Yunding Ranch

Chapter 37 Adopting a Pet
"Yeah", the store door was pushed open, Nancy raised her head and showed a bright smile, "Welcome." Then, she saw a big boy in gorgeous denim clothing, holding a bag with both hands carefully. A tabby cat, with stiff movements and anxious face, looks extremely jerky, and even its arms are at an awkward angle, as if it is not a tabby cat in its hand, but the Holy Grail, and it needs to worship, lest a little bit It's ridiculous that small actions will bring disaster.

"Pfft." Nancy couldn't help laughing, but she quickly put away her smile and corrected her attitude, "Excuse me, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Um, I don't know." Lu Li tried to explain the situation just now, "I just accidentally found him—or her. It seems that he doesn't even have the strength to walk. I don't know what's wrong."

Lu Li's words seemed a bit fragmented, obviously he didn't know how to deal with this situation.

Nancy comforted the big boy in front of her with a smile, "Don't worry, he seems to be fine, put it here first, and I'll do a simple inspection."

Lu Li nodded, and under Nancy's instructions, he placed the little cat on the white towel on the silver metal table next to him, "That's going to be troublesome." He took two steps back slowly, making room for Nan Akane works.

Nancy skillfully inspected the little cat, she probably knew what she was doing, and felt a little relieved, "It looks like he must be starving... By the way, it's him." Nancy smiled at Lu Li Said, confirming the sex of the little tabby cat, "I'll make some pet milk powder first, let him eat some, and then do further inspections."

"Okay, no problem." Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief, and his nervousness eased down.

Then he stood by and watched Nancy making the pet milk powder. He couldn't help showing a curious expression. Nancy seemed to sense Lu Li's doubts and explained, "Many people don't understand, so I give it to the newborn cubs. Feed milk, but in fact they cannot digest it, and it is easy to cause diarrhea. Therefore, in the case of insufficient breast milk, they also need to drink pet milk powder."

Lu Li suddenly realized, "I thought all cats ate mice."

"Hehe." Nancy was teased by Lu Li again, and she couldn't help pursing her mouth to avoid being too rude. This made Lu Li scratch his head. There was nothing he could do about pets. "Now the cat that catches mice is actually Not much, and unless you train him specifically, they're still used to cat food."

While talking, the little milk cat in front of me stood up unsteadily, lowered its head and buried it in the small dish in front of it, stuck out its pink tongue, and began to lick the milk powder inside. I can't help but feel hungry.Soon, Qianqian's little dish bottomed out, and the little milk cat raised its head, looked at Lu Li and Nancy for help, and "meowed", unexpectedly, it failed to stand firmly and fell down.

"Flop." Before Lu Li realized it, he laughed out loud, especially when he saw the little kitten's bewildered expression, looked around, and seemed to have no idea what was going on, so he laughed even more happily. .

Nancy took the small plate away, and said softly, "You haven't eaten for too long, you can't eat too much in one breath, rest for 10 minutes before eating." Nancy gently touched the little milk with her index finger The cat’s head, and then I saw the little milk cat showing an expression of enjoyment, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to be getting sleepy, “He should be born soon, he looks like he is two weeks old at most. If there is no mother cat to feed him, he may suffer.” But tonight." Nancy showed an unbearable expression, "Recently, the weather in Austin at night is really bad, and the temperature keeps dropping."

Lu Li couldn't help but put away his smile, recalling how the little cat was sluggish beside his tire just now, and his emotions slowly sank.

Standing by the side, Lu Li watched as Nancy gave the little kitty a comprehensive checkup, and then took a bath for him, bathed in the warm air of the hair dryer. The little kitten fell asleep standing up again, staggered and fell down. On the ground, it looks really funny, as if it can't wake up.However, when Nancy brought over a small dish of powdered milk, he woke up immediately and enjoyed his food.

Seems like a foodie.

"Sir..." After taking care of the little guy, Nancy began to ask about the details.

"Fourteen." Lu Li introduced himself.

Nancy was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she couldn't help but smile, Fourteen, this is really an interesting name, "Fourteen, what's wrong with his condition, he's just starving and freezing for several nights in a row , the body is not very good, but there is no major problem. You just need to pay attention to feeding. He is still young and needs to be fed five to six times a day on average. You can set a time, for example..."

"Wait, wait." Lu Li waved his hands again and again, facing Nancy's puzzled eyes, he explained, "I just rescued him casually, and didn't intend to raise him. What do you think should be done?" Lu Li turned his head and looked Seeing the little milk cat dozing off next to him, with his head bit by bit, he was so cute that he wanted to laugh, but he still forced himself to look away, "Can you keep him here?"

Lu Li noticed that there were all kinds of pets in the store, and he even saw a snake. Sure enough, there were all kinds of strange pets.

"Sorry, I'm an animal hospital here, and we can't take any animals here." Nancy showed a embarrassed expression, "If you don't want to adopt him, my suggestion is to send him to the stray animal rescue center, where they can provide effective care. help, and there are often people willing to come and adopt pets.”

Lu Li was a little dazed, he was too anxious just now, he only noticed the pets, and didn't realize that this was an animal hospital at all.

Nancy hesitated for a moment, and then suggested, "However, the resources of the stray animal rescue centers are very limited, and the help they can provide is also very limited. More importantly, there are not enough people who are willing to adopt pets, so every once in a while Over time, the capacity of the rescue center will exceed the standard, and they can only use strong measures to deal with it."

"Strong means?" Lu Li didn't understand.

"Euthanasia." Nancy said the answer that surprised Lu Li. He opened his mouth slightly, not knowing how to respond.

His eyes fell on the little cat again, and Lu Li struggled a little. He really isn't a pet owner. If it wasn't for Teddy, he would always walk around when he sees animals.If he were to take care of this little milk cat, he doubted that he might raise him to death.

Even though he couldn't bear it, Lu Li felt that there was still nothing he could do, so he frowned, "No way, my situation..." He didn't know how to continue.

Looking at Lu Li's troubled expression, Nancy nodded to express her understanding, and said with a comforting smile, "Don't blame yourself. It's already very rare that you are willing to send him here. Otherwise, as I said, he might I can't make it through tonight. Now, at least he is still healthy, maybe he will meet a suitable owner in the future?" Nancy works in a pet hospital, and has seen similar situations countless times, and the big boy in front of her has already done a good job. alright.

Lu Li nodded, "Then, I can, uh, leave him here temporarily, and then..."

"Of course, no problem." Nancy nodded, "I'll call the stray animal rescue center soon, and they will come and take him away."

He exhaled lightly, but Lu Li couldn't tell whether he had lifted a burden or put a stone on it.Shaking his head, Lu Li decided not to think any further, otherwise he would only get more and more entangled. He looked away and looked at Nancy, "Then I'll go first. Anyway, thank you." Lu Li realized, "Oh, yes, in terms of fees..."

"It's okay, I didn't use any medicine, it's just a little pet milk powder." Nancy waved her hands again and again, "You don't have to worry."

Lu Li nodded, and then took a step forward. Even he didn't realize that his steps became heavy. The kind of fetters that seemed to be there were so strange that he didn't even realize what it was like. , and then a low voice came from his ear, "Meow, meow..." It seemed to be calling him, and when he turned his head, Lu Li saw that the little kitten had woken up and was walking unsteadily. Take a step forward.

In the past, Lu Li heard from those who kept pets that they always felt that their pets were talking to him. He didn't scoff at it, but he firmly believed that it was all from the owner talking to himself.But now, seeing the little milk cat's movements, he could no longer move forward.

The little milk cat took another two steps forward and meowed in his direction, as if calling him to stay.

Lu Li felt that he must be crazy. Don't say that cats can't talk anymore. Even if they could, the two of them had only met for half an hour. How could this little milk cat be reluctant to part with him?How can it be!

After thinking about it, Lu Li decided to test it out. Instead of leaving the door, he took two steps horizontally. Then he saw the little kitten move and took another step towards Lu Li. "Meow." Lu Li looked Those big round eyes were expressing her reluctance pitifully, her footsteps were as heavy as a thousand jun, and she couldn't move at all.

"Yes, I'm crazy, that's for sure." Lu Li firmly believed in this.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Li returned to his car, looked at the cat cage on the passenger seat, and then looked back at the cat litter, pet milk powder, cat food and a pair of pet toys piled up on the back seat, and With the denim clothing under the quilt, he was even more sure that he must be mentally disturbed.

His eyes fell on the little milk cat in the cat cage. He seemed a little tired at this moment, and his eyelids started to fight again. The appearance of never waking up reminded Lu Li of Baba in "Captain America". base.Lu Li thought of another thing, a very important thing - didn't it mean that cats and dogs can't coexist peacefully?As long as cats and dogs meet, it is bound to be an earth-shaking battle. So, what about the three shepherd dogs in his family?
Now, I'm going to have a headache.

Lu Li felt more and more that he had made a wrong decision, but now he could only make a mistake, "Bucky! Bucky! You will be called Bucky from now on!"

Bucky raised his eyes, glanced at Lu Li, and then lazily lay down, lay down...

(End of this chapter)