Meet Postal

Postal is the newest addition to our menagerie. In these photos, taken almost three weeks ago, I estimate her to be three and a half weeks old.


A woman that I don't know opened a box of parts at work that she received via UPS or the USPS or some similar delivery service. I don't know what kind of parts, the story just goes "She opened a box of parts..." Inside the box there were two kittens with their eyes still closed. The woman fed them kitten formula and cared for them.

Then the woman had a stroke and couldn't care for the kittens. The woman's daughter knows one of our kids, so that is how Postal came to live at our house ("Hey, Mom? Dad? Y'all want a kitten?").

We named her Postal in honor of her origins.


Newborn kittens are supposed to be kept warm, and they are supposed to eat every two hours. I have no idea how Postal and her sibling managed to survive being shipped in that box. She's turning into a gregarious and sturdy kitten.