Boring day

Had a boring day at work with hardly any customers that I ran the battery out on my cell phone from playing solitaire. And that is with 2 full movies and the last half hour of third movie. New gal at the car rental next door got scratched by her new kitten and wants to get rid of it. I said I could take it in. She is convinced this is a mean kitten because the mother was a stray and gave birth in a friend's garage or because it was taken away from its mother too soon. Whatever the reason, it tears things up, knocks things over, and attacks her daughter. Sounds like a normal kitten to me. My cats did the exact same things when they were kittens. Then she comments how does one discipline a kitten. I'm still working on that. I said that positive reinforcement works better than punishment. When they use to climb on my screens (well still they do but less often and they get down when I say "Down"), I would grab they off, set them down saying "Down", then while they are on whatever surface I pet them saying "Good boy" so they understand what I want. The kitten is 12 weeks old and they got it at 6 weeks so it has grown since then. I asked if she had taken it to the vet yet, they might be able to give advice. No. She asked how much do shots cost and what does it cost to spay it. The shots are going to cost her a lot and spaying even more. Well, she doesn't want to get rid of this kitten unless she can replace it with any free to a good home kitten. It is for her daughter. I suggested the animals shelters and she can't afford a $100. The spaying will cost more than that on this free kitten. Though the daughter is still iffy is she wants to get another kitten. Children change their minds 20 times a day. She agreed. I gave her my phone number and address if she decides to leave it with me. I got 2 big cats the girl kitten can play with.

When I left I talked to another gal at work that maybe I might get this kitten. I got an earful. She got the kitten because the daughter wanted one. Apparently the word "no" is not in her volcabulary. And she can not pay her rent every month so how is she going to pay for a cat. She agreed the kitten is normal. I said I've been scratched a gazillion times. Unless you get a fish or amphibian, you have to deal with sharp teeth and claws. Apparently she is hardly ever home and the girl goes off to her father's house once in a while so this hyper kitten is by itself all day with nobody to play with, of course it is jumping up on the owners wanting attention, scratching when ignored. She said to this gal that she is going to feel like shit if I take this kitten for her and it calms down. Plus I have two cats for this kitten to play with.