Step 4: Save Baby Kittens!

Here's one I bet you weren't expecting. It's always good to do a good deed, especially when it involves animals (and especially when it involves BABY animals).

This is Snow White with two of her own babies and five of Tiger Mama's babies (her picture's down below). These guys as well as another orphan litter of five were in a little bit of a pickle, so my sister and I swooped in to help them. They're all pretty sick (an upper respiratory infection, AKA a kitty cold), so when the animal shelter near my sisters house insinuated that they'd be put down, we took them all to a cheap clinic where the vet was nice enough to only charge us $65 for the visit, and two different types of antibiotics (trust me, $65 might sound like a lot, especially to a kid straight out of college, but I've paid $65 for a single pet's visit to a clinic, and that wasn't even including the treatment that they needed).

My sister took the five orphan kittens (who are a little bit older than the ones in these pictures so they should be fine without a mama) and I took these two litters (and they chose to be in the same crate - originally we had them separated, but when we shut them in our garage and left the crate doors open Snow White hopped over to Tiger Mom's bigger crate, so we moved her babies with her). We're going to get them healthier and then try to find a shelter or loving families that will take them.

Moral of the story, even if you're a poor broke former-college student, you can still afford to save lives. I'm going to give away the state I live in by saying this, but Indy Feral is a great place to start looking for help if you live in the Indianapolis area, though they primarily catch feral cats, spay/neuter them, and then release them back into the wild. There are also all kinds of cheap spay/neuter clinics (FACE clinic charges only $20 to spay/neuter), and sometimes these clinics also have cheap vaccines and other medicines. And of course there's your local animal shelter. Even if these places can't help you with your specific problem, they can point you to someone who can (and they can also point you to various vouchers and discount coupons).

So, my question to you: What are some good places that help animals in the area where you live? Obviously, no exact address for your place (you guys will never know exactly where in Indy I live), but if you know of an awesome place that takes in hurt animals, gives out vouchers, finds animals homes, ect, I'm sure there are people all over the country who would be interested.
And my challenge to you: Do something nice for your local shelter. Donate money or items, volunteer your time, or even adopt a pet if you're looking for a new friend. :3

P.S. If you're in the Indy area and you're looking for a kitten, I've got plenty!

>>Note: I will be starting up a new page on my blog about life after college and the animal world (animal lover here, if you guys couldn't guess). It'll have stories of domestic, socialized, and probably even some wild animals that I come into contact with now that I'm done with college, so keep an eye out for the new page!