Abandoned kitten on the road
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Driving back to work along country roads and out of the corner of my eye I spotted markings on a small animal that were obviously not on a wild animal. So I turned around, stopped and saw it was a tiny kitten just sitting a foot or so into the road. Quite a few other cars had slowed down, but just took a wide berth and drove off! Unfortunately my frantic flashing didn't slow a coach driver down and he came thundering past.
Fearing the worst I put my hazards on and found the kitten in a load of stinging nettles... It was shaking and wet, smelling quite strongly of fuel. I couldn't leave it and a local chap who came out to see what the fuss was confirmed no-one local owns cats. I couldn't hear or see the mother so I made the decision to take it. Poor thing meowed pitiously but then kind of curled up in my hands and started purring!
Luckily I live close to a vets so put him / her in a shoe box and drove over. They agreed to take it in to give it a once over but the chances of pulling through are 50 / 50
I couldn't stay as its not the greatest excuse for being late back to work!
So that's where we stand - no idea if I have to pay for the vet or if he / she is going to be ok. I hope so, because even though I'm not a 'cat' person I really fell for the fella.
Fearing the worst I put my hazards on and found the kitten in a load of stinging nettles... It was shaking and wet, smelling quite strongly of fuel. I couldn't leave it and a local chap who came out to see what the fuss was confirmed no-one local owns cats. I couldn't hear or see the mother so I made the decision to take it. Poor thing meowed pitiously but then kind of curled up in my hands and started purring!
Luckily I live close to a vets so put him / her in a shoe box and drove over. They agreed to take it in to give it a once over but the chances of pulling through are 50 / 50
I couldn't stay as its not the greatest excuse for being late back to work!So that's where we stand - no idea if I have to pay for the vet or if he / she is going to be ok. I hope so, because even though I'm not a 'cat' person I really fell for the fella.
Thanks for the nice replies all, its good to 'talk' to animal lovers as my work mates mostly just said I should feed it to my dog.....
..... Which brings me onto why as much as I want to, our home is not suitable for mogs. My choccy lab would be friends I'm sure but next doors Bedlington terrier is literally a killer. That and we live near a main road.
Good news though - SHE is doing well (I chose Diesel too!), having wolfed down some food and physically fine. Spent most the afternoon asleep on the nurses lap
She is apparently a feral cat but will stay with the vets for a week then be rehomed, with someone interested already! Hopefully a happy story and I'm glad I stopped.
..... Which brings me onto why as much as I want to, our home is not suitable for mogs. My choccy lab would be friends I'm sure but next doors Bedlington terrier is literally a killer. That and we live near a main road.
Good news though - SHE is doing well (I chose Diesel too!), having wolfed down some food and physically fine. Spent most the afternoon asleep on the nurses lap
She is apparently a feral cat but will stay with the vets for a week then be rehomed, with someone interested already! Hopefully a happy story and I'm glad I stopped.
My folks did something similar about 20 years ago - in the Highlands of Scotland, about 3 miles from the nearest habitation. Lucky he was spotted as while unhurt he might not have lasted much longer.
Dad managed to coax him out of the bushes with some M&S bread and butter pudding they had in the boot which he quickly scoffed, and they ended up with him for the next 14 years.
He was never that friendly as likely from a croft/farm - having to fit in to a household including 3 dogs probably didn't help!
Dad managed to coax him out of the bushes with some M&S bread and butter pudding they had in the boot which he quickly scoffed, and they ended up with him for the next 14 years.
He was never that friendly as likely from a croft/farm - having to fit in to a household including 3 dogs probably didn't help!
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