When I was working in Japan I adopted with 4 strays kitties, whom I later took back to Canada with me 🇨🇦 (currently being spoiled at my mom's place).
My classmate and I were riding into the town near our Guqin workshop when he spotted this kitten on the side of the road. They were right in front of the gates to a factory of some sort (but they were closed today since it's Labor day). We looked around for a mom but didn't find any sign of other cats .
My classmate said the cat of one of the shops near our workshop just had kittens, maybe it's theirs? (Where we found this kitten was only around a 2 min walk to the shop). So we head over to ask. The auntie who runs the shop said the kitten's not hers, but she knows where this kitten came from. They were tossed there by someone because the mom cat wouldn't feed them. The auntie actually tried to get her mom cat to feed this kitten but the mom kitty refused and was mean to them, so auntie didn't bring them home.
...I mean, healthy adult strays I'm ok leaving alone (otherwise I'd have 50 pets by now just on this one trip) but this small... 😭😭 I've brought them back to the Guqin workshop and I'm going to look after them, at the same time look for someone to adopt them nearby hopefully (or if anyone in Canada wants to adopt, I'll bring them back for you 😂)
I've already ordered a bed, toys, food, litter box/litter, and a cage. I can't risk them running around all over the workshop unsupervised with all the Guqin around (and all those tassels 🥴🥴), so during the day while we're working they'll have to stay in my room. After work I can let them out to play and I can keep an eye on them.
Honestly...I'd be lying to say I'm not a little bit happy to have a kitty around (even temporarily), but it's also a big responsibility having a life in my care, and most importantly I'm not in my own house, in a permanent residence. My own situation is very much, "We'll see how everything goes" right now.
So...anyone want a kitten? 😆