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Boots' Photo Slideshow

Little Boots (or Bootsie, as I called her) went to her forever home on January 9, 2008. She was adopted by Amy, a young lady who worked at Petsmart.

Boots came to me by way of my sister on 10/16/07 (thanks, Sis, just what I needed - another cat!). She saw a tiny kitten scurry across her driveway and into her neighbor's bushes. My sister grabbed a towel and was able to throw it over the kitten and stuff her into a pet taxi, then called me. When I arrived at my sister's house, I saw a very small and emaciated little black and white tuxedo kitten cowering in the pet taxi. She was about five weeks old and all skin and bones. My sister had already named the kitten - Boots - because of her little white booted paws. In addition to her little skinny body, Boots also had the beginnings of mange on her ears. I took her home with me, calling our rescue vet enroute for an appointment to get her checked out.

At the vet clinic, Boots weighed in at 1 pound, 1 ounce. She tested negative for Feline Leukemia / FIV, but she had mange, Coccidia, and ringworm. Over the next four weeks I used LymDyp on her to get rid of the mange. Boots had a heck of a time with her digestive system. She went through a couple weeks of severe diarrhea and had a hard time putting on any weight. On 11/24/07, she was about 10 weeks old but still weighed only 1 pound, 10 ounces. I finally got her diet stabilized enough that she started to finally put on some weight and become healthier.

After about a month in quarantine, caged in my garage, Boots showed no more signs of mange and I declared her healthy enough to bring inside. I started her off in her own cage inside the house but eventually put her together with Gabrielle, another kitten who had recently showed up in my foster home. Boots fit well into the cavalcade of house cats and was a very loving kitten. She would climb all over me in my recliner and loved to curl up on my chest and snooze when I reclined. Once she was over the digestive problems and her health improved, she became a very playful kitten. Boots also became good pals with Tapestry, one of the Tortie kittens and they loved to play and wrestle together (often on top of me in bed).

It's always a great feeling when one of your fosters goes to a good home. Amy sent some photos of Boots now settled into her forever home. Thanks, Amy! It looks like Boots is getting along just fine with her new doggie companion.