# I found a kitty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582 "2007-08-06T04:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/1 "2007-08-06T04:47:07Z")
We’ve seen a little grey kitten meandering around the past couple of days. Thought little of it, until one of the neighbors came knocking on the door asking if it was ours. Long story short, we have a new cat - [cite 1](http://picasaweb.google.com/wyzardd/Pets/photo#5095439409876531666), [two](http://picasaweb.google.com/wyzardd/Pets/photo#5095439418466466274) and [III](http://picasaweb.google.com/wyzardd/Pets/photo#5095439418466466290). Poor thing was hungry and thirsty, skinny but not scary-skinny, and she’s box trained. We’ll post some signs and get her to the vet, but the neighbors are of the opinion that she was dumped (why they asked me about her, I don’t know) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/2 "2007-08-06T04:59:22Z")
Lil baby kitten hmmm? Looks like a grown up kittycat from here. Good luck placing her…or maybe she’s found her place…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/3 "2007-08-06T05:01:42Z")
She’s sitting on a 8 year old lap. Yeah, she’s not a baby but she’s young - 4-6 months, maybe? Doesn’t look old enough for a zipper-installation. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/4 "2007-08-06T05:19:51Z")
You has cat, not kitteh. Guard your cheezburgers carefully. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/5 "2007-08-06T05:57:51Z")
Is so cute! Congratulations. I adopted a a little dumped kitteh exactly 2 months ago today. He’s gone from being a timid shy little cat to an incredibly affectionate white-hot ball of snarlilng feline terror. He’s lovely and cuddly and so well behaved. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/6 "2007-08-06T08:59:24Z")
Awww, she’s pretty! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/7 "2007-08-06T12:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] …white-hot ball of snarlilng feline terror. [/QUOTE] _Amazing Stories_? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/8 "2007-08-06T12:40:55Z")
She’s cute - looks like she landed on all four paws! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/9 "2007-08-06T14:25:20Z")
I expected her to spend the night hiding in a box or under the bed or something, instead I spent most of 6 hours unable to move because she was curled up behind my knee (“knee pit”, as the oldest boy once called it), and the rest of the time fighting off unprotected attacks on my facial hair. Suddenly remembering that I’m a terrible judge of age, a trip to the vet is of high importance - I don’t want her going into heat, and she’s a little scraped up from her time in the uncharted wilds of Arvada. Our Eskimo is fascinated and hasn’t even tried to eat her (might have learned a lesson from the hedgehog, but I doubt it), possibly misses the older dog that we had to put down a week or so ago (lymphoma) and wants a new pet. Our other cat is none too happy with this development. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/10 "2007-08-06T14:41:47Z")
She is a beauty - and a lucky girl! Congratulations! Thank you for taking her in - now get her to the vet. She needs to be spayed; there is a possibility she could already be pregnant. The vet will decide if she is strong enough for the surgery or if she needs to be fed up a bit. Again - thank you for taking her in. You get karma points! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/11 "2007-08-06T16:07:38Z")
Congratulations and good on you! She is really beautiful! We, too, have our hands full with [new kitties](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=431456), though we haven’t been able to catch mamma kitty yet. We actually can’t keep any of them, so we’re still looking for good homes if anyone’s interested. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/12 "2007-08-06T19:43:25Z")
Not sure you can tell by the pictures, but her right ear has funny a little kink in it near the tip. The kids that found her have been calling her “Dew”, and having been reminded of the wonderful Seger album “Live Bullet” by **Frank** ’s _Get Out of Denver_ thread, we’re considering calling her “Mandu” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/13 "2007-08-07T01:10:43Z")
You did not find a cat. It found you. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/14 "2007-08-07T01:30:34Z")
As was foretold by prophesy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/15 "2007-08-07T03:21:03Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] Guard your cheezburgers carefully. [/QUOTE] Unless it’s the dreaded hamwort. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/16 "2007-08-07T03:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Unless it’s the dreaded hamwort. [/QUOTE] [??](http://icanhascheezburger.com/?s=chamber+of+sekrets) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/17 "2007-08-07T03:35:08Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] [??](http://icanhascheezburger.com/?s=chamber+of+sekrets) [/QUOTE] B. Kliban cartoon, from _Cat_ I believe. ---
**Author:** ![TupeloHoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@TupeloHoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TupeloHoney)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/18 "2007-08-07T14:33:15Z")
Very exciting and very cute kitty! I also adopted a kitten a little over a year ago. She was so little and cute and was instantly part of the family! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/19 "2007-08-07T15:14:32Z")
Awww, cute kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582/20 "2007-08-07T16:49:53Z")
I have to get her to stand still for 1/100th of a second so I can get a decent picture of her. All those I have make her look months older than she does IRL. Part of it could be because she’s soooo skinny. I don’t like baby things to be skinny, it offends us. Our youngest son is absolutely in love with this cat. I’m afraid that if someone comes around looking for their lost kitty, we’ll have to kill them. Sad, but that’s just the way it’s gotta be… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-kitty/414582.md?page=2)