thetiniesttiger.com

Welcome to The Tiniest Tiger web-site.  I am so glad that you stopped by.  Years ago, I was fortunate enough to adopt an abandoned kitten from the local dog pound.  She was so tiny, she fit into the palm of my hand and was not yet weaned.  She looked almost exactly like my friend Ed's beloved cat Hazel.  We decided that we could not leave the kitten there, so I picked her up, nestled her beneath my winter coat and home she came. 

My first action was to get the kitten cleaned up.  She was filthy.  She even had mud impacted in her nose!  I gently washed the kitten in my bathroom sink.  I tried to get the mud out of her little nose but that mud was stubborn.  It took a little while for me to realize, that what remained was the stain on her pink nose.  Those little eyes were looking at me as though to say, I am so relieved that you brought me home from sleeping on the cold cement floor at the dog pound, but could you take it easy on my nose?   For fear that she would get too cold, I then got out my hair dryer, and with the diffuser on low, I dried her.  Her fur was so soft that she fluffed up like an Easter chick.

Next...what to feed her.  My friend Evelyn knew a lot more about cats than me.  I was fortunate to run into her at the Kroger store where we both used to work.  I told Evelyn my dilemma and she told me to feed the kitten baby oatmeal and goat's milk warmed up, several time a day.  Evelyn told me if I did this that the kitten would just thrive!  Armed with goat's milk, baby oatmeal and kitty litter, I was now ready to be a cat parent.

                                                                                                                         Photo by Patty Wycinski