My family started raising cats in 2010. Although I also raised cats when I was a child, after I got married, especially after I had children, I never thought about raising dogs or cats, because work, life, and raising children have made me exhausted, and I have no energy to think about many other things. The thought of raising small animals has never occurred to me.

On June 1st, 2010, my son, who was in fifth grade, came home from school with a small box in his arms. He told me anxiously that he saw three kittens in this abandoned box on the way to school. They were so pitiful that they were taken home. At that time, I was very scared when I looked at the three palm-sized little things. They were probably only 3 or 5 days old. Their fur was still wet and they were shivering. Their eyes didn’t open. They didn’t look like cats but more like babies. mouse.

Although I knew that raising such a kitten would take a lot of energy and might not survive, but looking at my son’s begging eyes, I still agreed to accept it. I fed the three kittens with rice soup and milk through a syringe, and even brought them to the work every day for timely feeding. In this way, the kittens grew up healthily, 2 females and 1 male. Although they were native cats, they were all beautiful.

Only friends who have raised kittens can understand the hardships of raising kittens. Kittens need to drink milk every 2 to 3 hours, and after eating, the kittens need to urinate and defecate. The kitten's anal function has not yet developed well, so we have to wipe the cat's asshole with a wet cotton swab on behalf of the mother cat to stimulate defecation. As long as we are at home, my son does these things with me. He lamented that being a "cat mother" is really hard. I don’t know if he is thinking in his mind at this moment: "My mother must have had a hard time raising me."

Not long after I adopted three kittens, I saw an abandoned 3 or 4-month-old black cat in the fruit shop at the entrance of the community. Its tail was dyed red. It was very close to me. I carried the fruit. It followed me all the way, so I took it home. This is a very loyal male cat. Ever since he came, he has taken on the task of licking the kitten’s bottom. We didn’t have to do the work of wiping the kitten’s vagina every day. I still miss and appreciate it to this day. My little black. Xiao Hei was kind-hearted and devoted to the kittens. He would give delicious food to his younger brothers and sisters, play with them, but never bully them. As an only child, Xiao Hei saw all these things, and the cat moved him. , and has been educating him.

The new little black one had a red tail... Later, my son's classmates liked and envied the cat, so I agreed to adopt them. Little Gray and the buffalo were taken away, leaving only Little White and Little Black.

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Xiaohei

Xiaohei eats sweet-scented osmanthus

Comfortable to sleep

adopted buffalo

ecstatic sleeping position

When Hei and Xiaobai were separated for 8 months, I had them sterilized, but even so, I still couldn't avoid the tragedy. I have been very sad about this, but there is nothing I can do. I can only advise cat friends that it is best not to take cats to places they are unfamiliar with.

Last summer, I went back to my hometown and took Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai with me. Xiao Hei ran away on the first night and was never found again. Xiao Hei was just going out to play on his mischievous nature. Because it was a strange place, he might not be able to find his way home. For this reason, Xiaobai has been depressed. At first, she cried every night. Later, she stopped thinking about food and drink. Later, she often ran out secretly. Although I didn't want her to go out, I felt sorry for her so I indulged her. During this period, my son accompanied me to look for the cat, and we shed tears together, watching Xiaobai so sad and helpless

In order to find a companion for Xiaobai, I adopted a docile Jinjila female cat, also known as Lala.

Lala

Lala may have been a bit unqualified, so she was abandoned and had a poor life experience. When I adopted him, he was not sterilized. Due to malnutrition, he was very thin and had severe hair loss. When he got home, he discovered that he had prolapsed anus. After surgery, the prolapse was cured, but the doctor recommended that he not be sterilized for the time being. Later, she went into heat and screamed miserably, so I adopted another Jinjila male cat. He was very beautiful and also very well-behaved, which is now Mo Mo. I named him Mo Mo because his thick white fur has dots of splashes of ink on it, which is very beautiful, and because he kept silent and looked at me when I brought him back from his original home, so I named him Mo Mo.

Beautiful Mo Mo

After Momo and Lala arrived, the house became obviously lively, but Xiaobai was not close to them. He was only close to his son, and his son also liked Xiaobai the most. Leave delicious food to Xiaobai and secretly feed it to Momo and Lala when they are not paying attention.

During the summer vacation, my son went to the Children's Palace to take a calligraphy class. Because it was very hot at noon and there was no bus directly to the house, I agreed that he should take a taxi back and reimburse him for the one-way fare. When he came back, he was sweating profusely. He said he had taken a bus ride and then walked back. He had a pack of Xiaobai's favorite cat snacks in his hand and greeted his Xiaobai excitedly. I just found out that he saved the money for a taxi and bought Xiaobai a pack of snacks. At that moment my eyes became wet.

How could I complain anymore about the hassle of having a cat? The wealth they have given me and my son will last a lifetime.

Later, Momo and Lala got married and had a baby. They had a group of cute babies, but Xiaobai was still alone.

In the past two years or so, I have helped netizens raise kittens, temporarily fostered cats and dogs for netizens, and once raised a mini VIP (Bing Pin), which was accidentally taken away.