Yesterday, on my way home, I found a dead cat near the middle of the road (I assume it wasn't very long before I found her, since the blood still looks bright red). I came back to move her and try to find and put her to a better resting place. I put her in a hole near a tree nearby and covered her with dirt, sand, and a lot of leaves I can gather from around it. I feel like I should have dug a deeper hole, but I don't think I can do it without any tools. And it was on an area where the grass, bushes, and trees are somewhat maintained. So I was hoping the one who maintain that area notices the little mound of dirt and leaves and gives her a better burial than what I did.
When I get home I feel sad, and somewhat annoyed, that no one before me did that first, and also for the one who hit her with their vehicle and either didn't notice it or be responsible enough to, at the very least, put her out of the middle of the road up to the sidewalk (it was quite gory imo). Since it was raining shortly after I arrived home, I thought napping would be nice so I don't think too much of the previous incident.
When I woke up, I feel a bit better, I just think something like "at least I was there to put her body to a better resting place" and try not to think of it any further. I decided to take a little walk around since the rain has started letting up. Shortly after, I found a kitten drenched in front of a house. The kitten is very small, I assume around 2 weeks old at most. Since I don't see any cats around, I just picked the kitten and took her back to my home. I put her in a cardboard box and dry her with tissues. After a while she just slept until the night. While she was sleeping, I bought a small package of wet food, which thankfully she ate. After wiping her a bit after she ate, and also played with her a little, she goes to sleep again, this time until today morning.
I never have any pets before, and honestly, picking her up feels more like a whim caused by the previous incident rather than actual willingness to care for her. Ever since I was a kid, caring for a pet just feels like a hassle to me. I don't hate animals, I sometimes play with cats or birds whenever they come near me (in my place, stray dogs are very rare), but I don't think I would like to take care of one either. Now I'm wondering if I should have left her alone, maybe her mom would come back and pick her up (though I've checked again today and I don't see any cats wondering that looks at least somewhat similar to her). I'm also not sure if I should just let her stay in my house, since it means I need to look after her, which also means I need to buy her food and other necessities which I'm not sure if I could afford considering my condition as a college student, though I still do consider to look after her as one option. Shelter is not an option since there aren't any in my city, though I'm not sure about the neighbouring ones.
I know next to nothing about cats, pets in general, costs of the necessities needed to care for a pet and such. If anyone have any advice on this situation of mine, please go ahead. Should I keep her for a while, or should I put her back where I found her? If I do keep her, is there a way to keep it low cost, just the important stuff?
Also, thanks for reading this. I haven't written this long in english for a long while, I hope I could get my story understandable.
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