So this is an experiment in whether a geek-turned-vet tech has the gumption and enthusiasm to do regular ongoing reports in her self-induced khaotic kitty kraziness. We shall all see how well it does (or doesn't as the case may be) work out.
Working in a veterinary hospital puts all employees at high risk of ANP (Acquiring New Pets) Syndrome, a well documented and highly contagious condition. ANP strikes employees of all genders, nationalities and political leanings, with little apparent regard for social status or economic stability. My own case of ANP Syndrome is among one of the most deadly strains yet discovered... I am addicted to bottle babies.
Bottle babies (otherwise known as catticus infinti or caninicai infinitum) are very young puppies and kittens often no more than a day or two old that have been brought into the hospital by a variety of people who have acquired them and cannot or do not wish to care for them and are seeking others to do so. And I, the bleeding heart that I am, cannot bear to turn them away.
Kittens tend to outnumber puppies by a significant margin, but many of the bottle babies that are brought to us have been found after their mother has abandoned them, or has suffered medical complications that she did not survive. Feral dogs, not being nearly so abundant in the urban setting as feral cats, don't tend to produce so many offspring that can be casually picked up by a local Good Samaritans.
I currently have in my care two bottle baby kittens who are just three weeks
old, a black female and an orange male. They are the two survivors of a litter of four who were brought into the hospital at a day old by a fellow who had found them in a bag that had been thrown out of a car in a mall parking lot. Since his dog had previously been cared for by our hospital, he brought them to us to receive care, and then they followed me home.
Working in a veterinary hospital puts all employees at high risk of ANP (Acquiring New Pets) Syndrome, a well documented and highly contagious condition. ANP strikes employees of all genders, nationalities and political leanings, with little apparent regard for social status or economic stability. My own case of ANP Syndrome is among one of the most deadly strains yet discovered... I am addicted to bottle babies.
Bottle babies (otherwise known as catticus infinti or caninicai infinitum) are very young puppies and kittens often no more than a day or two old that have been brought into the hospital by a variety of people who have acquired them and cannot or do not wish to care for them and are seeking others to do so. And I, the bleeding heart that I am, cannot bear to turn them away. Kittens tend to outnumber puppies by a significant margin, but many of the bottle babies that are brought to us have been found after their mother has abandoned them, or has suffered medical complications that she did not survive. Feral dogs, not being nearly so abundant in the urban setting as feral cats, don't tend to produce so many offspring that can be casually picked up by a local Good Samaritans.
I currently have in my care two bottle baby kittens who are just three weeks
old, a black female and an orange male. They are the two survivors of a litter of four who were brought into the hospital at a day old by a fellow who had found them in a bag that had been thrown out of a car in a mall parking lot. Since his dog had previously been cared for by our hospital, he brought them to us to receive care, and then they followed me home. 
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