I'm a right grinch, I'm not fond of Christmas and get sick every Christmas so I like to joke that I'm allergic to Christmas. Christmas of 2013 I woke up with the fucking mother of all cold sores and instantly regretted ever waking up. I made myself carry on though because mum and Jacob came up for Christmas and I barely get to see them. Just before lunchtime mum asked me if I wanted to go to the old house to pick flowers (quick note, out old house got written off by an earthquake and is in an area that's basically abandoned) and I almost said no but then I decided it'd be good to get out of the house for a bit. We were driving super slow over a really bad bit of road when I saw 2 kittens playing and ordered mum to stop the car so I could play with the kittens. It took some convincing but she finally stopped. As I was chasing the 2 tabby kittens, I realised exactly where we were. I turned to mum and said "Hang on, where could they have come from? Literally no one lives in this area anymore. Not an occupied house in a kilometre radius" mum looked puzzled. "I think someone has dumped them here" I said and then begged mum to let me catch them so we could make sure they were alright. Mum said yes and helped me round the 2 of them up. We got them home and into a carry cage. One had a completely tabby face and the other has a white triangle over her face. The completely tabby one had quite a large lump on her stomach. Both kittens female. One of mum's best friends is a vet nurse so we gave her a call and she said that it's not an uncommon story really. Lots of kittens get abandoned at Christmas, people can't afford to accommodate them while they go away, can't afford the financial strain animals have, especially female kittens since they need to get fixed or they'll reproduce. The added problem of the growth (which turned out to be an umbilical hernia) it's pretty obvious someone didn't care to take care of these babies. Quickly I grew quite attached to the wee babies and named them Twinkie (full face tabby) and Cadillac (White triangle face, Cadi for short).
I live with my grandparents and they didn't like them all that much and mum already had 2 cats, a dog and 2 turtles, plus lives 2.5 hours away so nana started going on about as soon as the SPCA is open we're handing them over. This broke my heart. Mum rang dad since he had to work Christmas and told him about our find, dad had always said 'no more pets' but with out even being asked he said 'bring one home' and mum said 'but they're a pair, you can't split them up' and without any debate dad said bring them both. I was so relieved I didn't have to give them over to strangers, in the few hours we had them, I'd fallen so in love with them. They went home the next day after an emotional farewell. Mum took them to the vet for a check up and was told we had 2 8 week old kittens, definitely sisters and asides the hernia in Twinkie, they were in perfect health. She also said they're very lucky, because of the volume of pets dumped on the SPCA, Twinkie would have been put down because of the hernia, not fixed up and Cadi would have been an only child, they're definitely 2 babies who've survived together and need to stay together. Yesterday, at 4 months of age, they both got fixed and Twinkie's hernia removed (Supposed to have waited to 6 months but the hernia was becoming life threatening) and they're going to be able to grow into such beautiful adults. 2012, I gave and received the best present ever, I gave 2 babies life and a loving home and I received the love of 2 gorgeous kittens. No amount of money can buy a present like that. I didn't need anything more than that.
To whoever abandoned these babies, shame on you, but I'm so glad you did it. If you hadn't dumped those two perfect wee bundles of joy, I would have had the worst Christmas to date and have no reason to smile. I haven't seen my babies in over a month since they're with my parents, but I think about them everyday and I miss them everyday. I love them as much as you can possibly love something. They've got the best life they could ever wish for now.
Less than an hour after we found them.
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