MiniHoofBeats
Well-Known Member
I need everyones prayers and thoughts tonight please...there are three precious kittens barely hanging onto their lives here tonight...
the story...
I was out at the ranch to do my chores and work my horses, it was about 6:30pm and it has been nothing but raining all day today from the moment I woke up, through to now, and still it was raining...I walked past the hay pile to see a few bright kitten eyes peering down at me, I smiled, and then I saw them...three heavily soaked, cold, and very frigid bodies laying on one of the hay bales...they were hunched in a U position telling me that somehow momma seeked out each kitten and carried them back to safety. I feared it was too late, running up to the first lifeless, orange, body, I almost started to cry. I gave the body a little shove, oh my god...it was cold as ice...it couldn't be alive. I looked up at another lifeless body, white with grey points, and looked over to the third lifeless body, grey tabby with white paws...each one of these kittens I just saw the other day romping all over the hay pile, they had each successfully just found out how to climb out of the tall bucket we put them in so they wouldn't wander away from momma too early. Oh god this was sad...I picked up the orange tabby and rolled it over...what....!!! The mouth moved! No sound came out but a very cold, very painful movement of an arm followed!!! Oh my gosh this kitten was alive!!! I started rubbing it's body for friction and turned my attention on the grey tabby, I rolled it over...stiff as a board...but there again, the mouth opened!!! Oh my god they were both still alive!!! I quickly moved to the little white body, all three looked like they came from the bottom of a pond just soaked...I rolled the body over...yep, this one too was still alive, but all three could barely move a limb they were so frozen...so cold...I couldn't bare to think of the pain!!
I quickly ran inside to tell my step mom and dad who were happily watching American Idol and I asked them "do you know about the three kittens?"..."what three kittens?"..."The three kittens on the hay pile that are frozen, they're dying!"...."nope."....."Well come on we have to do something, do you have any towels? I need to get them warm, they still have a chance!!"...."Steff...it's a barn...kittens die..."....I couldn't believe my ears...I decided to grab a towel and run outside and I was going to put them in my car and blast the heat for however long it took! I ran outside and wrapped all three kittens in a towel, they were so stiff....so cold...oh my gosh I don't think they're going to make it...are they still alive? A mouth opens....yes! I started rubbing friction on all three kittens and haw-ing heat on them. A few minutes later, out comes my step mom and dad...they felt guilty after seeing me almost pouring tears over these half-dead kittens and decided to come help. We each took a kitten and wrapped it in a towel and headed for the water room...there was a heater fan in there and luckily, a hair dryer! I sat down with my kitten...the grey tabby...and we all worked for a good half hour drying the kittens and trying to get them warm. One by one they each started responding, but no open eyes, and no energy....very little hope...we brought them inside and placed them on a heating pad under some towels. I decided to bring them home.
So now they're sitting on a heating pad, I managed to get the little grey and white kitten to eat some food, that one has perked up the most! But all three are still so tired they couldn't stay awake if you tried to keep them awake. I am very concerned, the little orange tabby passed solid stool which was great, but then a half hour later it passed bloody stool...very bloody...I am scared they were so cold their insides may be screwed up...
Please everyone, send a prayer? I am so worried they may not make it overnight...
p.s. if they do make it, I would love to see these three kittens go to a loving home! I don't think I could handle seeing them back outside in the barn...we almost lost them once....
Thank you everyone.
the story...
I was out at the ranch to do my chores and work my horses, it was about 6:30pm and it has been nothing but raining all day today from the moment I woke up, through to now, and still it was raining...I walked past the hay pile to see a few bright kitten eyes peering down at me, I smiled, and then I saw them...three heavily soaked, cold, and very frigid bodies laying on one of the hay bales...they were hunched in a U position telling me that somehow momma seeked out each kitten and carried them back to safety. I feared it was too late, running up to the first lifeless, orange, body, I almost started to cry. I gave the body a little shove, oh my god...it was cold as ice...it couldn't be alive. I looked up at another lifeless body, white with grey points, and looked over to the third lifeless body, grey tabby with white paws...each one of these kittens I just saw the other day romping all over the hay pile, they had each successfully just found out how to climb out of the tall bucket we put them in so they wouldn't wander away from momma too early. Oh god this was sad...I picked up the orange tabby and rolled it over...what....!!! The mouth moved! No sound came out but a very cold, very painful movement of an arm followed!!! Oh my gosh this kitten was alive!!! I started rubbing it's body for friction and turned my attention on the grey tabby, I rolled it over...stiff as a board...but there again, the mouth opened!!! Oh my god they were both still alive!!! I quickly moved to the little white body, all three looked like they came from the bottom of a pond just soaked...I rolled the body over...yep, this one too was still alive, but all three could barely move a limb they were so frozen...so cold...I couldn't bare to think of the pain!!
I quickly ran inside to tell my step mom and dad who were happily watching American Idol and I asked them "do you know about the three kittens?"..."what three kittens?"..."The three kittens on the hay pile that are frozen, they're dying!"...."nope."....."Well come on we have to do something, do you have any towels? I need to get them warm, they still have a chance!!"...."Steff...it's a barn...kittens die..."....I couldn't believe my ears...I decided to grab a towel and run outside and I was going to put them in my car and blast the heat for however long it took! I ran outside and wrapped all three kittens in a towel, they were so stiff....so cold...oh my gosh I don't think they're going to make it...are they still alive? A mouth opens....yes! I started rubbing friction on all three kittens and haw-ing heat on them. A few minutes later, out comes my step mom and dad...they felt guilty after seeing me almost pouring tears over these half-dead kittens and decided to come help. We each took a kitten and wrapped it in a towel and headed for the water room...there was a heater fan in there and luckily, a hair dryer! I sat down with my kitten...the grey tabby...and we all worked for a good half hour drying the kittens and trying to get them warm. One by one they each started responding, but no open eyes, and no energy....very little hope...we brought them inside and placed them on a heating pad under some towels. I decided to bring them home.
So now they're sitting on a heating pad, I managed to get the little grey and white kitten to eat some food, that one has perked up the most! But all three are still so tired they couldn't stay awake if you tried to keep them awake. I am very concerned, the little orange tabby passed solid stool which was great, but then a half hour later it passed bloody stool...very bloody...I am scared they were so cold their insides may be screwed up...
Please everyone, send a prayer? I am so worried they may not make it overnight...
p.s. if they do make it, I would love to see these three kittens go to a loving home! I don't think I could handle seeing them back outside in the barn...we almost lost them once....
Thank you everyone.
