#straykitten

Day Four - Cave / Warning Sign / Stray

If it weren't for the fact I aimed to do all three of these prompts, I would've chosen some different ideas. However the option of helping to retrieve a stray kitten from a cave was the one to go for (adding the warning sign was also incredibly obvious).

The sign is based off a real one I saw online when I was looking up "cave warning sign"s. A grim reaper with such strong deterring words of warning was certainly what I wasn't expecting, but it was perfect. I was only surprised there weren't many others... I tried to give the background a brush of darker blotches like the cartoon has and, well, I hope you can tell there's a cat in there, haha.

Why are they saving the cat for Harold? I dunno, Harold liked Thurston. I figured he found this stray cat in the cave and asked Arnold for help. With Helga as the voice of reason and Arnold as the good-natured heart, the two would brave the cave and get the cat back. Maybe it really was a stray this time and, with proper care and paperwork, it could finally be Harold's Cupcake. (Harold DID take care of Thurston surprisingly well...)

There is a little kitten that keeps turning up to my work at about 12am, and has also been there at 3am, it’s obviously too young and tiny to be outside and it is so so cute. I have given it a few cat treats and it’s super shy.

There is another tom cat that comes regularly called Rupert and they get on well enough but Rupert tends to get territorial with the kitten.

Stray kitten I found a week ago on my porch. Survived my dog attacking him, which I’m surprised because it’s the first time in my dog’s life she’s ever attacked anything without provocation.

Anyways, his name is Flint and I just took him to the vet. Vet says he may have been caught in a radiator fan of a car.

After 3 different parasite medicines (ear mites, fleas, and worms), the doc says the kitten will be just fine in a few weeks.

It was kind of expensive. I’m happy it will live though, even if I can’t bring it inside and keep it.