10/31/2020
Omg, look at the video I just found! I had forgotten I had this. All this time I thought I got him on Friday and had him over the weekend. Nope. This video was taken WEDNESDAY night, August 26th, 2020. It was filmed literally within 10 minutes of finally finding little Stewie outside and getting the neighbor to help me locate him and hand him to me over the fence. I brought him inside and he had all those little burrs all over in his fur as you can see in the video. They were stuck to his fur all over his tummy and it took me about half an hour to get them all off once I had time to. When she gave him to me across the fence, he literally stopped crying within moments of being put into my hand. I think he finally felt some warmth so he knew that he was safe and that somebody was going to take care of him. The video was created at 8:30ish pm. It was nearly dark and getting cold so I knew he would not have survived the night. I also quickly realized that I had less than 20 minutes to figure out that I had to get to the other side of town to a pet store before it closed to buy some kitten baby formula so that he would have something to eat overnight. All I knew was that I had to keep him warm and feed him every couple hours. I didn't have a heating pad or anything like that so I put a snug tank top on under my other clothes so he wouldn't fall out and put him right inside my shirt next to my skin to keep him somewhat warm. I then jumped in my car and we went straight to the pet store. We got there with just minutes to spare and got him some kitty formula and a bottle. I was overwhelmed with relief all the way home that I both made it on time to the pet store and that I now had what I needed to help him survive the night. I didn't know why or how he came to be abandoned in our backyard, but I didn't care. I knew he had been crying loudly and for long enough that if his mom cared, she would and could have been back to get him by then. To ignore this baby at nearly 9 pm at that temperature would certainly have killed him. It was just my instinct to do whatever I could and I'm so glad I did. He's such a sweetie! ๐ค๐ธ๐
