Some of you know we lost 2 very old cats this year. We lost fat cat (24 years old) last spring & itchy (16 years old) this summer. We were down to just 1 & she is 16.
Well...last night we spotted a tiny kitten in the middle of no where, on the side of the road, hunched down. We thought it was dead but just as we passed it lifted it's head & meowed. We turned around real quick & went back for it. It did not move as I approached but as I reached my hand out it ran a few steps, I tried for at least 1/2 hour to coax it but it was always at am arms length. Finally it took off up & over the railroad tracks & into the woods
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We went on home. We were not home 30 minutes when I announced I was going back out to feed the kitten, it was already dark so we did not figure we would be able to locate the kitten but maybe food would keep it in the same spot till' we could go back out in the morning to look for it. Hubby & the kids went w/ me. The kitten had come back out of the woods & again was at the roads edge & meowed at our car and several others as they passed.
To make a long story short The kitten came straight to my husbands voice AFTER I had spent another 30 minutes coaxing it. When he snatched her up she tore the heck out of him w/ all 20 claws as well as pooping & peeing on him but by golly we got that kitten!
As soon as we got the kitten in my lap & in the car she began purring & trying to nurse on my arm. There was no mom or littermates in the area I am sure of that.
I think she must have been dumped. The way she sat on the side of the road was like she was waiting for her car to come back. A cat born in the wild would have been in a bush or off the road more. The closest house was about 1/2 mile, I don't think she could have wandered that far on her own. She is about 6-7 weeks old.
Hubby said we could only keep her untill the shelter opened Monday morning. He fell in love w/ her though. We all knew he would :wink: .
I will post a photo tomorrow.
Well...last night we spotted a tiny kitten in the middle of no where, on the side of the road, hunched down. We thought it was dead but just as we passed it lifted it's head & meowed. We turned around real quick & went back for it. It did not move as I approached but as I reached my hand out it ran a few steps, I tried for at least 1/2 hour to coax it but it was always at am arms length. Finally it took off up & over the railroad tracks & into the woods
. We went on home. We were not home 30 minutes when I announced I was going back out to feed the kitten, it was already dark so we did not figure we would be able to locate the kitten but maybe food would keep it in the same spot till' we could go back out in the morning to look for it. Hubby & the kids went w/ me. The kitten had come back out of the woods & again was at the roads edge & meowed at our car and several others as they passed.
To make a long story short The kitten came straight to my husbands voice AFTER I had spent another 30 minutes coaxing it. When he snatched her up she tore the heck out of him w/ all 20 claws as well as pooping & peeing on him but by golly we got that kitten!
As soon as we got the kitten in my lap & in the car she began purring & trying to nurse on my arm. There was no mom or littermates in the area I am sure of that.
I think she must have been dumped. The way she sat on the side of the road was like she was waiting for her car to come back. A cat born in the wild would have been in a bush or off the road more. The closest house was about 1/2 mile, I don't think she could have wandered that far on her own. She is about 6-7 weeks old.
Hubby said we could only keep her untill the shelter opened Monday morning. He fell in love w/ her though. We all knew he would :wink: .
I will post a photo tomorrow.
