Shiver is no more...

Abbi and Shiver enjoying the paper together

This morning, after Fajr, Shivers died. He seemed lethargic and ate less the last two days, this morning he stay lying down at Fajr still moving, but sometime later he was still lying down and stiff. QBAP is distraught and IBAP shed tears too. All are sad and miss his warm furry feel and soft sweet meows.

Having the little furry guy with us was a learning experience for us all. It encourage the children to show responsibility; though QBAP (our Abu Hurairah) was its care taker, the kids all helped clearing his box, the felt compassion and tried to be gentle. We researched kitten care and located vets in the city, did kitty care shopping too.

Picture taken by SBAP (3yrs old)

HBAP (6yrs) had managed to overcome her fear of kittens recently and had begun stroking it too. His death was a new experience for her, she wondered why taking him to a doctor would not make him okay now. So we discussed how Allah SWT has created us all and everything has a life and a time for life to end, when the time comes we die, and mentioned a little about our Soul too. We also received the news of the death of a friend's relative and we spoke of Namaz -e-Janaza and HBAP  wondered why we are not making namaaz-e-janaza for the kitten and so more discussions took place.

We realize this little kitty needed his mother and was too small to survive without her, but we are glad Allah SWT gave us the opportunity to have him with us and learn so much through him.

NEWSFLASH: Orphan Kitty Finds Home At Pirani Residence

 

As Umm Uzair and her family will be spending the next few months outside the country, they have to relinquish their roles as foster family to little Shiver. They offered QBAP the little guy and after much consideration (and online research on kittens) the Piranis have accepted this little kitty into their home (Wednesday, 15 June'11).

Indoor Box

Alhumdulillah the first night went well, we have given him another shoe box to use indoors while his old carton bed stays in the balcony. Though tiny he is active and seems keen to explore his new home, although he is nervous around ZBAP (18 months old, has no inhibitions about grabbing him) he seems comfortable around everyone else. HBAP (now 6 years old) is scared of cats and watches him from afar, sitting on a bed or chair with her feet tucked under her.

QBAP feeding Kitty with syringe

Shiver still needs to fed from a dropper/ syringe. We took him to a vet who gave him a look over and gave us some tips (feed it cerelac, egg white etc) and a list of vitamins to help him get stronger. Alhumdulillah nobody seems to have any allergic reaction to the kitty and the kitty seems to be getting used to us too.

Today he seemed keen to cuddle into dark places......he wanted to go potty! Now that we have seen the signs we hope to be able potty train him soon Insha'Allah.



QBAP and Shiver