New Kitten in the HOUSE

On Wednesday night, Timmy took the dogs out for their nightly bathroom break. He came back in and said "Come out here. I hear a kitten." So we went out on the front porch and heard "meow meow meow meow meow." Timmy walked down to the road saying "here kitty kitty kitty" and the little thing ran right up to him. We brought it inside and took a look at it. It's a little boy cat, mostly black with white socks and a white belly. I'm guessing he's around 8 weeks old because he's so little. He's obviously used to people because of the way he came right up to Tim. And why was he out by himself at 10:30 at night?

So we decided to keep him in the house overnight til we could figure out what to do with him. We made him a little home in the bathroom. He has his own food dish and litter box and a couple of cat toys. The dogs were very interested in him at first but the kitten is completely unafraid of them.

It's been a few days since we've had the kitten in the house. None of the neighbors has put up a Missing Kitten sign and we haven't seen them out looking for any lost pets. I asked the people next door if they were missing a kitten and they said no. Honestly I'm reluctant to ask anyone else if this is their kitten. Why was it outside at night where it could walk into the street? Maybe they shouldn't have this kitten back? I figured we would find a good home for it. But Timmy's been saying things like "Three cats really isn't much more trouble than two cats." I think he wants to keep it.

We've started calling it Nathan. Nathan Scott Phillips. That's from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode when Meatwad wants a bunny rabbit for his birthday but Master Shake gives him a giant snake instead. Meatwad says "That ain't no damn bunny rabbit" then "I was gonna name him Nathan. Nathan Scott Phillips." I don't know....