I Found a Kitten o_o;

I was out with my family in Cerritos for my brother and my dad's birthday, when my aunt was driving us (meaning the Brother Two, two cousins, and myself) back to her place which is inside of a gated community. All of a sudden, she stopped the car and started to panic about something. I looked up and noticed that a small gray and white kitten had darted in front of the car and onto a concrete island with two trees and some grass. My aunt kept panicking about the kitten so I hopped out of the car and chased after it, eventually cornering it against a stone wall and caught it with my jacket.

By the time I had it wrapped up in my jacket, my cousins and my brother had gotten out of the car and walked the rest of the way. We ended up taking it with us because my cousins have a dog that doesn't like other animals. Tomorrow... well... I guess I'm taking it over to the vet Anne recommended to me and checking if it's been microchipped. It seems to be a stray to me though, probably feral since it doesn't seem to like people and kept hissing at all of us if we tried to get close to it. But it didn't struggle once I picked it up and it even purred when my brother and I were holding it, all wrapped up in a towel. My family seems to want to keep it... well except for my mom. Dad seems more amused than anything and he likes the fact that cats don't need as much care as a dog. The Brother Two is pretty much in love with it and he's been calling it Simba and then Aslan. XD As for me... I really want it... but I'm the allergic one. I know that quite a few people with allergies still keep cats... maybe I could be one of them. At the very least, I'll talk to that vet tomorrow and see what the next step is. If I can't keep it... is anyone interested in it?

Also, any kitten tips are reeeaaally helpful. I've never had a cat before although most of my friends have cats. I know enough not to give them cow's milk (which my family kept wanting to do and I had to keep stopping them) and so far, the kitten's been supplied with some water and canned salmon, but any other tips would be great!

( You guys probably want to see some pictures, right? )

Atomic Kitty

Just got back from the vet and Petco. Kitten is a boy, he's five weeks old, and once you start playing with him and petting him, he's a lover. He does hiss if you try to go near him the first round but aside from that, petting and stroking and loving, oh yeah, he's so up for it. Right now, we have him in the bathroom because Mom's doing laundry, but after that, he'll be moved to the laundry room/kitchen area.

Dad got to name him, he's really getting into this 'having a cat' thing. He even made me promise to call him as soon as I found out the gender, so I did. Cat's now named Atom after Astro boy. XD Dad's reasoning is that his ears make him look like Atom's hair style.

So far, everything's good. Atom's too young to get vaccinated and after combing him, he's cleaner and fluffier. He LOVES being combed! So far, everything seems good so I'm glad. I do have to go back to the vet with a stool sample but I'm going to do that after I eat.

The vet told me I shouldn't wash him yet because we don't want to change his body temperature, but he has some stuff clumped up in his hind legs that I can't really clean off. I did use some wipes on him and tried going through it with a comb but it doesn't seem to be working. He has a little diarrhea too, poor thing, but the vet said he should be all right.

Phew... busy~