Hoa Hānau Fran called just before lunch today. She had an emergency she needed help with. Turns out there was a kitten hiding in her garage & she needed help to catch it. Since I have caught a number of wild animals while volunteering with the Sarvey Wildlife Center, I knew what to do. I have also caught feral kittens before. It took us about 15 minutes to put up barriers (it is an open garage with no door) & clear out enough things from the corner it was hiding in, for us to be able to catch it. And it turns out this is not a feral kitten; after I slow blinked, it relaxed around me. I had a can of catfood in the car, it ate that so quickly! Fran will keep it until she has a chance to talk to the neighbors that might have the kitten's mom.
If Fran can't find its home by tomorrow, I will take it to my veterinarian to have it checked out & start its shots. After that, I will work on getting it better habituated to people so that it is more likely to be adopted by someone at a shelter. The danger is I will become habituated to it as well & end up with 5 cats! 🙄 On the plus side, 5 is a luckier number than 4 in both Japanese & Chinese culture...
This morning I saw 1 of the feral hens walking around Jessie's yard with a new batch of chicks. I think there are 4 of them. There are so many feral chickens in her yard now, I don't know if Jessie has named all of them. Hopefully, this mother hen will not bring them over to our yard; Moʻo is not gentle enough with them.
While checking out the new brood, I also looked at the ʻuala & shiso in the planter box. They are doing well.
One thing I have noticed on the blog stats is that sometimes it looks like the views have dropped significantly, like today, but when I check the next day I am surprised to see a high number again. I am thinking they count the views based on the date of the viewer rather than the location of the blogger. Just my guess, have not yet figured out where to find that type of information. Not sure about how the individual posts are being counted; some of those are really old. Are people really going back that much & reading those old posts?
The next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea continues to be expected between the 25th & 27th with the 26th being the most likely date.
Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Marnie!
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