Kitty Update

As of today, no one has claimed the adorable little kitty that came wandering up near our house exactly two weeks ago. We decided that since the kids have been playing with her, we definitely needed to get her checked over at the vet, which we did this past Wednesday. She weighed in at only 1.2 pounds and was guessed to be only 5 weeks old! The vet tech fell in love with her and kept commenting how cute she was! Everything on exam looked great with her, but it was discovered that she has a few extra toes, which explains the wider than usual paws! Anyway, since everything checked out fine, we decided we'd keep her as an outside kitty, even though we were really worried about winter and what we'd do with her then since we have no place to keep her warm or safe. Around 6:30 Wed. night the phone rings and it's the vet tech calling me...telling me that she'd gladly take the kitty if we'd want her to have a home instead of having to be outside. Immediately I thought of Macey - how sad she'd be - but then I was also thinking of how much better it would be for the kitty to actually have a warm home in the winter and no worries of getting run over or eaten by another animal back here in the woods! Anyway, talked to Mike and we both decided it would be best to give the kitty away. So what a night it has been! I feel like the worst mother for doing this, seeing Macey's sad face and then her tears...and Lilly asking why "Star" was staying at the doctor :( We promised Macey that once our mean cat passes on, we will get a nice one, and also told her that possibly an older outside cat we could get - one that could take care of herself, unlike the kitten. Sure hope we made the right decision.