BONKY'S STORY:
On 10June2011, we went to a shelter in Blountville, Tennesse, we were going to get my early birthday present, which was going to be a kitty. We had been on youtube and fell in love with this tiny kitten named Bonky, as we were watching the videos we came to the one where Bonky had passed away. We decided to name her Bonky because we wanted to honor the kitten that passed away, from
the youtube videos. We drove to the shelter and were so excited when we got there, that we could hardly wait to get inside and start our search for the perfect kitten. We walked down the hallway past all of the dogs and into the cat room, we immediately started looking around and that is how we found the Momma and her two kittens. A shelter worker got the kittens out and we decided on the one that was more active and looked like a baby tiger, with her stripes. The shelter told us she was 8 weeks old and we were ecastic because that was the age we were looking for, we went up front filled out all the paperwork and paid her adoption fee. We took her to the car, where our 4 1/2 year old Beagle/Lab dog. Prince Andrew Wigglebottoms, was waiting to greet his new sister. Once at the vet, I, Lindsey, filled out the paperwork while Prince was held by Robert and Bonky was in the kennel on the floor. Shortly after all the paperwork was filled out we got called to the back. Sutherland and I went to the back with Bonky, while Robert stayed out front with Prince. The vet tech asked us all the important questions and we let her know that we had just gotten her and that we were here for her shots. The vet tech took Bonky and weighed her and came back and told us that she only weighed 11 ounces, shortly after that the vet came in and started looking at her and that was when we were informed that she was AT THE MOST 4 weeks old. Needless to say we were upset because we were lied to and our biggest concern was her eating and drinking. The vet said as long as she ate and drank she would be fine, so we went home and got her bowls set up. Bonky decided she wasnt hungry so we didn't force her, but after and hour or so we tried getting her to eat and she wouldn't, so I called the vet and they told me to supplement her with the milk replacement product, so Sutherland and I rushed to Wal-Mart and got the stuff we would need. When we got home we took a syrnge and fed her that way. Sutherland and I spent the next 2 days hand feeding this tiny kitten that fit in the palm of our hands. On 12June2011, I woke up that morning to find Bonky curled up at my feet, she had passed away sometime during the night after her last feeding at 6 A.M. She was curled up in a ball, as if she was a sleeping angel. I woke Sutherland up with tears streaming down face and told her Bonky had passed away. From that day on both of us decided that we wouldn't let her memory die in vain, we both decided that it was time to start our own rescue, thus Bonky's Friends is in the process of being founded.
