what else to say, only that I’m happy to know that people like you, Jenn, exist.
, on July 7 2008 at 8:18am:
That’s just so heartbreaking. I have three cats myself and I just could not imagine them going through that. Kudos to you for doing all that for those kittens. You truly are one of the good ones.
, on July 7 2008 at 8:52am:
That absolutely broke my heart. You’re very strong to be able to go through that, to accept that putting them to sleep was the kindest thing to do. I wish there were more people out there like you. They may have had a horrible start of a short life, but at least with you they knew what being cared for felt like.
*hugs*
, on July 7 2008 at 10:29am:
My stumach seriously hurts from reading this. No animal should suffer like that. I’m so glad you did what you did – I don’t think there’s all that many people who would have spent the money and time, and I really respect you for that. But I do hope you never have to do it again. Good luck talking to your neighbour!
, on July 7 2008 at 11:43am:
That’s really sad and made me tear up. However, don’t take it out on the guy. I’m sure he had no idea the cat would abandon its kittens.
, on July 7 2008 at 11:48am:
Omg Jenn… This has to be one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. The pain and the anguish of those poor kitties… Thank goodness you were there to put them out of misery. I don’t know if I’d threaten the small claims court right away, I guess it kind of depends on the neighbor’s reaction to the story, y’know? I’d hope maybe he just doesn’t know. Good luck and I hope you feel better. *hugs*
, on July 7 2008 at 11:54am:
Jenn… wow. I’m so sorry you had to put up with that. I would be bringing all hell down on that neighbor if I were you. If he refuses to do anything, see if you can talk to other neighbors and get them to sign a petition or something. That way, in addition to the photos and the receipts, you have more against him.
, on July 7 2008 at 12:26pm:
Oh my God, Jenn. I’m so so so so so sorry that you had to go through all that because your neighbor is an ignoramt schmuck.
I’d have cried the entire time, too. I cried just reading your blog post.
*hugs*
, on July 7 2008 at 12:39pm:
This truly broke my heart. Thank you for being such a responsible pet owner, I grew up in the country where people were constantly dropping off kittens. We were always the family to keep them, clean them, fix them, and love them. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you doing the same. God bless. <3
, on July 7 2008 at 1:29pm:
Jenn you seriously are the best. I have a soft spot in my heart for cats and we use to take care of baby kittens like that who were abandoned. It’s so nice you did that, most people would of ignored it. I would of done the same thing and i’m glad you stepped up to do that!
, on July 7 2008 at 2:04pm:
That entry just made me incredibly sad and I couldn’t imagine finding the kittens like that. I think you were very strong for taking care of the kittens like you did, they needed someone like you to look out for them just for a little while.
, on July 7 2008 at 2:48pm:
Just disgusting. If this man doesn’t really realize that he’s doing this it’s high time someone brought it to his attention. You’re right in doing everything you have planned. If for no other reason than you can’t create a place for cats to mate because it’s going to get disgusting really fast and it’s going to be overpopulated really fast and it’s not fair to the cats.
, on July 7 2008 at 3:32pm:
I wasnt going to read this, after all of your twitters last night. I really cant bare to read these kind of things about any animals…but especially kitties. I love cats and my one cat is perhaps the most spoiled rotten creature (including humans) that ive ever come across. Because, I am there pretty much 24/7 to give him whatever he wants and to kiss his cheeks.
But, this reminded me of something I had forgotten….
At my moms apartments, when I lived there..we had the same problem. Our neighbor routinely fed stray cats. So, there were CONSTANTLY stray cats around and most of them looked sick. Our cat was an indoor/outdoor car and he loved going outside. Eventually he contracted FIV from one of these strays..and now hes bound to the indoors for the rest of his life but hes doing much better. The neighbor moved and there are A LOT less strays. Actually there is really only one…a black cat who hangs out on my moms back porch. She doesnt feed him, but her cat sits there waiting for him all day everyday so they are friends, I guess.
I hope I never run into something like this. I dont think I could handle it. You did a very, very good thing by taking those kittens to the vet instead of allowing them to just lay around and rot. I wonder why the mother wasnt taking care of them? Maybe because they were sick? But if she was taking care of them they wouldnt be so ill. I dont know. Its just heartbreaking.
Thank you for being a good person and taking those babies to get their suffering over with. Theres just no rhyme or reason…or excuse for shit like this. None at all.
, on July 7 2008 at 3:54pm:
oh Jenn I hope the guy realizes he is hurting the cats more than he is helping. after reading all your twitter messages I was tearing up.
, on July 7 2008 at 4:13pm:
OH MY GOD. I couldn’t believe what I was reading! I’m so sure I would’ve cried the entire time too. I am even almost about to cry just reading about this, and I wasn’t even there!! I am so sorry you had to go through all of this, and I am also so sorry that your neighbor is an ignorant bastard like that. That would infuriate me.
We had a similar experience a few years back. There has been a boarding house across the street from us that housed the kind of people you generally wouldn’t want in your neighborhood (and that’s being nice). It has since closed down, but when it was there, there was a tenant who used to feed stray cats who would accumulate under their porch. There were such a large number of them at once point that many people on the street were calling animal control multiple times a day. But it didn’t stop this guy and the cats just seemed to keep coming. One day, when I was about 12, I found a litter of cats in my garage and I ran to tell my mother. Thankfully, I guess since they were sheltered, they were not in as bad shape as the poor kittens you found. We brought them to a local animal shelter who were able to clean and feed them as well as give them shots and such. I am so sorry that your story didn’t end in such a nice way, but I can definitely relate. I would have been devastated if I knew that I couldn’t help them or found them too late.
I hope that Alyssa and Ryan didn’t realize what was going on. I am sure they would have been immensely upset. So sorry again that you had to go through all of that.
Just as a sidenote, I wanted to let you know that I changed my domain from thatgirlcaitlin.net to caity.nu and I decided to use your Simplicity theme. If you’d like to give it a look to see what has been done or update my link that’d be super. But only when you have time, of course. I know how busy you have been lately. Definitely take care of the important stuff first. *hugs*
, on July 7 2008 at 4:30pm:
Oh my God, that’s awful… I teared up while reading this, those poor kittens… If that neighbor of yours wants to feed those cats, he should’ve gotten them fixed too and actually taken them in instead of indirectly getting them sick and let them suffer like those kittens. People like him disgust me. That being said, respect for you, Jenn, for trying to save those poor kitties; I wish more people would act the way you did when they would find sick kittens or any sick animal for that matter.
, on July 7 2008 at 5:20pm:
Wow that’s a really sad story. I’m pretty upset myself after reading this. Those poor little kittens.
I think talking to that guy would be a great idea. I wish you luck.
, on July 7 2008 at 6:14pm:
God, that makes my heart break. I love animals so much and reading that made me start bawling. Poor little babies. I am so glad you had the heart to do something about it. You are truly an angel to those babies.
, on July 7 2008 at 6:27pm:
I’m really upset now but I’m glad you did your best to help them. I was hoping at least one of them survived but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. At least their suffering has ended now.
, on July 7 2008 at 7:24pm:
I am most glad that YOU found them – even though it was emotionally heart wrenching, you were a good hearted person who was willing to go the extra step to care for them – and then doing the right thing by having them put down when you knew it was useless.
Sorry you had to go through that but the kittens are pain free now – and that is a blessing.
, on July 7 2008 at 7:27pm:
that’s so terrible and sad. I can totally understand your heart break. I would feel the same way. Pets should by law be spayed/neutered before you can take them home. That’s what the cat adoption agency by us does. There are far too many homeless animals, and this is the end result.
I watched a special on tv last year about a group of people, an off shot of the spca I believe. But they have people all over the US, that are actually assigned to take care of groups of stray cats. They bring them in and have then spayed/neutered and checked for any disease that might be contagious, release the strays that can’t be adopted out, and give medical assistance to the ones that need it. So it reduces the amount of breeding that goes on, but is still semi-humane to those stray cats that can’t be adopted. You might see if there is anything like that in your area, that could move and take care of the stray cats from your neighbor.
Either way, I hope something is done so no more kittens have to suffer, even if he is trying to help. Hopefully your photos will help him realize the harm he’s doing in the end.
, on July 7 2008 at 8:08pm:
Just to let you know, I stumbled this for you. As a nonpet person, this even upset me! Hopefully this will get the word out!
, on July 7 2008 at 9:05pm:
This post brought me to tears just now. Not only because of how sad this is but also because I went through a similar situation a few years ago. My dog got ahold of a kitten roughly the same size/age/etc. and it went into shock and died on my bed. Driving to animal control with the dead kitten wrapped up in a newspaper was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
Hang in there Jenn. I’m glad you’re taking the steps to prevent this guy from doing anymore harm.
, on July 7 2008 at 9:31pm:
I had a hard time reading this, but I knew once I started, I would have to finish this blog.
Poor, poor kitties. It breaks my heart to read about this and see actual photos of helpless kittens in such tremendous pain… =[
, on July 7 2008 at 9:41pm:
aaw, You’re such a good person. I love cats, that was so sad. I couldn’t even dare to look at the pictures. Poor kitties.
, on July 7 2008 at 10:00pm:
That story is so sad it made me tear up. Even I felt attached to the kittens, and reading that they were being eaten from the inside and needed to be put down, broke my heart. I hoped at least they were in alright condition that you could love and nurture them. I really admire what you did for the kittens though, looking after them and taking them to the vet despite the hours. I don’t know if everyone would have had the patience and care to do the same.
As for the guy… I really hope you get through to him, and he changes his actions. Perhaps he doesn’t know the effect of his actions, and that he is producing kittens that are suffering. But if he did understand, and simply did not bother doing anything to prevent it… argh, that would be truly horrible.
, on July 7 2008 at 11:47pm:
Jenn, you are completely amazing and a great person. Those poor kittens! Maggots = *gag*!
, on July 7 2008 at 11:56pm:
I felt so ill reading through this blog. It’s appalling that those kittens had to suffer like that. I hope something positive eventuates from this!
, on July 7 2008 at 12:19am:
It hurts to see animals, especially ones so young in alot of pain like that. I remember once when I lived out in the country with my father three stray puppies came down to our yard. They weren’t more than a few months old and we could see their ribs. My father gave them all food and I have never seen puppies devour the food like they did! Luckily a friend of the family visited that day and took all three of them. I’m sure someone who didn’t want the puppies just dropped them off on the road and kept moving.
That man should stop feeding strays. Hopefully seeing the pictures of those poor little kittens will make him change his mind. Either that or a good ass kicking. Good luck.
, on July 7 2008 at 1:59am:
Thats sickening. Just. Sickening. I dont know what I would have done if I had found those kittens.
, on July 7 2008 at 11:03am:
I have a neighbor that does the same thing. That is where two of my cats came from.
I really disliked our neighbor at first. She literally had 20-30 cats she fed and then would have babies and it was just an endless cycle.
I then started speaking with the neighbor and she thought she was helping the cats. She loves all the cats and named every single one of them. It was really a sad situation.
If you call in on him the city will come out get the cats and have them all put down, that is in most cases. Some may go up for adoption it all really depends on the load they all ready have in the pound.
Plus if you haul off all the males guess what, more are going to come in. What we started doing is slowly getting each female fixed. We would half the price with our neighbor and slowly but surely all the cats are fixed. The amount of cats have dropped to about 12.
You may feel this is a nuisance and inconvenience for yourself but the man doing this probably has no idea what he is causing and most likely thinks he is helping them.
I have had many many trips to the vet from stray kittens and have buried many many stray cats and know what you are going through.
Just calling in on him and having the cats hauled off is not going to solve your problem.
Good luck
, on July 7 2008 at 5:47pm:
That is so sad, I’m sorry to hear that you had to go through all of that, as well as those poor little angels. It’s nice to hear that there are other people that would react the same way I would, and spend the money necessary to help the kittens. This was very ironic for me to read, because this past weekend I lost a kitten that we were babysitting for my boyfriend’s brother. His boss gave it to him on Monday, which was one of 3 or 4 kittens he found in his front yard that were abandoned because their mother was hit by a car. It was probably about 4 weeks old. Anyway, his brother and family had a planned trip to Cedar Point this past weekend and I insisted they let me babysit the cutie. I went out and bought kitten food, bottle, formula and everything it needed and took THE BEST care of it that I possibly could, and talked to a vet at Pet Smart. We had him For 2 days, and he was finally starting to go to pee and poop in the litter box we made him on Friday night, he started eating a mixture of formula and dry kitten food (I made it in the food processor haha), and even started to groom himself. Saturday morning, my boyfriend knocks on my door in tears, holding the lifeless kitten. As if that wasn’t devastating enough, we had the responsibility to let his brother and girlfriend know the terrible news. Blah, I’m still distraught and knowing me and my passion for animals, I’m going to continue to have several sleepless nights. Sorry this is so long, haha. Guess this was a terrible week for kittens. :bummed:
, on July 7 2008 at 11:43pm:
That is so sad! I can’t believe that people can’t see the pain that they are causing with actions like that.
, on July 7 2008 at 6:45am:
Oh my God, that is horrific! I don’t even like cats, especially not strays, but that made me tear up!
You have such a kind heart Jenn, a lot of people wouldn’t have bothered, especially if they thought they had to pay out for it.
Unfortunately, I too have a neighbor very similar to yours. They spoil all the neighbors HOUSE cats with chicken and food, will take them in their house in the day then chuck them out at night but because they keep feeding them, the cats keep going back and eventually end up becoming strays themselves because they stop going home and they won’t take them in “full time”. It saddens me so much.
I really hope you pay your neighbor a visit and put his irresponsible ass on blast! 
, on July 7 2008 at 11:24am:
That is horrific, I’m so glad that you tried to help the poor wee kittens even if you’re amazing actions didn’t save them.
, on July 7 2008 at 12:29pm:
I’d talk to him first… maybe he just wants to help stray cats that can’t find shelter anywhere else. He could possibly be unaware of the effect that leaving food out for cats has. His heart may be in the right place, he’s just going about it the wrong way.
Of course, I may be wrong. In which case, well.. you seem to know what to do.
, on July 7 2008 at 12:36pm:
:shock:
Poor little kittens. D:
I probably would haven’t thaught of taking them to a shelter to get help for them. Watching them die slowly would have been the worst.
Kind Kind Soul.
, on July 7 2008 at 1:38pm:
I have to agree with Jenny. The best way to help the cats is to have them fixed. Horrible situations like this won’t then happen. Here in the S.F. Bay Area we have a wonderful organization called Fix Our Ferals (http://fixourferals.org/). Volunteers trap wild cats/stray cats and volunteer vets spay/neuter them, all for free. Perhaps they have a chapter in your neighborhood or can help you find something similar?
, on July 7 2008 at 2:20pm:
You have a wonderful heart, and sense of duty and kindness. You should be proud of the mercy you have shown those animals when even nature would not. May karma lighten your days, you deserve it.
, on July 7 2008 at 4:49pm:
Oh my god. Poor kitties…
And yeah, I agree with you. You should let the authorities know about that fellow whose practically incubating those homeless strays.
, on July 7 2008 at 5:51pm:
I am not a cat person, but this is so sad…Those poor, defenseless kittens!!! It’s great to hear that you spent half of your night trying to save them. Sounds like you did the best thing by taking them to the vet…
, on July 7 2008 at 3:45pm:
On Sunday Morning (Saturday evening for you?) I was reading your tweets about what was happening, was going to @reply but I wasn’t sure what to say, it was so sad
I can’t believe that something like that could happen. Those poor kittens! People who don’t look after their animals annoy me. I don’t know how I would of coped if I had of been in your situation.
On a TV show I was just watching there was a man who lived in a really messy house (full of rubbish), and he had 62 cats. When the RSPCA intervened over 55 cats had to be put down because they were too ill, and they also found 2 dead cats under a table, I haven’t cried so much in so long :’(
, on July 7 2008 at 4:32pm:
omg thats so sad. To be eaten from the inside out comes with a lot of suffering. You will be rewarded for your kindness.
, on July 7 2008 at 7:00pm:
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Jenn – especially before you actually went to bed – while the emotions were still all fresh and raw. I lived next door to a stray cat feeder for three years and it was awful.
, on August 8 2008 at 12:23pm:
That is awful.
I feel so sad for them, they had so little life and none was probably good.
I wish they could’ve been saved but I guess nothing ever is as easy.
I hope your doing better.
x
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Wow Jenn. That is so sad. Things like that really upset me.